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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock If Australia is to decarbonise our energy system by 2050, we need to start the transition to electric vehicles very soon. Cars sold in the 2030s will mostly still be on the road in 2050, so ... <a title="Let buyers jump the queue for electric cars by importing them directly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/let-buyers-jump-the-queue-for-electric-cars-by-importing-them-directly-197614/" aria-label="Read more about Let buyers jump the queue for electric cars by importing them directly">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Presented by Nick Fogarty, ABC Pacific Beat One of Fiji’s leading media analysts says wholesale changes to the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation’s board were inevitable, given the change of government in the country, reports ABC Pacific Beat. The board’s previous members and chairman resigned last week as Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s government continues to clear the decks ... <a title="Wholesale change at FBC board ‘inevitable’, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/wholesale-change-at-fbc-board-inevitable-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Wholesale change at FBC board ‘inevitable’, says academic">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia You may have seen the news Qantas flight 144 from Auckland landed safely in Sydney yesterday after the pilot was forced to shut down an engine and issue a mayday call while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The plane was ... <a title="Qantas flight mayday: can a plane normally fly on just one engine? An aviation expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/qantas-flight-mayday-can-a-plane-normally-fly-on-just-one-engine-an-aviation-expert-explains-198142/" aria-label="Read more about Qantas flight mayday: can a plane normally fly on just one engine? An aviation expert explains">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Hemsley, Professor of Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney Getty/RyanJLane If you’re one of the 1.2 million Australians with communication disability or among the 44% of Australian adults with low literacy, you may soon find helpful, automated communication assistance online. The chat bot ChatGPT – based ... <a title="Will AI tech like ChatGPT improve inclusion for people with communication disability?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/will-ai-tech-like-chatgpt-improve-inclusion-for-people-with-communication-disability-196481/" aria-label="Read more about Will AI tech like ChatGPT improve inclusion for people with communication disability?">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Imagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in country X note an expanding cluster of individuals with severe respiratory disease. Rapid whole-genome sequencing identifies the disease-causing agent as a novel coronavirus. Epidemiological investigations suggest ... <a title="The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/the-costly-lesson-from-covid-why-elimination-should-be-the-default-global-strategy-for-future-pandemics-197806/" aria-label="Read more about The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney For the first time in a long time, a year can begin with a realistic assessment that Australia-China relations are on an upward trajectory again. After winning last May’s federal election, the new Albanese ... <a title="Bring on the Year of the Rabbit: why there’s new hope and prosperity tipped for Australia-China relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/bring-on-the-year-of-the-rabbit-why-theres-new-hope-and-prosperity-tipped-for-australia-china-relations-197892/" aria-label="Read more about Bring on the Year of the Rabbit: why there’s new hope and prosperity tipped for Australia-China relations">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Lack, Professor of Psychology, Flinders University Shutterstock People describe the sound of a dripping tap in the middle of the night as anything from annoying to torture. Others sleep through, seemingly oblivious. But if this common sound is keeping you awake, you can do something about ... <a title="Drip, drip, drip. Why is my leaking tap keeping me awake at night?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/drip-drip-drip-why-is-my-leaking-tap-keeping-me-awake-at-night-194733/" aria-label="Read more about Drip, drip, drip. Why is my leaking tap keeping me awake at night?">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasim Saman, Emeritus Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of South Australia Shutterstock Soaring electricity prices have made 15% of Aussies think about installing solar panels, a recent survey found. Another 6% were already weighing up the move, on top of the 28% who had panels. With ... <a title="How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/how-to-maximise-savings-from-your-home-solar-system-and-slash-your-power-bills-197415/" aria-label="Read more about How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy W. Jones, Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University ACT Up NY Recently, a number of people have questioned or critiqued the use of the word “queer” to describe LGBTIQA+ folk. One writer to the Guardian claimed that the “q-word” was as derogatory and offensive as ... <a title="Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/reviled-reclaimed-and-respected-the-history-of-the-word-queer-197533/" aria-label="Read more about Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby An angry tirade on Papua New Guinea and Indonesia border issues in the PNG Parliament yesterday is likely to ignite an international uproar over the alleged behaviour of government officials. During yesterday’s session, Vanimo-Green MP and former soldier Belden Namah, asked why border liaison meetings were always held in ... <a title="Namah blasts PNG government over ‘serious’ Indonesian border issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/namah-blasts-png-government-over-serious-indonesian-border-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Namah blasts PNG government over ‘serious’ Indonesian border issues">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Home affairs Minister has held an urgent meeting with the nation’s military chief after he expressed concern about the new People’s Alliance-led government. The government, a three-party coalition led by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, has been in power for less than a month. Major-General Jone Kalouniwai yesterday warned that the government was ... <a title="Fiji minister’s assurance after military chief expresses ‘shortcut’ concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/fiji-ministers-assurance-after-military-chief-expresses-shortcut-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji minister’s assurance after military chief expresses ‘shortcut’ concerns">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne After three soggy years of La Niña in a row, Australia has endured record-breaking floods, the latest of which has inundated the Kimberley in Western Australia and across north and central Queensland. While the rains may ... <a title="From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/from-floods-to-fire-a-climate-scientist-on-the-chances-el-nino-will-hit-australia-this-year-197408/" aria-label="Read more about From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year">Read more</a>
