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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese is bringing in an outsider, former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis to head his Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Davis, who is close to former prime minister Kevin Rudd, was speculated on as a possible ... <a title="Albanese appoints former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis to head PM&C" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/albanese-appoints-former-university-of-melbourne-vice-chancellor-glyn-davis-to-head-pmandc-184059/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese appoints former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis to head PM&C">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has won a major battle against Australia’s biggest energy company, AGL Energy, thwarting its plan to split up the company’s coal-heavy generation and power distribution assets. AGL’s board announced it was dumping its demerger proposal this ... <a title="Australia’s biggest carbon emitter buckles before Mike Cannon-Brookes – so what now for AGL’s other shareholders?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-buckles-before-mike-cannon-brookes-so-what-now-for-agls-other-shareholders-183534/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s biggest carbon emitter buckles before Mike Cannon-Brookes – so what now for AGL’s other shareholders?">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former agriculture minister David Littleproud has ousted Barnaby Joyce to become Nationals leader. Perin Davey, a senator since 2019, has been elected his deputy. Littleproud, 45, who was deputy leader, is from Queensland; Davey, 50, is from New South Wales. ... <a title="New Nationals leader Littleproud says ‘sensible centre’ is where elections are won" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/new-nationals-leader-littleproud-says-sensible-centre-is-where-elections-are-won-184041/" aria-label="Read more about New Nationals leader Littleproud says ‘sensible centre’ is where elections are won">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mischa Bongers, Sessional Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock Many of us have heard of “Kegels” or pelvic floor exercises, and probably have a vague sense we should be doing more of them. For many women, our social media news feeds are full of ads for the latest gizmos ... <a title="Playing games with your pelvic floor could be a useful exercise for urinary incontinence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/playing-games-with-your-pelvic-floor-could-be-a-useful-exercise-for-urinary-incontinence-182431/" aria-label="Read more about Playing games with your pelvic floor could be a useful exercise for urinary incontinence">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Alan Warburton / Better Images of AI, CC BY-SA It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, researchers at MIT were sifting through a database of ... <a title="Artificial ‘inventors’ are pushing patent law to its limits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/artificial-inventors-are-pushing-patent-law-to-its-limits-184047/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial ‘inventors’ are pushing patent law to its limits">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Note to subscribers: Today’s Political Roundup is by Geoffrey Miller, who is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. This is part of my revamp of the Political Roundup email, in which I will be occasionally getting other writers to contribute. Bryce. Political Roundup: Nanaia Mahuta under pressure as Pacific’s geopolitical Great Game heats up As ... <a title="Political Roundup: Nanaia Mahuta under pressure as Pacific’s geopolitical Great Game heats up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/political-roundup-nanaia-mahuta-under-pressure-as-pacifics-geopolitical-great-game-heats-up/" aria-label="Read more about Political Roundup: Nanaia Mahuta under pressure as Pacific’s geopolitical Great Game heats up">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia The Australian Labor Party is edging towards 76 seats and possible majority government after the electorate abandoned the Coalition at the federal election. But regardless of whether it can reach a majority or not, Labor needs to ... <a title="Albanese should adopt a collaborative, European approach to governing – not the take-it-or-leave-it Anglo style we’re used to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/albanese-should-adopt-a-collaborative-european-approach-to-governing-not-the-take-it-or-leave-it-anglo-style-were-used-to-183721/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese should adopt a collaborative, European approach to governing – not the take-it-or-leave-it Anglo style we’re used to">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Drug use and addiction are popular themes in movies and television, but they often get things very wrong. Here are eight common myths about drugs you’ll see on the silver screen. 1. Rehab goes for ... <a title="8 things film and TV get wrong about drug and alcohol treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/8-things-film-and-tv-get-wrong-about-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-180946/" aria-label="Read more about 8 things film and TV get wrong about drug and alcohol treatment">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch At this election, 40 of the 76 senators were up for election – six from each state and two from each territory. 72% of enrolled voters nationally for the Senate have now ... <a title="Labor likely to get a friendly Senate and still hoping for House of Representatives majority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/labor-likely-to-get-a-friendly-senate-and-still-hoping-for-house-of-representatives-majority-183931/" aria-label="Read more about Labor likely to get a friendly Senate and still hoping for House of Representatives majority">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ariadne Vromen, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to “change the way” we do politics in Australia by avoiding soundbites and “actually answering questions”. This is part of his plan for “rebuilding respect” for politics itself. ... <a title="Albanese wants to ‘change the way’ we do politics in Australia. Here are 4 ways to do it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/albanese-wants-to-change-the-way-we-do-politics-in-australia-here-are-4-ways-to-do-it-183227/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese wants to ‘change the way’ we do politics in Australia. Here are 4 ways to do it">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Key moments on Sky News in the week following the election result. Sky News In 1953, the Communist East German regime quashed a widespread uprising and afterwards admonished the protesters, saying the government had ... <a title="Will News Corp change its approach after Labor’s election win? Not if the US example is anything to go by" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/will-news-corp-change-its-approach-after-labors-election-win-not-if-the-us-example-is-anything-to-go-by-183650/" aria-label="Read more about Will News Corp change its approach after Labor’s election win? Not if the US example is anything to go by">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Partnerships, Victoria University If you are at home with COVID, you might be wondering how long you’re really infectious for. You don’t want to isolate longer than necessary but you also don’t want to risk your friends’ and ... <a title="Could I still be infectious after COVID isolation? And should I bother wearing a mask once I’m all better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/30/could-i-still-be-infectious-after-covid-isolation-and-should-i-bother-wearing-a-mask-once-im-all-better-182753/" aria-label="Read more about Could I still be infectious after COVID isolation? And should I bother wearing a mask once I’m all better?">Read more</a>
