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June 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Brown, Postdoctoral research associate, Charles Darwin University Getty Mangroves ring the shores of many of Indonesia’s more than 17,000 islands. But in the most populated areas, the world’s largest mangrove forests have been steadily whittled away, and with them, the ability to store blue carbon. As ... <a title="After decades of loss, the world’s largest mangrove forests are set for a comeback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/after-decades-of-loss-the-worlds-largest-mangrove-forests-are-set-for-a-comeback-182951/" aria-label="Read more about After decades of loss, the world’s largest mangrove forests are set for a comeback">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Dean Lewins/AAP A crisis, as the saying has it, combines danger and opportunity. The dangers of the current electricity crisis are obvious. The opportunity it presents is to end to the failed experiment of the national electricity ... <a title="The national electricity market is a failed 1990s experiment. It’s time the grid returned to public hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/the-national-electricity-market-is-a-failed-1990s-experiment-its-time-the-grid-returned-to-public-hands-185418/" aria-label="Read more about The national electricity market is a failed 1990s experiment. It’s time the grid returned to public hands">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University New federal Education Minister Jason Clare has announced a change to the National School Chaplaincy Program to allow schools to “choose” between having a religious chaplain and having a professionally qualified well-being worker. The opposition has criticised the ... <a title="To give schools real choice about secular school chaplains, latest change needs to go further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/to-give-schools-real-choice-about-secular-school-chaplains-latest-change-needs-to-go-further-185487/" aria-label="Read more about To give schools real choice about secular school chaplains, latest change needs to go further">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus Wagner, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong India’s minister of commerce Piyush Goyal and WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala celebrate the end of the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP After decades of conflict ... <a title="World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it’s not fixed yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/world-trade-organization-steps-back-from-the-brink-of-irrelevance-but-its-not-fixed-yet-185373/" aria-label="Read more about World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it’s not fixed yet">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney Film Festival Back to June again, after the disruption of the last couple of years, and the twin festivals of light – Vivid and the Sydney Film Festival – once again galvanise the city. ... <a title="The 5 best films from the 2022 Sydney Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/the-5-best-films-from-the-2022-sydney-film-festival-185382/" aria-label="Read more about The 5 best films from the 2022 Sydney Film Festival">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Lee, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Auckland GettyImages Aotearoa New Zealand will enjoy a new official public holiday on June 24, with the country marking Matariki – the start of the Māori New Year. But with it comes the temptation for businesses to use the ... <a title="Matariki falls during a quiet retail season – but businesses should be wary of cashing in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/matariki-falls-during-a-quiet-retail-season-but-businesses-should-be-wary-of-cashing-in-185398/" aria-label="Read more about Matariki falls during a quiet retail season – but businesses should be wary of cashing in">Read more</a>
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June 21, 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. Politics editor Amanda Dunn and Michelle discuss Reserve Bank Governor ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On the economy, people smugglers, parliamentary sitting, and Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/word-from-the-hill-on-the-economy-people-smugglers-parliamentary-sitting-and-julian-assange-185506/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On the economy, people smugglers, parliamentary sitting, and Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Richard Wainwright Last year experts raised their eyebrows when the Morrison government announced Australia would abandon its contract for French-built Attack class submarines, in favour of eight nuclear-powered submarines delivered under the AUKUS ... <a title="Does Australia need ‘interim’ submarines to tide it over until nuclear boats arrive? A defence expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/does-australia-need-interim-submarines-to-tide-it-over-until-nuclear-boats-arrive-a-defence-expert-explains-185300/" aria-label="Read more about Does Australia need ‘interim’ submarines to tide it over until nuclear boats arrive? A defence expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Sergi, Professor in Criminology, University of Essex In a recent media release, Australian Federal Police said: We have about 51 Italian organised crime clans in Australia. We have identified 14 confirmed ‘ndrangheta clans across Australia, involving thousands of members. The ‘ndrangheta, widely considered Italy’s wealthiest and ... <a title="A flurry of attention, then collective forgetfulness – 100 years of the ‘ndrangheta Calabrian mafia in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/a-flurry-of-attention-then-collective-forgetfulness-100-years-of-the-ndrangheta-calabrian-mafia-in-australia-184835/" aria-label="Read more about A flurry of attention, then collective forgetfulness – 100 years of the ‘ndrangheta Calabrian mafia in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Shutterstock Australia’s electricity generators would be paid extra money to be available even if they don’t actually generate any energy, under a new mechanism proposed by the federal government’s Energy Security Board (ESB). Controversially, the ESB has recommended all ... <a title="Why including coal in a new ‘capacity mechanism’ will make Australia’s energy crisis worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/why-including-coal-in-a-new-capacity-mechanism-will-make-australias-energy-crisis-worse-185404/" aria-label="Read more about Why including coal in a new ‘capacity mechanism’ will make Australia’s energy crisis worse">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Cameron Webb/NSW Health Pathology, Author provided Summer evenings by the pool, lake or BBQ mean mosquitoes. But what about during winter when we’re mostly indoors? As the weather cools, these bloodsucking pests are rarely seen. ... <a title="Where do all the mosquitoes go in the winter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/where-do-all-the-mosquitoes-go-in-the-winter-185021/" aria-label="Read more about Where do all the mosquitoes go in the winter?">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Pavel Nemecek / AP I woke up on Friday morning a pawn in a Kafka-esque story. Except I hadn’t been transformed into a chess piece but was a diplomatic pawn, a small player in a ... <a title="‘Bet you’re on the list’: how criticising ‘smart weapons’ got me banned from Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/21/bet-youre-on-the-list-how-criticising-smart-weapons-got-me-banned-from-russia-185399/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bet you’re on the list’: how criticising ‘smart weapons’ got me banned from Russia">Read more</a>
