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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Lake, Research Associate at the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne Sandy Huffaker/AP This year’s global climate negotiations at the COP27 in Egypt were disappointing. In particular, the international commitment to limit planetary warming to 1.5℃ remains on “life support”. But ... <a title="COP27 was disappointing, but 2022 remains an historic year for international climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/cop27-was-disappointing-but-2022-remains-an-historic-year-for-international-climate-policy-195288/" aria-label="Read more about COP27 was disappointing, but 2022 remains an historic year for international climate policy">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naja Later, Academic Tutor in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology AMC There’s always been something queer about vampires. Vampire stories are traditionally rife with dark desires and invisible secrets from their early canonisation in popular culture. But what happens when the subtext becomes the text, ... <a title="Out of the coffin and the closet: gay vampires are no longer sub-text, they’re just text" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/out-of-the-coffin-and-the-closet-gay-vampires-are-no-longer-sub-text-theyre-just-text-195011/" aria-label="Read more about Out of the coffin and the closet: gay vampires are no longer sub-text, they’re just text">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Mole, Postdoctoral fellow, Earth Sciences, Laurentian University The amount of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere makes it a habitable planet. Twenty-one per cent of the atmosphere consists of this life-giving element. But in the deep past — as far back as the Neoarchean era 2.8 to ... <a title="Where did the Earth’s oxygen come from? New study hints at an unexpected source" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/where-did-the-earths-oxygen-come-from-new-study-hints-at-an-unexpected-source-191673/" aria-label="Read more about Where did the Earth’s oxygen come from? New study hints at an unexpected source">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David S G Goodman, Director, China Studies Centre, Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney Public protests in China related to the government’s COVID-19 restrictions have hit the news worldwide over the weekend, following a fatal apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang last week which killed ten people. ... <a title="Protests against strict COVID-zero policy are sweeping China. It’s anyone’s guess what happens now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/protests-against-strict-covid-zero-policy-are-sweeping-china-its-anyones-guess-what-happens-now-195442/" aria-label="Read more about Protests against strict COVID-zero policy are sweeping China. It’s anyone’s guess what happens now">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government’s bid to pass a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in the constitution has been dealt a blow, with the Nationals announcing they will oppose it. Nationals leader David Littleproud said the party didn’t believe the Voice would ... <a title="Nationals declare they will oppose the ‘Voice’ referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/nationals-declare-they-will-oppose-the-voice-referendum-195446/" aria-label="Read more about Nationals declare they will oppose the ‘Voice’ referendum">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ariel Liebman, Ariel Liebman Director, Monash Energy Institute and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University The Andrews Labor government has been returned in Victoria. It must now reckon with two particularly crucial challenges: runaway climate change and wartime-scale energy costs. Victorians are ... <a title="Victoria faces a grave climate and energy crisis. The new government’s policies must be far bolder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/victoria-faces-a-grave-climate-and-energy-crisis-the-new-governments-policies-must-be-far-bolder-195096/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria faces a grave climate and energy crisis. The new government’s policies must be far bolder">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jakob Madsen, Professor of Economics, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Inflation and sluggish wage growth have raised concerns that wages and salaries are becoming an increasing smaller share of national income. Australian Council of Trade Unions head Sally McManus has said labour’s share of income is ... <a title="Labour’s share of national income has been remarkably consistent since the 1860s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/labours-share-of-national-income-has-been-remarkably-consistent-since-the-1860s-195436/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s share of national income has been remarkably consistent since the 1860s">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Carroll, Senior Research Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne Scotty So, Wearing a mask at the end of the Spanish flu, no. 1 2020 inkjet print 76.3 × 50.8 cm (image) 86.5 × 61.0 cm (sheet). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, ... <a title="The Past is Present: reflecting on 150 years of Chinese art at the National Gallery of Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/the-past-is-present-reflecting-on-150-years-of-chinese-art-at-the-national-gallery-of-victoria-194734/" aria-label="Read more about The Past is Present: reflecting on 150 years of Chinese art at the National Gallery of Victoria">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will face a parliamentary censure motion this week, after the inquiry by former High Court judge Virginia Bell found his multi-ministry power grab “corrosive of trust in government”. Cabinet on Monday confirmed legislation to implement the Bell recommendations ... <a title="Scott Morrison to face parliamentary censure for undermining political trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/scott-morrison-to-face-parliamentary-censure-for-undermining-political-trust-195443/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison to face parliamentary censure for undermining political trust">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania Alexandr Grant/Shutterstock To a young mind, science can be magical. Perhaps you remember a visually striking or seemingly inexplicable scientific demonstration from your own youth? A liquid spontaneously and unexpectedly changes colour. A banknote is set alight without ... <a title="Visually striking science experiments at school can be fun, inspiring and safe – banning is not the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/visually-striking-science-experiments-at-school-can-be-fun-inspiring-and-safe-banning-is-not-the-answer-195362/" aria-label="Read more about Visually striking science experiments at school can be fun, inspiring and safe – banning is not the answer">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Centaine Snoswell, Research Fellow Health Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Telehealth has played an important role during the pandemic. Telephone and online consultations have enabled social distancing and kept patients and clinicians safe from transmissible infections. Since the start of COVID in March 2020, there have ... <a title="More businesses are offering online medical certificates and telehealth prescriptions. What are the pros and cons?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/more-businesses-are-offering-online-medical-certificates-and-telehealth-prescriptions-what-are-the-pros-and-cons-194154/" aria-label="Read more about More businesses are offering online medical certificates and telehealth prescriptions. What are the pros and cons?">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Downes, Lecturer in Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Remote working has become much more common since the pandemic sent people home from their offices and into the Zoom universe. This has put the onus on managers to find new and ... <a title="Don’t just bet on the metrics – personal connection is the real key to managing remote workers well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/dont-just-bet-on-the-metrics-personal-connection-is-the-real-key-to-managing-remote-workers-well-193206/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t just bet on the metrics – personal connection is the real key to managing remote workers well">Read more</a>
