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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lurion De Mello, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Macquarie University Kelly Barnes/AAP As the La Niña weather event wreaks havoc across New South Wales, coal operators are suffering. The Australian coal company Whitehaven is among them – last week slashing its production forecasts after disruption by floods and ... <a title="Rain makes coal heavy, slippery and harder to dig up. So what does La Niña mean for this already disrupted industry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/rain-makes-coal-heavy-slippery-and-harder-to-dig-up-so-what-does-la-nina-mean-for-this-already-disrupted-industry-192018/" aria-label="Read more about Rain makes coal heavy, slippery and harder to dig up. So what does La Niña mean for this already disrupted industry?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mamoun Alazab, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, IT and Environment, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock The Australian government is launching an offensive against cybercriminals, following a data breach that has exposed millions of people’s personal information. On November 12, Minister for Cyber Security Clare O’Neil announced a taskforce ... <a title="A new cyber taskforce will supposedly ‘hack the hackers’ behind the Medibank breach. It could put a target on Australia’s back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/a-new-cyber-taskforce-will-supposedly-hack-the-hackers-behind-the-medibank-breach-it-could-put-a-target-on-australias-back-194532/" aria-label="Read more about A new cyber taskforce will supposedly ‘hack the hackers’ behind the Medibank breach. It could put a target on Australia’s back">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics editor Amanda Dunn discuss ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Albanese-Xi meeting is the first step on long march" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/word-from-the-hill-albanese-xi-meeting-is-the-first-step-on-long-march-194730/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Albanese-Xi meeting is the first step on long march">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Cowan, Professorial Research Fellow, Audiology and Speech Pathology, The University of Melbourne Pexels/Wendy Wei, CC BY Music is an integral part of human life. It’s all around us, just like sunshine, lifting our mood. We enjoy it so much that many of us take it with ... <a title="Pumping loud music is putting more than 1 billion young people at risk of hearing loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/pumping-loud-music-is-putting-more-than-1-billion-young-people-at-risk-of-hearing-loss-194537/" aria-label="Read more about Pumping loud music is putting more than 1 billion young people at risk of hearing loss">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Twitter/@Visegrad24 One of the most persistent fears about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has been the potential for the war to ramp up dramatically in scope. Those fears are legitimate, especially given the bellicose ... <a title="Missile hits Poland, killing two: is this the trigger for a wider European war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/missile-hits-poland-killing-two-is-this-the-trigger-for-a-wider-european-war-194717/" aria-label="Read more about Missile hits Poland, killing two: is this the trigger for a wider European war?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marco Amati, Associate Professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University frontispiece For 185 years, Melbourne’s Hoddle Grid – the ordered layout of CBD streets and blocks designed in 1837 – has dictated the flow of people and vehicles in the city centre. But how ... <a title="How superblocks can free up and improve CBD space for the people of Melbourne – a step-by-step guide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/how-superblocks-can-free-up-and-improve-cbd-space-for-the-people-of-melbourne-a-step-by-step-guide-193860/" aria-label="Read more about How superblocks can free up and improve CBD space for the people of Melbourne – a step-by-step guide">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Norman, Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra International climate talks in Egypt known as COP27 are into their second week. Thursday is Solutions Day at the summit. Recognising that urban planning is now a front-line response to climate change, discussions will focus ... <a title="Urban planning is now on the front line of the climate crisis. This is what it means for our cities and towns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/urban-planning-is-now-on-the-front-line-of-the-climate-crisis-this-is-what-it-means-for-our-cities-and-towns-193452/" aria-label="Read more about Urban planning is now on the front line of the climate crisis. This is what it means for our cities and towns">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour’s decaying policy on free universal dental care Grant Robertson has once again ruled out implementing a popular Labour Party policy: free universal dental care. He did so yesterday on RNZ’s Morning Report, citing the cost factor. The Acting Prime Minister suggested that spending on dental care wasn’t a ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s decaying policy on free universal dental care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-decaying-policy-on-free-universal-dental-care/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s decaying policy on free universal dental care">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Johnson, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University NASA JSC/Meghan McArthur NASA’s Artemis I launch is a major step forward in humans going deeper and spending longer in space than ever before. Future Artemis missions plan to take crew to the Moon and eventually Mars, which is likely ... <a title="Humans are going back to the Moon, and beyond – but how will we feed them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/humans-are-going-back-to-the-moon-and-beyond-but-how-will-we-feed-them-189794/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are going back to the Moon, and beyond – but how will we feed them?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Wood, Associate Professor, epidemiological modelling of infectious diseases, UNSW Sydney Australia is now mid-way into its fourth wave of COVID in the Omicron era, driven by a rich soup of Omicron descendants. Unlike previous waves, where a single new variant of SARS-CoV-2 variant such as BA.2 ... <a title="What can we expect from this latest COVID wave? And how long is it likely to last?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/what-can-we-expect-from-this-latest-covid-wave-and-how-long-is-it-likely-to-last-194444/" aria-label="Read more about What can we expect from this latest COVID wave? And how long is it likely to last?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley J. Moggridge, Associate Professor in Indigenous Water Science, University of Canberra Tap water in more than 500 remote Indigenous communities isn’t regularly tested and often isn’t safe to drink, according to a water industry report released last week. In some communities, drinking water contained unacceptable levels ... <a title="Countless reports show water is undrinkable in many Indigenous communities. Why has nothing changed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/countless-reports-show-water-is-undrinkable-in-many-indigenous-communities-why-has-nothing-changed-194447/" aria-label="Read more about Countless reports show water is undrinkable in many Indigenous communities. Why has nothing changed?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wenju Cai, Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO Shutterstock You’ve probably heard a lot about La Niña lately. This cool weather pattern is the main driver of heavy rain and flooding that has devastated much of Australia’s southeast in recent months. You may also have ... <a title="Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/climate-change-will-clearly-disrupt-el-nino-and-la-nina-this-decade-40-years-earlier-than-we-thought-194529/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought">Read more</a>
