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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, PhD Candidate, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Five Australian states and territories are trialling or planning 30km/h speed limits and zones. However, some people question if 30km/h speed limits are actually urgent and necessary, or are instead a so-called “nanny state” ... <a title="Busted: 5 myths about 30km/h speed limits in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/busted-5-myths-about-30km-h-speed-limits-in-australia-160547/" aria-label="Read more about Busted: 5 myths about 30km/h speed limits in Australia">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malcolm Whyte, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Science, Australian National University Success in the Olympic Games is usually focused on medals, especially gold ones, and countries are usually ranked in terms of the number of medals won, and sometimes as medals per million of population or gross domestic ... <a title="Dollar for dollar, the winning nations at the Olympic Games seem to be the poorest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/dollar-for-dollar-the-winning-nations-at-the-olympic-games-seem-to-be-the-poorest-158760/" aria-label="Read more about Dollar for dollar, the winning nations at the Olympic Games seem to be the poorest">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Since 2015, the share of younger people (aged 20 to 39) with private health insurance has dropped from 24% to 22%. People in this age group contribute more in insurance premiums than they claim in pay-outs. So this decline ends ... <a title="4 ways to fix private health insurance so it can sustain a growing, ageing population" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/4-ways-to-fix-private-health-insurance-so-it-can-sustain-a-growing-ageing-population-161171/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to fix private health insurance so it can sustain a growing, ageing population">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arjuna Dibley, Visiting Researcher, Climate and Energy College, The University of Melbourne The Morrison government today announced it’s building a new gas power plant in the Hunter Valley, committing up to A$600 million for the government-owned corporation Snowy Hydro to construct the project. Critics argue the plant ... <a title="Government-owned firms like Snowy Hydro can do better than building $600 million gas plants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/government-owned-firms-like-snowy-hydro-can-do-better-than-building-600-million-gas-plants-161180/" aria-label="Read more about Government-owned firms like Snowy Hydro can do better than building $600 million gas plants">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Even if every country meets its current climate targets, Earth’s temperature will still rise by a dangerous 2.1℃ this century, according to sobering findings from a new International Energy Agency ... <a title="New International Energy Agency report reprimands any new fossil fuel development. Guess what Australia did next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/new-international-energy-agency-report-reprimands-any-new-fossil-fuel-development-guess-what-australia-did-next-161178/" aria-label="Read more about New International Energy Agency report reprimands any new fossil fuel development. Guess what Australia did next?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In last week’s budget, $17.7 billion was allocated to the aged care sector, in response to the damning findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety. The commission’s final report painted a grim picture of a sector ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Colbeck on aged care and the Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/politics-with-michelle-grattan-richard-colbeck-on-aged-care-and-the-olympics-161192/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Colbeck on aged care and the Olympics">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW The small archipelago nation of Seychelles, northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, has emerged as the world’s most vaccinated country for COVID-19. Around 71% of people have had at ... <a title="COVID is surging in the world’s most vaccinated country. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/covid-is-surging-in-the-worlds-most-vaccinated-country-why-160869/" aria-label="Read more about COVID is surging in the world’s most vaccinated country. Why?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Carniel, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland Last year, the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled for the first time in its then 64-year history. This year’s Eurovision is a socially distanced affair, with frequent COVID testing of participants. The Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, where ... <a title="Australia is out of Eurovision but don’t write off filmed performances: they could make for a greener, more global contest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/australia-is-out-of-eurovision-but-dont-write-off-filmed-performances-they-could-make-for-a-greener-more-global-contest-161005/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is out of Eurovision but don’t write off filmed performances: they could make for a greener, more global contest">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianka Vidonja Balanzategui, Adjunct Lecturer, James Cook University In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. The women of the tropical north Queensland frontier were a varied lot and included Melanesian indentured labourers brought to work on sugar cane plantations. Annie Etinside was one ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Melanesian indentured labourer Annie Etinside, hailed as a Queensland ‘pioneer’ on her death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/hidden-women-of-history-melanesian-indentured-labourer-annie-etinside-hailed-as-a-queensland-pioneer-on-her-death-155645/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Melanesian indentured labourer Annie Etinside, hailed as a Queensland ‘pioneer’ on her death">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Queensland has become the latest Australian state to move forward on the issue of voluntary assisted dying. Draft legislation, developed by the Queensland Law Reform Commission, is expected to ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying could soon be legal in Queensland. Here’s how its bill differs from other states" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/voluntary-assisted-dying-could-soon-be-legal-in-queensland-heres-how-its-bill-differs-from-other-states-161092/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying could soon be legal in Queensland. Here’s how its bill differs from other states">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Veen, Lecturer and DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney The ruling by Australia’s Fair Work Commission that online food delivery platform Deliveroo unfairly dismissed driver Diego Franco marks a major shift in the Australian “gig” economy. What’s most significant is the commission has ruled Franco was, in ... <a title="An employee, not a contractor: unfair dismissal ruling against Deliveroo is a big deal for Australia’s gig workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/an-employee-not-a-contractor-unfair-dismissal-ruling-against-deliveroo-is-a-big-deal-for-australias-gig-workers-161173/" aria-label="Read more about An employee, not a contractor: unfair dismissal ruling against Deliveroo is a big deal for Australia’s gig workers">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Crawley, Researcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Straight denial of climate change is now relatively rare. Most people believe it is happening and is a serious problem. But many rank other issues — healthcare and the economy — as more important. This means ... <a title="Most people consider climate change a serious issue, but rank other problems as more important. That affects climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/most-people-consider-climate-change-a-serious-issue-but-rank-other-problems-as-more-important-that-affects-climate-policy-161080/" aria-label="Read more about Most people consider climate change a serious issue, but rank other problems as more important. That affects climate policy">Read more</a>
