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February 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anya Phelan, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Griffith University Mykolastock, Shutterstock After the memorable collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastic recycling program REDcycle in late 2022, a new scheme is emerging. It’s remarkably similar, albeit on a much smaller scale. The trial underway in 12 Melbourne ... <a title="Soft plastic recycling is back after the REDcycle collapse – but only in 12 supermarkets. Will it work this time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/soft-plastic-recycling-is-back-after-the-redcycle-collapse-but-only-in-12-supermarkets-will-it-work-this-time-223232/" aria-label="Read more about Soft plastic recycling is back after the REDcycle collapse – but only in 12 supermarkets. Will it work this time?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie P. Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University ABS, CC BY Childcare is probably Australia’s largest industry, most of it unpaid. We know this because of Australian Bureau of Statistics time use surveys. Since 1992 these surveys have recorded what thousands of Australians say they do ... <a title="If the ABS guts Australia’s time use survey, women’s work will count for little" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/if-the-abs-guts-australias-time-use-survey-womens-work-will-count-for-little-223453/" aria-label="Read more about If the ABS guts Australia’s time use survey, women’s work will count for little">Read more</a>
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February 14, 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 Tasmanian Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff today announced the Tasmanian election would be held on March 23, more than a year early. The election was called early owing ... <a title="Jacqui Lambie Network could win balance of power at Tasmanian election; Labor lead steady in federal polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/jacqui-lambie-network-could-win-balance-of-power-at-tasmanian-election-labor-lead-steady-in-federal-polls-223097/" aria-label="Read more about Jacqui Lambie Network could win balance of power at Tasmanian election; Labor lead steady in federal polls">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Eccleston, Professor of Political Science; Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania After months of speculation about an early election and a battle to keep minority government alive, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff – Australia’s last remaining Liberal Premier – has called an election for March 23, ... <a title="Tasmania is going to an early election. Will the country’s last Liberal state be no more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/tasmania-is-going-to-an-early-election-will-the-countrys-last-liberal-state-be-no-more-216533/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania is going to an early election. Will the country’s last Liberal state be no more?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mitchell Lyons, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The world’s coral reefs are close to 25% larger than we thought. By using satellite images, machine learning and on-ground knowledge from a global network of people living and working on coral reefs, we found an extra ... <a title="The world’s coral reefs are bigger than we thought – but it took satellites, snorkels and machine learning to see them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/the-worlds-coral-reefs-are-bigger-than-we-thought-but-it-took-satellites-snorkels-and-machine-learning-to-see-them-223322/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s coral reefs are bigger than we thought – but it took satellites, snorkels and machine learning to see them">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Balanzategui, Senior Lecturer in Media, RMIT University Skinamarink/Shudder © 2022 Director Kyle Edward Ball’s feature film debut, Skinamarink, achieved unexpected commercial success last year after going viral on TikTok. Hailed by some critics as the best horror film of 2023, or even the scariest of all ... <a title="‘Analog uncanny’: how this weird and experimental side of TikTok is forging the future of horror" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/analog-uncanny-how-this-weird-and-experimental-side-of-tiktok-is-forging-the-future-of-horror-222882/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Analog uncanny’: how this weird and experimental side of TikTok is forging the future of horror">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Mead-Hunter, Senior lecturer, School of Population Health, Curtin University Izf/Shutterstock Bushfires broke out yesterday in western Victoria during a day of extreme weather conditions across the state. Although authorities have reported the situation is easing, emergency services continue to fight blazes in the Grampians National Park ... <a title="Bushfires in Victoria: how to protect yourself if the air is smoky where you live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/bushfires-in-victoria-how-to-protect-yourself-if-the-air-is-smoky-where-you-live-215789/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfires in Victoria: how to protect yourself if the air is smoky where you live">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameo Dalley, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. The name of the Aboriginal man in this article was how he was referred to, and his relative has requested we honour ... <a title="Can more ethical histories be written about early colonial expeditions? A new project seeks to do just that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/can-more-ethical-histories-be-written-about-early-colonial-expeditions-a-new-project-seeks-to-do-just-that-221974/" aria-label="Read more about Can more ethical histories be written about early colonial expeditions? A new project seeks to do just that">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings. Shakespeare, Richard II ABC produced post-mortem documentaries on national governments have a distinguished pedigree. The latest instalment, Nemesis, dealing with the ... <a title="‘A blood sport feigning as government’: what the ABC’s Nemesis taught us about a decade of Coalition rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-blood-sport-feigning-as-government-what-the-abcs-nemesis-taught-us-about-a-decade-of-coalition-rule-223002/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A blood sport feigning as government’: what the ABC’s Nemesis taught us about a decade of Coalition rule">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janice Lord, Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago New Zealanders traditionally show their love for a special other on Valentine’s Day, so what better time to reveal which insect they feel the most affection for? The second annual Bug of the Year contest has been won ... <a title="NZ votes the red admiral butterfly ‘bug of the year’ – how to make your garden its home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/nz-votes-the-red-admiral-butterfly-bug-of-the-year-how-to-make-your-garden-its-home-223083/" aria-label="Read more about NZ votes the red admiral butterfly ‘bug of the year’ – how to make your garden its home">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Brown, Postdoctoral researcher, Macquarie University When the first cane toads were brought from South America to Queensland in 1935, many of the parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the lungs of at least one of those pioneer toads lurked small nematode lungworms. ... <a title="A secret war between cane toads and parasitic lungworms is raging across Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-secret-war-between-cane-toads-and-parasitic-lungworms-is-raging-across-australia-223461/" aria-label="Read more about A secret war between cane toads and parasitic lungworms is raging across Australia">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Dargaville, Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University Loy Yang power station Shutterstock Half a million homes and businesses in Victoria were left without power late on Tuesday following a major power outage. The disruption occurred when severe winds knocked over several high-voltage electricity transmission towers, causing ... <a title="A major blackout left 500,000 Victorian homes without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-major-blackout-left-500-000-victorian-homes-without-power-but-it-shows-our-energy-system-is-resilient-223494/" aria-label="Read more about A major blackout left 500,000 Victorian homes without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient">Read more</a>
