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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne As well as the whole House of Representatives, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election on May 21. There are 12 senators per state and two per territory. At half-Senate ... <a title="Race for the Senate: could Labor and the Greens gain control?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/race-for-the-senate-could-labor-and-the-greens-gain-control-181350/" aria-label="Read more about Race for the Senate: could Labor and the Greens gain control?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images While the recent legal challenges to elements of the government’s COVID-19 response have had mixed results in the courts, they have revealed something important – how the rule of law works in New Zealand. In the past ... <a title="Recent COVID-19 court cases show New Zealand’s Bill of Rights Act is not as strong as some might wish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/recent-covid-19-court-cases-show-new-zealands-bill-of-rights-act-is-not-as-strong-as-some-might-wish-182232/" aria-label="Read more about Recent COVID-19 court cases show New Zealand’s Bill of Rights Act is not as strong as some might wish">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Leslie, Research Fellow in Politics, Australian National University Will Oliver/EPA/AAP The leaked Roe v Wade draft opinion this week has shown us the power of the legal system when it comes to facilitating (or winding back) social change. Read more: The end of Roe v. Wade ... <a title="The federal election winner will get a big opportunity to change the face of the High Court – will they take it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/the-federal-election-winner-will-get-a-big-opportunity-to-change-the-face-of-the-high-court-will-they-take-it-180864/" aria-label="Read more about The federal election winner will get a big opportunity to change the face of the High Court – will they take it?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology China has had the world’s fastest growing economy since the 1980s. A key driver of this extraordinary growth has been the country’s pragmatic system of innovation, which balances government steering and market-oriented entrepreneurs. Right ... <a title="China’s ‘innovation machine’: how it works, how it’s changing and why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/chinas-innovation-machine-how-it-works-how-its-changing-and-why-it-matters-180615/" aria-label="Read more about China’s ‘innovation machine’: how it works, how it’s changing and why it matters">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney The New South Wales government’s roadmap to transition from coal-based electricity to renewable energy involves the creation of five “renewable energy zones” across the state. These “modern-day power stations” will use solar, wind, batteries ... <a title="How can Aboriginal communities be part of the NSW renewable energy transition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/how-can-aboriginal-communities-be-part-of-the-nsw-renewable-energy-transition-181171/" aria-label="Read more about How can Aboriginal communities be part of the NSW renewable energy transition?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nafis Alam, Professor and Head, School of Business, Monash University Shutterstock We are used to thinking of money as notes and coins, the kind most of us hold in our wallets. But most money – in Australia it’s 96.3% – is digital, held by financial institutions and ... <a title="Australia is investigating a digital currency, or e-dollar, but its benefits seem slight and the risks to privacy large" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/australia-is-investigating-a-digital-currency-or-e-dollar-but-its-benefits-seem-slight-and-the-risks-to-privacy-large-180099/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is investigating a digital currency, or e-dollar, but its benefits seem slight and the risks to privacy large">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato Getty Images Last weekend’s LPGA event in California will likely be remembered as much for what was said as the golf that was played. Asked about some on-course treatment she’d needed for back pain, ... <a title="Lydia Ko’s ‘time of the month’ comment showed how far sportswomen have come – and how much still has to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/lydia-kos-time-of-the-month-comment-showed-how-far-sportswomen-have-come-and-how-much-still-has-to-change-182421/" aria-label="Read more about Lydia Ko’s ‘time of the month’ comment showed how far sportswomen have come – and how much still has to change">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Florin, Research fellow, University of Cambridge May Nango sharing stories about Mamukala wetlands with her grandson, in 2015. Anna Florin (courtesy of GAC), Author provided For 65,000 years, Bininj – the local Kundjeihmi word for Aboriginal people – have returned to Madjedbebe rock shelter on Mirarr ... <a title="65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/65-000-years-of-food-scraps-found-at-kakadu-tell-a-story-of-resilience-amid-changing-climate-sea-levels-and-vegetation-181240/" aria-label="Read more about 65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn Kefford, Senior Lecturer (Political Science), The University of Queensland Shutterstock Have you noticed your Facebook and Instagram feed filling up with political ads lately? The social media strategies of many parties and candidates aim to bypass mainstream media to speak directly to voters, but they are ... <a title="We tracked election ad spending for 4,000 Facebook pages. Here’s what they’re posting about – and why cybersecurity is the bigger concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/we-tracked-election-ad-spending-for-4-000-facebook-pages-heres-what-theyre-posting-about-and-why-cybersecurity-is-the-bigger-concern-182286/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked election ad spending for 4,000 Facebook pages. Here’s what they’re posting about – and why cybersecurity is the bigger concern">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND When pre-poll voting starts on Monday May 9, it will signal the denouement of one of the least compelling streaming series ever to secure repeat funding: #AusVotes2022. I guess it helps if your ... <a title="Half-time results are in: who’s having a good election campaign, and who isn’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/half-time-results-are-in-whos-having-a-good-election-campaign-and-who-isnt-182122/" aria-label="Read more about Half-time results are in: who’s having a good election campaign, and who isn’t?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Willis, Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University Shutterstock Throughout the pandemic, we’ve heard much about health-care worker burnout. But what we haven’t heard much about is its effects on patients. Even before the pandemic, health workers were grappling with long hours, high workplace demands, staff ... <a title="A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/a-burnt-out-health-workforce-impacts-patient-care-180021/" aria-label="Read more about A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Shutterstock Australia’s remarkable animals, plants and ecosystems are world-renowned, and rightly so. Unfortunately, our famous ecosystems are not OK. Many are hurtling towards collapse, threatening even iconic ... <a title="Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/australias-next-government-must-tackle-our-collapsing-ecosystems-and-extinction-crisis-182048/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis">Read more</a>
