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October 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University DALL E Among the many questions asked about Russia’s disastrous war against Ukraine, one of them is posed only very rarely: can Russia survive what seems increasingly likely to be a humiliating defeat at the hands ... <a title="Could Russia collapse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/31/could-russia-collapse-193013/" aria-label="Read more about Could Russia collapse?">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Robert Cook, Associate professor, The University of Melbourne As the Victorian city of Echuca prepared for flooding this week, the council moved rapidly to build a temporary earthen levee as others sandbagged. This kept some homes dry, likely worsened flooding in others, and prompted blame from ... <a title="Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/31/floods-are-natural-but-human-decisions-make-disasters-we-need-to-reflect-on-the-endless-cycles-of-blame-192930/" aria-label="Read more about Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Mason, Research Fellow in Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/TDway New Zealand agriculture contributed 50% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, an unusually high proportion by world standards. Dairy farming was responsible for about half of the 39.1 megatonnes of carbon dioxide ... <a title="From farming to fermentation: how New Zealand could ‘brew up’ new foods to reduce agricultural emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/31/from-farming-to-fermentation-how-new-zealand-could-brew-up-new-foods-to-reduce-agricultural-emissions-192934/" aria-label="Read more about From farming to fermentation: how New Zealand could ‘brew up’ new foods to reduce agricultural emissions">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alasdair Macintyre, Associate lecturer visual arts, artist, PhD, Australian Catholic University Alasdair Macintyre, Ghost Kid on Stairs 2, 2019. aecap/flickr, Author provided Do you believe in ghosts? Every year, Halloween serves up the usual images of spooks, skeletons and witches – but these ideas aren’t just the ... <a title="Are you haunted by ghosts of the past and phantoms of your future? Welcome to the spooky realm of hauntology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/31/are-you-haunted-by-ghosts-of-the-past-and-phantoms-of-your-future-welcome-to-the-spooky-realm-of-hauntology-191843/" aria-label="Read more about Are you haunted by ghosts of the past and phantoms of your future? Welcome to the spooky realm of hauntology">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edgar Liu, Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) Collaboratory / City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In response to the horror stories of abuse and neglect from the Royal Commission into Aged Care, the new federal Labor government has made legislative changes. Prior to this, ... <a title="Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/most-older-australians-arent-in-aged-care-policy-blind-spots-mean-they-live-in-communities-that-arent-age-friendly-192591/" aria-label="Read more about Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University With progressive members of the US Congress recently calling for a resumption of direct talks between the West and Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it’s a good time to consider how such talks could look and what might be gained – or ... <a title="Should the West negotiate with Russia? The pros and cons of high-level talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/should-the-west-negotiate-with-russia-the-pros-and-cons-of-high-level-talks-193297/" aria-label="Read more about Should the West negotiate with Russia? The pros and cons of high-level talks">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle People living in the Hunter region of New South Wales know all too well the devastation disasters can bring. After enduring the 2019-2020 horror bushfire season, La Niña settled in for three wet summers and residents experienced back-to-back floods this ... <a title="We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when the next floods strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/we-spoke-to-the-exhausted-flood-response-teams-in-the-hunter-valley-heres-what-they-need-when-the-next-floods-strike-192863/" aria-label="Read more about We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when the next floods strike">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the industry is claiming it’s not an issue ... <a title="Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/pubs-and-clubs-your-friendly-neighbourhood-money-laundering-service-thanks-to-86-640-pokies-193312/" aria-label="Read more about Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney In this week’s federal budget the costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been revised upwards, with average forecast growth of 14% a year over the next decade. It looks like the NDIS could cost more than ... <a title="The budget sounded warnings of an NDIS ‘blow out’ – but also set aside funds to curb costs and boost productivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/the-budget-sounded-warnings-of-an-ndis-blow-out-but-also-set-aside-funds-to-curb-costs-and-boost-productivity-193315/" aria-label="Read more about The budget sounded warnings of an NDIS ‘blow out’ – but also set aside funds to curb costs and boost productivity">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Cruise ships carrying passengers with COVID are back in the news. The Coral Princess, with an unconfirmed number of people testing positive on board, is set to dock at ... <a title="Cruise ships are back and carrying COVID. No, it’s not 2020. But here’s what needs to happen next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/cruise-ships-are-back-and-carrying-covid-no-its-not-2020-but-heres-what-needs-to-happen-next-193384/" aria-label="Read more about Cruise ships are back and carrying COVID. No, it’s not 2020. But here’s what needs to happen next">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University Shutterstock We can all agree humans need to reduce their impact on the environment. And while most of us think of this in terms of daily activities – such as eating less meat, or being water-wise – this ... <a title="Coffin? Casket? Cremation? How to make your death more environmentally friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/coffin-casket-cremation-how-to-make-your-death-more-environmentally-friendly-188456/" aria-label="Read more about Coffin? Casket? Cremation? How to make your death more environmentally friendly">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne David Crosling/AAP The Victorian state election will be held in four weeks, on November 26. A Resolve poll for The Age, conducted October 20-24 from a sample ... <a title="Labor retains large lead in Victorian Resolve poll four weeks from election; also leads in NSW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/28/labor-retains-large-lead-in-victorian-resolve-poll-four-weeks-from-election-also-leads-in-nsw-192333/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains large lead in Victorian Resolve poll four weeks from election; also leads in NSW">Read more</a>
