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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney “What is a grok?” asked a shareholder at AGL’s 2022 annual general meeting at the Melbourne Recital Centre on November 15, as those assembled struggled with the reality being forced on Australia’s biggest carbon emitter by Australia’s third-richest person. ... <a title="Cannon-Brookes shakes up AGL: what now for Australia’s biggest carbon emitter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/cannon-brookes-shakes-up-agl-what-now-for-australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-194625/" aria-label="Read more about Cannon-Brookes shakes up AGL: what now for Australia’s biggest carbon emitter">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare M. Cooper, Design Lecturer, University of Sydney After more than 250 days of assaults from Russian forces, Ukrainian resistance is taking more surprising forms. In an attempt to reconnect to their pre-invasion cutting-edge techno scene a group of young activists have been organising “repair raves” to ... <a title="Raves, repairs, and renewal: how young Ukrainians are bringing joy to the rebuilding effort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/raves-repairs-and-renewal-how-young-ukrainians-are-bringing-joy-to-the-rebuilding-effort-193842/" aria-label="Read more about Raves, repairs, and renewal: how young Ukrainians are bringing joy to the rebuilding effort">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he’ll have a system in place to deal with rising energy prices by Christmas. He can’t yet tell us what it will be, because that will depend on the outcome ... <a title="To start cutting gas and electricity prices, here’s what the government looks likely to deliver by Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/to-start-cutting-gas-and-electricity-prices-heres-what-the-government-looks-likely-to-deliver-by-christmas-194522/" aria-label="Read more about To start cutting gas and electricity prices, here’s what the government looks likely to deliver by Christmas">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Owen Peter Missen, Research Assistant in Geochemistry, Monash University Tellurium pieces Jan Askeit / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA New technologies often mean elements start moving through the environment in new ways. Take lead plumbing: it helped provide access to fresh water for the masses, but left a toxic ... <a title="How metal-munching microbes help the rare, toxic element tellurium circulate in the environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/how-metal-munching-microbes-help-the-rare-toxic-element-tellurium-circulate-in-the-environment-194518/" aria-label="Read more about How metal-munching microbes help the rare, toxic element tellurium circulate in the environment">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aprajita Sarcar, Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow, UNSW Sydney India will surpass China as the country with the world’s largest population in 2023, according to the United Nations World Population Prospects 2022 report. The UN also projects the global population has reached eight billion as of Tuesday. As early ... <a title="Calls for a ‘one-child policy’ in India are misguided at best, and dangerous at worst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/calls-for-a-one-child-policy-in-india-are-misguided-at-best-and-dangerous-at-worst-193854/" aria-label="Read more about Calls for a ‘one-child policy’ in India are misguided at best, and dangerous at worst">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin D. Butler, Honorary Professor, Australian National University The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a scientific review that looks at environmental threats and risks in light of the COVID pandemic. It analyses links between human infectious diseases and nature and what we know about how diseases ... <a title="‘Gain of function’ research can create experimental viruses. In light of COVID, it should be more strictly regulated – or banned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/gain-of-function-research-can-create-experimental-viruses-in-light-of-covid-it-should-be-more-strictly-regulated-or-banned-193306/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Gain of function’ research can create experimental viruses. In light of COVID, it should be more strictly regulated – or banned">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Analysis by Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Is NZ foreign policy “independent?” (and related issues). – 36th Parallel Assessments For many years New Zealand elites have claimed to have an “independent” foreign policy, so much so that it has become a truism of NZ politics that transcends the partisan divide in parliament and is a shibboleth ... <a title="Is New Zealand foreign policy “independent?” (and related issues)." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/is-nz-foreign-policy-independent-and-related-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Is New Zealand foreign policy “independent?” (and related issues).">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melody Smith, Professor, Co-Associate Head (Research), University of Auckland Getty Images C+ – that’s Aotearoa New Zealand’s overall grade in the most comprehensive global assessment of physical activity in children and adolescents. Even more worryingly, the 57 participating countries scored a D average overall. The Active Healthy ... <a title="New Zealand scored C+ for physical activity in children and teens – what’s driving this and what can be done?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/new-zealand-scored-c-for-physical-activity-in-children-and-teens-whats-driving-this-and-what-can-be-done-194241/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand scored C+ for physical activity in children and teens – what’s driving this and what can be done?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saman Khalesi, Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Heart Foundation & Senior Lecturer and Discipline Lead in Nutrition, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia Photo by Sora Shimazaki/Pexels, CC BY If your tummy seems to feel full or stretched and is rumbling all the time, ... <a title="Why am I bloated? Here are some possibilities to consider" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/why-am-i-bloated-here-are-some-possibilities-to-consider-190977/" aria-label="Read more about Why am I bloated? Here are some possibilities to consider">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Momentum growing to reform lobbying laws This week global anti-corruption agency Transparency International released a report on lobbying, which described New Zealand’s lack of regulation as “glaring”. Transparency International New Zealand has developed an international comparison of New Zealand’s lobbying regulations so that MPs here can decide whether to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Momentum growing to reform lobbying laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-momentum-growing-to-reform-lobbying-laws/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Momentum growing to reform lobbying laws">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Chodor, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Last Friday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese jetted off for a marathon of international summits, the most significant of which will be the G20, held in Bali. Forged during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) – allegedly ... <a title="The G20 may be a talk fest, but it’s a talk fest we need at a time of growing division" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/the-g20-may-be-a-talk-fest-but-its-a-talk-fest-we-need-at-a-time-of-growing-division-194156/" aria-label="Read more about The G20 may be a talk fest, but it’s a talk fest we need at a time of growing division">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Sharp, NHMRC Early Career Senior Research Fellow, Monash University sam moghadam khamseh/unsplash, CC BY-SA Although we cannot be sure of the exact numbers of Australians undergoing cosmetic procedures, as there is no requirement for health professionals to report their statistics, there is a consensus demand is ... <a title="What’s the connection between cosmetic procedures and mental health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/whats-the-connection-between-cosmetic-procedures-and-mental-health-190841/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the connection between cosmetic procedures and mental health?">Read more</a>
