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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Getty Images Well, no one saw that coming. For those in New Zealand relieved that Christmas is over because it means politics resumes, this week held the promise of a cabinet reshuffle, the possible unveiling of some meaty new policy ... <a title="‘The shoes needing filling are on the large side of big’ – Jacinda Ardern’s legacy and Labour’s new challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/the-shoes-needing-filling-are-on-the-large-side-of-big-jacinda-arderns-legacy-and-labours-new-challenge-198148/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The shoes needing filling are on the large side of big’ – Jacinda Ardern’s legacy and Labour’s new challenge">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xiujian Peng, Senior Research Fellow, Victoria University Shutterstock China’s National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have long suspected – that 2022 was the year China’s population turned down, the first time that has happened since the great famine brought on by Chinese ... <a title="China’s population is now inexorably shrinking, bringing forward the day the planet’s population turns down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/chinas-population-is-now-inexorably-shrinking-bringing-forward-the-day-the-planets-population-turns-down-198061/" aria-label="Read more about China’s population is now inexorably shrinking, bringing forward the day the planet’s population turns down">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Jacinda Ardern with fellow MP’s after announcing her resignation on January 19 in Napier. Getty Images New Zealanders will have a new prime minister by February 7 and will go to the polls on October ... <a title="Ardern’s resignation as New Zealand prime minister is a game changer for the 2023 election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/arderns-resignation-as-new-zealand-prime-minister-is-a-game-changer-for-the-2023-election-198149/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern’s resignation as New Zealand prime minister is a game changer for the 2023 election">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock If Australia is to decarbonise our energy system by 2050, we need to start the transition to electric vehicles very soon. Cars sold in the 2030s will mostly still be on the road in 2050, so ... <a title="Let buyers jump the queue for electric cars by importing them directly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/let-buyers-jump-the-queue-for-electric-cars-by-importing-them-directly-197614/" aria-label="Read more about Let buyers jump the queue for electric cars by importing them directly">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia You may have seen the news Qantas flight 144 from Auckland landed safely in Sydney yesterday after the pilot was forced to shut down an engine and issue a mayday call while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The plane was ... <a title="Qantas flight mayday: can a plane normally fly on just one engine? An aviation expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/qantas-flight-mayday-can-a-plane-normally-fly-on-just-one-engine-an-aviation-expert-explains-198142/" aria-label="Read more about Qantas flight mayday: can a plane normally fly on just one engine? An aviation expert explains">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Hemsley, Professor of Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney Getty/RyanJLane If you’re one of the 1.2 million Australians with communication disability or among the 44% of Australian adults with low literacy, you may soon find helpful, automated communication assistance online. The chat bot ChatGPT – based ... <a title="Will AI tech like ChatGPT improve inclusion for people with communication disability?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/will-ai-tech-like-chatgpt-improve-inclusion-for-people-with-communication-disability-196481/" aria-label="Read more about Will AI tech like ChatGPT improve inclusion for people with communication disability?">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Imagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in country X note an expanding cluster of individuals with severe respiratory disease. Rapid whole-genome sequencing identifies the disease-causing agent as a novel coronavirus. Epidemiological investigations suggest ... <a title="The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/the-costly-lesson-from-covid-why-elimination-should-be-the-default-global-strategy-for-future-pandemics-197806/" aria-label="Read more about The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney For the first time in a long time, a year can begin with a realistic assessment that Australia-China relations are on an upward trajectory again. After winning last May’s federal election, the new Albanese ... <a title="Bring on the Year of the Rabbit: why there’s new hope and prosperity tipped for Australia-China relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/bring-on-the-year-of-the-rabbit-why-theres-new-hope-and-prosperity-tipped-for-australia-china-relations-197892/" aria-label="Read more about Bring on the Year of the Rabbit: why there’s new hope and prosperity tipped for Australia-China relations">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Lack, Professor of Psychology, Flinders University Shutterstock People describe the sound of a dripping tap in the middle of the night as anything from annoying to torture. Others sleep through, seemingly oblivious. But if this common sound is keeping you awake, you can do something about ... <a title="Drip, drip, drip. Why is my leaking tap keeping me awake at night?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/drip-drip-drip-why-is-my-leaking-tap-keeping-me-awake-at-night-194733/" aria-label="Read more about Drip, drip, drip. Why is my leaking tap keeping me awake at night?">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasim Saman, Emeritus Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of South Australia Shutterstock Soaring electricity prices have made 15% of Aussies think about installing solar panels, a recent survey found. Another 6% were already weighing up the move, on top of the 28% who had panels. With ... <a title="How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/how-to-maximise-savings-from-your-home-solar-system-and-slash-your-power-bills-197415/" aria-label="Read more about How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy W. Jones, Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University ACT Up NY Recently, a number of people have questioned or critiqued the use of the word “queer” to describe LGBTIQA+ folk. One writer to the Guardian claimed that the “q-word” was as derogatory and offensive as ... <a title="Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/reviled-reclaimed-and-respected-the-history-of-the-word-queer-197533/" aria-label="Read more about Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne After three soggy years of La Niña in a row, Australia has endured record-breaking floods, the latest of which has inundated the Kimberley in Western Australia and across north and central Queensland. While the rains may ... <a title="From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/from-floods-to-fire-a-climate-scientist-on-the-chances-el-nino-will-hit-australia-this-year-197408/" aria-label="Read more about From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year">Read more</a>
