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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Hollier, Adjunct Senior Lecturer – Science and Mathematics, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock When people hear the term “accessibility” in the context of disability, most will see images of ramps, automatic doors, elevators, or tactile paving (textured ground which helps vision impaired people navigate public spaces). These ... <a title="Digital inequality: why can I enter your building – but your website shows me the door?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/digital-inequality-why-can-i-enter-your-building-but-your-website-shows-me-the-door-182432/" aria-label="Read more about Digital inequality: why can I enter your building – but your website shows me the door?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University Mick Tsikas/AAP In the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting different parts of the Australia. What has happened since? Which seats do you ... <a title="State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/state-of-the-states-six-politics-experts-take-us-around-australia-in-the-final-week-of-the-campaign-183099/" aria-label="Read more about State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus A. Höllerer, Professor in Organization and Management, UNSW Sydney Australia has recently experienced multiple natural and man-made disasters, creating overlapping crises, often disproportionately affecting disadvantaged populations. The situation is here to stay, and, worryingly, likely to worsen. But what are we doing to prepare? The federal ... <a title="In a year of endless floods, why isn’t disaster governance front and centre in the election campaign?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/in-a-year-of-endless-floods-why-isnt-disaster-governance-front-and-centre-in-the-election-campaign-183026/" aria-label="Read more about In a year of endless floods, why isn’t disaster governance front and centre in the election campaign?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Shutterstock So, you’re starting to feel unwell. Your throat hurts, your head aches, you feel tired and you’ve developed a cough. You’ve recently had COVID but as we now know, it’s possible to be reinfected. But ... <a title="Got COVID again? Your symptoms may be milder, but this won’t always be the case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/got-covid-again-your-symptoms-may-be-milder-but-this-wont-always-be-the-case-182154/" aria-label="Read more about Got COVID again? Your symptoms may be milder, but this won’t always be the case">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Baddeley, Associate Dean Research/Professor in Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Getty If a week is a long time in politics, three years is an eternity. Since the 2019 election, Australia has endured devastating megafires and unprecedented floods. Meanwhile, news of extreme weather such ... <a title="Almost 90% of us now believe climate change is a problem – across all political persuasions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/almost-90-of-us-now-believe-climate-change-is-a-problem-across-all-political-persuasions-183038/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 90% of us now believe climate change is a problem – across all political persuasions">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Dempsey, Senior lecturer, University of Canterbury Shutterstock Energy is the double-edged sword at the root of the climate crisis. Cheap energy has improved lives and underpinned massive economic growth. But because most of it comes from burning hydrocarbon fuels, we’re now left with a legacy of ... <a title="How NZ could become a world leader in decarbonisation using forestry and geothermal technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/how-nz-could-become-a-world-leader-in-decarbonisation-using-forestry-and-geothermal-technology-182760/" aria-label="Read more about How NZ could become a world leader in decarbonisation using forestry and geothermal technology">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock At their first televised debate four weeks ago, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese were asked by an audience member how each would help his kids afford to buy their ... <a title="Super for housing or the government as a co-owner: how Liberal and Labor home-buyer schemes compare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/super-for-housing-or-the-government-as-a-co-owner-how-liberal-and-labor-home-buyer-schemes-compare-183113/" aria-label="Read more about Super for housing or the government as a co-owner: how Liberal and Labor home-buyer schemes compare">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Gough Whitlam delivering the 1972 election policy speech at the Blacktown Civic Centre in Sydney, 1972. National Archives of Australia via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA As we enter the final week of the election campaign with its scrappy debates and breathlessly ... <a title="‘The relation between politics and culture is clear and real’: how Gough Whitlam centred artists in his 1972 campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/the-relation-between-politics-and-culture-is-clear-and-real-how-gough-whitlam-centred-artists-in-his-1972-campaign-181243/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The relation between politics and culture is clear and real’: how Gough Whitlam centred artists in his 1972 campaign">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Some people in immigration detention could be asked to pay for their own incarceration, as part of a new border protection policy announced by the Coalition on Friday. The government has indicated “foreign criminals” awaiting deportation will be the main ... <a title="‘Futile and cruel’: plan to charge fees for immigration detention has no redeeming features" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/futile-and-cruel-plan-to-charge-fees-for-immigration-detention-has-no-redeeming-features-183035/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Futile and cruel’: plan to charge fees for immigration detention has no redeeming features">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Shutterstock The animals and plants at risk of extinction finally made it onto the political agenda last week, as Labor and the Greens launched biodiversity policies ahead of the ... <a title="I want my vote to count for nature: how do the major parties stack up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/i-want-my-vote-to-count-for-nature-how-do-the-major-parties-stack-up-183023/" aria-label="Read more about I want my vote to count for nature: how do the major parties stack up?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney David Hooley Review: Son of Byblos, directed by Anna Jahjah for Brave New World Theatre Company The downstairs theatre at Belvoir might be small but the energy conjured from Son of Byblos is mighty. Written by ... <a title="Son of Byblos brings a nuanced and powerful understanding of Lebanese family life to the Australian stage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/son-of-byblos-brings-a-nuanced-and-powerful-understanding-of-lebanese-family-life-to-the-australian-stage-180954/" aria-label="Read more about Son of Byblos brings a nuanced and powerful understanding of Lebanese family life to the Australian stage">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Carniel, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland The 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Turin, Italy on Saturday night. The extravaganza didn’t disappoint in delivering our annual dose of ballads, bops and politics. The answer to the question of whether ... <a title="Ukraine’s Eurovision win shows us that despite arguments to the contrary, the contest has always been political" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/ukraines-eurovision-win-shows-us-that-despite-arguments-to-the-contrary-the-contest-has-always-been-political-182767/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine’s Eurovision win shows us that despite arguments to the contrary, the contest has always been political">Read more</a>
