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Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will urgently legislate to enable some of those released from immigration detention to be preventatively detained. This follows the High Court on Tuesday outlining its reasons for its decision that indefinite immigration detention was unconstitutional. The judgment indicates ... <a title="Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/government-readying-to-rush-through-more-legislation-on-ex-detainees-218724/" aria-label="Read more about Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees">Read more</a>

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Governments have been able to overrule the Reserve Bank for 80 years. Why stop now?

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Pay close enough attention to parliament these next few days, and you’re likely to witness something truly remarkable: politicians from both sides of politics uniting to remove the power of politicians to overrule the Reserve ... <a title="Governments have been able to overrule the Reserve Bank for 80 years. Why stop now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/governments-have-been-able-to-overrule-the-reserve-bank-for-80-years-why-stop-now-218600/" aria-label="Read more about Governments have been able to overrule the Reserve Bank for 80 years. Why stop now?">Read more</a>

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3 reasons why removing grazing animals from Australia’s arid lands for carbon credits is a bad idea

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David John Eldridge, Professor of Dryland Ecology, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock If you run a large polluting facility and can’t work out how to actually cut emissions, you might buy carbon credits to offset your emissions from the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme. These credits are meant to ... <a title="3 reasons why removing grazing animals from Australia’s arid lands for carbon credits is a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/3-reasons-why-removing-grazing-animals-from-australias-arid-lands-for-carbon-credits-is-a-bad-idea-218129/" aria-label="Read more about 3 reasons why removing grazing animals from Australia’s arid lands for carbon credits is a bad idea">Read more</a>

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Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University Shutterstock Picture this: you’re nestled comfortably in your seat cruising towards your holiday destination when a flight attendant’s voice breaks through the silence: Ladies and gentlemen, both pilots are incapacitated. Are there any passengers who could land this ... <a title="Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/almost-half-the-men-surveyed-think-they-could-land-a-passenger-plane-experts-disagree-218037/" aria-label="Read more about Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree">Read more</a>

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At a time when journalism needs to be at its strongest, an open letter on the Israel/Hamas war has left the profession diminished

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The journalists who signed an open letter to Australian media organisations last week calling for ethical reporting on the war in Gaza have succeeded in intensifying the dispute over whether the coverage has ... <a title="At a time when journalism needs to be at its strongest, an open letter on the Israel/Hamas war has left the profession diminished" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/at-a-time-when-journalism-needs-to-be-at-its-strongest-an-open-letter-on-the-israel-hamas-war-has-left-the-profession-diminished-218596/" aria-label="Read more about At a time when journalism needs to be at its strongest, an open letter on the Israel/Hamas war has left the profession diminished">Read more</a>

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‘Father of Reconciliation’ Pat Dodson to quit parliament

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor senator Pat Dodson, often dubbed “the father of reconciliation”, is quitting parliament due to ill health. Dodson, 75, told the Labor caucus on Tuesday he would resign as a senator for Western Australia, effective from January 26, Australia Day. ... <a title="‘Father of Reconciliation’ Pat Dodson to quit parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/father-of-reconciliation-pat-dodson-to-quit-parliament-218696/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Father of Reconciliation’ Pat Dodson to quit parliament">Read more</a>

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How does Australia’s health system stack up internationally? Not bad, if you’re willing to wait for it

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock When things are going bad in the health system, we are reassured we’ve got one of the best health systems in the world. But we’re rarely ... <a title="How does Australia’s health system stack up internationally? Not bad, if you’re willing to wait for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/how-does-australias-health-system-stack-up-internationally-not-bad-if-youre-willing-to-wait-for-it-218031/" aria-label="Read more about How does Australia’s health system stack up internationally? Not bad, if you’re willing to wait for it">Read more</a>

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Marshmallow Laser Feast at ACMI is a sumptuous visual feast – but something is missing

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Redfern, Associate Professor, RMIT University Eugene Hyland/ACMI In my office, someone has pinned a cartoon in which two dogs consider an abstract sculpture on a plinth. As he strokes his chin one of them asks, “Yes, but is it food?”. ACMI’s Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of ... <a title="Marshmallow Laser Feast at ACMI is a sumptuous visual feast – but something is missing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/marshmallow-laser-feast-at-acmi-is-a-sumptuous-visual-feast-but-something-is-missing-215877/" aria-label="Read more about Marshmallow Laser Feast at ACMI is a sumptuous visual feast – but something is missing">Read more</a>

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Chekhov called The Seagull ‘a comedy’. The Sydney Theatre Company seems to forget it was a tragedy, too

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney Prudence Upton/Sydney Theatre Company What is comedy? This is the question I kept coming back to while watching Andrew Upton’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, which opened to warm applause – and a touch of controversy ... <a title="Chekhov called The Seagull ‘a comedy’. The Sydney Theatre Company seems to forget it was a tragedy, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/chekhov-called-the-seagull-a-comedy-the-sydney-theatre-company-seems-to-forget-it-was-a-tragedy-too-215799/" aria-label="Read more about Chekhov called The Seagull ‘a comedy’. The Sydney Theatre Company seems to forget it was a tragedy, too">Read more</a>

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Driving a greener future: how your electric car could help power your neighbourhood

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington A new concept – the “grid of grids” – is revolutionising the way we think about energy. In essence, the grid of grids signifies a shift from a single unified ... <a title="Driving a greener future: how your electric car could help power your neighbourhood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/driving-a-greener-future-how-your-electric-car-could-help-power-your-neighbourhood-218345/" aria-label="Read more about Driving a greener future: how your electric car could help power your neighbourhood">Read more</a>

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Meet Andrew Hauser, the outsider from the UK who’ll be deputy governor of the RBA

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Andrew Hauser, currently executive director for markets at the Bank of England. Australian Treasury In a significant step towards reforming Australia’s Reserve Bank, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has stepped outside the bank and outside of Australia to select Andrew Hauser, a ... <a title="Meet Andrew Hauser, the outsider from the UK who’ll be deputy governor of the RBA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/meet-andrew-hauser-the-outsider-from-the-uk-wholl-be-deputy-governor-of-the-rba-217521/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Andrew Hauser, the outsider from the UK who’ll be deputy governor of the RBA">Read more</a>

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Polls say Trump has a strong chance of winning again in 2024. So how might his second term reshape the US government?

November 28, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a zealous convert to Donald Trump’s cause, once offered an expansive vision of how Trump should rule in a second term: “fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every ... <a title="Polls say Trump has a strong chance of winning again in 2024. So how might his second term reshape the US government?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/polls-say-trump-has-a-strong-chance-of-winning-again-in-2024-so-how-might-his-second-term-reshape-the-us-government-217664/" aria-label="Read more about Polls say Trump has a strong chance of winning again in 2024. So how might his second term reshape the US government?">Read more</a>