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May 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon D Angus, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Monash University “We say sorry”. With just three words, then-prime minister Kevin Rudd said in 2008 what his predecessor wouldn’t say in parliament. And so swelled the tears, emotion and silent pain of generations of Indigenous Australians who looked ... <a title="The way we talk about First Nations issues is striking, as our analysis of 82 million words of Australian news and opinion shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/31/the-way-we-talk-about-first-nations-issues-is-striking-as-our-analysis-of-82-million-words-of-australian-news-and-opinion-shows-179480/" aria-label="Read more about The way we talk about First Nations issues is striking, as our analysis of 82 million words of Australian news and opinion shows">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manisha Caleb, Lecturer, University of Sydney Shutterstock The discovery of a neutron star emitting unusual radio signals is rewriting our understanding of these unique star systems. My colleagues and I (the MeerTRAP team) made the discovery when observing the Vela-X 1 region of the Milky Way about ... <a title="This newly discovered neutron star might light the way for a whole new class of stellar object" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/31/this-newly-discovered-neutron-star-might-light-the-way-for-a-whole-new-class-of-stellar-object-184050/" aria-label="Read more about This newly discovered neutron star might light the way for a whole new class of stellar object">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonia Palmieri, Gender Policy Fellow, Australian National University Diego Fedele/ AAP The 2022 federal election was a win for women candidates, and a historic moment in Australia’s journey towards a parliament that truly endorses and promotes gender equality in all its work. At this stage of counting, ... <a title="Our new parliament will have record numbers of women – will this finally make it a safe place to work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/31/our-new-parliament-will-have-record-numbers-of-women-will-this-finally-make-it-a-safe-place-to-work-181598/" aria-label="Read more about Our new parliament will have record numbers of women – will this finally make it a safe place to work?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neera Bhatia, Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in all Australian states. There is also widespread community support for it. Yet some residential institutions, such as hospices and aged-care facilities, are obstructing access despite the law not specifying whether they ... <a title="What happens if you want access to voluntary assisted dying but your nursing home won’t let you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/31/what-happens-if-you-want-access-to-voluntary-assisted-dying-but-your-nursing-home-wont-let-you-183364/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if you want access to voluntary assisted dying but your nursing home won’t let you?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Principal Research Fellow/ Group Leader- MIWATCH, The University of Queensland Mining waste can hold stores of valuable minerals. Shutterstock To go green, the world will need vast quantities of critical minerals such as manganese, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements. But to some environmentalists, mining ... <a title="Tapping mineral wealth in mining waste could offset damage from new green economy mines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/31/tapping-mineral-wealth-in-mining-waste-could-offset-damage-from-new-green-economy-mines-183232/" aria-label="Read more about Tapping mineral wealth in mining waste could offset damage from new green economy mines">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Matthews, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Cheaper childcare was Labor’s largest single election promise, at an estimated cost of A$5.4 billion a year. Anthony Albanese went so far as to outline universal childcare as one of his new government’s three main policies for economic reform. ... <a title="High childcare fees, low pay for staff and a lack of places pose a huge policy challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/31/high-childcare-fees-low-pay-for-staff-and-a-lack-of-places-pose-a-huge-policy-challenge-183617/" aria-label="Read more about High childcare fees, low pay for staff and a lack of places pose a huge policy challenge">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Cherine Fahd, Author provided In 1979, the American artist Allan Kaprow wrote Performing Life, an important essay in the history of Western art arguing for the blurring of art and life. Kaprow suggested we perform art ... <a title="Drawing data: I make art from the bodily experience of long-distance running" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/31/drawing-data-i-make-art-from-the-bodily-experience-of-long-distance-running-182762/" aria-label="Read more about Drawing data: I make art from the bodily experience of long-distance running">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese is bringing in an outsider, former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis to head his Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Davis, who is close to former prime minister Kevin Rudd, was speculated on as a possible ... <a title="Albanese appoints former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis to head PM&C" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/albanese-appoints-former-university-of-melbourne-vice-chancellor-glyn-davis-to-head-pmandc-184059/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese appoints former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis to head PM&C">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has won a major battle against Australia’s biggest energy company, AGL Energy, thwarting its plan to split up the company’s coal-heavy generation and power distribution assets. AGL’s board announced it was dumping its demerger proposal this ... <a title="Australia’s biggest carbon emitter buckles before Mike Cannon-Brookes – so what now for AGL’s other shareholders?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-buckles-before-mike-cannon-brookes-so-what-now-for-agls-other-shareholders-183534/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s biggest carbon emitter buckles before Mike Cannon-Brookes – so what now for AGL’s other shareholders?">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former agriculture minister David Littleproud has ousted Barnaby Joyce to become Nationals leader. Perin Davey, a senator since 2019, has been elected his deputy. Littleproud, 45, who was deputy leader, is from Queensland; Davey, 50, is from New South Wales. ... <a title="New Nationals leader Littleproud says ‘sensible centre’ is where elections are won" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/new-nationals-leader-littleproud-says-sensible-centre-is-where-elections-are-won-184041/" aria-label="Read more about New Nationals leader Littleproud says ‘sensible centre’ is where elections are won">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mischa Bongers, Sessional Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock Many of us have heard of “Kegels” or pelvic floor exercises, and probably have a vague sense we should be doing more of them. For many women, our social media news feeds are full of ads for the latest gizmos ... <a title="Playing games with your pelvic floor could be a useful exercise for urinary incontinence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/playing-games-with-your-pelvic-floor-could-be-a-useful-exercise-for-urinary-incontinence-182431/" aria-label="Read more about Playing games with your pelvic floor could be a useful exercise for urinary incontinence">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Alan Warburton / Better Images of AI, CC BY-SA It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, researchers at MIT were sifting through a database of ... <a title="Artificial ‘inventors’ are pushing patent law to its limits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/artificial-inventors-are-pushing-patent-law-to-its-limits-184047/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial ‘inventors’ are pushing patent law to its limits">Read more</a>
