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Red dirt, yellow sun, green steel: how Australia could benefit from a global shift to emissions-free steel

March 18, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Pye, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, ANU, Australian National University Getty Australia is the world’s number one exporter of both iron ore and metallurgical coal, the key ingredients of traditional steel making. Together, these materials make up a very large part of Australia’s export income. But ... <a title="Red dirt, yellow sun, green steel: how Australia could benefit from a global shift to emissions-free steel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/red-dirt-yellow-sun-green-steel-how-australia-could-benefit-from-a-global-shift-to-emissions-free-steel-179286/" aria-label="Read more about Red dirt, yellow sun, green steel: how Australia could benefit from a global shift to emissions-free steel">Read more</a>

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A bigger defence force will affect more military families’ children – their well-being must be protected

March 18, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England Department of Defence/Commonwealth of Australia The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is about to get a lot bigger. Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced plans to expand the ADF by 18,000 members by 2040. This nearly 30% ... <a title="A bigger defence force will affect more military families’ children – their well-being must be protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/a-bigger-defence-force-will-affect-more-military-families-children-their-well-being-must-be-protected-179312/" aria-label="Read more about A bigger defence force will affect more military families’ children – their well-being must be protected">Read more</a>

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To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable

March 18, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Burke, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock Australia’s electricity system is on the road to becoming 100% renewable as coal-fired power stations close and wind and solar takes their place. But as a proportion of electricity consumed domestically, it’s on the road ... <a title="To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/to-really-address-climate-change-australia-could-make-27-times-as-much-electricity-and-make-it-renewable-179311/" aria-label="Read more about To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable">Read more</a>

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From cringe to binge: the ingredients that make Byron Baes compelling reality television

March 18, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Lecturer in Screen Media, University of the Sunshine Coast Ben Symons/Netflix © 2022 Netflix’s first ever Australian reality docu-soap series Byron Baes follows a bunch of young, beautiful Instagram influencers in NSW beachside town Byron Bay. As a reality series it ticks all the boxes ... <a title="From cringe to binge: the ingredients that make Byron Baes compelling reality television" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/from-cringe-to-binge-the-ingredients-that-make-byron-baes-compelling-reality-television-179284/" aria-label="Read more about From cringe to binge: the ingredients that make Byron Baes compelling reality television">Read more</a>

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COVID has changed how we live, how we die, and how we grieve

March 18, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Breen, Professor of Psychology, Curtin University Shutterstock Last week marked the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a pandemic. In these two years, over 5,500 Australians have died from COVID, and approximately 300,000 Australians have lost their lives in total. Necessary public health ... <a title="COVID has changed how we live, how we die, and how we grieve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/covid-has-changed-how-we-live-how-we-die-and-how-we-grieve-177731/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has changed how we live, how we die, and how we grieve">Read more</a>

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Frydenberg targets budget at cost of living and attacking debt

March 18, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The March 29 budget will contain “targeted and proportionate” help for families with cost of living pressures and move fiscal policy towards stabilising and reducing debt. These are the messages in Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s speech, released before its Friday delivery, ... <a title="Frydenberg targets budget at cost of living and attacking debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/frydenberg-targets-budget-at-cost-of-living-and-attacking-debt-179487/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg targets budget at cost of living and attacking debt">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – so what could possibly go wrong?

March 18, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Polls this week were once again music to Labor ears. Newspoll showed the opposition maintaining its strong election-winning margin. A poll in selected Western Australian seats had the Morrison government on the nose. Polls, as everyone stresses, aren’t predictive – ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – so what could possibly go wrong?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-is-sitting-pretty-for-the-election-so-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-179475/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – so what could possibly go wrong?">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – what could possibly go wrong?

March 18, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Polls this week were once again music to Labor ears. Newspoll showed the opposition maintaining its strong election-winning margin. A poll in selected Western Australian seats had the Morrison government on the nose. Polls, as everyone stresses, aren’t predictive – ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – what could possibly go wrong?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-is-sitting-pretty-for-the-election-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-179475/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – what could possibly go wrong?">Read more</a>

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The International Court of Justice has ordered Russia to stop the war. What does this ruling mean?

March 17, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Nicholson, Lecturer in Law, Flinders University Pavel Dorogoy/AP The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the top court of the United Nations, has ordered Russia to “immediately suspend” its military operations in Ukraine. What does the decision mean, and what happens next? We already knew Russia’s invasion ... <a title="The International Court of Justice has ordered Russia to stop the war. What does this ruling mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/the-international-court-of-justice-has-ordered-russia-to-stop-the-war-what-does-this-ruling-mean-179466/" aria-label="Read more about The International Court of Justice has ordered Russia to stop the war. What does this ruling mean?">Read more</a>

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Labor landslide likely in South Australian election, but Labor-Greens unlikely to control upper house

March 17, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Matt Turner The South Australian election is on Saturday, with polls closing at 6:30pm AEDT. A YouGov poll for The Advertiser, conducted March 7-13 from a sample of 835, gave Labor a 56-44 lead, ... <a title="Labor landslide likely in South Australian election, but Labor-Greens unlikely to control upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/labor-landslide-likely-in-south-australian-election-but-labor-greens-unlikely-to-control-upper-house-179376/" aria-label="Read more about Labor landslide likely in South Australian election, but Labor-Greens unlikely to control upper house">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Stay calm, petrol is headed down, budget is improving – economist Chris Richardson

March 17, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s budget situation has been quietly improving. Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson says the remarkable strength of the Australian economy means it no longer needs the emergency support it has been getting from the government and the Reserve Bank. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Stay calm, petrol is headed down, budget is improving – economist Chris Richardson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/politics-with-michelle-grattan-stay-calm-petrol-is-headed-down-budget-is-improving-economist-chris-richardson-179463/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Stay calm, petrol is headed down, budget is improving – economist Chris Richardson">Read more</a>

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‘May you always taste the sweetest fruit’: uncovering the history and hidden delights of your neighbourhood

March 17, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Foster, D’harawal Knowledge Keeper PhD Candidate and Lecturer UTS, University of Technology Sydney Ilaria Vanni Sydney’s Green Square is one of Australia’s biggest urban renewal projects. But it’s much more than a construction site. First Nations people know it by another name: nadunga gurad, or sand ... <a title="‘May you always taste the sweetest fruit’: uncovering the history and hidden delights of your neighbourhood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/may-you-always-taste-the-sweetest-fruit-uncovering-the-history-and-hidden-delights-of-your-neighbourhood-179308/" aria-label="Read more about ‘May you always taste the sweetest fruit’: uncovering the history and hidden delights of your neighbourhood">Read more</a>