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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Bennett, Adjunct Professor in Ecology, La Trobe University Shutterstock When faced with uncertainty, we often look for predictions by experts: from election result forecasts, to the likely outcomes of medical treatment. In nature conservation, we turn to expert opinion to assess extinction risk, or predict the ... <a title="We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/we-rely-on-expert-predictions-to-guide-conservation-but-even-experts-have-biases-and-blind-spots-202733/" aria-label="Read more about We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spots">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Wreford, Professor Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Fiona Goodall/Getty Images The recent report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores the urgency of emissions reductions. For Aotearoa New Zealand, where 50% of emissions come from agriculture in the form of methane and ... <a title="NZ farmers worry about ‘carbon leakage’ if they have to pay for emissions, but they could benefit from playing the long game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/nz-farmers-worry-about-carbon-leakage-if-they-have-to-pay-for-emissions-but-they-could-benefit-from-playing-the-long-game-202839/" aria-label="Read more about NZ farmers worry about ‘carbon leakage’ if they have to pay for emissions, but they could benefit from playing the long game">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute No one likes spending cuts and tax hikes, but on our estimate the government will soon need more of them if they are going to make a dent in looming A$70 billion a year budget deficits. A new Grattan Institute ... <a title="Treasurer Chalmers has a $70 billion a year budget hole: we’ve found 13 ways to fill it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/treasurer-chalmers-has-a-70-billion-a-year-budget-hole-weve-found-13-ways-to-fill-it-203331/" aria-label="Read more about Treasurer Chalmers has a $70 billion a year budget hole: we’ve found 13 ways to fill it">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The decision of Julian Leeser, who has resigned from the opposition frontbench to campaign for a yes vote on the Voice to parliament, is both principled and pragmatic. Principled because only rarely in politics do we see people make a ... <a title="View from The Hill: Julian Leeser shifts his own dial in the Liberal Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/view-from-the-hill-julian-leeser-shifts-his-own-dial-in-the-liberal-party-203574/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Julian Leeser shifts his own dial in the Liberal Party">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, VC Fellow LaTrobe University, La Trobe University Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong joined 50,000 people to march in support of queer rights across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for World Pride in early March. A week earlier, Albanese became the first sitting ... <a title="There’s a growing gap between countries advancing LGBTQ+ rights, and those going backwards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/theres-a-growing-gap-between-countries-advancing-lgbtq-rights-and-those-going-backwards-203329/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a growing gap between countries advancing LGBTQ+ rights, and those going backwards">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne Australia’s health system is under significant pressure. The Labor government has inherited a system with declining bulk-billing rates for GP visits. These fell from almost 90% of ... <a title="What if Medicare was restricted to GPs who bulk billed? This kind of reform is possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/what-if-medicare-was-restricted-to-gps-who-bulk-billed-this-kind-of-reform-is-possible-203543/" aria-label="Read more about What if Medicare was restricted to GPs who bulk billed? This kind of reform is possible">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock So, you think you know why rents climbed. You probably think was skyrocketing interest rates and a tsunami of migration. It’s true that interest rates have jumped more over the past year than at ... <a title="What made rents soar? It might have been COVID, and pairing off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/what-made-rents-soar-it-might-have-been-covid-and-pairing-off-203542/" aria-label="Read more about What made rents soar? It might have been COVID, and pairing off">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Zaal, Director, Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute (ASTRI), CSIRO Solar Reserve, Author provided Australia’s transition to renewables is gathering speed, but there’s a looming problem with storage. We will need much more long-duration storage to get us through the night, once coal and fossil gas exit ... <a title="Batteries won’t cut it – we need solar thermal technology to get us through the night" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/batteries-wont-cut-it-we-need-solar-thermal-technology-to-get-us-through-the-night-203545/" aria-label="Read more about Batteries won’t cut it – we need solar thermal technology to get us through the night">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eyal Mayroz, Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney Violence has again erupted in the Middle East during one of the holiest times of year for both Jews and Muslims. In recent days, militants in southern Lebanon have fired a large number of rockets at ... <a title="As tensions escalate in the Middle East, can all-out war be averted?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/as-tensions-escalate-in-the-middle-east-can-all-out-war-be-averted-203550/" aria-label="Read more about As tensions escalate in the Middle East, can all-out war be averted?">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Leif, Senior Lecturer, Educational Psychology & Inclusive Education, Monash University Shutterstock A major international report says the “disciplinary climate” in Australian schools is among the “least favourable” in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). On Tuesday, the OECD released a profile on education in ... <a title="Australian classrooms are among the ‘least favourable’ for discipline in the OECD. Here’s how to improve student behaviour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/australian-classrooms-are-among-the-least-favourable-for-discipline-in-the-oecd-heres-how-to-improve-student-behaviour-202946/" aria-label="Read more about Australian classrooms are among the ‘least favourable’ for discipline in the OECD. Here’s how to improve student behaviour">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, recently invested US$180 million into Retro Biosciences – a company seeking to extend human lifespans by ten healthy years. One way it plans to achieve ... <a title="The rich are pouring millions into life extension research – but does it have any ethical value?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/the-rich-are-pouring-millions-into-life-extension-research-but-does-it-have-any-ethical-value-201774/" aria-label="Read more about The rich are pouring millions into life extension research – but does it have any ethical value?">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Hurst, Faculty of Arts Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow, Indigenous and Settler Relations Collaboration, The University of Melbourne This is the third article in our series explaining Voice, Treaty and Truth. Read the other articles in the series here and here. Australia has never been good at listening ... <a title="First Nations people have made a plea for ‘truth-telling’. By reckoning with its past, Australia can finally help improve our future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/11/first-nations-people-have-made-a-plea-for-truth-telling-by-reckoning-with-its-past-australia-can-finally-help-improve-our-future-202137/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations people have made a plea for ‘truth-telling’. By reckoning with its past, Australia can finally help improve our future">Read more</a>
