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September 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Dave Hunt/AAP Amid the continuous noise about cryptocurrencies, it’s often hard to pick out what really matters. However this month, if all goes to plan, the energy-hungry digital sector will undergo its biggest shake-up in years. Ethereum, ... <a title="The most important cryptocurrency event in years is about to begin – and the biggest windfall goes to the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/the-most-important-cryptocurrency-event-in-years-is-about-to-begin-and-the-biggest-windfall-goes-to-the-planet-189630/" aria-label="Read more about The most important cryptocurrency event in years is about to begin – and the biggest windfall goes to the planet">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hoffmann, Professor of Economics, RMIT University One of these vases was painted by a woman; the other by a man. Can you guess which is which? B van der Ast/M van Oosterwijck In the art world, there is a gaping gender imbalance when it comes to ... <a title="Male artists dominate galleries. Our research explored if it’s because ‘women don’t paint very well’ – or just discrimination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/male-artists-dominate-galleries-our-research-explored-if-its-because-women-dont-paint-very-well-or-just-discrimination-189221/" aria-label="Read more about Male artists dominate galleries. Our research explored if it’s because ‘women don’t paint very well’ – or just discrimination">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland NASA/ESA/CSA, A Carter (UCSC), the ERS 1386 team, and A. Pagan (STScI) Did you ever want to see an alien world? A planet orbiting a distant star, light years from the Sun? Well, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ... <a title="The Webb telescope has released its very first exoplanet image – here’s what we can learn from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/the-webb-telescope-has-released-its-very-first-exoplanet-image-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-it-189876/" aria-label="Read more about The Webb telescope has released its very first exoplanet image – here’s what we can learn from it">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University It’s a tough time to build or renovate a house in Australia. Prices are up, well above inflation. Finding materials and getting them on time is a challenge. Builders are grappling with too much ... <a title="Planning a renovation or new build? Here’s the outlook for skyrocketing steel and timber prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/planning-a-renovation-or-new-build-heres-the-outlook-for-skyrocketing-steel-and-timber-prices-189380/" aria-label="Read more about Planning a renovation or new build? Here’s the outlook for skyrocketing steel and timber prices">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Logan, Lecturer of Civil Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury Getty Images If you live in a city or town, you have a mental map of the places you travel to most. But how accessible are those places, and how long does it take you to get ... <a title="NZ’s most walkable towns and cities ranked: see how your neighbourhood stacks up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/nzs-most-walkable-towns-and-cities-ranked-see-how-your-neighbourhood-stacks-up-189383/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s most walkable towns and cities ranked: see how your neighbourhood stacks up">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and social protection but there is an array polices and tools ... <a title="OP-ED: The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/op-ed-the-right-policies-can-protect-the-workers-of-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland Unsplash/CDC Regulators in Australia and the United States last week approved Omicron-specific boosters, following approval in the United Kingdom in mid-August. In Australia, a Moderna Omicron booster has been provisionally approved for use in adults ... <a title="Better COVID vaccines are on the way. What do they do? And what technology might we see in future?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/better-covid-vaccines-are-on-the-way-what-do-they-do-and-what-technology-might-we-see-in-future-189531/" aria-label="Read more about Better COVID vaccines are on the way. What do they do? And what technology might we see in future?">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Senior Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University Lukas Coch/AAP The last time an Australian government hosted a national jobs summit, only one woman was present. It was 1983, and that woman was Susan Ryan, a minister in the Hawke government and the trailblazing architect of the ... <a title="How the jobs summit shifted gender equality from the sidelines to the mainstream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/04/how-the-jobs-summit-shifted-gender-equality-from-the-sidelines-to-the-mainstream-189869/" aria-label="Read more about How the jobs summit shifted gender equality from the sidelines to the mainstream">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University You wouldn’t know it from the pages of our daily newspapers, but the rate of growth in rents has been pretty modest. Not everywhere, not for everyone, ... <a title="Rent crisis? Average rents are increasing less than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/04/rent-crisis-average-rents-are-increasing-less-than-you-might-think-189154/" aria-label="Read more about Rent crisis? Average rents are increasing less than you might think">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nancy Baxter, Professor and Head of Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne From Friday September 9, the isolation requirements for people with COVID and no symptoms will be cut from seven days to five days. Masks will no longer be required on ... <a title="Cutting COVID isolation and mask mandates will mean more damage to business and health in the long run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/03/cutting-covid-isolation-and-mask-mandates-will-mean-more-damage-to-business-and-health-in-the-long-run-189862/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting COVID isolation and mask mandates will mean more damage to business and health in the long run">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2022
OBITUARY: By Dr Brij Lal Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear Full many a floww’r is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air — Thomas Gray , “Elegy”, 1751 Jai Ram Reddy, former Fiji statesman, judge and international jurist, has died ... <a title="Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son of Fiji’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/03/brij-lals-tribute-to-jai-ram-reddy-a-true-son-of-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son of Fiji’">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Roycroft, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University A hopping mouse from the arid desert of Australia (Notomys). Hopping mice have evolved highly efficient kidneys to deal with the low water environments of Australia’s deserts. David Paul/Museums Victoria A single, pregnant rodent floating on driftwood across the ... <a title="‘Impressive rafting skills’: the 8-million-year old origin story of how rodents colonised Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/03/impressive-rafting-skills-the-8-million-year-old-origin-story-of-how-rodents-colonised-australia-189793/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Impressive rafting skills’: the 8-million-year old origin story of how rodents colonised Australia">Read more</a>
