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Month: September 2022

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Jason Clare has just put the Australian Research Council on notice. This brings (some) good news for academics

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Bennett, Senior Professor, University of Wollongong This week Education Minister Jason Clare has kicked off what could be a major reset of university research funding in Australia. He first announced a review of the Australian Research Council (ARC) in July but released the details of how ... <a title="Jason Clare has just put the Australian Research Council on notice. This brings (some) good news for academics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/jason-clare-has-just-put-the-australian-research-council-on-notice-this-brings-some-good-news-for-academics-189691/" aria-label="Read more about Jason Clare has just put the Australian Research Council on notice. This brings (some) good news for academics">Read more</a>

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Government to legislate for multi-employer bargaining, strengthening push for wage increases

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will bring in early legislation for multi-employer bargaining and a range of other changes to the industrial relations system. Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke announced the reforms the government will make immediately, at the end of the jobs ... <a title="Government to legislate for multi-employer bargaining, strengthening push for wage increases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/government-to-legislate-for-multi-employer-bargaining-strengthening-push-for-wage-increases-189786/" aria-label="Read more about Government to legislate for multi-employer bargaining, strengthening push for wage increases">Read more</a>

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Why we should not rush to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Australia

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University Shutterstock The “raise the age” campaign seeks to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Australia so that a person under the age of 14 years isn’t criminally responsible for any act or omission they commit. ... <a title="Why we should not rush to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/why-we-should-not-rush-to-raise-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-in-australia-189463/" aria-label="Read more about Why we should not rush to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Australia">Read more</a>

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US byelections suggest improved prospects for Democrats at midterms, while Liz Cheney suffers huge loss

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation Yuri Gripas / POOL/EPA/AAP The US midterm elections occur in just over two months, on November 8. All 435 House of Representatives seats and 35 of the 100 senators are up for election. At the 2020 elections, Democrats won the ... <a title="US byelections suggest improved prospects for Democrats at midterms, while Liz Cheney suffers huge loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/us-byelections-suggest-improved-prospects-for-democrats-at-midterms-while-liz-cheney-suffers-huge-loss-189136/" aria-label="Read more about US byelections suggest improved prospects for Democrats at midterms, while Liz Cheney suffers huge loss">Read more</a>

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The jobs summit needs to think big: here are 3 priorities for future-proofing Australia

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute Lukas Coch/AAP This is an edited extract from Danielle Wood’s keynote address to the jobs summit. Read other articles in The Conversation’s series about the summit here. In an economic landscape that is increasingly digital, increasingly focused on services sector ... <a title="The jobs summit needs to think big: here are 3 priorities for future-proofing Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/the-jobs-summit-needs-to-think-big-here-are-3-priorities-for-future-proofing-australia-189771/" aria-label="Read more about The jobs summit needs to think big: here are 3 priorities for future-proofing Australia">Read more</a>

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When you change jobs, you get more pay – but less than you used to

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guay Lim, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here. We are changing jobs less, an observation that has been offered as an explanation ... <a title="When you change jobs, you get more pay – but less than you used to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/when-you-change-jobs-you-get-more-pay-but-less-than-you-used-to-189534/" aria-label="Read more about When you change jobs, you get more pay – but less than you used to">Read more</a>

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Look where Australia’s ‘1 million empty homes’ are and why they’re vacant – they’re not a simple solution to housing need

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Baker, Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide Gustavo Galeano Maz/Pexels The recent release of 2021 Census data revealed a shocking “one million homes were unoccupied”. This statistic sent housing commentators, government agencies and policymakers into a spin. At a time of significant housing shortages, this ... <a title="Look where Australia’s ‘1 million empty homes’ are and why they’re vacant – they’re not a simple solution to housing need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/look-where-australias-1-million-empty-homes-are-and-why-theyre-vacant-theyre-not-a-simple-solution-to-housing-need-189067/" aria-label="Read more about Look where Australia’s ‘1 million empty homes’ are and why they’re vacant – they’re not a simple solution to housing need">Read more</a>

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PODCAST: Buchanan + Manning: How Hybrid Warfare and Hostile Tech Surrounds Us All

September 1, 2022

In this episode, Buchanan and Manning take you on a journey into a world that exists all around us, no matter where we live. But, it’s fair to say, it’s a world few realise exists and few realise how it is effecting them. With the technologies that surround us, tech that we use every day, it has become easy to conduct indirect or non-attributable warfare using a variety of means.

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The surprising history of how electric vehicles have played the long game and won

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Minchin, Professor of History, La Trobe University An electric cab drives past the White House in Washington DC in 1905. Wikimedia Commons Electric vehicles, we are often told, are the future. A whole range of carmakers and nations have plans to go electric. The largest US ... <a title="The surprising history of how electric vehicles have played the long game and won" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/the-surprising-history-of-how-electric-vehicles-have-played-the-long-game-and-won-189127/" aria-label="Read more about The surprising history of how electric vehicles have played the long game and won">Read more</a>

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Albanese announces more than $1 billion in federal-state TAFE funding

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast, politics and society editor Amanda Dunn and ... <a title="Albanese announces more than $1 billion in federal-state TAFE funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/albanese-announces-more-than-1-billion-in-federal-state-tafe-funding-189776/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese announces more than $1 billion in federal-state TAFE funding">Read more</a>

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Scientists release world-first DNA map of an endangered Australian mouse, and it will help to save it

September 1, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Parwinder Kaur, Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia David Paul, Museums Victoria, CC BY The native Australian rodent Pseudomys fumeus, named smoky mouse for its colour, was already fighting off extinction when the 2019–20 bushfire season hit. The Black Summer bushfires, ... <a title="Scientists release world-first DNA map of an endangered Australian mouse, and it will help to save it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/scientists-release-world-first-dna-map-of-an-endangered-australian-mouse-and-it-will-help-to-save-it-189629/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists release world-first DNA map of an endangered Australian mouse, and it will help to save it">Read more</a>

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RNZ Pacific resumes shortwave analogue service to Pacific region

September 1, 2022

RNZ Pacific RNZ Pacific has resumed its shortwave analogue service to the Pacific region between the hours of 5 and 9am New Zealand time from today. Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. RNZ Pacific broadcasts in digital and analogue shortwave to radio stations and individual listeners in the Pacific — the ... <a title="RNZ Pacific resumes shortwave analogue service to Pacific region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/rnz-pacific-resumes-shortwave-analogue-service-to-pacific-region/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Pacific resumes shortwave analogue service to Pacific region">Read more</a>