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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Phillimore, Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University Just before the Western Australian state election in March 2021, the then leader of the Liberal Party did an unusual thing. He conceded defeat – but then asked voters to stop premier Mark McGowan’s Labor ... <a title="Does Labor have ‘total control’ in Western Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/does-labor-have-total-control-in-western-australia-185873/" aria-label="Read more about Does Labor have ‘total control’ in Western Australia?">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Alan Robert Kerr, PhD Candidate for Palaeontology, Flinders University Illustration by Peter Schouten, Author provided Long ago, almost up until the end of the last ice age, a peculiar giant kangaroo roamed the mountainous rainforests of New Guinea. Now, research published by myself and colleagues suggests ... <a title="This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/this-giant-kangaroo-once-roamed-new-guinea-descended-from-an-australian-ancestor-that-migrated-millions-of-years-ago-185778/" aria-label="Read more about This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Professor of Politics, Monash University Renewal or decline? These are the competing narratives that now surround Daniel Andrews’ Victorian Labor government, with five senior ministers exiting cabinet as a preliminary to leaving parliament at November’s state election. The resignations of this quintet – deputy premier ... <a title="Is 5 senior ministers quitting Victoria’s Andrew’s government a sign of renewal – or decline?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/is-5-senior-ministers-quitting-victorias-andrews-government-a-sign-of-renewal-or-decline-185857/" aria-label="Read more about Is 5 senior ministers quitting Victoria’s Andrew’s government a sign of renewal – or decline?">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sukhmani Khorana, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney University Initial data from the 2021 census released this week shows Australia continues to become more culturally diverse. Almost half of us have at least one parent born overseas (48.2%), and almost a quarter of us (24.8%) speak a language ... <a title="Census data shows we’re more culturally diverse than ever. Our institutions must reflect this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/census-data-shows-were-more-culturally-diverse-than-ever-our-institutions-must-reflect-this-185575/" aria-label="Read more about Census data shows we’re more culturally diverse than ever. Our institutions must reflect this">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Watson, Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion, Deakin University Netflix The Netflix sci-fi horror series Stranger Things is vividly soaked in 1980s nostalgia, famously catapulting Kate Bush’s 1985 song Running up that Hill to the top of the music charts in 2022. In season four, series ... <a title="By naming ‘Pennhurst’, Stranger Things uses disability trauma for entertainment. Dark tourism and asylum tours do too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/by-naming-pennhurst-stranger-things-uses-disability-trauma-for-entertainment-dark-tourism-and-asylum-tours-do-too-185581/" aria-label="Read more about By naming ‘Pennhurst’, Stranger Things uses disability trauma for entertainment. Dark tourism and asylum tours do too">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Hamilton, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England Shutterstock A friend introduces their partner as “my current husband”. Another jokes about marriage as a life sentence. Everyone laughs, no one is surprised. The sentiments at the heart of these asides ... <a title="What is ‘heteropessimism’, and why do men and women suffer from it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/what-is-heteropessimism-and-why-do-men-and-women-suffer-from-it-182288/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘heteropessimism’, and why do men and women suffer from it?">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Scott, Senior Lecturer – Finance, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Cost of living is – and should be – on everyone’s mind. But how we are managing increasing costs could impact us well into retirement. As cost-of-living pressures continue to increase with record inflation and ... <a title="A $400-a-week shortfall: people in their 40s face a bleak retirement on KiwiSaver’s current trajectory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/a-400-a-week-shortfall-people-in-their-40s-face-a-bleak-retirement-on-kiwisavers-current-trajectory-185576/" aria-label="Read more about A $400-a-week shortfall: people in their 40s face a bleak retirement on KiwiSaver’s current trajectory">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians are becoming more fearful in an insecure world, and want to see the country armed up, favouring more defence spending and the planned acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines. Three quarters of Australians say it is likely China will become a ... <a title="Australians favour more defence spending in Lowy poll, as Labor extends ADF chief Angus Campbell’s term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/29/australians-favour-more-defence-spending-in-lowy-poll-as-labor-extends-adf-chief-angus-campbells-term-185878/" aria-label="Read more about Australians favour more defence spending in Lowy poll, as Labor extends ADF chief Angus Campbell’s term">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wes Mountain, Multimedia Editor Shutterstock More than 25 million people Australians sat down on (or around) Tuesday August 20 last year to complete their census. Despite our borders still largely being closed, that was an 8.6% increase in the number of people completing the census in 2021 ... <a title="The 2021 Australian census in 8 charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/the-2021-australian-census-in-8-charts-185950/" aria-label="Read more about The 2021 Australian census in 8 charts">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Uri Gal, Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Shutterstock The reversal of Roe v. Wade by the American Supreme court last week is a watershed moment in American politics. The ruling withdraws constitutional protections for abortion rights and sends the issue to the states, around ... <a title="Post Roe, women in America are right to be concerned about digital surveillance – and it’s not just period-tracking apps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/post-roe-women-in-america-are-right-to-be-concerned-about-digital-surveillance-and-its-not-just-period-tracking-apps-185865/" aria-label="Read more about Post Roe, women in America are right to be concerned about digital surveillance – and it’s not just period-tracking apps">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University Limitations in census reporting includes how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander caregivers are reported on and considered. GettyImages The census counted 812,728 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on census night, ... <a title="Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has increased, but the census lacks detail in other facets of Indigenous lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-population-has-increased-but-the-census-lacks-detail-in-other-facets-of-indigenous-lives-185692/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has increased, but the census lacks detail in other facets of Indigenous lives">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Mayne, Molecular biologist and bioinformatician, CSIRO Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles. Two science studies published last week brings us closer to understanding why some animal species can live for ... <a title="Meet 5 remarkably old animals, from a Greenland shark to a featherless, seafaring cockatoo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/meet-5-remarkably-old-animals-from-a-greenland-shark-to-a-featherless-seafaring-cockatoo-185605/" aria-label="Read more about Meet 5 remarkably old animals, from a Greenland shark to a featherless, seafaring cockatoo">Read more</a>
