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July 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Frew, Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Southern Queensland Getty Under your feet lies the most biodiverse habitat on Earth. The soil on which we walk supports the majority of life on the planet. Without the life in it, it wouldn’t be soil. Unfortunately, Australia’s ... <a title="Soil abounds with life – and supports all life above it. But Australian soils need urgent repair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/soil-abounds-with-life-and-supports-all-life-above-it-but-australian-soils-need-urgent-repair-187280/" aria-label="Read more about Soil abounds with life – and supports all life above it. But Australian soils need urgent repair">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Lecturer – School of Art, RMIT University Ethel Spowers, School is out, 1936, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1976 Review: Spowers & Syme, Geelong Gallery. In their pioneering coloured linocut prints, Ethel Spowers (1890-1947) and Eveline Syme (1888-1961) captured the flux and excitement of ... <a title="How pioneering Australian linocut artists Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme captured an exciting era of change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/how-pioneering-australian-linocut-artists-ethel-spowers-and-eveline-syme-captured-an-exciting-era-of-change-185597/" aria-label="Read more about How pioneering Australian linocut artists Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme captured an exciting era of change">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Headwinds buffeting the economy – notably high inflation and a global slowdown – have led to a significant downgrade of Australia’s economic growth forecasts, compared with the pre-election estimates. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will tell parliament on Thursday that estimated growth ... <a title="Chalmers’s economic statement to say inflation and global slowdown will slash Australia’s growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/chalmerss-economic-statement-to-say-inflation-and-global-slowdown-will-slash-australias-growth-187798/" aria-label="Read more about Chalmers’s economic statement to say inflation and global slowdown will slash Australia’s growth">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The upsurge in inflation has revived old debates about what causes it. Until recently, it has been an article of faith among both businesses and union leaders that inflation is “cost-push”, meaning it is caused by ... <a title="Inflation is being amplified by firms with market power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/inflation-is-being-amplified-by-firms-with-market-power-187418/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation is being amplified by firms with market power">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Inflation jumped from 5.1% to a new long-term high of 6.1% in the June quarter, a rate matched only by short-lived jump caused by the introduction of the goods and services tax, and ... <a title="Australia’s Economy – Inflation hasn’t been higher for 32 years. What now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/inflation-hasnt-been-higher-for-32-years-what-now-187452/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Economy – Inflation hasn’t been higher for 32 years. What now?">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Lucas Coch/AAP Earlier today, the federal government introduced its hotly awaited climate change bill to parliament. Despite the attention and controversy it’s attracted, the proposed legislation – as it stands – would be almost entirely symbolic. Labor ... <a title="Labor has introduced its controversial climate bill to parliament. Here’s how to give it real teeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/labor-has-introduced-its-controversial-climate-bill-to-parliament-heres-how-to-give-it-real-teeth-187762/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has introduced its controversial climate bill to parliament. Here’s how to give it real teeth">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Shearer, Research Fellow, Epidemic Decision Support, The University of Melbourne During the pandemic we have all become familiar with a lot of epidemiological concepts. One that was introduced to us early in 2020 is the “basic reproductive number”, or R0. This tells us about the intrinsic ... <a title="New COVID variants may be more transmissible but that doesn’t mean the R0 – or basic reproduction number – has increased" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/new-covid-variants-may-be-more-transmissible-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-r0-or-basic-reproduction-number-has-increased-186826/" aria-label="Read more about New COVID variants may be more transmissible but that doesn’t mean the R0 – or basic reproduction number – has increased">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Does your cat kick litter all over the floor? What does this mean and how can you stop it? Despite being skilled predators, cats are also mesopredators, meaning they are both predators and ... <a title="Why does my cat kick litter all over the place? 4 tips from cat experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/why-does-my-cat-kick-litter-all-over-the-place-4-tips-from-cat-experts-186928/" aria-label="Read more about Why does my cat kick litter all over the place? 4 tips from cat experts">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock This week Amazon announced plans to fork out US$3.9 billion (A$5.6 billion) to acquire US healthcare company One Medical. One Medical reportedly provides primary care on a membership basis to some 800,000 people across the United ... <a title="Amazon just took over a primary healthcare company for a lot of money. Should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/amazon-just-took-over-a-primary-healthcare-company-for-a-lot-of-money-should-we-be-worried-187627/" aria-label="Read more about Amazon just took over a primary healthcare company for a lot of money. Should we be worried?">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Shutterstock Disturbing footage emerged this week of a chess-playing robot breaking the finger of a seven-year-old child during a tournament in Russia. Public commentary on this event highlights some ... <a title="A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: a lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/a-robot-breaks-the-finger-of-a-7-year-old-a-lesson-in-the-need-for-stronger-regulation-of-artificial-intelligence-187612/" aria-label="Read more about A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: a lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato Shutterstock Social media has the reputation of being spontaneous, rushed, prone to typos and ungrammatical sentences, and generally a linguistic disaster. And some of it is. However, analysis of Twitter posts on the topic of COVID-19 suggests ... <a title="We analysed NZ Twitter users’ language during lockdown – with surprising results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/we-analysed-nz-twitter-users-language-during-lockdown-with-surprising-results-187520/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed NZ Twitter users’ language during lockdown – with surprising results">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Hajkowicz, Senior Principal Scientist, Strategy and Foresight, Data61 Around 3.7 million Australians have been unintentionally caught in an ocean rip. For the unprepared it can be a harrowing experience – but for experienced surfers, rips are a handy way to ride through the whitewash and out ... <a title="‘Like ocean rips’: CSIRO report identifies 7 ‘global megatrends’ shaping the 21st century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/like-ocean-rips-csiro-report-identifies-7-global-megatrends-shaping-the-21st-century-187433/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Like ocean rips’: CSIRO report identifies 7 ‘global megatrends’ shaping the 21st century">Read more</a>
