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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Keogh, Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Shutterstock Halloween movies often feature kids sitting around a campfire sharing gory, spooky stories, trying to get someone to scream in fear. This weekend you might be doing the same – sharing a horror story with friends. ... <a title="Not spooked by Halloween ghost stories? You may have aphantasia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/not-spooked-by-halloween-ghost-stories-you-may-have-aphantasia-170712/" aria-label="Read more about Not spooked by Halloween ghost stories? You may have aphantasia">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne L. Bartlett, Associate Professor, UNSW The military coup in Sudan follows a longstanding pattern in which a short period of democracy in the country is brought to an abrupt, and often sticky, authoritarian end. This time, however, the stakes are higher than ever. Not only is ... <a title="Explainer: what Sudan’s coup is about and why the rest of the world needs to act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/explainer-what-sudans-coup-is-about-and-why-the-rest-of-the-world-needs-to-act-170774/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what Sudan’s coup is about and why the rest of the world needs to act">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Carter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney Eric Risberg/AP Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company will change its name to Meta, saying the move reflects the fact the company is now much broader than just the social media platform ... <a title="Facebook relaunches itself as ‘Meta’ in a clear bid to dominate the metaverse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/facebook-relaunches-itself-as-meta-in-a-clear-bid-to-dominate-the-metaverse-170543/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook relaunches itself as ‘Meta’ in a clear bid to dominate the metaverse">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Martin Meissner/AP Despite the overwhelming evidence, it’s still common to see politicians, media commentators or social media users cast doubt on the role of humans in driving climate change. But this denialism is now almost nonexistent among climate ... <a title="The ‘97% climate consensus’ is over. Now it’s well above 99% (and the evidence is even stronger than that)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/the-97-climate-consensus-is-over-now-its-well-above-99-and-the-evidence-is-even-stronger-than-that-170370/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘97% climate consensus’ is over. Now it’s well above 99% (and the evidence is even stronger than that)">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University This week’s excruciating case of a prime minister being beholden to a rogue section of his own Cabinet over climate policy has again drawn attention to the arcane nature of Coalition arrangements. While the numbers eventually fell his ... <a title="Want to understand how the Coalition works? Take a look at climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/want-to-understand-how-the-coalition-works-take-a-look-at-climate-policy-170103/" aria-label="Read more about Want to understand how the Coalition works? Take a look at climate policy">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raquel Peel, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Popular culture has plenty of examples of people sabotaging their romantic relationships. In the movie 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat says she has no interest in romantic engagements. Then Patrick asks about her dating style: You disappoint ... <a title="3 ways we sabotage relationships (and 3 ways to kick the habit)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/3-ways-we-sabotage-relationships-and-3-ways-to-kick-the-habit-169467/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways we sabotage relationships (and 3 ways to kick the habit)">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Pearse, Lecturer, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP This week, the Morrison government finally released its plan to get Australia to net-zero emissions by 2050. Labor leader Anthony Albanese was quick to dismiss the Coalition policy, describing it as a mere “vibe” with “nothing new” in it. ... <a title="Labor doesn’t have a 2030 target yet either – what do we know of the ALP’s climate policy so far?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/labor-doesnt-have-a-2030-target-yet-either-what-do-we-know-of-the-alps-climate-policy-so-far-170770/" aria-label="Read more about Labor doesn’t have a 2030 target yet either – what do we know of the ALP’s climate policy so far?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock In mid October, the New South Wales government’s top beaureacrats urged new Premier Dominic Perrottet to push for “an aggressive resumption of immigration levels” to spur post-pandemic economic recovery. Industry seized on this as the answer ... <a title="Local training is the best long-term solution to Australia’s skills shortages – not increased migration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/local-training-is-the-best-long-term-solution-to-australias-skills-shortages-not-increased-migration-170376/" aria-label="Read more about Local training is the best long-term solution to Australia’s skills shortages – not increased migration">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen King, Adjunct professor, Monash University Across Australia, the rate of imprisonment has climbed by about 25% in the past decade, over a time in which the rate of offending has dived 18%. How can it be that we have less crime but more people in prison? ... <a title="More prison time for less crime, our swelling prisons are costing us dearly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/more-prison-time-for-less-crime-our-swelling-prisons-are-costing-us-dearly-170792/" aria-label="Read more about More prison time for less crime, our swelling prisons are costing us dearly">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shino Konishi, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Fireworks at the Sydney Opera House in 2001: the two symbols on the bridge are the Rainbow Serpent and the Star of Federation. Russell McPhedran/AAP Prior to colonisation there were approximately 250 different Aboriginal languages spoken by some 500 clans ... <a title="Friday essay: creation, destruction and appropriation – the powerful symbolism of the Rainbow Serpent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/friday-essay-creation-destruction-and-appropriation-the-powerful-symbolism-of-the-rainbow-serpent-169934/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: creation, destruction and appropriation – the powerful symbolism of the Rainbow Serpent">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the press gallery at Parliament House, there’s a bell that years ago was rung regularly to alert journalists to press conferences and statements. Email has made it an anachronism. But shortly before 8am on Thursday Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The weather gets choppy with Joyce and Morrison’s climate contradictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/grattan-on-friday-the-weather-gets-choppy-with-joyce-and-morrisons-climate-contradictions-170809/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The weather gets choppy with Joyce and Morrison’s climate contradictions">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jatin Kala, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA felllow, Murdoch University Supplied, Author provided In a few days world leaders will descend on Glasgow for the United Nations climate change talks. Much depends on it. We know climate change is already happening, and nowhere is the damage more ... <a title="Drying land and heating seas: why nature in Australia’s southwest is on the climate frontline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/drying-land-and-heating-seas-why-nature-in-australias-southwest-is-on-the-climate-frontline-170377/" aria-label="Read more about Drying land and heating seas: why nature in Australia’s southwest is on the climate frontline">Read more</a>
