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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nareen Young, Industry Professor, Jumbunna Institute of Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney On the eve of the federal government’s jobs and skills summit, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers, union representatives, peak bodies and researchers gathered in Canberra this week to ask some critical questions. ... <a title="First Nations workers are everywhere. The jobs summit must tackle Indigenous-led employment policy too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/first-nations-workers-are-everywhere-the-jobs-summit-must-tackle-indigenous-led-employment-policy-too-189623/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations workers are everywhere. The jobs summit must tackle Indigenous-led employment policy too">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University Paola Magni, Author provided A crime scene can present itself in any form and size. In recent weeks, an Aotearoa New Zealand family who’d purchased abandoned goods from a storage locker made the harrowing discovery of two sets ... <a title="When remains are found in a suitcase, forensics can learn a lot from the insects trapped within" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/when-remains-are-found-in-a-suitcase-forensics-can-learn-a-lot-from-the-insects-trapped-within-189315/" aria-label="Read more about When remains are found in a suitcase, forensics can learn a lot from the insects trapped within">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University Paola Magni, Author provided A crime scene can present itself in any form and size. In recent weeks, an Aotearoa New Zealand family who’d purchased abandoned goods from a storage locker made the harrowing discovery of two sets ... <a title="When a dead body is found in a suitcase, forensics can learn a lot from the insects trapped within" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/when-a-dead-body-is-found-in-a-suitcase-forensics-can-learn-a-lot-from-the-insects-trapped-within-189315/" aria-label="Read more about When a dead body is found in a suitcase, forensics can learn a lot from the insects trapped within">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Ross, Sessional psychology lecturer, Australian Catholic University Unsplash/Laurenz Kleinheider, CC BY It’s not uncommon these days to hear someone – such as an ex romantic partner or a politician – described as a “narcissist”. Singer Robbie Williams recently told an interviewer he took an online test ... <a title="Is narcissism a mental health problem? And can you really diagnose it online?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/is-narcissism-a-mental-health-problem-and-can-you-really-diagnose-it-online-188360/" aria-label="Read more about Is narcissism a mental health problem? And can you really diagnose it online?">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Virginia Barbour, Director, Open Access Australasia, Queensland University of Technology Eugenio Mazzone/Unsplash Last week, the United States announced an updated policy guidance on open access that will substantially expand public access to science not just in America, but worldwide. As per the guidance, all US federal agencies ... <a title="The US has ruled all taxpayer-funded research must be free to read. What’s the benefit of open access?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/the-us-has-ruled-all-taxpayer-funded-research-must-be-free-to-read-whats-the-benefit-of-open-access-189466/" aria-label="Read more about The US has ruled all taxpayer-funded research must be free to read. What’s the benefit of open access?">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University AAP/Lukas Coch The solicitor-general’s recent finding that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s furtive accrual of ministerial portfolios “fundamentally undermined” the principles of responsible government has drawn attention to the precarity of democracy. In seeking to safeguard our democracy, we ... <a title="Democracies are fragile. Australians must act urgently to safeguard ours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/democracies-are-fragile-australians-must-act-urgently-to-safeguard-ours-188580/" aria-label="Read more about Democracies are fragile. Australians must act urgently to safeguard ours">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roy Robins-Browne, Honorary Professorial Fellow, medical microbiology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock While much of our attention during the past few years has been focused on COVID, a more insidious and more dangerous pandemic has been spreading unabated. This pandemic concerns antimicrobial resistance, which is when bacteria ... <a title="We need to change how antibiotics target bugs if we want them to keep working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/we-need-to-change-how-antibiotics-target-bugs-if-we-want-them-to-keep-working-183135/" aria-label="Read more about We need to change how antibiotics target bugs if we want them to keep working">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gill Armstrong, Senior Project Manager – Buildings, Climateworks Centre dcbel/Pexels Energy-efficiency standards for new homes in Australia are being upgraded for the first time in a decade. New homes will be required to improve minimum performance from 6 stars to 7 stars under the Nationwide House Energy ... <a title="7-star housing is a step towards zero carbon – but there’s much more to do, starting with existing homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/7-star-housing-is-a-step-towards-zero-carbon-but-theres-much-more-to-do-starting-with-existing-homes-189542/" aria-label="Read more about 7-star housing is a step towards zero carbon – but there’s much more to do, starting with existing homes">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beryl Exley, Professor, Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Griffith University, Griffith University Australia’s state and federal education ministers recently agreed to work on a plan to fix the country’s teacher shortage. The plan is due in December and one of five priority areas is “strengthening initial teacher ... <a title="Too many people drop out of teaching degrees – here are 4 ways to keep them studying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/too-many-people-drop-out-of-teaching-degrees-here-are-4-ways-to-keep-them-studying-189233/" aria-label="Read more about Too many people drop out of teaching degrees – here are 4 ways to keep them studying">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darryl Gobbett, Visiting Fellow, South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here. With historically low unemployment and “we’re hiring” signs all over the place, there’s ... <a title="A fast fix for the jobs summit: let retirees work without docking their pension" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/a-fast-fix-for-the-jobs-summit-let-retirees-work-without-docking-their-pension-188704/" aria-label="Read more about A fast fix for the jobs summit: let retirees work without docking their pension">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Forsyth, Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here. The trade union movement’s push to reform Australia’s enterprise bargaining system looks set to be a major ... <a title="Why unions and small business want industry bargaining from the jobs summit – and big business doesn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/why-unions-and-small-business-want-industry-bargaining-from-the-jobs-summit-and-big-business-doesnt-189394/" aria-label="Read more about Why unions and small business want industry bargaining from the jobs summit – and big business doesn’t">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helena Gjone, PhD candidate (creative writing), Griffith University Pikene på Broen/Bernt Nilsen As an international student at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow in 2012, I remember studying Rekviem (requiem) by Russian poet Anna Ahkmatova, an elegy she penned in secret as a tribute to the countless ... <a title="‘If we stop communicating, Putin wins. Propaganda wins’: how a Norwegian organisation is supporting Russian protest art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/30/if-we-stop-communicating-putin-wins-propaganda-wins-how-a-norwegian-organisation-is-supporting-russian-protest-art-186911/" aria-label="Read more about ‘If we stop communicating, Putin wins. Propaganda wins’: how a Norwegian organisation is supporting Russian protest art">Read more</a>
