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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Hahn, Postdoc, CSIRO CSIRO, Author provided As the climate crisis threatens millions of species worldwide, biodiversity conservation is now an all-hands-on-deck operation. Natural history collections play a critical role in this effort as repositories holding records of historical biodiversity shifts, like libraries made of biological specimens. ... <a title="Old, goopy museum specimens can tell fascinating stories of wildlife history. Finally, we can read them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/old-goopy-museum-specimens-can-tell-fascinating-stories-of-wildlife-history-finally-we-can-read-them-165013/" aria-label="Read more about Old, goopy museum specimens can tell fascinating stories of wildlife history. Finally, we can read them">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna von Reibnitz, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Australian National University Julian Smith/AAP Australia has ranked equal last on a gender pay gap scorecard across six countries, according to a major report released today. It studied the gender pay gap reporting frameworks in Australia, France, South Africa, Spain, ... <a title="Australia has ranked last in an international gender pay gap study — here are 3 ways to do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/australia-has-ranked-last-in-an-international-gender-pay-gap-study-here-are-3-ways-to-do-better-168848/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has ranked last in an international gender pay gap study — here are 3 ways to do better">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Alex Plaveski/AP A large, financially interconnected company is on the verge of collapse, weighed down by massive debt. The government ponders a bailout. There’s no easy answer. Doing nothing risks serious financial upheaval. But bailing it out will signal that greed, ... <a title="Vital Signs: Evergrande may survive, but for its executives expect a fate worse than debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/vital-signs-evergrande-may-survive-but-for-its-executives-expect-a-fate-worse-than-debt-168930/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Evergrande may survive, but for its executives expect a fate worse than debt">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Delia Falconer, Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing, UTS, University of Technology Sydney Matthew Newton, Bob Brown Foundation/AAP When I experienced a great loss in in my early forties — almost a year to the day after another — I went to see my mother in the family home. ... <a title="Friday essay: on birds — feathered messengers from deep time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/friday-essay-on-birds-feathered-messengers-from-deep-time-168469/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: on birds — feathered messengers from deep time">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If Scott Morrison doesn’t go to the Glasgow climate conference, “his absence will send a pretty strong message about his priorities”, Malcolm Turnbull said during his general excoriation of the prime minister this week. Absolutely, it will. And Morrison’s priorities ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: To go or not to go — Morrison grapples with Glasgow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/grattan-on-friday-to-go-or-not-to-go-morrison-grapples-with-glasgow-169028/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: To go or not to go — Morrison grapples with Glasgow">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If Scott Morrison doesn’t go to the Glasgow climate conference, “his absence will send a pretty strong message about his priorities”, Malcolm Turnbull said during his general excoriation of the prime minister this week. Absolutely, it will. And Morrison’s priorities ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: To go or not to go — Morrison’s rocky road to Glasgow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/grattan-on-friday-to-go-or-not-to-go-morrisons-rocky-road-to-glasgow-169028/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: To go or not to go — Morrison’s rocky road to Glasgow">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sung-ae Lee, Lecturer, Asian Studies, Macquarie University YOUNGKYU PARK/ Netflix Squid Game, an original Netflix drama produced in South Korea, is a streaming phenomenon. Released on 17 September, within two weeks the series has become the most watched Netflix title in 76 countries, including the US, Australia ... <a title="Social inequality and hyper violence: why the bleak world of Netflix’s Squid Game is a streaming phenomenon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/30/social-inequality-and-hyper-violence-why-the-bleak-world-of-netflixs-squid-game-is-a-streaming-phenomenon-168934/" aria-label="Read more about Social inequality and hyper violence: why the bleak world of Netflix’s Squid Game is a streaming phenomenon">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2021
Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse the AUKUS Alliance and deep-dive into how the AUKUS Alliance has triggered a geopolitical realignment. Why has this Anglophone AUKUS alliance formed? And what's the fallout?
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September 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Gerd Altmann/Pixabay In the pre-digital world, advertising was largely carried by print media, radio and television. Today, digital advertising has surpassed those channels, pervading our desktops and laptops, smartphones, tablets and a variety of other internet-connected ... <a title="Australia’s competition watchdog says Google has a monopoly on online advertising — but how does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/30/australias-competition-watchdog-says-google-has-a-monopoly-on-online-advertising-but-how-does-it-work-168939/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s competition watchdog says Google has a monopoly on online advertising — but how does it work?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2021
Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. The growing number and share of older persons in Asia and the Pacific represent success stories of declining fertility and increasing longevity; the result of advances in social and economic development. This demographic transition is taking place against the backdrop of the accelerating Fourth Industrial Revolution. But COVID-19, with its ... <a title="Op-ED – Digital equity for all ages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/30/op-ed-digital-equity-for-all-ages/" aria-label="Read more about Op-ED – Digital equity for all ages">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Carson-Chahhoud, Associate Research Professor, University of South Australia Shutterstock Cigarettes are the only legal consumer product that kill up to half of their users when consumed exactly as the manufacturer intended. The diseases they cause cost Australia’s health system A$136.9 billion a year. Philip Morris International ... <a title="After buying health company Vectura, tobacco giant Philip Morris will profit from treating the illnesses its products create" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/30/after-buying-health-company-vectura-tobacco-giant-philip-morris-will-profit-from-treating-the-illnesses-its-products-create-168564/" aria-label="Read more about After buying health company Vectura, tobacco giant Philip Morris will profit from treating the illnesses its products create">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Quiz Questions: Which foreign country or territory is closest to New Zealand by jetplane? Which foreign country or territory had the world’s highest per capita incidence of Covid19 last week? Before giving the answers, I would note that the worst-affected region of the world in September 2021 is the Caribbean, from ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid Immunity Calculus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/30/keith-rankin-analysis-covid-immunity-calculus/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid Immunity Calculus">Read more</a>
