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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Salles, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Sander Lenaerts/Unsplash Earth’s surface is the “living skin” of our planet – it connects the physical, chemical, and biological systems. Over geological time, landscapes change as this surface evolves, regulating the carbon cycle and nutrient circulation as rivers carry sediment ... <a title="Scientists just revealed the most detailed geological model of Earth’s past 100 million years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/scientists-just-revealed-the-most-detailed-geological-model-of-earths-past-100-million-years-200898/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists just revealed the most detailed geological model of Earth’s past 100 million years">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bain Munro Attwood, Professor of History, Monash University Cooper walking on Nicholson Street Footscray. Obtained with permission. Esmay Mann Collection. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. Ninety years ago, Yorta Yorta leader William Cooper dreamed of ... <a title="90 years ago, Yorta Yorta leader William Cooper petitioned the king for Aboriginal representation in parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/90-years-ago-yorta-yorta-leader-william-cooper-petitioned-the-king-for-aboriginal-representation-in-parliament-198396/" aria-label="Read more about 90 years ago, Yorta Yorta leader William Cooper petitioned the king for Aboriginal representation in parliament">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ulrich Speidel, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Auckland Without power or phone coverage, some communities resorted to more traditional forms of communication. Getty Images Modern communication systems need two main things: power, and what engineers call “backhaul”, the connections that link cell towers and exchanges ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle broke vital communication links when people needed them most – what happened and how do we fix it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/cyclone-gabrielle-broke-vital-communication-links-when-people-needed-them-most-what-happened-and-how-do-we-fix-it-200711/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle broke vital communication links when people needed them most – what happened and how do we fix it?">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Prictor, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Australia’s My Health Record is a national, integrated electronic record, intended to overcome the problem of having personal health information “siloed” in different systems. People can access their own My Health Record via MyGov or an ... <a title="My Health Record is meant to empower patients – but with little useful information stored, is it worth saving?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/my-health-record-is-meant-to-empower-patients-but-with-little-useful-information-stored-is-it-worth-saving-199508/" aria-label="Read more about My Health Record is meant to empower patients – but with little useful information stored, is it worth saving?">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stanbury, PhD Candidate, Monash University Shutterstock Do you want to have a baby? But, on a planet rocked by the climate crisis, ecosystem collapse, famine and poverty, is having one just adding to the problem – and therefore unethical? I am a PhD Candidate at Monash ... <a title="Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses? First, ask yourself 5 big ethical questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/thinking-of-having-a-baby-as-the-planet-collapses-first-ask-yourself-5-big-ethical-questions-196388/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses? First, ask yourself 5 big ethical questions">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised a Tax Expenditures Statement by the end of February – and he delivered this week, just in time, on Tuesday February 28. The ... <a title="Tax breaks cost a reported $250 billion, but handle these new figures with care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/tax-breaks-cost-a-reported-250-billion-but-handle-these-new-figures-with-care-200819/" aria-label="Read more about Tax breaks cost a reported $250 billion, but handle these new figures with care">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If you were being really cynical, you might say the government should have hacked into those stage 3 tax cuts, while leaving super alone. That would have received much the same political angst, but saved a heap more revenue. If ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Trimming the tail of the superannuation tax tiger is no easy task" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/grattan-on-friday-trimming-the-tail-of-the-superannuation-tax-tiger-is-no-easy-task-200996/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Trimming the tail of the superannuation tax tiger is no easy task">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Shah, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Auckland Las Dhure refugee camp, Somalia. Getty Images With the war in Ukraine now in its second year, nearly a third of the country’s population has been displaced, including 8 million people who have sought refuge beyond its borders. ... <a title="Race and erasure: why the world’s other humanitarian crises don’t see the same response as Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/race-and-erasure-why-the-worlds-other-humanitarian-crises-dont-see-the-same-response-as-ukraine-200987/" aria-label="Read more about Race and erasure: why the world’s other humanitarian crises don’t see the same response as Ukraine">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cathy Hope, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Design; Coordinator, Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Project, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra Unsplash, CC BY-SA Why don’t grown ups play like us kids do? Annie, aged 7, Canberra Hi Annie, this is such a clever ... <a title="Curious Kids: why don’t grown-ups play like kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/curious-kids-why-dont-grown-ups-play-like-kids-199176/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why don’t grown-ups play like kids?">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University Oded Balilty/AP Israel is facing one of the most serious crises in its history. And it could be the biggest test yet for Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, just months after he resurrected his political career by ... <a title="Israel is facing twin existential crises – what is Benjamin Netanyahu doing to solve them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/israel-is-facing-twin-existential-crises-what-is-benjamin-netanyahu-doing-to-solve-them-200820/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is facing twin existential crises – what is Benjamin Netanyahu doing to solve them?">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor K. Sansom, Research Associate, Curtin University CTIO / NOIRLab / SOAR / NSF / AURA/ T. Kareta (Lowell Observatory), M. Knight (US Naval Academy) What would we do if we spotted a hazardous asteroid on a collision course with Earth? Could we deflect it safely to ... <a title="New results from NASA’s DART planetary defence mission confirm we could deflect deadly asteroids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/new-results-from-nasas-dart-planetary-defence-mission-confirm-we-could-deflect-deadly-asteroids-200835/" aria-label="Read more about New results from NASA’s DART planetary defence mission confirm we could deflect deadly asteroids">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam "Ben" Rohrlach, Mathematics Lecturer and Archaeogeneticist, University of Adelaide Reconstruction of a hunter-gatherer associated with the Gravettian culture. Tom Bjoerklund Hunter-gatherers took shelter from the ice age in Southwestern Europe, but were replaced on the Italian Peninsula according to two new studies, published in Nature and ... <a title="We thought the first hunter-gatherers in Europe went missing during the last ice age. Now, ancient DNA analysis says otherwise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/we-thought-the-first-hunter-gatherers-in-europe-went-missing-during-the-last-ice-age-now-ancient-dna-analysis-says-otherwise-200899/" aria-label="Read more about We thought the first hunter-gatherers in Europe went missing during the last ice age. Now, ancient DNA analysis says otherwise">Read more</a>
