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March 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Brace for the federal election – the transport promises have begun. Some are pretty big, such as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s A$678 million for the Outback Highway, and Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s $500 million down-payment on ... <a title="As federal government spending on small transport projects creeps up, marginal seats get a bigger share" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/21/as-federal-government-spending-on-small-transport-projects-creeps-up-marginal-seats-get-a-bigger-share-179464/" aria-label="Read more about As federal government spending on small transport projects creeps up, marginal seats get a bigger share">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Move over Mark McGowan and make some space for South Australia’s Peter Malinauskas on Scott Morrison’s recently-installed couch of Labor “besties”. After Malinauskas’ sweeping victory on Saturday, Morrison told his Sunday news conference he’d already spoken to the premier-elect. We ... <a title="View from The Hill: SA result is morale boost for Albanese, but he’s struggling with Kitching allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/20/view-from-the-hill-sa-result-is-morale-boost-for-albanese-but-hes-struggling-with-kitching-allegations-179637/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: SA result is morale boost for Albanese, but he’s struggling with Kitching allegations">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University Matt Turner/AAP In the end, the results came in much more quickly than expected. Due to COVID and the general trend to postal voting, the results of the South Australian state election were not anticipated until at ... <a title="Liberals’ brutal loss in South Australia reflects the fragmented politics of the centre-right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/20/liberals-brutal-loss-in-south-australia-reflects-the-fragmented-politics-of-the-centre-right-177917/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals’ brutal loss in South Australia reflects the fragmented politics of the centre-right">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Matt Turner/AAP With 54% of enrolled voters counted in Saturday’s South Australian election, the ABC is calling Labor wins in 25 of the 47 seats, enough for a three-seat majority. The Liberals have won ... <a title="Labor easily wins South Australian election, but upper house could be a poor result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/20/labor-easily-wins-south-australian-election-but-upper-house-could-be-a-poor-result-178998/" aria-label="Read more about Labor easily wins South Australian election, but upper house could be a poor result">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joël Brugger, Professor of Synchrotron Geosciences, Monash University NASA More than ten years ago, the so-called “rare earth crisis” highlighted the fragility of the supply chain of these metals, which are crucial for the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Most of the world’s supply of these minerals ... <a title="Powerful X-rays reveal the birth of giant rare earth element deposits – and may give clues for sustainable mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/powerful-x-rays-reveal-the-birth-of-giant-rare-earth-element-deposits-and-may-give-clues-for-sustainable-mining-178781/" aria-label="Read more about Powerful X-rays reveal the birth of giant rare earth element deposits – and may give clues for sustainable mining">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sam Mooy/AAP The so-called “mean girls” story following the death of Victorian Labor senator Kimberley Kitching, has opened up issues of alleged bad behaviour by very senior figures within the Labor party. The allegations are serious, and Anthony Albanese and ... <a title="View from The Hill: Labor’s treatment of Kimberley Kitching – ‘tough politics’ or ‘bullying’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/view-from-the-hill-labors-treatment-of-kimberley-kitching-tough-politics-or-bullying-179580/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Labor’s treatment of Kimberley Kitching – ‘tough politics’ or ‘bullying’?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Zwi, Professor of Global Health and Development, UNSW Sydney Reports earlier this week of Russian attacks and siege of a major hospital in the Ukraine city of Mariupol indicate a particularly bleak and dark phase of the war. Sergei Orlov, the city’s deputy mayor, told the ... <a title="Attacks on Ukraine’s hospitals are deliberate and brutal. The world must respond to these acts of terror" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/attacks-on-ukraines-hospitals-are-deliberate-and-brutal-the-world-must-respond-to-these-acts-of-terror-179374/" aria-label="Read more about Attacks on Ukraine’s hospitals are deliberate and brutal. The world must respond to these acts of terror">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Change Governance Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. With Anthony Albanese drawing level with Scott Morrison as “better PM” in Newspoll, they canvass ... <a title="VIDEO: Campaigning in WA, Morrison distinguishes good Labor from bad Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/video-campaigning-in-wa-morrison-distinguishes-good-labor-from-bad-labor-179555/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Campaigning in WA, Morrison distinguishes good Labor from bad Labor">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Britton, Senior lecturer, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia is dealing with its first-ever major Japanese Encephalitis outbreak. Japanese Encephalitis is the most severe form of disease caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The disease is being found for the first time in ... <a title="Japanese encephalitis virus can cause deadly brain swelling – but in less than 1% of cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/japanese-encephalitis-virus-can-cause-deadly-brain-swelling-but-in-less-than-1-of-cases-178985/" aria-label="Read more about Japanese encephalitis virus can cause deadly brain swelling – but in less than 1% of cases">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is Dr Bryce Edwards’ New Zealand Political Roundup – which analyses one prominent topic being debated in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Political Roundup for free here. Political Roundup: The time is right for permanent free public transport The problem with conservative politicians is ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: The time is right for permanent free public transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/newsletter-political-roundup-the-time-is-right-for-permanent-free-public-transport/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: The time is right for permanent free public transport">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Rugendyke, Adjunct Professor in Geography, Southern Cross University Jason O’Brien/AAP The flood crisis in northern New South Wales has left lives shattered. Those worst affected are dazed and struggling to comprehend the loss of life, homes, livelihoods and possessions. We are both residents of the hard-hit ... <a title="‘I simply haven’t got it in me to do it again’: imagining a new heart for flood-stricken Lismore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/i-simply-havent-got-it-in-me-to-do-it-again-imagining-a-new-heart-for-flood-stricken-lismore-178982/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I simply haven’t got it in me to do it again’: imagining a new heart for flood-stricken Lismore">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McInerney, Research Scientist, CSIRO Cherax destructor; the common yabby Author provided Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s series introducing you to Australia’s unloved animals that need our help. For children growing up in rural areas, going “yabbying” in farm dams ... <a title="It may not be cute, but here’s why the humble yabby deserves your love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/it-may-not-be-cute-but-heres-why-the-humble-yabby-deserves-your-love-175910/" aria-label="Read more about It may not be cute, but here’s why the humble yabby deserves your love">Read more</a>
