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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney Next month we will see a significant shake-up in courts across Australia’s eastern seaboard. Three chief justices – Tom Bathurst, of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Catherine Holmes, of the Supreme Court of Queensland, and Helen Murrell ... <a title="Explainer: how are chief justices appointed and how can the process be improved?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/explainer-how-are-chief-justices-appointed-and-how-can-the-process-be-improved-177212/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how are chief justices appointed and how can the process be improved?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul E. Griffiths, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney Shutterstock Interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary are all nice buzzwords. But talk of “breaking down the barriers” is all too often a cover for breaking down academic disciplines to create administrative flexibility. This is a disaster in the making ... <a title="Why the ‘interdisciplinary’ push in universities is actually a dangerous antidisciplinary trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/why-the-interdisciplinary-push-in-universities-is-actually-a-dangerous-antidisciplinary-trend-175511/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ‘interdisciplinary’ push in universities is actually a dangerous antidisciplinary trend">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Simmons, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England Shutterstock Are you one of the increasingly large number of people seeking to minimise the environmental damage wrought when producing the food you eat? If so, you might use the common “environmental footprint” method to decide what ... <a title="Environmental footprint calculators have one big flaw we need to talk about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/environmental-footprint-calculators-have-one-big-flaw-we-need-to-talk-about-166897/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental footprint calculators have one big flaw we need to talk about">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Mick Tsikas This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 9-12 from a sample of 1,526, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the late January Newspoll. Primary votes were 41% Labor ... <a title="A bad Newspoll for the Greens; Willoughby NSW byelection could be close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/a-bad-newspoll-for-the-greens-willoughby-nsw-byelection-could-be-close-177055/" aria-label="Read more about A bad Newspoll for the Greens; Willoughby NSW byelection could be close">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trisia Farrelly, Associate Professor, Massey University Vincenzo Izzo/LightRocket via Getty Images Following years of discussions, support for a global treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution is now widespread, with 75% of UN member states backing the idea. Next week, countries will negotiate two competing resolutions ... <a title="An international treaty to curb plastic pollution risks being watered down — New Zealand needs to take a stand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/an-international-treaty-to-curb-plastic-pollution-risks-being-watered-down-new-zealand-needs-to-take-a-stand-177130/" aria-label="Read more about An international treaty to curb plastic pollution risks being watered down — New Zealand needs to take a stand">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep-dive into the latest events emerging from the Russia/Ukraine crisis, and they consider: What does Russia’s Vladimir Putin want from NATO and the US in a negotiated diplomatic solution to the Ukraine issue? And what, from Ukraine’s perspective, is the most favourable outcome from the threat of the Russian military build-up on its border.
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February 17, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliamentary Grounds occupation Ben Thomas (Stuff): Protest presents a diabolical challenge for PM Brigitte Morten ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-17-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2022">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Harris, Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Domestic and family violence perpetrators commonly use technology such as phones and other devices as a weapon to control and entrap victims and survivors, alongside other forms of abuse. This “digital coercive control” is not bound to a ... <a title="‘You can’t stop it’: in rural Australia, digital coercive control can be inescapable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/you-cant-stop-it-in-rural-australia-digital-coercive-control-can-be-inescapable-176980/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You can’t stop it’: in rural Australia, digital coercive control can be inescapable">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Chubb, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Deakin University Darren England/AAP As the major parties shift into election mode, the Morrison government is clearly placing defence and security issues at the centre of its campaign. By depicting Labor as “weak” on China, Defence Minister Peter Dutton is ... <a title="Elections are rarely decided by security and defence issues, but China could make 2022 different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/elections-are-rarely-decided-by-security-and-defence-issues-but-china-could-make-2022-different-176973/" aria-label="Read more about Elections are rarely decided by security and defence issues, but China could make 2022 different">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Melville-Rea, Research Fellow, New York University Shutterstock If emissions continue to accelerate, Western Sydney can expect to endure up to 46 days per year over 35℃ by 2090, a new analysis from the Australia Institute finds. This is a fivefold increase from the historical average of ... <a title="Western Sydney will swelter through 46 days per year over 35°C by 2090, unless emissions drop significantly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/western-sydney-will-swelter-through-46-days-per-year-over-35-c-by-2090-unless-emissions-drop-significantly-177056/" aria-label="Read more about Western Sydney will swelter through 46 days per year over 35°C by 2090, unless emissions drop significantly">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Cairns, Lecturer in Education, Deakin University Everyone has an opinion about what should go into history curriculum. Politicians are especially good at expressing theirs. The acting federal education minister, Stuart Robert, has announced a delay in approving the revised Australian Curriculum until at least April. This ... <a title="The national history curriculum should not be used and abused as an election issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/the-national-history-curriculum-should-not-be-used-and-abused-as-an-election-issue-176783/" aria-label="Read more about The national history curriculum should not be used and abused as an election issue">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Howe, Honorary Professor, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Macquarie University Juniper Chrystal Halliday Residential Aged Care Nursing home residents confined to their rooms during COVID are like hypothetical tenants locked in their bedrooms by landlords – unable to take showers, able only to make only sandwiches ... <a title="Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they are barely getting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/nursing-home-residents-are-paying-800-a-week-for-services-they-are-barely-getting-177138/" aria-label="Read more about Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they are barely getting">Read more</a>
