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May 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Lukas Coch/AAP Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce will be challenged when his party meets on Monday. But Peter Dutton, former defence minister and leader of the conservatives in his party, will be elected Liberal leader unopposed. Former environment minister Sussan Ley ... <a title="Nationals Joyce faces challenge, as Liberals set to give Dutton clear run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/29/nationals-joyce-faces-challenge-as-liberals-set-to-give-dutton-clear-run-181420/" aria-label="Read more about Nationals Joyce faces challenge, as Liberals set to give Dutton clear run">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jono Searle/AAP A few weeks ago Peter Dutton would have been contemplating, in the event of the Morrison government’s likely defeat, contesting the Liberal leadership against Josh Frydenberg and probably losing. Instead, he’s set to walk unopposed into the job ... <a title="View from The Hill: Peter Dutton faces his own ‘long march’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/29/view-from-the-hill-peter-dutton-faces-his-own-long-march-184042/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Peter Dutton faces his own ‘long march’">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis, University of Adelaide and Maima Koro, University of Adelaide Yet more proposed Chinese “security agreements” in the Pacific Islands have been leaked. The drafts have been described by critics as revealing “the ambitious scope of Beijing’s strategic intent in the Pacific” and its “coherent desire […] to seek to shape the ... <a title="Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help Beijing achieve its broader aims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/28/amplifying-narratives-about-the-china-threat-in-the-pacific-may-help-beijing-achieve-its-broader-aims/" aria-label="Read more about Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help Beijing achieve its broader aims">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Shutterstock Australians will bear yet another blow to our cost of living in July when electricity prices will surge up to 18.3%, which amounts to over A$250 per year in some cases. This is partly due to geopolitical tensions driving up ... <a title="3 ways the Albanese government can turn Australia into a renewable energy superpower – without leaving anyone behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/3-ways-the-albanese-government-can-turn-australia-into-a-renewable-energy-superpower-without-leaving-anyone-behind-183640/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways the Albanese government can turn Australia into a renewable energy superpower – without leaving anyone behind">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University The long-running case of the “Biloela family” has ended after the new Labor government confirmed they would be allowed to return home to Queensland. Interim home affairs minister Jim Chalmers said on Friday the Murugappan family (also ... <a title="The ‘Biloela family’ are going home – but what will Labor do with thousands of other asylum seekers in limbo in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/the-biloela-family-are-going-home-but-what-will-labor-do-with-thousands-of-other-asylum-seekers-in-limbo-in-australia-183621/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘Biloela family’ are going home – but what will Labor do with thousands of other asylum seekers in limbo in Australia?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Hall, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Cybersecurity, RMIT University Shutterstock We use internet-connected devices to access our bank accounts, keep our transport systems moving, communicate with our colleagues, listen to music, undertake commercially sensitive tasks – and order pizza. Digital security is integral to our lives, ... <a title="There are systems ‘guarding’ your data in cyberspace – but who is guarding the guards?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/there-are-systems-guarding-your-data-in-cyberspace-but-who-is-guarding-the-guards-183041/" aria-label="Read more about There are systems ‘guarding’ your data in cyberspace – but who is guarding the guards?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Essay by Keith Rankin. Problems make the world go round. Many of us – maybe the majority of workers, and certainly the majority of well-paid workers – earn our living addressing problems. A problem-free world would represent a major crisis for modern social-capitalism. (Yet standard economic theory continues to present the productive economy as a ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Narrow Vision: Subsidised Cars and Street Immunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/keith-rankin-essay-narrow-vision-subsidised-cars-and-street-immunity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Narrow Vision: Subsidised Cars and Street Immunity">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Morgan, Professor of general practice, Bond University Shutterstock The COVID medication Paxlovid has been available in Australia on the Pharmaceuticals Benefits Scheme (PBS) since the start of May, with eligible patients directed to talk to their GP for a prescription. Paxlovid is an oral treatment for ... <a title="I have mild COVID – should I take the antiviral Paxlovid?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/i-have-mild-covid-should-i-take-the-antiviral-paxlovid-183913/" aria-label="Read more about I have mild COVID – should I take the antiviral Paxlovid?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Emma Larouche, from the University of Canberra’s Media and Communications team, look at the first week of an Albanese government. They discuss Prime Minister Albanese’s trip to the Quad meeting, Foreign Minister ... <a title="VIDEO: Victors and feather dusters as election changes the guard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/video-victors-and-feather-dusters-as-election-changes-the-guard-183971/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Victors and feather dusters as election changes the guard">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Wright, Associate Professor of Medical Imaging, Monash University Unsplash/Lux Graves, CC BY Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is the most common form of motor neuron disease. People with ALS progressively lose the ability to initiate and control muscle movements, including the ... <a title="On your back? Side? Face-down? Mice show how we sleep may trigger or protect our brain from diseases like ALS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/on-your-back-side-face-down-mice-show-how-we-sleep-may-trigger-or-protect-our-brain-from-diseases-like-als-181954/" aria-label="Read more about On your back? Side? Face-down? Mice show how we sleep may trigger or protect our brain from diseases like ALS">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Burrowes, Senior Researcher, University of Auckland Shutterstock Like in many aspects of life, there remains an undercurrent of sex bias against women in the STEM fields. And this bias has a negative impact on not only women, but men too – and those who don’t fit ... <a title="Small step for Nature, giant leap across the gender gap: leading journal will make sex and gender reporting mandatory in research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/small-step-for-nature-giant-leap-across-the-gender-gap-leading-journal-will-make-sex-and-gender-reporting-mandatory-in-research-183631/" aria-label="Read more about Small step for Nature, giant leap across the gender gap: leading journal will make sex and gender reporting mandatory in research">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Supporters of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament have celebrated the commitment of the new Albanese government to put the issue to a referendum. But is government support enough? It’s a start, but the road to referendum success is ... <a title="Changing the Australian Constitution is not easy. But we need to stop thinking it’s impossible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/changing-the-australian-constitution-is-not-easy-but-we-need-to-stop-thinking-its-impossible-183626/" aria-label="Read more about Changing the Australian Constitution is not easy. But we need to stop thinking it’s impossible">Read more</a>
