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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Stoljar, Professor, Australian National University Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of The Conversation’s series on the ... <a title="We might not be able to understand free will with science. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/we-might-not-be-able-to-understand-free-will-with-science-heres-why-132898/" aria-label="Read more about We might not be able to understand free will with science. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Nitrous oxide from agriculture and other sources is accumulating in the atmosphere so quickly it puts Earth on track for a dangerous 3℃ warming this century, our new ... <a title="New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/new-research-nitrous-oxide-emissions-300-times-more-powerful-than-co-are-jeopardising-earths-future-147208/" aria-label="Read more about New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will highlight the potential of spending on social housing as a job creator in his Thursday night budget reply. He says if Labor were in government now it would be investing $500 million to fast-track repairs to social ... <a title="We’d be spending $500 million on social housing repairs: Albanese’s alternative budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/wed-be-spending-500-million-on-social-housing-repairs-albaneses-alternative-budget-147685/" aria-label="Read more about We’d be spending $500 million on social housing repairs: Albanese’s alternative budget">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Three Papua New Guineans have been killed and another man is recovering in hospital after 16 armed bandits ambushed a vehicle they were travelling in with a priest and others in West Sepik. Provincial police commander Chief Inspector Moses Ibsagi said two men were shot at point blank range ... <a title="16 armed robbers kill three, wound one in remote PNG highway ambush" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/16-armed-robbers-kill-three-wound-one-in-remote-png-highway-ambush/" aria-label="Read more about 16 armed robbers kill three, wound one in remote PNG highway ambush">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Murray, Associate Professor in Guitar, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne The legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died aged 65. One of the most influential guitarists of the modern age, Van Halen was known for his mastery of the two-handed tapping technique and for ... <a title="With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/with-his-signature-guitar-style-eddie-van-halen-changed-rock-music-147652/" aria-label="Read more about With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland When it comes to action on climate change, Tuesday’s federal budget delivered by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was a real – though not unexpected – disappointment which favoured polluting technologies over a clean energy future. It included money ... <a title="‘Backwards’ federal budget: Morrison government never fails to disappoint on climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/backwards-federal-budget-morrison-government-never-fails-to-disappoint-on-climate-action-147659/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Backwards’ federal budget: Morrison government never fails to disappoint on climate action">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In putting together his unprecedented pandemic budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg had two big tasks: to support the economy now, and to kick-start the next boom. Many commentators seem to be ... <a title="It’s not the size of the budget deficit that counts; it’s how you use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/its-not-the-size-of-the-budget-deficit-that-counts-its-how-you-use-it-147603/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not the size of the budget deficit that counts; it’s how you use it">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jared Mondschein, Senior Advisor, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney In many ways, a vice president’s most important constitutional duty is simply to stay alive. Beyond breaking ties in the US Senate, the vice president essentially has no real constitutional duties beyond replacing a deceased or incapacitated ... <a title="Why the US vice presidential debate matters more now than ever before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/why-the-us-vice-presidential-debate-matters-more-now-than-ever-before-147449/" aria-label="Read more about Why the US vice presidential debate matters more now than ever before">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wille, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow, University of Sydney As we navigate a global human pandemic, avian influenza (or “bird flu”) has been detected in domestic poultry across Victoria. When scientists discuss avian influenza, we’re usually referring to the diverse subtypes of ... <a title="Nearly half a million poultry deaths: there are 3 avian influenza outbreaks in Victoria. Should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/nearly-half-a-million-poultry-deaths-there-are-3-avian-influenza-outbreaks-in-victoria-should-we-be-worried-145325/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly half a million poultry deaths: there are 3 avian influenza outbreaks in Victoria. Should we be worried?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With four weeks left until the November 3 election, the FiveThirtyEight aggregate of US national polls gives Joe Biden a 9.0% lead over Donald Trump (51.4% to 42.4%). Biden’s lead has increased 1.4% since an ... <a title="Biden increases lead after debate and Trump’s coronavirus; Labor gains Queensland lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/biden-increases-lead-after-debate-and-trumps-coronavirus-labor-gains-queensland-lead-147457/" aria-label="Read more about Biden increases lead after debate and Trump’s coronavirus; Labor gains Queensland lead">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University If a week is a long time in politics, a year’s an eon. The 2019-20 budget announced a regal return to surplus, with a “fundamentally sound” Australian economy at 2.75% growth and unemployment under 5%. Low interest rates and ... <a title="Like the care economy, arts and culture are an opportunity missed in the 2020-21 budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/like-the-care-economy-arts-and-culture-are-an-opportunity-missed-in-the-2020-21-budget-147558/" aria-label="Read more about Like the care economy, arts and culture are an opportunity missed in the 2020-21 budget">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Russo, Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety last week released a special report looking at the sector’s response to COVID-19. Finding the federal government did not adequately prepare residential aged care ... <a title="Aged-care facilities need accredited infection control experts. Who are they, and what will they do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/aged-care-facilities-need-accredited-infection-control-experts-who-are-they-and-what-will-they-do-147460/" aria-label="Read more about Aged-care facilities need accredited infection control experts. Who are they, and what will they do?">Read more</a>
