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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University Chris Seward/AAP Why did 46.8% of Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Why did approximately 2,000 of them attack the Capitol building? Why do 54% believe Joe Biden to be one of the worst Presidents in ... <a title="Heroes of the Fourth Turning: how theatre can serve as a mode of inquiry into right wing ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning-how-theatre-can-serve-as-a-mode-of-inquiry-into-right-wing-ideas-181057/" aria-label="Read more about Heroes of the Fourth Turning: how theatre can serve as a mode of inquiry into right wing ideas">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 14-17 from a sample of 1,510, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 36% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (down one), 12% ... <a title="Labor still has clear lead in Newspoll and Resolve, but Albanese’s ratings slump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/labor-still-has-clear-lead-in-newspoll-and-resolve-but-albaneses-ratings-slump-181469/" aria-label="Read more about Labor still has clear lead in Newspoll and Resolve, but Albanese’s ratings slump">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Oleg Tolmachev/Twitter When images from Ukraine of abandoned Russian tanks tagged with the word “Wolverines” circulated in early April, movie buffs got it right away: Ukrainian fighters were consciously referencing the cult 1984 film Red ... <a title="When war imitates art: rediscovering Red Dawn, the 1984 movie inspiring Ukrainian fighters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/when-war-imitates-art-rediscovering-red-dawn-the-1984-movie-inspiring-ukrainian-fighters-181261/" aria-label="Read more about When war imitates art: rediscovering Red Dawn, the 1984 movie inspiring Ukrainian fighters">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hessom Razavi, Associate professor, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Indigenous people in Australia experience three times more vision loss than non-Indigenous people, creating a concerning gap for vision. Much of this is due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO). Here, blood vessels in the back of the ... <a title="Longer-acting eye treatment could reduce vision loss for Indigenous Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/longer-acting-eye-treatment-could-reduce-vision-loss-for-indigenous-australians-180586/" aria-label="Read more about Longer-acting eye treatment could reduce vision loss for Indigenous Australians">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Russ, Senior Lecturer, Southern Cross University Shutterstock The crisis in child welfare in Australia has, for too long, resulted in too many children taken into care, with many not receiving the timely assistance and care they and their families need. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children ... <a title="The workforce in the child protection system needs urgent reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/the-workforce-in-the-child-protection-system-needs-urgent-reform-180950/" aria-label="Read more about The workforce in the child protection system needs urgent reform">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Shutterstock You’ve got an important meeting in the morning and your cat wakes you at 4am. Why? And what can you do to stop this happening again? Although cats are evolved for night-time activity, ... <a title="Why does my cat wake me up so early, and what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/why-does-my-cat-wake-me-up-so-early-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-180959/" aria-label="Read more about Why does my cat wake me up so early, and what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Wynn, Lead Economist, CSIRO Futures, CSIRO Shutterstock As demand for alternative protein sources grows, Australians are increasingly looking for options that are healthy, sustainable and ethically made. At CSIRO, we have produced a “protein roadmap” to guide investments in a diverse range of new products and ... <a title="Plant-based patties, lab-grown meat and insects: how the protein industry is innovating to meet demand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/plant-based-patties-lab-grown-meat-and-insects-how-the-protein-industry-is-innovating-to-meet-demand-180859/" aria-label="Read more about Plant-based patties, lab-grown meat and insects: how the protein industry is innovating to meet demand">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Johnson, Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide AAP/Joel Carrett This is the second in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Michelle Grattan’s profile of Josh Frydenberg here. Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers decided it would be ... <a title="If Labor wins the election, he is set to become the next federal treasurer. So who is Jim Chalmers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/if-labor-wins-the-election-he-is-set-to-become-the-next-federal-treasurer-so-who-is-jim-chalmers-180138/" aria-label="Read more about If Labor wins the election, he is set to become the next federal treasurer. So who is Jim Chalmers?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Christoff, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne James Ross/AAP As far as political debate goes, this federal election seems to be less about climate change than any in the past 15 years. Unlike in 2010, 2013 and 2016 ... <a title="Climate policy in 2022 is no longer a political bin-fire – but it remains a smouldering issue for voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/climate-policy-in-2022-is-no-longer-a-political-bin-fire-but-it-remains-a-smouldering-issue-for-voters-181058/" aria-label="Read more about Climate policy in 2022 is no longer a political bin-fire – but it remains a smouldering issue for voters">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Associate Professor, Australian National University Getty Not so long ago, it was easy for public banks to fund new fossil fuel projects. But now, as the world faces a worsening climate crisis, the tide may be turning. Case in point: after Traditional owners filed an ... <a title="Tiwi Islands offshore gas fight shows public banks are under real pressure over fossil fuel funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/tiwi-islands-offshore-gas-fight-shows-public-banks-are-under-real-pressure-over-fossil-fuel-funding-180956/" aria-label="Read more about Tiwi Islands offshore gas fight shows public banks are under real pressure over fossil fuel funding">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Tyers, Winthrop Professor of Economics, The University of Western Australia Felix Mittermeier/Pexels, CC BY-SA If tensions between the Western world and China and Russia led to a split into two separate financial and trading systems, Australia would be among the countries most hurt. We ran the ... <a title="Australia would be among the biggest economic losers from a new cold war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/australia-would-be-among-the-biggest-economic-losers-from-a-new-cold-war-179102/" aria-label="Read more about Australia would be among the biggest economic losers from a new cold war">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Young, Lecturer, Deakin University shutterstock When Allen & Unwin requested a sequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s first novel The Hobbit (1937), they could not have known that it would be one of the best publishing decisions of the century, if not all time. The Lord of the ... <a title="How Tolkien and Lord of the Rings inspired the commercial and artistic success of the fantasy fiction genre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/how-tolkien-and-lord-of-the-rings-inspired-the-commercial-and-artistic-success-of-the-fantasy-fiction-genre-170958/" aria-label="Read more about How Tolkien and Lord of the Rings inspired the commercial and artistic success of the fantasy fiction genre">Read more</a>
