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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Phelan, Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Shutterstock The clock is now ticking on New South Wales’ largest coal mine. BHP has announced it will close its Mount Arthur mine in the Hunter Valley in 2030 – 15 years ahead of ... <a title="NSW’s biggest coal mine to close in 2030. Now what about the workers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/nsws-biggest-coal-mine-to-close-in-2030-now-what-about-the-workers-185292/" aria-label="Read more about NSW’s biggest coal mine to close in 2030. Now what about the workers?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katja Ignatieva, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock News about the energy crisis engulfing Australia’s east coast seems inescapable. Terms such as “grid”, the “National Electricity Market” and “transmission” are being tossed around alongside the frightening prospect of soaring power bills – but what does it all mean? ... <a title="What’s a grid, anyway? Making sense of the complex beast that is Australia’s electricity network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/whats-a-grid-anyway-making-sense-of-the-complex-beast-that-is-australias-electricity-network-185127/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a grid, anyway? Making sense of the complex beast that is Australia’s electricity network">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Boyd, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University Shutterstock Celebrations greeted Thursday’s co-ordinated announcement by the NSW and Victorian governments that they will invest $6 billion and $9 billion, respectively, to provide 30 hours a week of play-based learning for all children in the 12 ... <a title="A $15 billion promise of universal access to preschool: is this the game-changer for Aussie kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/a-15-billion-promise-of-universal-access-to-preschool-is-this-the-game-changer-for-aussie-kids-185211/" aria-label="Read more about A $15 billion promise of universal access to preschool: is this the game-changer for Aussie kids?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss Australia’s escalating energy crisis – and how a lack of ... <a title="VIDEO: Albanese holds his first National Cabinet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/video-albanese-holds-his-first-national-cabinet-185290/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Albanese holds his first National Cabinet">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University In its first month in power, foreign policy and national security have played a major part of the new government’s activities. Very soon after the election, Prime ... <a title="Marles shifts tone on China at defence summit – but the early days of government are easiest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/marles-shifts-tone-on-china-at-defence-summit-but-the-early-days-of-government-are-easiest-185032/" aria-label="Read more about Marles shifts tone on China at defence summit – but the early days of government are easiest">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Woods, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney Getty The government costs of providing subsidised aged care for around 1.5 million seniors are set to blow out, while earnings for providers are dropping. Aged care delivers many essential services to senior Australians from meals, transport ... <a title="More funds for aged care won’t make it future-proof. 4 key strategies for sustainable growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/more-funds-for-aged-care-wont-make-it-future-proof-4-key-strategies-for-sustainable-growth-185194/" aria-label="Read more about More funds for aged care won’t make it future-proof. 4 key strategies for sustainable growth">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn Campbell, Professor, School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Early childhood education and care is facing serious staff shortages in Australia. Thursday’s announcements by the New South Wales and Victorian governments that they will provide an extra year of education for ... <a title="More diversity can help solve twin problems of early childhood staff shortages and families missing out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/more-diversity-can-help-solve-twin-problems-of-early-childhood-staff-shortages-and-families-missing-out-185205/" aria-label="Read more about More diversity can help solve twin problems of early childhood staff shortages and families missing out">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the energy crisis continues to grip Australia’s east coast with consumers told to limit their consumption and warnings of blackouts Tony Wood, director of the energy program at the Grattan Institute, speaks with Michelle Grattan about why this has ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Wood on the unprecedented energy crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tony-wood-on-the-unprecedented-energy-crisis-185225/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Wood on the unprecedented energy crisis">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Disney/Pixar Spoiler alert: this article explains a key plot point, but we don’t give away anything you won’t see in trailers. Thanks to reader Florence, 7, for her questions. At the beginning of the new Disney Pixar film, Lightyear, Buzz ... <a title="In the new Disney Pixar movie Lightyear, time gets bendy. Is time travel real, or just science fiction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/in-the-new-disney-pixar-movie-lightyear-time-gets-bendy-is-time-travel-real-or-just-science-fiction-185137/" aria-label="Read more about In the new Disney Pixar movie Lightyear, time gets bendy. Is time travel real, or just science fiction?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s regulator has banned FatBlaster Max, an over-the-counter pill that claimed (with no evidence) to be able to help you lose weight. FatBlaster Max can no longer be purchased, after the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) ... <a title="FatBlaster Max has just been banned. Why? Here’s everything you need to know about diet supplements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/fatblaster-max-has-just-been-banned-why-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-diet-supplements-183347/" aria-label="Read more about FatBlaster Max has just been banned. Why? Here’s everything you need to know about diet supplements">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Trilobites similar to those above have been found in 505 million-year-old rocks in New Zealand. Shutterstock It’s not often New Zealanders admit Australia is onto a good thing. Our long-running trans-Tasman rivalry usually revolves around accusing Australians ... <a title="New Zealand should celebrate its remarkable prehistoric past with national fossil emblems – have your say!" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/new-zealand-should-celebrate-its-remarkable-prehistoric-past-with-national-fossil-emblems-have-your-say-184942/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand should celebrate its remarkable prehistoric past with national fossil emblems – have your say!">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Under siege: Richard Nixon in his White House office in 1974 Nixon Library via Wikimedia One of the more curious legacies of the Watergate scandal is so obvious that we barely notice it. Watergate ... <a title="Watergate at 50: the burglary that launched a thousand scandals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/17/watergate-at-50-the-burglary-that-launched-a-thousand-scandals-185030/" aria-label="Read more about Watergate at 50: the burglary that launched a thousand scandals">Read more</a>
