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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Adjunct Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University 朝鮮通信社/AP Since the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, declared bankruptcy earlier this month, the flow-on effects have been felt far and wide. But among the many victims are also some not-so-innocent parties. For the Democratic People’s ... <a title="North Korea’s nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/north-koreas-nuclear-program-is-funded-by-stolen-cryptocurrency-could-it-collapse-now-that-ftx-has-195559/" aria-label="Read more about North Korea’s nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has?">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Mitchell, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University People who rely on welfare payments to survive are often required to repeatedly tell stories of their personal hardships. In a conditional welfare system, many must regularly attend compulsory appointments, job search training courses, and self-development and treatment programs ... <a title="‘You have to beg for help’: how our welfare system pressures people to perform vulnerability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/you-have-to-beg-for-help-how-our-welfare-system-pressures-people-to-perform-vulnerability-180975/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You have to beg for help’: how our welfare system pressures people to perform vulnerability">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide The Albanese government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is all set to become law, after Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke revealed amendments to secure the support of the Greens and ACT independent David Pocock in the Senate. ... <a title="What the compromise IR deal means for wage negotiations, and pay rises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/what-the-compromise-ir-deal-means-for-wage-negotiations-and-pay-rises-195545/" aria-label="Read more about What the compromise IR deal means for wage negotiations, and pay rises">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Miller-Jones, Professor, Curtin University An unlucky star is torn apart by the strong gravity of a black hole, leading to the launching of a relativistic jet. Carl Knox – OzGrav, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of Technology Some stars just get ... <a title="Astronomers witness the dying flare of a star torn apart by a black hole halfway across the Universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/astronomers-witness-the-dying-flare-of-a-star-torn-apart-by-a-black-hole-halfway-across-the-universe-195453/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers witness the dying flare of a star torn apart by a black hole halfway across the Universe">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa A Williams, Associate professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney Unsplash/Kate Trifo, CC BY Although they were only two-and-a-half years ago, the first months of the COVID pandemic and ensuing lockdowns seem like a distant past. We have – perhaps intentionally – let fade our memories of ... <a title="What COVID has taught us about sharing our emotions – and why now’s a good time to share again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/what-covid-has-taught-us-about-sharing-our-emotions-and-why-nows-a-good-time-to-share-again-193098/" aria-label="Read more about What COVID has taught us about sharing our emotions – and why now’s a good time to share again">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Connell, Professor of Human Geography, University of Sydney Shutterstock In 1989, distinguished Australian geographer Gerard Ward wrote that the Pacific was emptying out. As people on smaller islands left to seek opportunity elsewhere, the region risked becoming Earth’s empty quarter. He wrote: Perhaps 100 years hence, ... <a title="‘Earth’s empty quarter’: many Pacific nations now have falling populations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/earths-empty-quarter-many-pacific-nations-now-have-falling-populations-195281/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Earth’s empty quarter’: many Pacific nations now have falling populations">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide The Albanese government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is all set to become law, after Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke revealed amendments to secure the support of the Greens and ACT independent David Pocock in the Senate. ... <a title="What the compromise IR package means for wage negotiations, and pay rises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/what-the-compromise-ir-package-means-for-wage-negotiations-and-pay-rises-195545/" aria-label="Read more about What the compromise IR package means for wage negotiations, and pay rises">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janelle K Johnstone, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University Maslow Entertainment When I was a kid, my dad Max took me to basketball games at Melbourne’s Entertainment Centre. I’d wait in my plastic bucket chair as the cheerleaders shook their pom poms and the teams did lay ups. ... <a title="Am I ever gonna see your face again? Nuanced and thoughtful, Kickin’ Down the Door puts The Angels back in the spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/am-i-ever-gonna-see-your-face-again-nuanced-and-thoughtful-kickin-down-the-door-puts-the-angels-back-in-the-spotlight-194057/" aria-label="Read more about Am I ever gonna see your face again? Nuanced and thoughtful, Kickin’ Down the Door puts The Angels back in the spotlight">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Federal parliament’s ‘salt mines’ final week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/word-from-the-hill-federal-parliaments-salt-mines-final-week-195653/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Federal parliament’s ‘salt mines’ final week">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among the slew of mostly predictable speeches that culminated in the first-ever House of Representatives censure of a former prime minister, one stood out. Bridget Archer, Liberal backbencher from Tasmania, was brief and brave, as she told the house she’d ... <a title="View from The Hill: Scott Morrison makes parliamentary history – for the worst of reasons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/view-from-the-hill-scott-morrison-makes-parliamentary-history-for-the-worst-of-reasons-195648/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Scott Morrison makes parliamentary history – for the worst of reasons">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Heap, Doctoral Researcher, RMIT University Shutterstock The fifth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, published today, shows little has changed since the last survey in 2018 – or indeed since the first survey in 2003. It points to the importance of the legislative changes ... <a title="20 years of tracking sexual harassment at work shows little improvement. But that could be about to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/20-years-of-tracking-sexual-harassment-at-work-shows-little-improvement-but-that-could-be-about-to-change-195554/" aria-label="Read more about 20 years of tracking sexual harassment at work shows little improvement. But that could be about to change">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mitchell G. Nye-Wood, Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock What would happen if all animals on Earth were herbivores? – Molly, age 9, Melbourne Thanks for the great question, Molly! We hear a lot about how humans eating meat is bad for the planet. That’s because making ... <a title="Curious Kids: What would happen if all animals on Earth were herbivores?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/curious-kids-what-would-happen-if-all-animals-on-earth-were-herbivores-193458/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: What would happen if all animals on Earth were herbivores?">Read more</a>
