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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With the Glasgow conference nearly over and the government promising to release its climate policy modelling before parliament resumes later this month, eyes are turning to Labor for its long-awaited alternative. Climate change spokesman Chris Bowen says the policy will ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen says Labor’s climate policy will be ‘realistic and ambitious’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/politics-with-michelle-grattan-chris-bowen-says-labors-climate-policy-will-be-realistic-and-ambitious-171672/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen says Labor’s climate policy will be ‘realistic and ambitious’">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Jefferies, Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University Shutterstock The period after birth of a child is supposed to be a time of great happiness for women. However, a significant number of new mothers will experience a mental illness at this time. One is postnatal psychosis (also known ... <a title="Postnatal psychosis is rare, but symptoms can be brushed aside as ‘normal’ for a new mum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/postnatal-psychosis-is-rare-but-symptoms-can-be-brushed-aside-as-normal-for-a-new-mum-170278/" aria-label="Read more about Postnatal psychosis is rare, but symptoms can be brushed aside as ‘normal’ for a new mum">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University “How can you tell if a politician is lying?” It is a favourite joke of my grandfather’s, and the punchline is all too obvious: “His mouth will be moving.” The joke gives succinct ... <a title="Book review: Sean Kelly’s The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/book-review-sean-kellys-the-game-a-portrait-of-scott-morrison-171489/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: Sean Kelly’s The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Edmund Clark, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Business School, University of Canterbury Shutterstock The race by pharmaceutical companies to find effective vaccines for COVID-19 has shone a global spotlight on the trade-offs regulators face in approving new drugs. Under the system used by drug ... <a title="Market immunity? How public safety warnings have little impact on drug sales volumes or company share prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/market-immunity-how-public-safety-warnings-have-little-impact-on-drug-sales-volumes-or-company-share-prices-169459/" aria-label="Read more about Market immunity? How public safety warnings have little impact on drug sales volumes or company share prices">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Barry, Professor of Philosophy at the ANU, Australian National University Massive protests unfolded in Glasgow outside the United Nations climate summit last week, with some activists denouncing a proposal to expand the use of a controversial climate action measure to meet net-zero targets: carbon offsetting. Offsetting ... <a title="Big-business greenwash or a climate saviour? Carbon offsets raise tricky moral questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/big-business-greenwash-or-a-climate-saviour-carbon-offsets-raise-tricky-moral-questions-171295/" aria-label="Read more about Big-business greenwash or a climate saviour? Carbon offsets raise tricky moral questions">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hurlimann, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Cities are responsible for 71-76% of energy-related CO₂ emissions. Today, the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow will convene to discuss this urgent global problem. Carbon emissions in cities are generated through activities including the ... <a title="COP26: cities create over 70% of energy-related emissions. Here’s what must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/cop26-cities-create-over-70-of-energy-related-emissions-heres-what-must-change-171307/" aria-label="Read more about COP26: cities create over 70% of energy-related emissions. Here’s what must change">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Corkin, PhD candidate, University of Auckland Shutterstock/Anna Kiryakova The possibility that screen time during early childhood could cause poorer attention later in a child’s life is a major concern for both parents and researchers. Earlier studies have suggested links between preschoolers’ screen time and difficulties with ... <a title="Studies suggest no causal link between young children’s screen time and later symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/studies-suggest-no-causal-link-between-young-childrens-screen-time-and-later-symptoms-of-inattention-and-hyperactivity-169943/" aria-label="Read more about Studies suggest no causal link between young children’s screen time and later symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Grant, Lecturer in Soil Science, Southern Cross University NASA/JPL Alongside advances in space exploration, we’ve recently seen much time and money invested into technologies that could allow effective space resource utilisation. And at the forefront of these efforts has been a laser-sharp focus on finding the ... <a title="The Moon’s top layer alone has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/the-moons-top-layer-alone-has-enough-oxygen-to-sustain-8-billion-people-for-100-000-years-170013/" aria-label="Read more about The Moon’s top layer alone has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 years">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Sciberras, Associate Professor, Deakin University The COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow is drawing to a close. And despite high hopes, many young people may be feeling disappointed with the progress at these landmark talks. They may be feeling anxious about their future, considering they’ll be ... <a title="Yes, young people are concerned about climate change. But it can drive them to take action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/yes-young-people-are-concerned-about-climate-change-but-it-can-drive-them-to-take-action-171300/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, young people are concerned about climate change. But it can drive them to take action">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland AP Greta Thunberg has already pronounced the COP26 climate conference a failure. In important respects, the Swedish activist is correct. The commitments made at the conference are insufficient to hold global heating to 1.5℃ this century. Leading ... <a title="Take heart at what’s unfolded at COP26 in Glasgow – the world can still hold global heating to 1.5℃" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/take-heart-at-whats-unfolded-at-cop26-in-glasgow-the-world-can-still-hold-global-heating-to-1-5-171488/" aria-label="Read more about Take heart at what’s unfolded at COP26 in Glasgow – the world can still hold global heating to 1.5℃">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Every year in Australia school leavers suffer ATAR anxiety, worrying about whether they will get into their preferred course and university. New research by the Commonwealth Department of Education, using Australian Taxation Office ... <a title="Students’ choice of university has no effect on new graduate pay, and a small impact later on. What they study matters more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/students-choice-of-university-has-no-effect-on-new-graduate-pay-and-a-small-impact-later-on-what-they-study-matters-more-171491/" aria-label="Read more about Students’ choice of university has no effect on new graduate pay, and a small impact later on. What they study matters more">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Salvador Melendez/AP As it hits new highs, there is no shortage of bold predictions about Bitcoin reaching US$100,000 or more. Often these are based on not much more than extrapolations by ... <a title="What is Bitcoin’s fundamental value? That’s a good question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/what-is-bitcoins-fundamental-value-thats-a-good-question-171387/" aria-label="Read more about What is Bitcoin’s fundamental value? That’s a good question">Read more</a>
