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June 21, 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 politics team. Politics editor Amanda Dunn and Michelle discuss Reserve Bank Governor ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On the economy, people smugglers, parliamentary sitting, and Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/word-from-the-hill-on-the-economy-people-smugglers-parliamentary-sitting-and-julian-assange-185506/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On the economy, people smugglers, parliamentary sitting, and Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Richard Wainwright Last year experts raised their eyebrows when the Morrison government announced Australia would abandon its contract for French-built Attack class submarines, in favour of eight nuclear-powered submarines delivered under the AUKUS ... <a title="Does Australia need ‘interim’ submarines to tide it over until nuclear boats arrive? A defence expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/does-australia-need-interim-submarines-to-tide-it-over-until-nuclear-boats-arrive-a-defence-expert-explains-185300/" aria-label="Read more about Does Australia need ‘interim’ submarines to tide it over until nuclear boats arrive? A defence expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Sergi, Professor in Criminology, University of Essex In a recent media release, Australian Federal Police said: We have about 51 Italian organised crime clans in Australia. We have identified 14 confirmed ‘ndrangheta clans across Australia, involving thousands of members. The ‘ndrangheta, widely considered Italy’s wealthiest and ... <a title="A flurry of attention, then collective forgetfulness – 100 years of the ‘ndrangheta Calabrian mafia in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/a-flurry-of-attention-then-collective-forgetfulness-100-years-of-the-ndrangheta-calabrian-mafia-in-australia-184835/" aria-label="Read more about A flurry of attention, then collective forgetfulness – 100 years of the ‘ndrangheta Calabrian mafia in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Shutterstock Australia’s electricity generators would be paid extra money to be available even if they don’t actually generate any energy, under a new mechanism proposed by the federal government’s Energy Security Board (ESB). Controversially, the ESB has recommended all ... <a title="Why including coal in a new ‘capacity mechanism’ will make Australia’s energy crisis worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/why-including-coal-in-a-new-capacity-mechanism-will-make-australias-energy-crisis-worse-185404/" aria-label="Read more about Why including coal in a new ‘capacity mechanism’ will make Australia’s energy crisis worse">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Cameron Webb/NSW Health Pathology, Author provided Summer evenings by the pool, lake or BBQ mean mosquitoes. But what about during winter when we’re mostly indoors? As the weather cools, these bloodsucking pests are rarely seen. ... <a title="Where do all the mosquitoes go in the winter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/where-do-all-the-mosquitoes-go-in-the-winter-185021/" aria-label="Read more about Where do all the mosquitoes go in the winter?">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Pavel Nemecek / AP I woke up on Friday morning a pawn in a Kafka-esque story. Except I hadn’t been transformed into a chess piece but was a diplomatic pawn, a small player in a ... <a title="‘Bet you’re on the list’: how criticising ‘smart weapons’ got me banned from Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/bet-youre-on-the-list-how-criticising-smart-weapons-got-me-banned-from-russia-185399/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bet you’re on the list’: how criticising ‘smart weapons’ got me banned from Russia">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock Recent Victorian and New South Wales government announcements may signal the first steps in a profound change to Australia’s early childhood sector. And it’s been a long time coming. Over the past 30 years there has been a ... <a title="How the early childhood learning and care system works (and doesn’t work) – it will take some fixing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/how-the-early-childhood-learning-and-care-system-works-and-doesnt-work-it-will-take-some-fixing-185299/" aria-label="Read more about How the early childhood learning and care system works (and doesn’t work) – it will take some fixing">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation AAP/Mick Tsikas The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate ... <a title="Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/final-senate-results-labor-the-greens-and-david-pocock-will-have-a-majority-of-senators-185365/" aria-label="Read more about Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Zan Wimberley/Ngununggula Review: Land Abounds, Ngununggula Ngununggula (pronounced Nun-uhn-goola), in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, at first appears to ... <a title="At Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands new regional gallery, audiences come face-to-face with uneasy contemporary art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/at-ngununggula-the-southern-highlands-new-regional-gallery-audiences-come-face-to-face-with-uneasy-contemporary-art-183822/" aria-label="Read more about At Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands new regional gallery, audiences come face-to-face with uneasy contemporary art">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne AAP/AP The signing of a security agreement between Solomon Islands and China in April 2022 brought geopolitical competition and militarisation in the Pacific to the fore of public discussion. Australian policymakers and the public are concerned ... <a title="Australia should not overstate the ‘threat’ of China in the Pacific, and mend relationships in the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/australia-should-not-overstate-the-threat-of-china-in-the-pacific-and-mend-relationships-in-the-region-185293/" aria-label="Read more about Australia should not overstate the ‘threat’ of China in the Pacific, and mend relationships in the region">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Social housing has become extremely difficult to access; in 2021 around 160,000 households were on the waiting list. To have any chance of getting a social housing spot in a reasonable time frame, applicants ... <a title="‘Getting onto the wait list is a battle in itself’: insiders on what it takes to get social housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/getting-onto-the-wait-list-is-a-battle-in-itself-insiders-on-what-it-takes-to-get-social-housing-184838/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Getting onto the wait list is a battle in itself’: insiders on what it takes to get social housing">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hellewell, Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University Unsplash/Caleb Woods, CC BY Understanding the facial expressions of others is an important development stage. It helps us learn non-verbal communication and to recognise when someone ... <a title="Growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood can change kids’ brains – and their reactions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/growing-up-in-a-disadvantaged-neighbourhood-can-change-kids-brains-and-their-reactions-184145/" aria-label="Read more about Growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood can change kids’ brains – and their reactions">Read more</a>
