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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In times like these, when there is great uncertainty about what will happen to interest rates, borrowers get lots of advice about whether to go fixed or variable. Unfortunately, a lot of it is not well ... <a title="Fixed or variable mortgage? The choice of home loan isn’t as simple as you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/fixed-or-variable-mortgage-the-choice-of-home-loan-isnt-as-simple-as-you-might-think-179960/" aria-label="Read more about Fixed or variable mortgage? The choice of home loan isn’t as simple as you might think">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University IMDB “Will you turn this around?” soap patriarch Eric Forrester (John McCook) demands, gesturing at a television set. “I need to see it!” This is the first line of dialogue uttered in the very first episode ... <a title="‘I now pronounce you man … and horse’: the best and most bizarre stories from 35 years of Bold and the Beautiful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/i-now-pronounce-you-man-and-horse-the-best-and-most-bizarre-stories-from-35-years-of-bold-and-the-beautiful-180417/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I now pronounce you man … and horse’: the best and most bizarre stories from 35 years of Bold and the Beautiful">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Shutterstock Humanity still has time to arrest catastrophic global warming – and has the tools to do so quickly and cheaply, the Intergovernmental Panel on ... <a title="IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands. Here’s how to use them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/ipcc-says-the-tools-to-stop-catastrophic-climate-change-are-in-our-hands-heres-how-to-use-them-179654/" aria-label="Read more about IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands. Here’s how to use them">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Wiedmann, Professor of Sustainability Research, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock The world has its best chance yet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, but hard and fast cuts are needed across all sectors and nations to hold warming to safe levels, the global authority on climate change says. ... <a title="IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/ipcc-finds-the-world-has-its-best-chance-yet-to-slash-emissions-if-it-seizes-the-opportunity-179653/" aria-label="Read more about IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lester, PhD candidate, University of Tasmania Liberal premier Peter Gutwein’s resignation, less than a year into his second term, is a seismic shift in Tasmanian politics. In typical fashion, Gutwein surprised everyone, announcing his resignation today – in his own time and on his own terms, ... <a title="‘Nothing left in the tank’: resigning Tasmanian premier Peter Gutwein deserves credit on COVID and economics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/nothing-left-in-the-tank-resigning-tasmanian-premier-peter-gutwein-deserves-credit-on-covid-and-economics-180596/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Nothing left in the tank’: resigning Tasmanian premier Peter Gutwein deserves credit on COVID and economics">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajat Roy, Associate Professor, Bond Business School, Bond University Shutterstock The federal government is investing $2.2 billion for university research commercialisation which would place “university innovation and industry collaboration front and centre of Australia’s economic recovery.” Part of this funding includes $1.6 billion over ten years for ... <a title="Australia has committed $1.6 billion to help research projects become commercialised. Here’s what the money will do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/australia-has-committed-1-6-billion-to-help-research-projects-become-commercialised-heres-what-the-money-will-do-180404/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has committed $1.6 billion to help research projects become commercialised. Here’s what the money will do">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington GettyImages Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand will remain at the red traffic light setting, but other public health mandates created to control COVID-19 will still be lifted, contributing to the sense that ... <a title="With COVID cases still in the thousands, why are some so keen to ditch the things that kept New Zealand safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/with-covid-cases-still-in-the-thousands-why-are-some-so-keen-to-ditch-the-things-that-kept-new-zealand-safe-180496/" aria-label="Read more about With COVID cases still in the thousands, why are some so keen to ditch the things that kept New Zealand safe?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation SARAH RHODES/AAP From the polls to party spin to election promises, Below the Line is a limited-edition podcast unpacking party lines and policies during the 2022 Australian federal election campaign. Hosting the conversation is award-winning broadcaster and former ABC Melbourne ... <a title="Below the Line: introducing The Conversation’s new election podcast, hosted by Jon Faine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/below-the-line-introducing-the-conversations-new-election-podcast-hosted-by-jon-faine-180565/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: introducing The Conversation’s new election podcast, hosted by Jon Faine">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide This year was shaping up to be another busy one for Bruce Willis: three films released already, with another eight in post-production. Willis has become an astonishingly prolific actor, wisecracking his way through direct-to-video genre releases and ... <a title="An easy-going everyman, with vulnerability beneath the bravado: the best performances of Bruce Willis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/an-easy-going-everyman-with-vulnerability-beneath-the-bravado-the-best-performances-of-bruce-willis-180502/" aria-label="Read more about An easy-going everyman, with vulnerability beneath the bravado: the best performances of Bruce Willis">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Doerig, Professor, RMIT University Shutterstock Antibiotics, together with antivirals and anti-parasitic drugs, can save the lives of people who’ve contracted an infectious disease. But the rise of drug-resistance means new strategies are needed. At the end of last year, the World Health Organization declared antimicrobial resistance ... <a title="‘Host-directed therapy’ could treat infectious diseases – including COVID – and limit drug-resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/host-directed-therapy-could-treat-infectious-diseases-including-covid-and-limit-drug-resistance-170647/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Host-directed therapy’ could treat infectious diseases – including COVID – and limit drug-resistance">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch This week’s Newspoll, conducted March 31 to April 3 – the days following the March 29 budget –from a sample of 1,531, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a one-point gain for the ... <a title="Coalition and Greens gain in post-budget Newspoll as an Ipsos poll gives Labor a large lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/coalition-and-greens-gain-in-post-budget-newspoll-as-an-ipsos-poll-gives-labor-a-large-lead-180316/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition and Greens gain in post-budget Newspoll as an Ipsos poll gives Labor a large lead">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Whelan-Shamy, Senior Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock On February 24, as Russian forces began their invasion, stories of US-funded biolabs and bioweapon research in Ukraine began to spread on social media. The false claims spread from right-wing circles but became more widespread, and were ... <a title="‘Ukraine biolabs’: how attempts to debunk a conspiracy theory only helped it spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/ukraine-biolabs-how-attempts-to-debunk-a-conspiracy-theory-only-helped-it-spread-180403/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Ukraine biolabs’: how attempts to debunk a conspiracy theory only helped it spread">Read more</a>
