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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne Aila Images/Shutterstock Aged-care workers will receive a significant pay increase after the Fair Work Commission ruled they deserved substantial wage rises of up to ... <a title="Who will look after us in our final years? A pay rise alone won’t solve aged-care workforce shortages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/who-will-look-after-us-in-our-final-years-a-pay-rise-alone-wont-solve-aged-care-workforce-shortages-225898/" aria-label="Read more about Who will look after us in our final years? A pay rise alone won’t solve aged-care workforce shortages">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University A year ago, the AUKUS agreement was formally announced between Australian and UK Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden. The agreement mapped out the “optimal pathway” for Australia, over the ... <a title="Will the AUKUS deal survive in the event of a Trump presidency? All signs point to yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/will-the-aukus-deal-survive-in-the-event-of-a-trump-presidency-all-signs-point-to-yes-225661/" aria-label="Read more about Will the AUKUS deal survive in the event of a Trump presidency? All signs point to yes">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Helwig, Associate Professor, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland SmartS/Shutterstock Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines. Many of us think the age of steam has ended. But while the steam engine has been superseded ... <a title="Even as the fusion era dawns, we’re still in the Steam Age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/even-as-the-fusion-era-dawns-were-still-in-the-steam-age-217273/" aria-label="Read more about Even as the fusion era dawns, we’re still in the Steam Age">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carrie Leonetti, Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Victims who experience family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand are treated differently, depending on which part of the justice system they turn to for help. But a new member’s bill before parliament could change all ... <a title="Victims need to be protected – regardless of whether they are testifying in family court or criminal court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/victims-need-to-be-protected-regardless-of-whether-they-are-testifying-in-family-court-or-criminal-court-225886/" aria-label="Read more about Victims need to be protected – regardless of whether they are testifying in family court or criminal court">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tesch, Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies, Australian National University In perhaps the least surprising news of the year, Vladimir Putin has triumphed at the Russian ballot box and been enthroned for the fifth time as president. He will serve for six more ... <a title="The West can’t ‘solve’ its Russia problem. Here’s how it should handle 6 more years of Vladimir Putin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/the-west-cant-solve-its-russia-problem-heres-how-it-should-handle-6-more-years-of-vladimir-putin-225999/" aria-label="Read more about The West can’t ‘solve’ its Russia problem. Here’s how it should handle 6 more years of Vladimir Putin">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Cliff, Professor of Occupational Health and Safety in Mining, The University of Queensland On Sunday August 7 1994, an explosion at the Moura No 2 underground coal mine in Queensland led to the deaths of 11 miners. This tragedy was the catalyst for a major shakeup ... <a title="How safe are Australia’s mines? New analysis shows reform has been stalled for a decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/how-safe-are-australias-mines-new-analysis-shows-reform-has-been-stalled-for-a-decade-225789/" aria-label="Read more about How safe are Australia’s mines? New analysis shows reform has been stalled for a decade">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Gibson, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington All levels of research are being changed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Don’t have time to read that journal article? AI-powered tools such as TLDRthis will summarise it for you. ... <a title="Something felt ‘off’ – how AI messed with our human research, and what we learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/something-felt-off-how-ai-messed-with-our-human-research-and-what-we-learned-225555/" aria-label="Read more about Something felt ‘off’ – how AI messed with our human research, and what we learned">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University India will soon hold the biggest election ever conducted, starting on April 19 and running through early June. Almost 950 million registered voters will be able to cast ballots to elect the 543 members of the Lok Sabha, the ... <a title="Narendra Modi’s economy isn’t booming for India’s unemployed youth. So, why is his party favoured to win another election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/narendra-modis-economy-isnt-booming-for-indias-unemployed-youth-so-why-is-his-party-favoured-to-win-another-election-224868/" aria-label="Read more about Narendra Modi’s economy isn’t booming for India’s unemployed youth. So, why is his party favoured to win another election?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer McCann, Lecturer Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University FotoDuets/Shutterstock Toddler milk is popular and becoming more so. Just over a third of Australian toddlers drink it. Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it globally. Around the world, toddler milk makes ... <a title="Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/why-is-toddler-milk-so-popular-follow-the-money-225668/" aria-label="Read more about Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Pourmousavi Kani, Senior Lecturer of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide Pi-Lens/Shutterstock Billions of dollars are being spent worldwide to modernise electricity grids with smart meters. These meters promise to save households money by making it easier for us to understand and manage our energy ... <a title="Smart meters haven’t delivered the promised benefits to electricity users. Here’s a way to fix the problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/smart-meters-havent-delivered-the-promised-benefits-to-electricity-users-heres-a-way-to-fix-the-problems-225346/" aria-label="Read more about Smart meters haven’t delivered the promised benefits to electricity users. Here’s a way to fix the problems">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Garvin, Adjunct Fellow, Department of Economics, Macquarie University This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. If just one state of Australia, New South Wales, scrapped its stamp duty on real-estate transactions, about 100,000 ... <a title="Stamp duty is holding us back from moving homes – we’ve worked out how much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/stamp-duty-is-holding-us-back-from-moving-homes-weve-worked-out-how-much-225773/" aria-label="Read more about Stamp duty is holding us back from moving homes – we’ve worked out how much">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s top economists are pressing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese not to ape US President Joe Biden’s “think big” approach to clean energy. Biden’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act – dubbed the largest climate investment in ... <a title="Economists say Australia shouldn’t try to transition to net zero by aping the mammoth US Inflation Reduction Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/17/economists-say-australia-shouldnt-try-to-transition-to-net-zero-by-aping-the-mammoth-us-inflation-reduction-act-225568/" aria-label="Read more about Economists say Australia shouldn’t try to transition to net zero by aping the mammoth US Inflation Reduction Act">Read more</a>
