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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel J Cass, Research Affiliate, Sydney Business School; Energy policy & regulatory lead at the Australia Institute, University of Sydney Australian governments are busy designing the nation’s transition to a clean energy future. Unfortunately, in a misguided effort to ensure electricity supplies remain affordable and reliable, governments ... <a title="Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/paying-australias-coal-fired-power-stations-to-stay-open-longer-is-bad-for-consumers-and-the-planet-160083/" aria-label="Read more about Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angelika Poulsen, PhD candidate, Queensland University of Technology Intimate partner violence is indisputably a crisis in Australia. State and federal governments have invested heavily in family violence prevention. However, one area of violence prevention has until now been overlooked. A growing body of research has found a ... <a title="Evidence shows children who are smacked are more likely to be involved in partner violence in adulthood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/evidence-shows-children-who-are-smacked-are-more-likely-to-be-involved-in-partner-violence-in-adulthood-159632/" aria-label="Read more about Evidence shows children who are smacked are more likely to be involved in partner violence in adulthood">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carrie Leonetti, Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland By helping identify perpetrators and the remains of victims, forensic DNA analysis holds enormous power to solve crimes. It also has enormous implications for privacy and fairness. But with science and society changing at such a pace, the ... <a title="Laws governing police use of DNA are changing: are the proposals fair for all New Zealanders?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/laws-governing-police-use-of-dna-are-changing-are-the-proposals-fair-for-all-new-zealanders-158422/" aria-label="Read more about Laws governing police use of DNA are changing: are the proposals fair for all New Zealanders?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University From today, Australians aged 50 or older are eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine from special respiratory clinics or mass vaccination hubs in some states. Appointments with selected GPs are available from May 17. However, a recent ... <a title="I’m over 50 and can now get my COVID vaccine. Is the AstraZeneca vaccine safe? Does it work? What else do I need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/im-over-50-and-can-now-get-my-covid-vaccine-is-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-safe-does-it-work-what-else-do-i-need-to-know-159814/" aria-label="Read more about I’m over 50 and can now get my COVID vaccine. Is the AstraZeneca vaccine safe? Does it work? What else do I need to know?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW’s Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Twenty-first century technologies such as robots, virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are creeping into every corner of our social and emotional lives — hacking how we form friendships, build intimacy, ... <a title="Sex bots, virtual friends, VR lovers: tech is changing the way we interact, and not always for the better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/sex-bots-virtual-friends-vr-lovers-tech-is-changing-the-way-we-interact-and-not-always-for-the-better-159427/" aria-label="Read more about Sex bots, virtual friends, VR lovers: tech is changing the way we interact, and not always for the better">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Australian Human Rights Commission has declared the government’s travel ban on Australians returning from India, including criminal sanctions, “raises serious human rights concerns”. In a strong statement at the weekend the commission said it held “deep concerns about these ... <a title="Human Rights Commission expresses ‘deep concerns’ at ban on returnees from India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/human-rights-commission-expresses-deep-concerns-at-ban-on-returnees-from-india-160166/" aria-label="Read more about Human Rights Commission expresses ‘deep concerns’ at ban on returnees from India">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Hare, Director, Climate Analytics, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University (Perth), Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ this century is a central goal of the Paris Agreement. In recent months, climate experts and others, including in Australia, have suggested the target ... <a title="The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/the-1-5-global-warming-limit-is-not-impossible-but-without-political-action-it-soon-will-be-159297/" aria-label="Read more about The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Minas, Senior Lecturer in Taxation, University of Tasmania Ever wondered why you’re still collecting receipts on the off-chance the Tax Office wants to see them? A decade ago, fired up by what he’d read in the Henry Tax Review, Labor Treasurer Wayne Swan promised to end ... <a title="If we wanted to, we could stop filling shoeboxes with receipts. Here’s how to simplify work-related tax deductions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/if-we-wanted-to-we-could-stop-filling-shoeboxes-with-receipts-heres-how-to-simplify-work-related-tax-deductions-156940/" aria-label="Read more about If we wanted to, we could stop filling shoeboxes with receipts. Here’s how to simplify work-related tax deductions">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Florence’s San Marco Museum, where mystical faith and classical knowledge meet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/if-i-could-go-anywhere-florences-san-marco-museum-where-mystical-faith-and-classical-knowledge-meet-157863/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Florence’s San Marco Museum, where mystical faith and classical knowledge meet">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lester, PhD candidate, University of Tasmania The Tasmanian Liberal government has been returned for a record third term, vindicating premier Peter Gutwein’s decision to go to an election a year early. However, rather than the big swings to the incumbent governments seen in recent elections in ... <a title="Liberals’ victory in Tasmanian election is more status quo than ringing endorsement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/liberals-victory-in-tasmanian-election-is-more-status-quo-than-ringing-endorsement-159806/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals’ victory in Tasmanian election is more status quo than ringing endorsement">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji has reported no new case of coronavirus infection after the screening of 7560 Fijians and 1212 tests conducted by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services. However, at this evening’s covid-19 daily press briefing, Health Secretary Dr James Fong stressed that there was no need to celebrate. Dr Fong ... <a title="No new covid cases in Fiji – but no need to celebrate, says Fong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/no-new-covid-cases-in-fiji-but-no-need-to-celebrate-says-fong/" aria-label="Read more about No new covid cases in Fiji – but no need to celebrate, says Fong">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
COMMENT: By Matt McCarten It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you. On May Day – International Workers Day – we have launched a new union: UTU for Workers Union. Our mission is to build a working class, grassroots, campaigning movement to stop exploitation and end workplace abuse in Aotearoa-New ... <a title="May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/may-day-time-to-reverse-decades-of-relentless-attacks-on-workers-unions/" aria-label="Read more about May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions">Read more</a>
