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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney The New South Wales government’s roadmap to transition from coal-based electricity to renewable energy involves the creation of five “renewable energy zones” across the state. These “modern-day power stations” will use solar, wind, batteries ... <a title="How can Aboriginal communities be part of the NSW renewable energy transition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/how-can-aboriginal-communities-be-part-of-the-nsw-renewable-energy-transition-181171/" aria-label="Read more about How can Aboriginal communities be part of the NSW renewable energy transition?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nafis Alam, Professor and Head, School of Business, Monash University Shutterstock We are used to thinking of money as notes and coins, the kind most of us hold in our wallets. But most money – in Australia it’s 96.3% – is digital, held by financial institutions and ... <a title="Australia is investigating a digital currency, or e-dollar, but its benefits seem slight and the risks to privacy large" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/australia-is-investigating-a-digital-currency-or-e-dollar-but-its-benefits-seem-slight-and-the-risks-to-privacy-large-180099/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is investigating a digital currency, or e-dollar, but its benefits seem slight and the risks to privacy large">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato Getty Images Last weekend’s LPGA event in California will likely be remembered as much for what was said as the golf that was played. Asked about some on-course treatment she’d needed for back pain, ... <a title="Lydia Ko’s ‘time of the month’ comment showed how far sportswomen have come – and how much still has to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/lydia-kos-time-of-the-month-comment-showed-how-far-sportswomen-have-come-and-how-much-still-has-to-change-182421/" aria-label="Read more about Lydia Ko’s ‘time of the month’ comment showed how far sportswomen have come – and how much still has to change">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Florin, Research fellow, University of Cambridge May Nango sharing stories about Mamukala wetlands with her grandson, in 2015. Anna Florin (courtesy of GAC), Author provided For 65,000 years, Bininj – the local Kundjeihmi word for Aboriginal people – have returned to Madjedbebe rock shelter on Mirarr ... <a title="65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/65-000-years-of-food-scraps-found-at-kakadu-tell-a-story-of-resilience-amid-changing-climate-sea-levels-and-vegetation-181240/" aria-label="Read more about 65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn Kefford, Senior Lecturer (Political Science), The University of Queensland Shutterstock Have you noticed your Facebook and Instagram feed filling up with political ads lately? The social media strategies of many parties and candidates aim to bypass mainstream media to speak directly to voters, but they are ... <a title="We tracked election ad spending for 4,000 Facebook pages. Here’s what they’re posting about – and why cybersecurity is the bigger concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/we-tracked-election-ad-spending-for-4-000-facebook-pages-heres-what-theyre-posting-about-and-why-cybersecurity-is-the-bigger-concern-182286/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked election ad spending for 4,000 Facebook pages. Here’s what they’re posting about – and why cybersecurity is the bigger concern">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND When pre-poll voting starts on Monday May 9, it will signal the denouement of one of the least compelling streaming series ever to secure repeat funding: #AusVotes2022. I guess it helps if your ... <a title="Half-time results are in: who’s having a good election campaign, and who isn’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/half-time-results-are-in-whos-having-a-good-election-campaign-and-who-isnt-182122/" aria-label="Read more about Half-time results are in: who’s having a good election campaign, and who isn’t?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Willis, Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University Shutterstock Throughout the pandemic, we’ve heard much about health-care worker burnout. But what we haven’t heard much about is its effects on patients. Even before the pandemic, health workers were grappling with long hours, high workplace demands, staff ... <a title="A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/a-burnt-out-health-workforce-impacts-patient-care-180021/" aria-label="Read more about A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Shutterstock Australia’s remarkable animals, plants and ecosystems are world-renowned, and rightly so. Unfortunately, our famous ecosystems are not OK. Many are hurtling towards collapse, threatening even iconic ... <a title="Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/australias-next-government-must-tackle-our-collapsing-ecosystems-and-extinction-crisis-182048/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Mackey, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute COVID-19 travel restrictions brought migration to Australia to a virtual standstill, and over the course of the pandemic about 500,000 temporary migrants have left our shores. Now many Australian businesses are screaming out for more workers. So, who are Australia’s missing ... <a title="Australia is missing 500,000 migrants, but we don’t need visa changes to lure them back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/australia-is-missing-500-000-migrants-but-we-dont-need-visa-changes-to-lure-them-back-182322/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is missing 500,000 migrants, but we don’t need visa changes to lure them back">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP In the midst of Labor’s campaign about the cost of living, the Coalition has zeroed in on one of those costs – taxes – and guaranteed to stop them rising. Its Lower Tax ... <a title="The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can’t have both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/the-coalition-is-guaranteeing-essential-services-and-lower-tax-we-cant-have-both-182240/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can’t have both">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Shutterstock The human brain is said to be the most complex biological structure ever to have existed. And while science doesn’t fully understand the brain yet, researchers in the expanding field of neuroscience have been making ... <a title="Elon Musk claims his Neuralink brain chip could ‘cure’ tinnitus in 5 years. But don’t hold your breath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/elon-musk-claims-his-neuralink-brain-chip-could-cure-tinnitus-in-5years-but-dont-hold-your-breath-182156/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk claims his Neuralink brain chip could ‘cure’ tinnitus in 5 years. But don’t hold your breath">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Allegra Spender/Facebook; Dave Sharma/Facebook In the Wentworth Project, sponsored by the University of Canberra’s Centre for Change Governance and The Conversation, we are tapping into voters’ opinions in this seat, which appears to be on a knife edge. In this ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Dave Sharma, Allegra Spender, and Kerryn Phelps on the contest for Wentworth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-dave-sharma-allegra-spender-and-kerryn-phelps-on-the-contest-for-wentworth-182422/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Dave Sharma, Allegra Spender, and Kerryn Phelps on the contest for Wentworth">Read more</a>
