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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Medbury, Lecturer in Intelligence and Security, Edith Cowan University While ransomware incidents have been occurring for more than 30 years, only in the last decade has the term “ransomware” appeared regularly in popular media. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that blocks access to computer ... <a title="What is LockBit, the cybercrime gang hacking some of the world’s largest organisations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/what-is-lockbit-the-cybercrime-gang-hacking-some-of-the-worlds-largest-organisations-217679/" aria-label="Read more about What is LockBit, the cybercrime gang hacking some of the world’s largest organisations?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost. Close to half (44%) of all Australian commuter ... <a title="The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Ryan-Weber, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO 3D), Swinburne University of Technology Cristy Roberts / ASTRO 3D Many organisations, from community sporting groups to the United Nations, have set themselves a target of gender parity: ensuring half of staff or ... <a title="In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/in-5-years-this-australian-astrophysics-lab-reached-50-women-heres-how-they-did-it-216632/" aria-label="Read more about In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen K. Mather, Adjunct Associate Lecturer in Palaeontology, Flinders University A flock of vultures (_Cryptogyps lacertosus_) and Australian ravens watch and wait (left), as an adult eagle _Dynatoaetus pachyosteus_ feeds on the carcass of a dead _Diprotodon_ (centre), while a younger bird seeks to join in. In ... <a title="Giant eagles and scavenging vultures shared the skies of ancient Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/giant-eagles-and-scavenging-vultures-shared-the-skies-of-ancient-australia-216358/" aria-label="Read more about Giant eagles and scavenging vultures shared the skies of ancient Australia">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University The three party leaders currently negotiating to form New Zealand’s next government might have their differences, but they seem to agree on one thing: the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme needs to expand. New Zealand, like Australia, faces ... <a title="NZ wants more seasonal workers – but Pacific nations no longer want to be the ‘outposts’ that ‘grow’ them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/nz-wants-more-seasonal-workers-but-pacific-nations-no-longer-want-to-be-the-outposts-that-grow-them-217790/" aria-label="Read more about NZ wants more seasonal workers – but Pacific nations no longer want to be the ‘outposts’ that ‘grow’ them">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Shane Bartie, Shutterstock Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, ... <a title="5 things we need to see in Australia’s new nature laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things we need to see in Australia’s new nature laws">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garth Stahl, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Emmanuel Offei/ Unsplash, CC BY-SA One of the top priorities of the Universities Accord process it to improve access to university in Australia, particularly for those from underrepresented groups. This is particularly so for Indigenous men, who are among ... <a title="‘I feel like I’ve been able to create more awareness’: what is it like for Indigenous men at top-ranked universities?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/17/i-feel-like-ive-been-able-to-create-more-awareness-what-is-it-like-for-indigenous-men-at-top-ranked-universities-217186/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I feel like I’ve been able to create more awareness’: what is it like for Indigenous men at top-ranked universities?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s not very often we see a bill marched through parliament at such a pace as this week. After being caught on the hop by the High Court, the government has brought in emergency legislation to strengthen its powers to ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: A government in a big hurry gives opposition some wins on ex-detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/grattan-on-friday-a-government-in-a-big-hurry-gives-opposition-some-wins-on-ex-detainees-217912/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: A government in a big hurry gives opposition some wins on ex-detainees">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jago Dodson, Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Shutterstock The federal government has just announced a list of projects to be abandoned as a result of an independent strategic review of its infrastructure investment program. The review found the cost of ... <a title="The government just killed 50 infrastructure projects – what matters is whether it will fund them on merit from now on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/the-government-just-killed-50-infrastructure-projects-what-matters-is-whether-it-will-fund-them-on-merit-from-now-on-217900/" aria-label="Read more about The government just killed 50 infrastructure projects – what matters is whether it will fund them on merit from now on">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Carey, Senior Research Fellow, School of Population Health, Curtin University haireena/Shutterstock Major retailers Bunnings and IKEA have announced this week they will discontinue selling engineered stone. While this might mean you have to rethink your plans for your new kitchen benchtops, it’s a positive step that ... <a title="Engineered stone kills tradies. Bunnings and IKEA stopping its sales is a big win for public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/engineered-stone-kills-tradies-bunnings-and-ikea-stopping-its-sales-is-a-big-win-for-public-health-217791/" aria-label="Read more about Engineered stone kills tradies. Bunnings and IKEA stopping its sales is a big win for public health">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The three components to the crisis are churn, aging, and the increasing predominance of births into disadvantaged households. Churn Yesterday the main release from Statistics New Zealand was Record net migration loss of New Zealand citizens. ” There was a record net migration loss of 44,700 New Zealand citizens in the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand’s coming triple demographic crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/keith-rankin-analysis-new-zealands-coming-triple-demographic-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand’s coming triple demographic crisis">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eve Mayes, Senior Research Fellow in Education, Deakin University School Strike 4 Climate/Flickr, CC BY-SA On Friday, students will once again down textbooks and laptops and go on strike for climate action. Many will give their schools a Climate Doctor’s Certificate signed by three leading climate academics. ... <a title="As school students strike for climate once more, here’s how the movement and its tactics have changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/16/as-school-students-strike-for-climate-once-more-heres-how-the-movement-and-its-tactics-have-changed-217663/" aria-label="Read more about As school students strike for climate once more, here’s how the movement and its tactics have changed">Read more</a>
