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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Shutterstock Australia’s energy ministers on Friday voted to make emissions reduction a key national energy goal, in a major step forward in the clean energy transition. Federal, state and territory energy ministers agreed to include emissions in what’s known as the ... <a title="Historic new deal puts emissions reduction at the heart of Australia’s energy sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/historic-new-deal-puts-emissions-reduction-at-the-heart-of-australias-energy-sector-188296/" aria-label="Read more about Historic new deal puts emissions reduction at the heart of Australia’s energy sector">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wadham, Director, Open Door: Understanding and Supporting Service Personnel and their Families, Flinders University The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has released its interim report after more than 1,900 submissions and 194 witnesses. It includes recommendations considered so urgent the royal commission is making ... <a title="Royal commission delivers damning interim report on defence and veteran suicide. Here’s what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/royal-commission-delivers-damning-interim-report-on-defence-and-veteran-suicide-heres-what-happens-next-188579/" aria-label="Read more about Royal commission delivers damning interim report on defence and veteran suicide. Here’s what happens next">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathieu O’Neil, Associate Professor of Communication, News and Media Research Centre, University of Canberra GettyImages Donald Trump derided any critical news coverage as “fake news” and his unwillingness to concede the 2020 presidential election eventually led to the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. For ... <a title="Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/three-reasons-why-disinformation-is-so-pervasive-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-188457/" aria-label="Read more about Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stan Karanasios, Associate professor, The University of Queensland Rob Hampson/Unsplash On August 9 2022, Australia’s COVIDSafe app was officially decommissioned, and all its features removed. People were encouraged to uninstall the app. Reports of its closure have made international news. On ceasing COVIDSafe, health minister Mark Butler ... <a title="The COVIDSafe app is dead. What can we learn from this ‘failure’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/the-covidsafe-app-is-dead-what-can-we-learn-from-this-failure-188582/" aria-label="Read more about The COVIDSafe app is dead. What can we learn from this ‘failure’?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Paddy Nixon talk about this week in politics. They discuss Australia’s relationship with China as tensions rise over Taiwan, the inquiry into that New York post former ... <a title="VIDEO: China tensions, the Barilaro affair, Albanese’s jobs summit, and more teals on the move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/video-china-tensions-the-barilaro-affair-albaneses-jobs-summit-and-more-teals-on-the-move-188642/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: China tensions, the Barilaro affair, Albanese’s jobs summit, and more teals on the move">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominique Allen, Associate Professor, Monash University Photo by Sora Shimazaki/Pexels, CC BY You might have heard of jobseekers being asked to complete a “personality test” as part of a job application, or been through the process yourself. The questions can range from the innocuous to the deeply ... <a title="Personality testing in job applications: what can and can’t employers ask you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/personality-testing-in-job-applications-what-can-and-cant-employers-ask-you-188516/" aria-label="Read more about Personality testing in job applications: what can and can’t employers ask you?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Mehigan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury Getty Images However you look at it, the National Party has selected someone who once committed an act of criminal violence to represent the Tauranga electorate in parliament. It’s an unfortunate move for a self-styled party of law ... <a title="Sam Uffindell was lucky to avoid NZ’s criminal justice system as a schoolboy – but it was the right outcome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/sam-uffindell-was-lucky-to-avoid-nzs-criminal-justice-system-as-a-schoolboy-but-it-was-the-right-outcome-188531/" aria-label="Read more about Sam Uffindell was lucky to avoid NZ’s criminal justice system as a schoolboy – but it was the right outcome">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Davidson, Vice-Chancellor, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Demand for health care is soaring as the population ages, medical treatments become more widely available and more people live with chronic and complex illnesses. However, there is global shortage of health professionals – and the pandemic has only accentuated ... <a title="Getting more men into nursing means a rethink of gender roles, pay and recognition. But we need them urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/getting-more-men-into-nursing-means-a-rethink-of-gender-roles-pay-and-recognition-but-we-need-them-urgently-184829/" aria-label="Read more about Getting more men into nursing means a rethink of gender roles, pay and recognition. But we need them urgently">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myles Menz, Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology, James Cook University Christian Ziegler Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Author provided Migratory insects number in the trillions. They’re a major part of global ecosystems, helping to transport nutrients and pollen across continents – and often travelling thousands of kilometres ... <a title="These unusual moths migrate over thousands of kilometres. We tracked them to reveal their secret navigational skills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/these-unusual-moths-migrate-over-thousands-of-kilometres-we-tracked-them-to-reveal-their-secret-navigational-skills-188451/" aria-label="Read more about These unusual moths migrate over thousands of kilometres. We tracked them to reveal their secret navigational skills">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute As monkeypox vaccination programs roll out and health authorities release information about how to reduce the spread of the virus, progress on another aspect of the outbreak is lagging: its name. On June 14, the Director-General of the World ... <a title="Why doesn’t monkeypox have a new name yet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/why-doesnt-monkeypox-have-a-new-name-yet-188280/" aria-label="Read more about Why doesn’t monkeypox have a new name yet?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Marc Pell/Unsplash, CC BY The world’s focus is sharply fixed on achieving net-zero emissions, yet surprisingly little thought has been given to what comes afterwards. In our new paper, published today in Nature Climate Change, we ... <a title="Beyond net-zero: we should, if we can, cool the planet back to pre-industrial levels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/beyond-net-zero-we-should-if-we-can-cool-the-planet-back-to-pre-industrial-levels-187781/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond net-zero: we should, if we can, cool the planet back to pre-industrial levels">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Alders, Honorary Professor, Australian National University Foot-and-mouth disease now poses a high threat to Australia. This highly contagious livestock virus is sweeping Indonesia – the closest it’s been to Australia since the 1980s. A large outbreak here could cause decimate the livestock industry and cause A$80 ... <a title="To lock out foot-and-mouth disease, Australia must help our neighbour countries bolster their biosecurity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/to-lock-out-foot-and-mouth-disease-australia-must-help-our-neighbour-countries-bolster-their-biosecurity-188010/" aria-label="Read more about To lock out foot-and-mouth disease, Australia must help our neighbour countries bolster their biosecurity">Read more</a>
