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October 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohan Yellishetty, Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University Shutterstock Newly announced closures of Glencore’s copper and zinc mines in Mt Isa will add to a huge number of former mines in Australia. A 2020 study by Monash University’s Resources Trinity ... <a title="Cleaning up Australia’s 80,000 disused mines is a huge job – but the payoffs can outweigh the costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/23/cleaning-up-australias-80-000-disused-mines-is-a-huge-job-but-the-payoffs-can-outweigh-the-costs-215447/" aria-label="Read more about Cleaning up Australia’s 80,000 disused mines is a huge job – but the payoffs can outweigh the costs">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Notley, Associate Professor in Digital Media, Western Sydney University Katerina Holmes/Pexels, CC BY-SA Adults might assume young people are not engaged in current affairs. But our survey reveals most Australian children and teenagers have a significant interest in the news. There has, however, been a drop ... <a title="Young Australians increasingly get news from social media, but many don’t understand algorithms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/23/young-australians-increasingly-get-news-from-social-media-but-many-dont-understand-algorithms-215427/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians increasingly get news from social media, but many don’t understand algorithms">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Andrews, Visiting Fellow and Director – Micro heterogeneity and Macroeconomic Performance program, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University When Australia’s dirtiest coal-fired power plant, Hazelwood in Victoria, closed in 2017, Australian authorities were blind to the collateral damage. Closing a plant that accounted for ... <a title="Here’s what happens to workers when coal-fired power plants close. It isn’t good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/23/heres-what-happens-to-workers-when-coal-fired-power-plants-close-it-isnt-good-215434/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what happens to workers when coal-fired power plants close. It isn’t good">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The defrost in China-Australia relations started cautiously after the change of federal government last year. It then sped up, with developments culminating in the formal announcement at the weekend of the date for the much-anticipated visit by Anthony Albanese. The ... <a title="View from The Hill: China-Australia relations head back to room temperature, with Albanese’s November visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/22/view-from-the-hill-china-australia-relations-head-back-to-room-temperature-with-albaneses-november-visit-216151/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: China-Australia relations head back to room temperature, with Albanese’s November visit">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University Who have been Australia’s most accomplished federal opposition leaders? The conventional answer to this question is Robert Menzies and Gough Whitlam, both renowned for rejuvenating their respective sides of politics and galvanising new constituencies of support. But what of ... <a title="Bill Hayden’s remarkable contribution to public life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/21/bill-haydens-remarkable-contribution-to-public-life-95853/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Hayden’s remarkable contribution to public life">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Loukas Koungoulos, Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock Dingoes are an iconic Australian wild animal, with close links to Australia’s First Peoples throughout the mainland. Yet the origins and history of these animals are shrouded in obscurity. The question of whether dingoes are a truly wild ... <a title="Did Australia’s First Peoples domesticate dingoes? They certainly buried them with great care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/21/did-australias-first-peoples-domesticate-dingoes-they-certainly-buried-them-with-great-care-205994/" aria-label="Read more about Did Australia’s First Peoples domesticate dingoes? They certainly buried them with great care">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology NASA ODPO Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the US government issued the first ever space junk fine. The ... <a title="Space is getting crowded with satellites and space junk. How do we avoid collisions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/space-is-getting-crowded-with-satellites-and-space-junk-how-do-we-avoid-collisions-215545/" aria-label="Read more about Space is getting crowded with satellites and space junk. How do we avoid collisions?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Cooper, Research Editor, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is due in Washington next week. He will be the fourth of US President Joe Biden’s international guests treated to the pomp and ceremony of an official state visit to the United ... <a title="As Albanese heads to Washington, what can he hope to bring home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/as-albanese-heads-to-washington-what-can-he-hope-to-bring-home-214834/" aria-label="Read more about As Albanese heads to Washington, what can he hope to bring home?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Division Head, Population Health and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Shutterstock After a bump, we can expect a bruise. But what if we find ourselves bruising without any noticeable cause? What might be behind it? Should we worry? Around 18% of adults report easy ... <a title="Why do I bruise so easily? Could it be something serious?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/why-do-i-bruise-so-easily-could-it-be-something-serious-207736/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I bruise so easily? Could it be something serious?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Shutterstock Love it or loathe it, it’s almost Halloween. While it’s traditionally seen as an American holiday, more Australians are preparing to celebrate it this year. Many jump at the chance to dress up as their favourite fictional ... <a title="Dressing up for Halloween? You could be in breach of copyright law, but it’s unlikely you’ll be sued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/dressing-up-for-halloween-you-could-be-in-breach-of-copyright-law-but-its-unlikely-youll-be-sued-215538/" aria-label="Read more about Dressing up for Halloween? You could be in breach of copyright law, but it’s unlikely you’ll be sued">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Kvale, Senior Scientist, Carbon Cycle Modeller, GNS Science The dual pressures of climate change and plastic pollution are frequently conflated in the media, in peer-reviewed research and other environmental reporting. This is understandable. Plastics are largely derived from fossil fuels and the burning of fossil fuels ... <a title="The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new plastics is the real problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/the-climate-impact-of-plastic-pollution-is-negligible-the-production-of-new-plastics-is-the-real-problem-207813/" aria-label="Read more about The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new plastics is the real problem">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Shannon, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Every day and night, hundreds of thousands of intense, brief flashes of radiation suddenly flicker on and then off all across the sky. These “fast radio bursts” are invisible to the naked eye, but to ... <a title="We traced a powerful radio signal to the most distant source yet – a galaxy billions of lightyears away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/we-traced-a-powerful-radio-signal-to-the-most-distant-source-yet-a-galaxy-billions-of-lightyears-away-214553/" aria-label="Read more about We traced a powerful radio signal to the most distant source yet – a galaxy billions of lightyears away">Read more</a>
