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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was often said of the former Morrison government that it found parliamentary sittings particularly fraught. The same has become true of its successor. Labor has had a very ragged sitting week, and there are several more weeks to go ... <a title="View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/view-from-the-hill-parliamentary-sittings-have-become-as-painful-for-albanese-as-they-were-for-morrison-231395/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Chen, Senior Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Shutterstock This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights reported on its Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework. By majority, it recommended the federal government introduce an Australian Human Rights Act. This represents a generational milestone to ... <a title="Report finds ‘clear need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/report-finds-clear-need-for-an-australian-human-rights-act-what-difference-would-it-make-231376/" aria-label="Read more about Report finds ‘clear need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Hanna, Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University Delhi is reeling from the most extreme heatwave India has ever seen. While the record-breaking maximum recorded temperature of 52.9°C has been called into question by India’s Meteorological Department, it’s entirely possible. The city has been ... <a title="The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/the-delhi-heatwave-is-testing-the-limits-of-human-endurance-other-hot-countries-should-beware-and-prepare-230866/" aria-label="Read more about The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Love Silhouette/Shutterstock To support its climate agenda, the Albanese government is building new institutions. One of the most important will be the Net Zero Economy ... <a title="Why do we need a Net Zero Economy Authority? And how can it fulfil its promise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/why-do-we-need-a-net-zero-economy-authority-and-how-can-it-fulfil-its-promise-228408/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we need a Net Zero Economy Authority? And how can it fulfil its promise?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Gerber, Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University Australia is the only Western democracy that does not have a national Human Rights Act, but this may be about to change. After an inquiry lasting more than a year, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has ... <a title="An inquiry has recommended Australia legislate a Human Rights Act. Here’s why we need one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/an-inquiry-has-recommended-australia-legislate-a-human-rights-act-heres-why-we-need-one-229387/" aria-label="Read more about An inquiry has recommended Australia legislate a Human Rights Act. Here’s why we need one">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Associate Professor and Epidemiologist, Infectious Diseases, Immunisation and Emergencies Group, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney It’s a week since Papua New Guinea (PNG) experienced a massive landslide in the Enga province, in the country’s highlands. More than 7,800 people have been affected ... <a title="From injuries to infectious diseases, what are the health risks in the aftermath of PNG’s landslide?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/from-injuries-to-infectious-diseases-what-are-the-health-risks-in-the-aftermath-of-pngs-landslide-231163/" aria-label="Read more about From injuries to infectious diseases, what are the health risks in the aftermath of PNG’s landslide?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
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 The electoral commission today released draft boundaries from a federal redistribution of Victoria and Western Australia. In WA, the new seat of Bullwinkel was created, while in ... <a title="Labor slightly helped by Victorian and WA draft federal redistributions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/labor-slightly-helped-by-victorian-and-wa-draft-federal-redistributions-230937/" aria-label="Read more about Labor slightly helped by Victorian and WA draft federal redistributions">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Oscar, Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Over the past few days, one image has been shared at least 45 million times on Instagram. It shows an aerial landscape with hundreds of thousands of tents, pitched in rows, on red earth. ... <a title="All Eyes on Rafah: sharing images of war comes with a moral responsibility. What can we make of this AI-generated anomaly?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/all-eyes-on-rafah-sharing-images-of-war-comes-with-a-moral-responsibility-what-can-we-make-of-this-ai-generated-anomaly-231271/" aria-label="Read more about All Eyes on Rafah: sharing images of war comes with a moral responsibility. What can we make of this AI-generated anomaly?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney The axing of the Melbourne Rebels from the Super Rugby competition, though not unexpected, is another blow to rugby union in Australia. The Rebels were axed because they were in serious debt to the tune of ... <a title="Rugby union cops another body blow as the Melbourne Rebels are axed. How can the sport bounce back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/rugby-union-cops-another-body-blow-as-the-melbourne-rebels-are-axed-how-can-the-sport-bounce-back-230959/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby union cops another body blow as the Melbourne Rebels are axed. How can the sport bounce back?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Richardson, Professor, Australian National University Paul Teysen/Unsplash For the best part of two centuries, the principle of “comparative advantage” has been a foundation stone of economists’ understanding of international trade, both of why it occurs in the first place and how it can be mutually beneficial ... <a title="Business basics: what is comparative advantage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/business-basics-what-is-comparative-advantage-230869/" aria-label="Read more about Business basics: what is comparative advantage?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Archibald Prize 2024 finalist, Shaun Gladwell ‘A spangled symbolist portrait of Julian Assange floating in reflection’, oil and aluminium flakes on ... <a title="Archibald Prize 2024: this year’s finalists range from downright fun to politically ferocious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/archibald-prize-2024-this-years-finalists-range-from-downright-fun-to-politically-ferocious-228492/" aria-label="Read more about Archibald Prize 2024: this year’s finalists range from downright fun to politically ferocious">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Florence Monique Boulard, Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Education, James Cook University In recent weeks, New Caledonia has been wracked by the worst unrest on the island in 40 years, making headlines around the world. Hundreds of Australians were trapped in the French territory, unable to return ... <a title="New Caledonians are looking to Australia as a safe haven. But for most, migration remains out of reach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/31/new-caledonians-are-looking-to-australia-as-a-safe-haven-but-for-most-migration-remains-out-of-reach-230669/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonians are looking to Australia as a safe haven. But for most, migration remains out of reach">Read more</a>
