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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock The report of Victoria’s Royal Commission into Melbourne’s casino has been made public. It has found the behaviour of the casino’s operator, Crown Resorts to be “disgraceful”, with practices that have been “variously ... <a title="‘Illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative’ – but Crown Resorts keeps its Melbourne casino licence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/illegal-dishonest-unethical-and-exploitative-but-crown-resorts-keeps-its-melbourne-casino-licence-170625/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative’ – but Crown Resorts keeps its Melbourne casino licence">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Masmikha/Shutterstock The most striking feature of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s long-term emissions reduction plan outlined on Tuesday is not the long-telegraphed commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050, or the promise of a A$20 billion clean energy program ... <a title="Between the lines, Morrison’s plan has coal on the way out, with the future bright" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/between-the-lines-morrisons-plan-has-coal-on-the-way-out-with-the-future-bright-170643/" aria-label="Read more about Between the lines, Morrison’s plan has coal on the way out, with the future bright">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsie Nabben, Researcher / PhD Candidate, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub / Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University Rodion Kutsaev/Unsplash, CC BY-SA The federal government has been asking the public for feedback on proposed legislation to create a “trusted digital identity” system. The aim is for Australians to ... <a title="The government wants to expand the ‘digital identity’ system that lets Australians access services. There are many potential pitfalls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/the-government-wants-to-expand-the-digital-identity-system-that-lets-australians-access-services-there-are-many-potential-pitfalls-170550/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to expand the ‘digital identity’ system that lets Australians access services. There are many potential pitfalls">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne The Victorian government is introducing a pandemic management bill that will structure its ongoing and future response to pandemics. According to a draft dated October 23, the bill gives the executive wide powers in the time of a pandemic, ... <a title="Victoria’s draft pandemic law misses one critical element – stronger oversight of the government’s decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/victorias-draft-pandemic-law-misses-one-critical-element-stronger-oversight-of-the-governments-decisions-170623/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s draft pandemic law misses one critical element – stronger oversight of the government’s decisions">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Spanish authors (from left), Agustin Martinez, Jorge Diaz and Antonio Mercero, who have been writing bestsellers as Carmen Mola. Quique Garcia/EPA Literary hoaxes thrive on exposure. At best, they are politically transgressive. They strip away anything ... <a title="What makes a good literary hoax? A political point, for starters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/what-makes-a-good-literary-hoax-a-political-point-for-starters-170538/" aria-label="Read more about What makes a good literary hoax? A political point, for starters">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Hobday, Senior Principal Research Scientist – Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO Shutterstock Marine heatwaves are catastrophic impacts of climate change many of us are already familiar with. But how much do they cost society? During marine heatwaves, ocean temperatures can become so high that many species become ... <a title="How much do marine heatwaves cost? The economic losses amount to billions and billions of dollars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/how-much-do-marine-heatwaves-cost-the-economic-losses-amount-to-billions-and-billions-of-dollars-170008/" aria-label="Read more about How much do marine heatwaves cost? The economic losses amount to billions and billions of dollars">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University NSW is doing what Labor’s Bill Shorten could not – explaining why Australia’s capital gains tax concession is knocking first home buyers out of homes. Shorten went to the 2016 and 2019 elections with a ... <a title="Now it’s Liberals telling us we are going to have to cut the capital gains tax concession if we want to get Australians into homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/now-its-liberals-telling-us-we-are-going-to-have-to-cut-the-capital-gains-tax-concession-if-we-want-to-get-australians-into-homes-170555/" aria-label="Read more about Now it’s Liberals telling us we are going to have to cut the capital gains tax concession if we want to get Australians into homes">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government claims Australians would be nearly $2000 better off on average under its plan to reach net zero by 2050 compared with taking no action. According to the modelling – which the government has yet to release – gross ... <a title="Morrison’s climate plan has 35% 2030 emissions reduction ‘projection’ but modelling underpinning 2050 target yet to be released" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/morrisons-climate-plan-has-35-2030-emissions-reduction-projection-but-modelling-underpinning-2050-target-yet-to-be-released-170635/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s climate plan has 35% 2030 emissions reduction ‘projection’ but modelling underpinning 2050 target yet to be released">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen Reeves, Postdoctoral fellow, Monash University Police responses to family violence have long been the subject of scrutiny. Effective policing can play a key role in protecting victim-survivors and holding perpetrators accountable. Most recently across Australia, there has been heated debate about the criminalisation of coercive control. ... <a title="Victoria Police may soon be able to issue final intervention orders on the spot, but will this help victim-survivors?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/victoria-police-may-soon-be-able-to-issue-final-intervention-orders-on-the-spot-but-will-this-help-victim-survivors-170359/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria Police may soon be able to issue final intervention orders on the spot, but will this help victim-survivors?">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dion O’Neale, Lecturer – Department of Physics, University of Auckland; Principal Investigator – Te Pūnaha Matatini, University of Auckland Hannah Peters/Getty Images As Aotearoa New Zealand moves from elimination to suppression, we need to understand how this could change the nature of transmission from Auckland’s Delta outbreak ... <a title="New Zealanders are super-connected. When restrictions lift in Auckland, it won’t take much to amplify Delta’s spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/new-zealanders-are-super-connected-when-restrictions-lift-in-auckland-it-wont-take-much-to-amplify-deltas-spread-170542/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders are super-connected. When restrictions lift in Auckland, it won’t take much to amplify Delta’s spread">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Clark, Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Public History, University of Technology Sydney The federal Education Minister, Alan Tudge, has announced a major edit of the draft history curriculum by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) as part of an effort to lift educational ... <a title="10 things every politician should know about history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/10-things-every-politician-should-know-about-history-170626/" aria-label="Read more about 10 things every politician should know about history">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Shutterstock Until very recently, people with intersex variations have often been unseen, stigmatised and routinely discriminated against. Intersex Awareness Day today (October 26) is therefore an opportunity to examine how much progress has been made and how far we ... <a title="Intersex children in New Zealand are routinely undergoing unnecessary surgery – that needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/intersex-children-in-new-zealand-are-routinely-undergoing-unnecessary-surgery-that-needs-to-change-168936/" aria-label="Read more about Intersex children in New Zealand are routinely undergoing unnecessary surgery – that needs to change">Read more</a>
