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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arthur Immanuel Crichton, PhD candidate, Flinders University Relative of _Chunia pledgei_ named _Ektopodon serratus_ (top left), with _Wakaleo oldfieldi_. Reconstruction of the early Miocene Kutjumarpu faunal assemblage by Peter Schouten, CC BY-SA Imagine a vast, lush forest dominated by giant flightless birds and crocodiles. This was Australia’s ... <a title="25-million-year-old fossils of a bizarre possum and strange wombat relative reveal Australia’s hidden past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/25-million-year-old-fossils-of-a-bizarre-possum-and-strange-wombat-relative-reveal-australias-hidden-past-200262/" aria-label="Read more about 25-million-year-old fossils of a bizarre possum and strange wombat relative reveal Australia’s hidden past">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Veale, Lecturer in Media Studies, part of the Digital Cultures Laboratory in the School of Humanities, Media, and Creative Communication, Massey University Getty Images The impending arrival of Kelly-Jean Keen-Minshull – aka Posie Parker – has put the spotlight on the tension between free speech and ... <a title="Does public safety trump free speech? History suggests there is a case for banning anti-trans activist Posie Parker from NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/does-public-safety-trump-free-speech-history-suggests-there-is-a-case-for-banning-anti-trans-activist-posie-parker-from-nz-202118/" aria-label="Read more about Does public safety trump free speech? History suggests there is a case for banning anti-trans activist Posie Parker from NZ">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Ireland, Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland MASCOT / DLR / JAXA How did life come about? The answer to this question goes to the very heart of our existence on planet Earth. Did life simply arise from chemical reactions among ... <a title="New asteroid sample study offers further hints of space origin for the building blocks of life on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/new-asteroid-sample-study-offers-further-hints-of-space-origin-for-the-building-blocks-of-life-on-earth-201960/" aria-label="Read more about New asteroid sample study offers further hints of space origin for the building blocks of life on Earth">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Associate Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Flying under the radar of last week’s AUKUS submarine announcement was the revelation that the United States had agreed to sell Australia up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles. This follows Australia’s purchase in January of “high ... <a title="Why is Australia buying hundreds of missiles?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/why-is-australia-buying-hundreds-of-missiles-202123/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Australia buying hundreds of missiles?">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Law lecturer, University of Sydney Unsplash/Olga Guryanova, CC BY Disturbing reports about botched cosmetic surgeries and injuries in Australia – from breast augmentations causing chronic pain to liposuction leaving patients with lifelong injuries – have sparked concerns in recent years. Several high-profile cosmetic surgeons alleged ... <a title="Doctors may soon get official ‘endorsements’ to practise cosmetic surgery – but will that protect patients?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/doctors-may-soon-get-official-endorsements-to-practise-cosmetic-surgery-but-will-that-protect-patients-202136/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors may soon get official ‘endorsements’ to practise cosmetic surgery – but will that protect patients?">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University, Research Associate at University of New South Wales, Curtin University Shutterstock Fire management in Australia is approaching crisis point. Seasons such as the Black Summer three years ago showed how our best efforts in fire-fighting and prescribed burning are ... <a title="New research reveals how forests reduce their own bushfire risk, if they’re left alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/new-research-reveals-how-forests-reduce-their-own-bushfire-risk-if-theyre-left-alone-201868/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals how forests reduce their own bushfire risk, if they’re left alone">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Geary, PhD Student, Deakin University Once abundant, woylies – or brush-tailed bettongs – are now critically endangered. John Gould, CC BY-SA Conserving native wildlife is a challenging task and Australia’s unenviable extinction record shows us we urgently need more sophisticated and effective approaches. Too often we ... <a title="Species don’t live in isolation: what changing threats to 4 marsupials tell us about the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/species-dont-live-in-isolation-what-changing-threats-to-4-marsupials-tell-us-about-the-future-200990/" aria-label="Read more about Species don’t live in isolation: what changing threats to 4 marsupials tell us about the future">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University ThisIsEngineering/Pexels , CC BY-NC Australia continues to grapple with acute skills shortages. Businesses are struggling to find workers with the skills they need. Meanwhile, workers struggle to get jobs because of the mismatch between available training and ... <a title="The National Skills Agreement needs time in the policy spotlight and it must include these 3 things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/the-national-skills-agreement-needs-time-in-the-policy-spotlight-and-it-must-include-these-3-things-201183/" aria-label="Read more about The National Skills Agreement needs time in the policy spotlight and it must include these 3 things">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Eames, History PhD candidate, University of Sydney Portrait of De Lacy Evans and his wife (1870) State Library Victoria This article contains references to anti-trans, colonial and institutional violence, and includes information about an Aboriginal person who died in the early 20th century. Anti-transgender hatred is ... <a title="Trans people aren’t new, and neither is their oppression: a history of gender crossing in 19th-century Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/trans-people-arent-new-and-neither-is-their-oppression-a-history-of-gender-crossing-in-19th-century-australia-201663/" aria-label="Read more about Trans people aren’t new, and neither is their oppression: a history of gender crossing in 19th-century Australia">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s decision to buy three nuclear-powered submarines and build another eight is so expensive that, for the A$268 billion to $368 billion price tag, we could give a million dollars to every resident of Geelong, ... <a title="How can Australia pay $368 billion for new submarines? Some of the money will be created from thin air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/how-can-australia-pay-368-billion-for-new-submarines-some-of-the-money-will-be-created-from-thin-air-202150/" aria-label="Read more about How can Australia pay $368 billion for new submarines? Some of the money will be created from thin air">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Denniss, Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia has 116 new coal, oil and gas projects in the pipeline. If they all proceed as planned, an extra 1.4 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases would be released into the atmosphere annually by 2030. ... <a title="Australia’s 116 new coal, oil and gas projects equate to 215 new coal power stations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/australias-116-new-coal-oil-and-gas-projects-equate-to-215-new-coal-power-stations-202135/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s 116 new coal, oil and gas projects equate to 215 new coal power stations">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University A referendum will be held later this year to enshrine a First Nations’ Voice to Parliament into the Australian constitution. The draft question for the ... <a title="What Australia could learn from New Zealand about Indigenous representation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/what-australia-could-learn-from-new-zealand-about-indigenous-representation-201761/" aria-label="Read more about What Australia could learn from New Zealand about Indigenous representation">Read more</a>
