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November 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne There have been three federal polls since my October 13 article on the federal Resolve poll that still had Labor far ahead. These polls show a tie ... <a title="Federal Labor barely ahead in latest polls; Victorian Labor takes a hit but holds Mulgrave at byelection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/19/federal-labor-barely-ahead-in-latest-polls-victorian-labor-takes-a-hit-but-holds-mulgrave-at-byelection-217667/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Labor barely ahead in latest polls; Victorian Labor takes a hit but holds Mulgrave at byelection">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jürgen Knauer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Olga Danylenko/Shutterstock The world’s vegetation has a remarkable ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air and store it as biomass. In doing so, plants slow down climate change since the CO₂ they ... <a title="Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/18/plants-are-likely-to-absorb-more-co-in-a-changing-climate-than-we-thought-heres-why-217786/" aria-label="Read more about Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here’s why">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Bastin, Associate Professor of English, Flinders University Keith Bernstein/Netflix The opening scene of season six of The Crown sees a man walking his dog under the light of the Eiffel Tower. It’s 1997 and a Mercedes car speeds past and ends in a horrendous crash in ... <a title="The Crown season six: an overly detailed, unimaginative soap opera – I needed a martini to get through it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/the-crown-season-six-an-overly-detailed-unimaginative-soap-opera-i-needed-a-martini-to-get-through-it-218029/" aria-label="Read more about The Crown season six: an overly detailed, unimaginative soap opera – I needed a martini to get through it">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia Matt Byrne/STCSA Anna Goldsworthy’s hilarious and beautifully honest book Welcome To Your New Life celebrates the joy and roller-coaster ride of first-time parenting. Now a new play adapted for the stage by Goldsworthy, Welcome To Your ... <a title="Play School meets Ikea: new Australian play Welcome to Your New Life hilariously captures new motherhood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/play-school-meets-ikea-new-australian-play-welcome-to-your-new-life-hilariously-captures-new-motherhood-217561/" aria-label="Read more about Play School meets Ikea: new Australian play Welcome to Your New Life hilariously captures new motherhood">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Travis N. Ridout, Professor of Government and Public Policy, Washington State University A key reason Barack Obama won the 2012 US presidential election was his campaign’s use of “big data” to target specific voters. His team created multiple versions of ads aimed at niche audiences, taking care ... <a title="Big data play a huge role in US presidential elections. Do they have the same impact here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/big-data-play-a-huge-role-in-us-presidential-elections-do-they-have-the-same-impact-here-217672/" aria-label="Read more about Big data play a huge role in US presidential elections. Do they have the same impact here?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Kalms, Director, XYX Lab, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University Shutterstock Women consistently raise concerns about their safety when moving through their cities and communities. Only on Women often experience harassment in the street, which can lead them to avoid areas ... <a title="Urban planning has long ignored women’s experiences. Here are 5 ways we can make our cities safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/urban-planning-has-long-ignored-womens-experiences-here-are-5-ways-we-can-make-our-cities-safer-216531/" aria-label="Read more about Urban planning has long ignored women’s experiences. Here are 5 ways we can make our cities safer">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Belvoir Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult novel The Master and Margarita has inspired many artists. Mick Jagger drew on the novel when penning the lyrics for Sympathy for the Devil. Salman Rushdie did something similar when ... <a title="Belvoir’s The Master and Margarita: astonishingly ambitious, physically demanding and a resounding success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/belvoirs-the-master-and-margarita-astonishingly-ambitious-physically-demanding-and-a-resounding-success-217366/" aria-label="Read more about Belvoir’s The Master and Margarita: astonishingly ambitious, physically demanding and a resounding success">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University In recent years, we’ve seen a burgeoning social movement for the acceptance of asexuality. We’ve also seen more asexual characters popping up in shows such as ... <a title="What does it mean to be asexual?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/what-does-it-mean-to-be-asexual-216748/" aria-label="Read more about What does it mean to be asexual?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project . Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is now being openly mocked and ridiculed by political commentators for his failure to achieve a coalition government. There are certainly signs that Luxon hasn’t managed the process well, and raising questions about competency at this early stage is a poor ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Analysis – Luxon’s embarrassing coalition negotiations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/bryce-edwards-political-analysis-luxons-embarrassing-coalition-negotiations/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Analysis – Luxon’s embarrassing coalition negotiations">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Medbury, Lecturer in Intelligence and Security, Edith Cowan University While ransomware incidents have been occurring for more than 30 years, only in the last decade has the term “ransomware” appeared regularly in popular media. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that blocks access to computer ... <a title="What is LockBit, the cybercrime gang hacking some of the world’s largest organisations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/what-is-lockbit-the-cybercrime-gang-hacking-some-of-the-worlds-largest-organisations-217679/" aria-label="Read more about What is LockBit, the cybercrime gang hacking some of the world’s largest organisations?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost. Close to half (44%) of all Australian commuter ... <a title="The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Ryan-Weber, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO 3D), Swinburne University of Technology Cristy Roberts / ASTRO 3D Many organisations, from community sporting groups to the United Nations, have set themselves a target of gender parity: ensuring half of staff or ... <a title="In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/in-5-years-this-australian-astrophysics-lab-reached-50-women-heres-how-they-did-it-216632/" aria-label="Read more about In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it">Read more</a>
