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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deepika Mathur, Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University Installing solar panels is an easy way to lower your carbon footprint and cut electricity bills. But our recent research found there are many incentives to remove them prematurely, adding to Australia’s massive waste problem. Researchers predict Australia ... <a title="Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/stop-removing-your-solar-panels-early-please-its-creating-a-huge-waste-problem-for-australia-160546/" aria-label="Read more about Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Dennis, Professor of Anthropology and Head of School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that women are underrepresented in leadership roles in many industries. This has led to a proliferation of women-only mentoring programs designed to challenge ... <a title="Why mentoring for women risks propping up patriarchal structures instead of changing them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/why-mentoring-for-women-risks-propping-up-patriarchal-structures-instead-of-changing-them-157965/" aria-label="Read more about Why mentoring for women risks propping up patriarchal structures instead of changing them">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas’s three-pronged strategy to raise an extra A$2.7 billion in property taxes over the next four years is a case of two out of three ain’t bad. Land tax ✅ First, Pallas will raise $1.5 billion ... <a title="The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/the-lesson-for-australia-out-of-victorias-property-tax-hikes-two-out-of-three-aint-bad-161353/" aria-label="Read more about The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. Along a dusty path on the outskirts of the Château de Versailles ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/if-i-could-go-anywhere-marie-antoinettes-private-boudoir-and-mechanical-mirror-room-at-versailles-160599/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Despite overwhelmingly endorsing the general stance of the 2021 budget, only a few of the 56 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation are prepared to give it top marks. ... <a title="Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/23/great-approach-weak-execution-economists-decline-to-give-budget-top-marks-161347/" aria-label="Read more about Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Etschmann, Research officer, Monash University Almost 60 years after British nuclear tests ended, radioactive particles containing plutonium and uranium still contaminate the landscape around Maralinga in outback South Australia. These “hot particles” are not as stable as we once assumed. Our research shows they are likely ... <a title="We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/we-sliced-open-radioactive-particles-from-soil-in-south-australia-and-found-they-may-be-leaking-plutonium-161277/" aria-label="Read more about We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University It’s been well documented that there’s a significant level of vaccine hesitancy in the Australian community at the moment. This appears to be a particular issue among adults over 50 concerning the AstraZeneca vaccine, for which this group is now ... <a title="I’m over 50 and hesitant about the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. Should I wait for Pfizer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/im-over-50-and-hesitant-about-the-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-should-i-wait-for-pfizer-161283/" aria-label="Read more about I’m over 50 and hesitant about the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. Should I wait for Pfizer?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University It’s the smell that hits you first. The scent of urine and decomposing bodies. Then you notice other signs: scuttles and squeaks, small dead bodies leaking blood, tails sticking out of hubcaps. If you’ve lived through a ... <a title="Mouse plague: bromadiolone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/mouse-plague-bromadiolone-will-obliterate-mice-but-itll-poison-eagles-snakes-and-owls-too-160995/" aria-label="Read more about Mouse plague: bromadiolone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laini Burton, Senior Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University From its humble beginnings in 1956, when just seven nations participated, Eurovision has grown to epic proportions. Known for its kitschy mix of Euro-pop, bizarre choreography and hammy performances, an estimated 182 million viewers tuned in to ... <a title="Much more than music: 10 Eurovision costumes that stole the show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/much-more-than-music-10-eurovision-costumes-that-stole-the-show-161186/" aria-label="Read more about Much more than music: 10 Eurovision costumes that stole the show">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Billingsley, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW While details are sketchy, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The dying can hopefully end and further destruction be avoided — at least for now. Both sides can also ... <a title="Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/israel-and-the-palestinians-celebrate-a-ceasefire-but-will-anything-change-161348/" aria-label="Read more about Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics is about nine weeks away. And yet many of the world’s athletes are not satisfied with the COVID-19 precautions organisers have planned. The World Players Association has identified a number of measures ... <a title="Olympic athletes speak up: current COVID plans aren’t enough to keep them safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/olympic-athletes-speak-up-current-covid-plans-arent-enough-to-keep-them-safe-161268/" aria-label="Read more about Olympic athletes speak up: current COVID plans aren’t enough to keep them safe">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University Despite some conspiratorial claims to the contrary, long-serving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not looking or hoping for a major conflict with the Palestinians to help him hold onto power. To the contrary, over ... <a title="Benjamin Netanyahu was on the brink of political defeat. Then, another conflict broke out in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/benjamin-netanyahu-was-on-the-brink-of-political-defeat-then-another-conflict-broke-out-in-gaza-161087/" aria-label="Read more about Benjamin Netanyahu was on the brink of political defeat. Then, another conflict broke out in Gaza">Read more</a>
