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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW The Morrison government on Tuesday revealed the five low-emissions technologies it will prioritise for investment. The so called “technology roadmap” offers scant support for renewable energy, for reasons that do not stand up to scrutiny. The technologies at the centre of ... <a title="Angus Taylor’s tech roadmap is fundamentally flawed — renewables are doable almost everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/angus-taylors-tech-roadmap-is-fundamentally-flawed-renewables-are-doable-almost-everywhere-146352/" aria-label="Read more about Angus Taylor’s tech roadmap is fundamentally flawed — renewables are doable almost everywhere">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Rouse, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, Deakin University Students in the first year of school to Year 10 have been learning remotely in Victoria. It’s estimated first-year students (known as prep in Victoria) in areas that have been under lockdown for some time have missed around ... <a title="Coronavirus disrupted my kid’s first year of school. Will that set them back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/coronavirus-disrupted-my-kids-first-year-of-school-will-that-set-them-back-145845/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus disrupted my kid’s first year of school. Will that set them back?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lois Towart, Lecturer in Property Economics, University of Technology Sydney Some operators have predicted manufactured home estates will be the most popular type of retirement living in the near future, surpassing retirement villages. But enthusiastic development of manufactured home estates as retirement communities is creating future problems ... <a title="What are manufactured home estates and why are they so problematic for retirees?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/what-are-manufactured-home-estates-and-why-are-they-so-problematic-for-retirees-145752/" aria-label="Read more about What are manufactured home estates and why are they so problematic for retirees?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Davidson, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW I’m not sure which does the most harm: the cut of A$150 per week in JobSeeker payments due this Friday or the sudden and coincidental volley of media reports about unemployed people refusing jobs, including fruit picking. This narrative is jarring ... <a title="‘If JobSeeker was cut, the unemployed would be picking fruit’? Why that’s not true" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/if-jobseeker-was-cut-the-unemployed-would-be-picking-fruit-why-thats-not-true-145951/" aria-label="Read more about ‘If JobSeeker was cut, the unemployed would be picking fruit’? Why that’s not true">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
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, University of Melbourne Review, Van Gogh Alive, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney. In one of his many letters decrying modern art, Lionel Lindsay, my favourite ... <a title="What does an ‘unforgettable, multi-sensory experience’ have to do with Vincent van Gogh?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/what-does-an-unforgettable-multi-sensory-experience-have-to-do-with-vincent-van-gogh-146559/" aria-label="Read more about What does an ‘unforgettable, multi-sensory experience’ have to do with Vincent van Gogh?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology & Associate Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. ... <a title="Climate explained: humans have dealt with plenty of climate variability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/climate-explained-humans-have-dealt-with-plenty-of-climate-variability-145043/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: humans have dealt with plenty of climate variability">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
By RNZ News The campaign for New Caledonia’s referendum on independence from France is already officially three days old with the critical vote in less than two weeks. Six political formations are registered to campaign for the plebiscite on October 4 when 180,640 voters will be asked whether they want the territory to accede to ... <a title="Count down under way for New Caledonia’s independence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/count-down-under-way-for-new-caledonias-independence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Count down under way for New Caledonia’s independence vote">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University Over the past 16 months journalists have been scouring through more than 2,000 Suspicious Activity Reports originally sent by banks to the United States Treasury, before being leaked to Buzzfeed and then passed along to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The ... <a title="Why do bankers behave so badly? They make too much money to ask questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/why-do-bankers-behave-so-badly-they-make-too-much-money-to-ask-questions-146685/" aria-label="Read more about Why do bankers behave so badly? They make too much money to ask questions">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Malcolm Turnbull has launched a swingeing attack on Scott Morrison’s gas-led recovery, labelling his threat to build a gas-fired power station “crazy stuff”, and his idea of gas producing a cheap energy boom “a fantasy”. The former prime minister also ... <a title="Malcolm Turnbull condemns Scott Morrison’s ‘gas, gas, gas’ song as ‘a fantasy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/malcolm-turnbull-condemns-scott-morrisons-gas-gas-gas-song-as-a-fantasy-146705/" aria-label="Read more about Malcolm Turnbull condemns Scott Morrison’s ‘gas, gas, gas’ song as ‘a fantasy’">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
By The Conversation Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins met tonight for the first televised debate of the 2020 election campaign. With the results of the latest 1 News-Colmar Brunton poll released only an hour earlier, there was much at stake. While down slightly on previous polls, Labour ... <a title="Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/labour-and-national-leaders-contest-debate-draw-but-sharply-different/" aria-label="Read more about Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins have met for the first televised debate of the 2020 election campaign. With the results of the latest 1 News-Colmar ... <a title="Contrasting styles, some substance: 5 experts on the first TV leaders’ debate of NZ’s election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/contrasting-styles-some-substance-5-experts-on-the-first-tv-leaders-debate-of-nzs-election-146670/" aria-label="Read more about Contrasting styles, some substance: 5 experts on the first TV leaders’ debate of NZ’s election">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Al-Wassiti, Bioengineer and Research Fellow, Monash University On Sunday, the Australian government announced it would put A$6 million towards the research and development of three local COVID-19 vaccine candidates, via the Medical Research Future Fund. The three candidates to share this funding are: a targeted subunit ... <a title="Eyeing local development: a look at the 3 Australian COVID vaccine candidates to receive a government boost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/eyeing-local-development-a-look-at-the-3-australian-covid-vaccine-candidates-to-receive-a-government-boost-146567/" aria-label="Read more about Eyeing local development: a look at the 3 Australian COVID vaccine candidates to receive a government boost">Read more</a>
