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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Artist’s impression of an eastern moa in its podocarp forest habitat. Paul Martinson. Te Papa Tongarewa/Museum of NZ, CC BY-NC-ND One species of iconic moa was almost wiped out during the last ice age, according to recently ... <a title="How did ancient moa survive the ice age – and what can they teach us about modern climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/how-did-ancient-moa-survive-the-ice-age-and-what-can-they-teach-us-about-modern-climate-change-183350/" aria-label="Read more about How did ancient moa survive the ice age – and what can they teach us about modern climate change?">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Goodwin, Teaching Specialist, The University of Melbourne With the swearing in of a new arts minister, there is a unique opportunity to address some of the structural issues around pay and job precarity in the arts and build a more equitable and diverse sector. After holding ... <a title="Tony Burke’s double ministry of arts and industrial relations could be just what the arts sector needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/tony-burkes-double-ministry-of-arts-and-industrial-relations-could-be-just-what-the-arts-sector-needs-183623/" aria-label="Read more about Tony Burke’s double ministry of arts and industrial relations could be just what the arts sector needs">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University This article contains mentions of the Stolen Generations, and policies using outdated and potentially offensive terminology when referring to First Nations people. May 26 is National Sorry Day. On this day, ... <a title="National Sorry Day is a day to commemorate those taken. But ‘sorry’ is not enough – we need action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/national-sorry-day-is-a-day-to-commemorate-those-taken-but-sorry-is-not-enough-we-need-action-183618/" aria-label="Read more about National Sorry Day is a day to commemorate those taken. But ‘sorry’ is not enough – we need action">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dietmar Müller, Professor of Geophysics, University of Sydney For hundreds of millions of years, Earth’s climate has warmed and cooled with natural fluctuations in the level of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere. Over the past century, humans have pushed CO₂ levels to their highest in 2 ... <a title="How plate tectonics, mountains and deep-sea sediments have maintained Earth’s ‘Goldilocks’ climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/how-plate-tectonics-mountains-and-deep-sea-sediments-have-maintained-earths-goldilocks-climate-183725/" aria-label="Read more about How plate tectonics, mountains and deep-sea sediments have maintained Earth’s ‘Goldilocks’ climate">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Plenty was said in the election campaign about the very real challenges faced by first home buyers and by homeowners already mortgaged to the hilt. But little comment focused on ... <a title="Australia’s social housing system is critically stressed. Many eligible applicants simply give up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/australias-social-housing-system-is-critically-stressed-many-eligible-applicants-simply-give-up-183530/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s social housing system is critically stressed. Many eligible applicants simply give up">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Messina, Team Leader in the Infectious Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Honorary Fellow at The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics., Murdoch Children’s Research Institute After virtually disappearing for two years, influenza is back and rapidly sweeping across Australia – and the world. So ... <a title="As flu cases surge, vaccination may offer some bonus protection from COVID as well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/as-flu-cases-surge-vaccination-may-offer-some-bonus-protection-from-covid-as-well-183613/" aria-label="Read more about As flu cases surge, vaccination may offer some bonus protection from COVID as well">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerilie Abram, Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; Deputy Director for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, Australian National University Nerilie Abram, Author provided The 2022 federal election will go down in history as Australia’s climate change election. Australians resoundingly ... <a title="I am a climate scientist – and this is my plea to our newly elected politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/i-am-a-climate-scientist-and-this-is-my-plea-to-our-newly-elected-politicians-183540/" aria-label="Read more about I am a climate scientist – and this is my plea to our newly elected politicians">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University Shutterstock The new government has inherited an extraordinarily difficult budget situation. The budget deficit amounts to 3.5% of gross domestic product this financial year and it will be almost as high next financial year at ... <a title="Memo to Labor: you need more tax, working out how much more is urgent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/memo-to-labor-you-need-more-tax-working-out-how-much-more-is-urgent-183638/" aria-label="Read more about Memo to Labor: you need more tax, working out how much more is urgent">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cain Polidano, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Concerned that many people won’t have enough retirement savings even with compulsory superannuation, since 2003 the Australian government has had a scheme to encourage low and middle-income earners to voluntarily put more into superannuation. The Superannuation Co-Contribution ... <a title="Super co-contribution has cost $10 billion to help the wrong Australians – so let’s scrap it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/super-co-contribution-has-cost-10-billion-to-help-the-wrong-australians-so-lets-scrap-it-180680/" aria-label="Read more about Super co-contribution has cost $10 billion to help the wrong Australians – so let’s scrap it">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne Jeff Busby/Opera Australia Opera Australia has received outstanding reviews for its Melbourne season of Richard Wagner’s opera Lohengrin. The casting of German singer Jonas Kaufmann in the title role has been universally praised. Kaufmann demonstrates ... <a title="The singing was great – but what was it about? Why opera companies should explain themselves better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/the-singing-was-great-but-what-was-it-about-why-opera-companies-should-explain-themselves-better-183133/" aria-label="Read more about The singing was great – but what was it about? Why opera companies should explain themselves better">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton has declared there is more to him than his tough side, as he formally announces he will stand for the Liberal leadership. Dutton, set to be unopposed when the Liberals meet next week, also included with his statement ... <a title="Dutton, set to become Liberal leader, wants people to see ‘the rest of my character’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/dutton-set-to-become-liberal-leader-wants-people-to-see-the-rest-of-my-character-183838/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton, set to become Liberal leader, wants people to see ‘the rest of my character’">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean government can expect to be fined a hefty US$5 million (K17.6 million) each for six illegal shipments (K105 million total) of waste oil being transported to Singapore through Indonesian waters. A formal notice was issued by Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry last Friday to ... <a title="PNG faces K105m Indonesian penalty for illegal black oil shipments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/png-faces-k105m-indonesian-penalty-for-illegal-black-oil-shipments/" aria-label="Read more about PNG faces K105m Indonesian penalty for illegal black oil shipments">Read more</a>
