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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rolf Gerritsen, Professorial Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has resigned suddenly, making the announcement just after delivering the NT budget in parliament. He will stay on as a backbencher. “My head and my heart are no longer here, they ... <a title="Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner resigns. Could this help Labor in the federal election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/northern-territory-chief-minister-michael-gunner-resigns-could-this-help-labor-in-the-federal-election-182759/" aria-label="Read more about Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner resigns. Could this help Labor in the federal election?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation Channel Nine’s leaders’ debate on Sunday night may have been a “shouty, unedifying spectacle”, but Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will do it all again on Wednesday evening on Channel Seven. Why? In the latest episode of our election podcast ... <a title="Below the Line: What issues are politicians ignoring this election? – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/below-the-line-what-issues-are-politicians-ignoring-this-election-podcast-182757/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: What issues are politicians ignoring this election? – podcast">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock The Reserve Bank is pushing up interest rates to take money out of our hands. The first increase in the current round will add about A$65 a month to the cost of paying off ... <a title="Stand by for the oddly designed Stage 3 tax cut that will send middle earners backwards and give high earners thousands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/stand-by-for-the-oddly-designed-stage-3-tax-cut-that-will-send-middle-earners-backwards-and-give-high-earners-thousands-182751/" aria-label="Read more about Stand by for the oddly designed Stage 3 tax cut that will send middle earners backwards and give high earners thousands">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah R. Feldman, Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures, Australian National University While there was plenty of heat in Sunday’s night’s debate between Labor and Coalition leaders, one issue was barely mentioned: climate change. This raises a large red flag for Australia’s young voters. In an election ... <a title="Young voters will inherit a hotter, more dangerous world – but their climate interests are being ignored this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/young-voters-will-inherit-a-hotter-more-dangerous-world-but-their-climate-interests-are-being-ignored-this-election-182663/" aria-label="Read more about Young voters will inherit a hotter, more dangerous world – but their climate interests are being ignored this election">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gareth Edwards, Associate Professor, University of East Anglia Shutterstock At last year’s Glasgow climate conference, countries lined up to increase their ambition to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Even Australia brought a new target of net-zero emissions by 2050, and signed the final agreement which called for a ... <a title="Australia’s next government must start talking about a ‘just transition’ from coal. Here’s where to begin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/australias-next-government-must-start-talking-about-a-just-transition-from-coal-heres-where-to-begin-181707/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s next government must start talking about a ‘just transition’ from coal. Here’s where to begin">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published information from Facebook whistleblowers, alleging Facebook (which is owned by Meta) deliberately caused havoc in Australia last year to influence the News Media Bargaining Code before it was passed ... <a title="Stuff-up or conspiracy? Whistleblowers claim Facebook deliberately let important non-news pages go down in news blackout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/stuff-up-or-conspiracy-whistleblowers-claim-facebook-deliberately-let-important-non-news-pages-go-down-in-news-blackout-182673/" aria-label="Read more about Stuff-up or conspiracy? Whistleblowers claim Facebook deliberately let important non-news pages go down in news blackout">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary History, Monash University Shutterstock Universities like to associate themselves with exceptional individuals through the awarding of honorary doctorates, but this practice has often attracted controversy, creating headaches for university administrators. Honorary doctorates highlight uncomfortable but important questions about the purpose of ... <a title="Why award honorary doctorates, and what do the choices say about our universities?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/why-award-honorary-doctorates-and-what-do-the-choices-say-about-our-universities-179300/" aria-label="Read more about Why award honorary doctorates, and what do the choices say about our universities?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Achmad Ibrahim/AP/AAP We are into the final fortnight of the election campaign, and commentators have noted that climate change has been almost invisible. This is despite the latest IPCC report in April calling for urgent action ... <a title="Imagine it’s 2030 and Australia is a renewable energy superpower in Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/imagine-its-2030-and-australia-is-a-renewable-energy-superpower-in-southeast-asia-177646/" aria-label="Read more about Imagine it’s 2030 and Australia is a renewable energy superpower in Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland Netflix The BBC’s announcement that the Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa will play Doctor Who from 2023 is making global headlines. Even people who don’t watch the show have been taking to social media to comment about Gatwa’s ... <a title="60 years and 14 Doctors: how Doctor Who has changed with the times – and Ncuti Gatwa’s casting is the natural next step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/60-years-and-14-doctors-how-doctor-who-has-changed-with-the-times-and-ncuti-gatwas-casting-is-the-natural-next-step-182677/" aria-label="Read more about 60 years and 14 Doctors: how Doctor Who has changed with the times – and Ncuti Gatwa’s casting is the natural next step">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Hall, Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney During elections, we usually hear calls for the government and opposition to commit to increasing funding for hospitals. While states are responsible for running hospitals, the federal government ... <a title="Remind me, how are hospitals funded in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/remind-me-how-are-hospitals-funded-in-australia-177915/" aria-label="Read more about Remind me, how are hospitals funded in Australia?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Chapman, Postdoctoral Fellow in Geology, University of New England Artwork by Katrina Kenny © 2022, Author provided Some 252 million years ago the world was going through a tumultuous period of rapid global warming. To understand what caused it, scientists have looked to one particular event ... <a title="How a volcanic bombardment in ancient Australia led to the world’s greatest climate catastrophe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/how-a-volcanic-bombardment-in-ancient-australia-led-to-the-worlds-greatest-climate-catastrophe-178037/" aria-label="Read more about How a volcanic bombardment in ancient Australia led to the world’s greatest climate catastrophe">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Walter, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University In troubled times, people look for strong leaders – men and women who offer decisive action to address collective problems, and promise the capacity to deliver. They initially present as larger-than-life characters, and we’ve had our share of ... <a title="Times are tough, and may get tougher, so where can Australians find strong political leadership?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/times-are-tough-and-may-get-tougher-so-where-can-australians-find-strong-political-leadership-182326/" aria-label="Read more about Times are tough, and may get tougher, so where can Australians find strong political leadership?">Read more</a>
