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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The jury in the Lehrmann trial has been discharged after it was discovered a juror had obtained information outside the evidence presented. ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said it was unfortunate but indicated she had no option but to abort ... <a title="Lehrmann trial aborted after juror accessed own information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/lehrmann-trial-aborted-after-juror-accessed-own-information-192396/" aria-label="Read more about Lehrmann trial aborted after juror accessed own information">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan C Evans, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney Seiichiro/Unsplash This week’s federal budget reiterated the government’s plan to establish a new scheme for encouraging private investment in conservation, called a biodiversity market (now, rebranded to a “nature repair” market). A biodiversity market would see ... <a title="The government hopes private investors will help save nature. Here’s how its scheme could fail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/the-government-hopes-private-investors-will-help-save-nature-heres-how-its-scheme-could-fail-193010/" aria-label="Read more about The government hopes private investors will help save nature. Here’s how its scheme could fail">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurie Buys, Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University SHVETS production/Pexels Why do people get old? – Emily, 8 years old, Victoria That’s a great question, Emily! Who do you think is old? Is it anyone older than you, like an annoying older brother or sister? Is ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do people get old?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/curious-kids-why-do-people-get-old-190142/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do people get old?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Morris, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab, Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University Australians will soon vote in a referendum on a First Nations Voice – a constitutionally guaranteed body empowering Indigenous communities to advise parliament and government on Indigenous affairs, as ... <a title="A constitutional Voice to Parliament: ensuring parliament is in charge, not the courts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/a-constitutional-voice-to-parliament-ensuring-parliament-is-in-charge-not-the-courts-193017/" aria-label="Read more about A constitutional Voice to Parliament: ensuring parliament is in charge, not the courts">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Martin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University Fili Santillán/Unsplash New details have emerged on the severity of the Medibank hack, which has now affected all users. Optus, Medibank, Woolworths, and, last Friday, electricity provider Energy Australia are all now among the household names that have fallen ... <a title="Why are there so many data breaches? A growing industry of criminals is brokering in stolen data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/why-are-there-so-many-data-breaches-a-growing-industry-of-criminals-is-brokering-in-stolen-data-193015/" aria-label="Read more about Why are there so many data breaches? A growing industry of criminals is brokering in stolen data">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia van Toorn, Research fellow, UNSW Sydney NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has announced a review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, amid claims of a cost blowout, heightened by budget forecasts. The review will look at ways to improve access to and delivery of the NDIS, including ... <a title="NDIS plans rely on algorithms to judge need – the upcoming review should change that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/ndis-plans-rely-on-algorithms-to-judge-need-the-upcoming-review-should-change-that-193106/" aria-label="Read more about NDIS plans rely on algorithms to judge need – the upcoming review should change that">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Sherry, Professor and Co-director, Sport Innovation Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock High-profile Australian athletes and supporters across sports such as cricket, netball and Australian Rules football have recently called for their sports to reconsider their partnerships with fossil fuel or mining companies. Our report, ... <a title="Out of bounds: how much does greenwashing cost fossil-fuel sponsors of Australian sport?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/out-of-bounds-how-much-does-greenwashing-cost-fossil-fuel-sponsors-of-australian-sport-192720/" aria-label="Read more about Out of bounds: how much does greenwashing cost fossil-fuel sponsors of Australian sport?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Allan, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Technology Sydney “We are […] sandbagging the state”, New South Wales Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke declared on Saturday. And so we endure the third La Niña season with this waiting-for-the-next-disaster attitude. After heavy rain and repeated floods across ... <a title="Beyond a state of sandbagging: what can we learn from all the floods, here and overseas?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/beyond-a-state-of-sandbagging-what-can-we-learn-from-all-the-floods-here-and-overseas-193011/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond a state of sandbagging: what can we learn from all the floods, here and overseas?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic McAfee, Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide Dominic McAfee, Author provided Imagine you’re in a food court and spoilt for choice. How will you choose where to eat? It might be the look of the food, the smell, or even the chatter of satisfied customers. ... <a title="Playing sea soundscapes can summon thousands of baby oysters – and help regrow oyster reefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/playing-sea-soundscapes-can-summon-thousands-of-baby-oysters-and-help-regrow-oyster-reefs-188006/" aria-label="Read more about Playing sea soundscapes can summon thousands of baby oysters – and help regrow oyster reefs">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers says of his first budget: “Inflation is the dragon we need to slay”. Chalmers’ worry about inflation was reinforced by Wednesday’s release of the September quarter CPI, which showed inflation at 7.3%. In this podcast, we talk ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers, Angus Taylor and Danielle Wood on the budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-angus-taylor-and-danielle-wood-on-the-budget-193335/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers, Angus Taylor and Danielle Wood on the budget">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University The Labor federal government promised it would make women central to its first budget. The inclusion of an evidence-based women’s budget statement shows a greater awareness of the systemic challenges, particularly to women’s economic security. ... <a title="The women’s budget is headed in the right direction. But the policies still need work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/the-womens-budget-is-headed-in-the-right-direction-but-the-policies-still-need-work-193100/" aria-label="Read more about The women’s budget is headed in the right direction. But the policies still need work">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, The University of Melbourne It was billed as Australia’s first wellbeing budget. But, five months into a new government, with so many economic fires to fight, Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ first budget was never going to be that. Instead, he’s taken the first step: ... <a title="Chalmers hasn’t delivered a wellbeing budget, but it’s a step in the right direction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/26/chalmers-hasnt-delivered-a-wellbeing-budget-but-its-a-step-in-the-right-direction-192840/" aria-label="Read more about Chalmers hasn’t delivered a wellbeing budget, but it’s a step in the right direction">Read more</a>
