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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. MacKenzie, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The University of Queensland Australia’s new flagship Climate Solutions Fund, announced this week by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, will spend more than A$2 billion on cutting greenhouse emissions by 2030. While action on climate change is welcomed, this announcement seems ... <a title="The government’s $2bn climate fund: a rebadged rehash of old mistakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/the-governments-2bn-climate-fund-a-rebadged-rehash-of-old-mistakes-112412/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s $2bn climate fund: a rebadged rehash of old mistakes">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Eighteen countries from developed economies have had declining carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels for at least a decade. While every nation is unique, they share some common themes that can show Australia, and the ... <a title="Eighteen countries showing the way to carbon zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/eighteen-countries-showing-the-way-to-carbon-zero-112295/" aria-label="Read more about Eighteen countries showing the way to carbon zero">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Hunt, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Climate change has already reduced yields for Australian wheat growers, thanks to increasingly unreliable rains and hostile temperatures. But our new research offers farmers a way to adapt. By sowing much earlier than they currently do, wheat growers can potentially ... <a title="Early sowing can help save Australia’s wheat from climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/early-sowing-can-help-save-australias-wheat-from-climate-change-112306/" aria-label="Read more about Early sowing can help save Australia’s wheat from climate change">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Narayan, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Western Sydney University Australia is one of the world’s most highly urbanised nations – 90% of Australians live in cities and towns, with development concentrated along the coast. This poses a major threat to native wildlife such as the koala, ... <a title="Koalas can learn to live the city life if we give them the trees and safe spaces they need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/koalas-can-learn-to-live-the-city-life-if-we-give-them-the-trees-and-safe-spaces-they-need-112068/" aria-label="Read more about Koalas can learn to live the city life if we give them the trees and safe spaces they need">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evgenia Bourova, Research Fellow (Financial Hardship Project), University of Melbourne Two thirds of Australian adults feel financially insecure. Almost one in two have less than three months’ income saved, and almost one in three have less than one month’s income. One in seven have negligible or no ... <a title="What 1,100 Australians told us about the experience of living with debt they can’t repay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/what-1-100-australians-told-us-about-the-experience-of-living-with-debt-they-cant-repay-105296/" aria-label="Read more about What 1,100 Australians told us about the experience of living with debt they can’t repay">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia Every year it is the same story: the Academy comes so close to catching up with the rest of the film world, only to award the Oscar for Best Picture to the most middling of the bunch. ... <a title="#Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – but don’t look to the Academy for enlightened thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/oscars2019-play-it-safe-with-green-book-but-dont-look-to-the-academy-for-enlightened-thinking-111733/" aria-label="Read more about #Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – but don’t look to the Academy for enlightened thinking">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia Every year it is the same story: the Academy comes so close to catching up with the rest of the film world, only to award the Oscar for Best Picture to the most middling of the bunch. ... <a title="#Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – but don’t look to the Academy for any enlightened thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/oscars2019-play-it-safe-with-green-book-but-dont-look-to-the-academy-for-any-enlightened-thinking-111733/" aria-label="Read more about #Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – but don’t look to the Academy for any enlightened thinking">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sacha Molitorisz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Media Transition, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney For social media and search engines, the law is back in town. Prompted by privacy invasions, the spread of misinformation, a crisis in news funding and potential interference in elections, regulators ... <a title="The law is closing in on Facebook and the ‘digital gangsters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/the-law-is-closing-in-on-facebook-and-the-digital-gangsters-112232/" aria-label="Read more about The law is closing in on Facebook and the ‘digital gangsters’">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Malouff, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England Australians report having sex once or twice a week, on average. For Brits, it’s less than once a week, while Americans report having sex two to three times a week. We can’t ... <a title="Health Check: how often do people have sex?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/health-check-how-often-do-people-have-sex-108423/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: how often do people have sex?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Zehntner, Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, Southern Cross University Sports coaches have been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons. At the end of 2018, the University of Maryland investigated a football coach for intimidation, humiliation and verbal abuse. This followed a player ... <a title="Toughen up snowflake! Sports coaches can be emotionally abusive – here’s how to recognise it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/toughen-up-snowflake-sports-coaches-can-be-emotionally-abusive-heres-how-to-recognise-it-110267/" aria-label="Read more about Toughen up snowflake! Sports coaches can be emotionally abusive – here’s how to recognise it">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Evans, Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 – bridging the trust divide at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra Around the world, democracies are distrusted by a majority of their citizens – the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer puts the figure at 80%. Australia has ... <a title="Trust in politicians and government is at an all-time low. The next government must work to fix that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/trust-in-politicians-and-government-is-at-an-all-time-low-the-next-government-must-work-to-fix-that-110886/" aria-label="Read more about Trust in politicians and government is at an all-time low. The next government must work to fix that">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Populism is driven by the view that everyday people ... <a title="Australia’s populist moment has arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/australias-populist-moment-has-arrived-111491/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s populist moment has arrived">Read more</a>
