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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The line from Scott Morrison’s office that he’s “more likely than not” to attend what Prince Charles dubs a “last chance saloon” (Aka COP26) reflects the PM’s apparent confidence he’ll be able to secure an agreement from those pesky Nationals. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce keeps his political hands clean on the road to net zero target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/view-from-the-hill-barnaby-joyce-keeps-his-political-hands-clean-on-the-road-to-net-zero-target-169752/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce keeps his political hands clean on the road to net zero target">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversations’s politics ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: A prime minister, a prince and the ‘last chance saloon’." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-a-prime-minister-a-prince-and-the-last-chance-saloon-169736/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: A prime minister, a prince and the ‘last chance saloon’.">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Andrew Brodhead/Stanford Every year Australia’s Fair Work Commission considers whether to raise the minimum wage. And every year business leaders warn doing it will cost jobs. This year’s Nobel Prize in ... <a title="Introducing David Card, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics winner who made the minimum wage respectable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/introducing-david-card-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-economics-winner-who-made-the-minimum-wage-respectable-169715/" aria-label="Read more about Introducing David Card, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics winner who made the minimum wage respectable">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindy Willmott, Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying has been available to eligible Victorians for more than two years, and to Western Australians since July 2021. Laws also passed this year in ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying will be debated in NSW parliament this week. Here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/voluntary-assisted-dying-will-be-debated-in-nsw-parliament-this-week-heres-what-to-expect-169468/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying will be debated in NSW parliament this week. Here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Larcombe, Associate Professor and Head of Respiratory Environmental Health, Telethon Kids Institute Toan Nguyen/Unsplash, CC BY From October 1, it’s been illegal to buy e-liquids containing nicotine without a prescription from a doctor everywhere in Australia, except South Australia. But vaping with nicotine-free e-liquids is not ... <a title="Many e-cigarette vaping liquids contain toxic chemicals: new Australian research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/many-e-cigarette-vaping-liquids-contain-toxic-chemicals-new-australian-research-169615/" aria-label="Read more about Many e-cigarette vaping liquids contain toxic chemicals: new Australian research">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tomas Trescak, Senior Lecturer in Intelligent Systems, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Graduates entering an ever-more-competitive job market are often unaware of the skills and values they offer employers. The challenge is greater with emerging job roles that require certifications and both multidisciplinary skills and specialist knowledge, even ... <a title="How AI can guide course design and study choices to help graduates get the jobs they want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/how-ai-can-guide-course-design-and-study-choices-to-help-graduates-get-the-jobs-they-want-167055/" aria-label="Read more about How AI can guide course design and study choices to help graduates get the jobs they want">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Never has an inquiry into the skyrocketing price of homes been more urgent. Rarely has one been as insultingly ill-suited as the one under way right now. Midway through last year in the midst of ... <a title="As home prices soar beyond reach, we have a government inquiry almost designed not to tell us why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/as-home-prices-soar-beyond-reach-we-have-a-government-inquiry-almost-designed-not-to-tell-us-why-168959/" aria-label="Read more about As home prices soar beyond reach, we have a government inquiry almost designed not to tell us why">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Never has an inquiry into the skyrocketing price of homes been more urgent. Rarely has one been as insultingly ill-suited as the one underway right now. Midway through last year in the midst of COVID, ... <a title="As home prices soar beyond reach, we’ve a government inquiry almost designed not to tell us why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/as-home-prices-soar-beyond-reach-weve-a-government-inquiry-almost-designed-not-to-tell-us-why-168959/" aria-label="Read more about As home prices soar beyond reach, we’ve a government inquiry almost designed not to tell us why">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brianna Chesser, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice, RMIT University Shutterstock The Australian Capital Territory has set a legal precedent by becoming the first jurisdiction in Australia – and one of just a few in the world – to outlaw the act of “stealthing”, or the non-consensual ... <a title="In an Australian first, stealthing is now illegal in the ACT. Could this set a precedent for the country?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/in-an-australian-first-stealthing-is-now-illegal-in-the-act-could-this-set-a-precedent-for-the-country-169629/" aria-label="Read more about In an Australian first, stealthing is now illegal in the ACT. Could this set a precedent for the country?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Student Action protest against segregation outside Moree Artesian Baths Wikimedia Commons This article mentions the ongoing colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people This week, actress Sam Frost made headlines for the use of the word “segregation” in ... <a title="Sam Frost knows nothing about segregation: white settlers co-opting terms used to oppress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/sam-frost-knows-nothing-about-segregation-white-settlers-co-opting-terms-used-to-oppress-169613/" aria-label="Read more about Sam Frost knows nothing about segregation: white settlers co-opting terms used to oppress">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Taiwanese helicopters fly above Taipei rehearsing for a national celebration day, October 5. GettyImages The political temperature is rising in the South China Sea, and its effects will be felt in the South Pacific before long. Recent incursions by ... <a title="Taiwan is becoming a flashpoint for China and the West – how does New Zealand respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/taiwan-is-becoming-a-flashpoint-for-china-and-the-west-how-does-new-zealand-respond-169532/" aria-label="Read more about Taiwan is becoming a flashpoint for China and the West – how does New Zealand respond?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matheson Russell, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland Shutterstock As New Zealand’s race to lift vaccination rates continues, and with pressure to lift social and economic restrictions too, the role of vaccine mandates is coming into sharper focus. Yesterday the government signalled stricter rules will ... <a title="To be truly ethical, vaccine mandates must be about more than just lifting jab rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/to-be-truly-ethical-vaccine-mandates-must-be-about-more-than-just-lifting-jab-rates-169612/" aria-label="Read more about To be truly ethical, vaccine mandates must be about more than just lifting jab rates">Read more</a>
