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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Antoni Shkraba/Pexels As part of the new employment white paper, the federal government has announced it is thinking seriously about a national skills passport. It has set aside A$9.1 million to prepare a business case for the ... <a title="Is it time for Australia to introduce a national skills passport?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/is-it-time-for-australia-to-introduce-a-national-skills-passport-214267/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time for Australia to introduce a national skills passport?">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand’s Green Party says it will double the Best Start payment from $69 a week to $140 — and it will also make it available for all children under three years. Greens co-leader Marama Davidson announced the policy today, saying it is part of a “fully costed plan” paid for with a ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Green Party pledges to double Best Start payment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/nz-election-2023-green-party-pledges-to-double-best-start-payment/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Green Party pledges to double Best Start payment">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christiane Gerblinger, Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s public service is no stranger to reform. In the past nine years, it has undergone three significant reviews of its policy advising capabilities, all of which broadly agreed that ... <a title="The many reviews of the public service miss one vital problem – the language used to communicate ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/the-many-reviews-of-the-public-service-miss-one-vital-problem-the-language-used-to-communicate-ideas-213654/" aria-label="Read more about The many reviews of the public service miss one vital problem – the language used to communicate ideas">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Conor, ARC Future Fellow, La Trobe University Child coal miners, Pennsylvania, 1911 Lewis Wickes Hines/Wikimedia Commons In 2022, the burning of fossil fuels provided 82% of the world’s energy. In 2000, it was 87%. Even as renewables have undergone tremendous growth, they’ve been offset by increased ... <a title="Muscle, wood, coal, oil: what earlier energy transitions tell us about renewables" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/muscle-wood-coal-oil-what-earlier-energy-transitions-tell-us-about-renewables-213550/" aria-label="Read more about Muscle, wood, coal, oil: what earlier energy transitions tell us about renewables">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Fulcher, Senior Lecturer, School of Physics, University of Sydney Shutterstock Complexity is all around us, from the daily fluctuations of financial markets to the intricate web of neurons in our brains. Understanding how the different components of these systems interact with each other is a fundamental ... <a title="From stock markets to brain scans, new research harmonises hundreds of scientific methods to understand complex systems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/from-stock-markets-to-brain-scans-new-research-harmonises-hundreds-of-scientific-methods-to-understand-complex-systems-214261/" aria-label="Read more about From stock markets to brain scans, new research harmonises hundreds of scientific methods to understand complex systems">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melinda Jackson, Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University Shutterstock You’re lying in bed, trying to fall asleep but the racing thoughts won’t stop. Instead, your brain is busy making detailed plans for the next day, replaying embarrassing ... <a title="What do people think about when they go to sleep?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/what-do-people-think-about-when-they-go-to-sleep-207406/" aria-label="Read more about What do people think about when they go to sleep?">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Mitchell, Lecturer in Law, University of the Sunshine Coast IMDB From Elle Woods in Legally Blonde to Jennifer Walters in She-Hulk, Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird to Denny Crane in Boston Legal, our popular culture is often where we first see and witness legal ... <a title="No gavels, no hearsay and lots of drinking: a law expert ranks legal dramas by their accuracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/no-gavels-no-hearsay-and-lots-of-drinking-a-law-expert-ranks-legal-dramas-by-their-accuracy-212880/" aria-label="Read more about No gavels, no hearsay and lots of drinking: a law expert ranks legal dramas by their accuracy">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor K. Sansom, Research Associate, Curtin University NASA After a journey of billions of kilometres, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has culminated in a small black capsule blazing through the sky before touching down in the Utah desert. Inside is likely to be the largest ever sample of dust ... <a title="7 years, billions of kilometres, a handful of dust: NASA just brought back the largest-ever asteroid sample" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/7-years-billions-of-kilometres-a-handful-of-dust-nasa-just-brought-back-the-largest-ever-asteroid-sample-214151/" aria-label="Read more about 7 years, billions of kilometres, a handful of dust: NASA just brought back the largest-ever asteroid sample">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby The rise in social media platforms uploading naked pictures of women and girls has come to the attention of the Censorship Board in Papua New Guinea with Chief Censor Jim Abani warning about the dangers. In what many have termed as cyber bullying, a picture of women or girls ... <a title="PNG’s Chief Censor warns over ‘fake nudes’ harassment of young girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/pngs-chief-censor-warns-over-fake-nudes-harassment-of-young-girls/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Chief Censor warns over ‘fake nudes’ harassment of young girls">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Mealy, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock In 2018-19, identity crime directly and indirectly cost Australia an estimated A$3.1 billion. To address such costs, the federal government is proposing a national digital identity scheme that will let people prove their identity without having ... <a title="A national digital ID scheme is being proposed. An expert weighs the pros and (many more) cons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/a-national-digital-id-scheme-is-being-proposed-an-expert-weighs-the-pros-and-many-more-cons-214144/" aria-label="Read more about A national digital ID scheme is being proposed. An expert weighs the pros and (many more) cons">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University With early voting set to open next week for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, this is a critical time for campaigners to win over voters. If the 2022 federal election is ... <a title="The ‘yes’ Voice campaign is far outspending ‘no’ in online advertising, but is the message getting through?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/the-yes-voice-campaign-is-far-outspending-no-in-online-advertising-but-is-the-message-getting-through-213749/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘yes’ Voice campaign is far outspending ‘no’ in online advertising, but is the message getting through?">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greig de Zubicaray, Professor of Neuropsychology, Queensland University of Technology mimi thian/unsplash We’ve all experienced that moment mid-sentence when we just can’t find the word we want to use, even though we’re certain we know it. Why does this universal problem among speakers happen? And when can ... <a title="Is it normal to forget words while speaking? And when can it spell a problem?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/is-it-normal-to-forget-words-while-speaking-and-when-can-it-spell-a-problem-212852/" aria-label="Read more about Is it normal to forget words while speaking? And when can it spell a problem?">Read more</a>
