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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney ABS/Shutterstock Thursday brought news that Australia’s official unemployment rate in January remained at a historically low 4.2%. In parliament, Prime Minister Scott Morrision boasted of the nation being on track to achieve a rate “with a 3 in front of ... <a title="Vital Signs: Unemployment steady at 4.2%, but it will need to go lower still to lift wages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/vital-signs-unemployment-steady-at-4-2-but-it-will-need-to-go-lower-still-to-lift-wages-177218/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Unemployment steady at 4.2%, but it will need to go lower still to lift wages">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If you were to believe the Morrison government, you’d think Anthony Albanese as prime minister would sell out Australia’s interests to China, give criminals a break, and perhaps sneak in a death tax. You’d question whether this man, who held ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a scare campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/grattan-on-friday-morrison-has-sown-the-seeds-for-a-scare-campaign-and-albanese-doesnt-know-whether-theyll-grow-177368/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a scare campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is common practice for journalists to share contact details and locations in hostile environments such as war zones. Something is very wrong when news organisations in New Zealand share those details about their staff covering a story in downtown Wellington. Stuff’s head of news Mark Stevens disclosed last Friday that ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/gavin-ellis-copycat-media-abuse-from-ragtag-bag-of-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If you were to believe the Morrison government, you’d think Anthony Albanese as prime minister would sell out Australia’s interests to China, give criminals a break, and perhaps sneak in a death tax. You’d question whether this man, who held ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a negative campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/grattan-on-friday-morrison-has-sown-the-seeds-for-a-negative-campaign-and-albanese-doesnt-know-whether-theyll-grow-177368/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a negative campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl McPhee, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Bond University The fatal shark attack off Sydney on Wednesday left the city shocked, and triggered questions from the horrified public. Why would a shark just grab a man from the water? And will it strike again? The incident – ... <a title="Sydney shark attack triggers calls for a cull – but let’s take a deep breath and look at the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/sydney-shark-attack-triggers-calls-for-a-cull-but-lets-take-a-deep-breath-and-look-at-the-evidence-177357/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney shark attack triggers calls for a cull – but let’s take a deep breath and look at the evidence">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock In the 1970s, low-carb diets were all the rage. The Dr Atkin’s Diet Revolution book claimed carbohydrate restriction was a “high calorie way to stay thin forever”. Carbohydrates are found in breads, cereals and other ... <a title="Do low-carb diets help you lose weight? Here’s what the science says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/do-low-carb-diets-help-you-lose-weight-heres-what-the-science-says-176368/" aria-label="Read more about Do low-carb diets help you lose weight? Here’s what the science says">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of South Australia News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the end of this year, has been met with grief and outrage by the Melbourne music community. ... <a title="The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/the-john-curtin-hotel-is-a-home-for-melbournes-musicians-activists-and-unionists-shutting-it-down-is-a-loss-for-our-cultural-heritage-177313/" aria-label="Read more about The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock In a major step forward for Australia’s clean energy transition, the country’s biggest coal-fired power station Eraring is set to close seven years early in 2025, Origin Energy announced this morning. Eraring has been ... <a title="Australia’s largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there’s still no national plan for coal’s inevitable demise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/australias-largest-coal-plant-will-close-7-years-early-but-theres-still-no-national-plan-for-coals-inevitable-demise-177317/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there’s still no national plan for coal’s inevitable demise">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney Next month we will see a significant shake-up in courts across Australia’s eastern seaboard. Three chief justices – Tom Bathurst, of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Catherine Holmes, of the Supreme Court of Queensland, and Helen Murrell ... <a title="Explainer: how are chief justices appointed and how can the process be improved?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/explainer-how-are-chief-justices-appointed-and-how-can-the-process-be-improved-177212/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how are chief justices appointed and how can the process be improved?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul E. Griffiths, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney Shutterstock Interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary are all nice buzzwords. But talk of “breaking down the barriers” is all too often a cover for breaking down academic disciplines to create administrative flexibility. This is a disaster in the making ... <a title="Why the ‘interdisciplinary’ push in universities is actually a dangerous antidisciplinary trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/why-the-interdisciplinary-push-in-universities-is-actually-a-dangerous-antidisciplinary-trend-175511/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ‘interdisciplinary’ push in universities is actually a dangerous antidisciplinary trend">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Simmons, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England Shutterstock Are you one of the increasingly large number of people seeking to minimise the environmental damage wrought when producing the food you eat? If so, you might use the common “environmental footprint” method to decide what ... <a title="Environmental footprint calculators have one big flaw we need to talk about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/environmental-footprint-calculators-have-one-big-flaw-we-need-to-talk-about-166897/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental footprint calculators have one big flaw we need to talk about">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Mick Tsikas This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 9-12 from a sample of 1,526, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the late January Newspoll. Primary votes were 41% Labor ... <a title="A bad Newspoll for the Greens; Willoughby NSW byelection could be close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/a-bad-newspoll-for-the-greens-willoughby-nsw-byelection-could-be-close-177055/" aria-label="Read more about A bad Newspoll for the Greens; Willoughby NSW byelection could be close">Read more</a>
