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October 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily O’Neill, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition. Many of the big wind and solar farms planned to help Australia achieve net zero emissions by 2050 ... <a title="Beyond Juukan Gorge: how First Nations people are taking charge of clean energy projects on their land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/26/beyond-juukan-gorge-how-first-nations-people-are-taking-charge-of-clean-energy-projects-on-their-land-213864/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond Juukan Gorge: how First Nations people are taking charge of clean energy projects on their land">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia This review may contain spoilers. One of the socially redeeming features of mass media has always been its communal aspect, the fact people are drawn together into a shared experience based on network programming. Of ... <a title="Monolith considers the cultural and social implications of new technology, without overdoing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/26/monolith-considers-the-cultural-and-social-implications-of-new-technology-without-overdoing-it-213645/" aria-label="Read more about Monolith considers the cultural and social implications of new technology, without overdoing it">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Sims, Associate Professor in Commericial Law, University of Auckland There was time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repairman. But those days are long gone. Today, it is often faster, easier and cheaper to replace household ... <a title="Too many products are easier to throw away than fix – NZ consumers deserve a ‘right to repair’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/26/too-many-products-are-easier-to-throw-away-than-fix-nz-consumers-deserve-a-right-to-repair-216334/" aria-label="Read more about Too many products are easier to throw away than fix – NZ consumers deserve a ‘right to repair’">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Last weekend Australia had a big win when China agreed to review over the next five months its prohibitive tariffs on Australian wine, This weekend Trade Minister Don Farrell hopes to finally land a long-awaited free trade deal with the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Don Farrell’s high noon for European free trade deal, and hopes for lobster exports to China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-don-farrells-high-noon-for-european-free-trade-deal-and-hopes-for-lobster-exports-to-china-216365/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Don Farrell’s high noon for European free trade deal, and hopes for lobster exports to China">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Shutterstock Today’s figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show inflation fell in the September quarter for the third consecutive quarter. But petrol prices kept it uncomfortably high. After reaching a 30-year high ... <a title="Petrol is holding up inflation – the 7 graphs that show what’s happening to prices and what it will mean for interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/petrol-is-holding-up-inflation-the-7-graphs-that-show-whats-happening-to-prices-and-what-it-will-mean-for-interest-rates-215888/" aria-label="Read more about Petrol is holding up inflation – the 7 graphs that show what’s happening to prices and what it will mean for interest rates">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Professor Johanna Weaver, Director, ANU Tech Policy Design Centre, Australian National University Shutterstock There are rules in war. International humanitarian law regulates what combatants can and can’t do, with the goal of protecting civilians and limiting suffering. Most of these laws were developed during the 19th and ... <a title="Governments and hackers agree: the laws of war must apply in cyberspace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/governments-and-hackers-agree-the-laws-of-war-must-apply-in-cyberspace-216202/" aria-label="Read more about Governments and hackers agree: the laws of war must apply in cyberspace">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock The High Court ruled last week that Victoria’s road-user charge for electric vehicle (EV) drivers is unconstitutional. Because the court decided it’s an excise, only the Commonwealth can now impose such a tax. The Victorian ... <a title="National road-user charges are needed – and most people are open to it, our research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/national-road-user-charges-are-needed-and-most-people-are-open-to-it-our-research-shows-215992/" aria-label="Read more about National road-user charges are needed – and most people are open to it, our research shows">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ahmadi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock People in developed countries spend an average of nine to ten hours a day sitting. Whether it’s spending time in front of a computer, stuck in traffic, or unwinding in ... <a title="How 22 minutes of exercise a day could reduce the health risks from sitting too long" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/how-22-minutes-of-exercise-a-day-could-reduce-the-health-risks-from-sitting-too-long-216259/" aria-label="Read more about How 22 minutes of exercise a day could reduce the health risks from sitting too long">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University Shutterstock Dominique Lee was training in radiation oncology when she was invited to join her supervisor to discuss a training opportunity. Instead, she was drugged and sexually assaulted. Lee reported the crime, and John Kearsley ... <a title="Doctors are being sexually harassed at work. This needs to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/doctors-are-being-sexually-harassed-at-work-this-needs-to-stop-214264/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors are being sexually harassed at work. This needs to stop">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne In the DC movie Justice League, Flash asks Bruce Wayne aka Batman, “What are your superpowers again?” to which Wayne replies, “I am rich.” In tawdry fashion, life has imitated art with Visy chair Anthony Pratt reportedly ... <a title="Pratt reports show urgent need for political funding law reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/pratt-reports-show-urgent-need-for-political-funding-law-reform-216261/" aria-label="Read more about Pratt reports show urgent need for political funding law reform">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eu-Jin Teo, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Electric vehicle owners in Victoria couldn’t be blamed for wondering if they might get their money back after the High Court found the state’s zero and low-emission vehicle road-user charge to be unconstitutional. The government, facing massive budgetary pressures ... <a title="Will drivers who paid Victoria’s electric vehicle tax be able to get their money back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/will-drivers-who-paid-victorias-electric-vehicle-tax-be-able-to-get-their-money-back-216021/" aria-label="Read more about Will drivers who paid Victoria’s electric vehicle tax be able to get their money back?">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmine Probst, Associate professor, University of Wollongong Suzy Hazelwood/Pexels Throughout history, rice has remained an important food staple. It supports the nutritional needs of more than half of the global population. While you might be familiar with a handful of types, there are more than 40,000 different ... <a title="Brown, red, black, riceberry – what are these white rice alternatives, and are they actually healthier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/25/brown-red-black-riceberry-what-are-these-white-rice-alternatives-and-are-they-actually-healthier-214388/" aria-label="Read more about Brown, red, black, riceberry – what are these white rice alternatives, and are they actually healthier?">Read more</a>
