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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Webster, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland The only species of Australian bird which remains unphotographed. This is one of the most accurate illustrations of the species. John Keulemans published in Gregory Mathews ‘The Birds of Australia’ 1911, Author provided In humid savanna on Cape York ... <a title="Is the buff-breasted button-quail still alive? After years of searching, this century-old bird mystery has yet to be solved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/is-the-buff-breasted-button-quail-still-alive-after-years-of-searching-this-century-old-bird-mystery-has-yet-to-be-solved-175647/" aria-label="Read more about Is the buff-breasted button-quail still alive? After years of searching, this century-old bird mystery has yet to be solved">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Getty Images The huge storms many Australians have experienced recently have damaged or toppled old trees which had withstood the vagaries of our weather for the past century or more. This is what we can expect as our ... <a title="What does lightning actually do to a tree?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/what-does-lightning-actually-do-to-a-tree-176353/" aria-label="Read more about What does lightning actually do to a tree?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raewyn Connell, Professor Emerita (social science), University of Sydney Can we grieve not for a person but for an institution? Should we be angry over possibilities destroyed, young talents denied a chance to flourish? Is there any point in lamenting greed, short-sightedness, the brutality of power? As ... <a title="Remaking universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/remaking-universities-notes-from-the-sidelines-of-catastrophe-175920/" aria-label="Read more about Remaking universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW shutterstock If you’re paying off a mortgage – or aspiring to – imagine if you didn’t have to worry so much about rising interest rates. That’s already the reality for US home buyers. Unlike in Australia, most mortgages in the US ... <a title="What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/whats-wrong-with-australian-mortgages-theyre-fixed-for-shareholders-not-home-owners-176234/" aria-label="Read more about What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Glitsos, Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University HBO The 2020s is the age of the reboot. Without a doubt, one of the most anticipated has been the revival of the iconic TV show Sex and The City, with the 10-episode mini-series And Just Like ... <a title="Frank, unapologetic, and female-oriented: the cultural legacy of Sex and the City, and the lure of the reboot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/frank-unapologetic-and-female-oriented-the-cultural-legacy-of-sex-and-the-city-and-the-lure-of-the-reboot-175061/" aria-label="Read more about Frank, unapologetic, and female-oriented: the cultural legacy of Sex and the City, and the lure of the reboot">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Censoring of Facebook in Papua New Guinea can be addressed by three mandated government agencies, says Chief Censor Jim Abani. He was responding to the Post-Courier on how his office was dealing with indecent content posted on Facebook in view of a controversy over a video of an alleged ... <a title="Three PNG government agencies have power to censor Facebook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/three-png-government-agencies-have-power-to-censor-facebook/" aria-label="Read more about Three PNG government agencies have power to censor Facebook">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison’s language was sharp, bordering on bullying. Asked on Wednesday about the preselection shambles in the NSW Liberal Party, his message was that recalcitrant party members should leave things to the professionals. “It’s time for those who […] don’t ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s boys are frontline players in the ‘childish’ factional games he condemns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/grattan-on-friday-morrisons-boys-are-frontline-players-in-the-childish-factional-games-he-condemns-176380/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s boys are frontline players in the ‘childish’ factional games he condemns">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron M. Lane, Senior Lecturer in Law, RMIT University Shutterstock News emerged overnight of the potential theft of more than US$326 million of Ethereum tokens from a blockchain bridge (which connects two blockchains so cryptocurrency can be exchanged between them). It’s no surprise. Crypto crime has been ... <a title="Crypto theft is on the rise. Here’s how the crimes are committed, and how you can protect yourself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/crypto-theft-is-on-the-rise-heres-how-the-crimes-are-committed-and-how-you-can-protect-yourself-176027/" aria-label="Read more about Crypto theft is on the rise. Here’s how the crimes are committed, and how you can protect yourself">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has painted an optimistic view of where the Australian economy is heading after a turbulent 2021. Just how crazy last year was is highlighted by the differences between the bank’s forecasts at the start of ... <a title="Building back better: how RBA Governor Lowe sees the year ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/building-back-better-how-rba-governor-lowe-sees-the-year-ahead-176006/" aria-label="Read more about Building back better: how RBA Governor Lowe sees the year ahead">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Carrigy, Associate Director, Academic Programs, New York University Grace Costa/NFSA Review: Australians & Hollywood, National Film and Sound Archive Visitors are greeted in the foyer of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) by a life-size wax figure of the actor Eric Bana, on loan from ... <a title="Australians & Hollywood at the NFSA: Aussie talent has been making international waves for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/australians-and-hollywood-at-the-nfsa-aussie-talent-has-been-making-international-waves-for-decades-175643/" aria-label="Read more about Australians & Hollywood at the NFSA: Aussie talent has been making international waves for decades">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John McCarthy, ARC DECRA Fellow, Flinders University WikiCommons/Illustration by Samuel Atkins The Australian National Maritime Museum has announced a shipwreck found in Newport Harbour, off Rhode Island in the United States, has been confirmed as Captain Cook’s ship, HMB Endeavour. There have been very similar announcements made ... <a title="Has Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour been found? Debate rages but here’s what’s usually involved in identifying a shipwreck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/has-captain-cooks-ship-endeavour-been-found-debate-rages-but-heres-whats-usually-involved-in-identifying-a-shipwreck-176363/" aria-label="Read more about Has Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour been found? Debate rages but here’s what’s usually involved in identifying a shipwreck">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darryl Dymock, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Education, Griffith University Under Labor’s proposed Future Made in Australia Skills Plan, Australians studying in an industry with a skills shortage will be supported through the provision of free TAFE places. This will include 45,000 new places. If Labor does ... <a title="Who’ll teach all the students promised extra TAFE places? 4 steps to end staff shortages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/wholl-teach-all-the-students-promised-extra-tafe-places-4-steps-to-end-staff-shortages-175523/" aria-label="Read more about Who’ll teach all the students promised extra TAFE places? 4 steps to end staff shortages">Read more</a>
