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September 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Shutterstock You might feel despondent after reading news reports about countries doubling down on fossil fuels to cope with energy price spikes. Don’t. It’s a blip. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to a temporary fossil fuel ... <a title="There’s a huge surge in solar production under way – and Australia could show the world how to use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/22/theres-a-huge-surge-in-solar-production-under-way-and-australia-could-show-the-world-how-to-use-it-190241/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a huge surge in solar production under way – and Australia could show the world how to use it">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Waters-Lynch, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Organisational Design, RMIT University Shutterstock Michael and Karen moved from Melbourne to Castlemaine, about 130km northwest of Victoria’s capital, in mid-2020 – using, like tens of thousands of Australians, the shift to remote work to make a larger lifestyle change. ... <a title="‘We haven’t built it, and they’ve come’: the e-change pressures on Australia’s lifestyle towns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/22/we-havent-built-it-and-theyve-come-the-e-change-pressures-on-australias-lifestyle-towns-188228/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We haven’t built it, and they’ve come’: the e-change pressures on Australia’s lifestyle towns">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien O’Meara, PhD Candidate, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology Channel 5 Peppa Pig’s first same-sex couple, a pair of lesbian polar bears, were recently introduced after a petition to include a same-sex family received nearly 24,000 signatures. Children’s television has often been a place to ... <a title="Peppa Pig has introduced a pair of lesbian polar bears, but Aussie kids’ TV has been leading the way in queer representation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/22/peppa-pig-has-introduced-a-pair-of-lesbian-polar-bears-but-aussie-kids-tv-has-been-leading-the-way-in-queer-representation-190648/" aria-label="Read more about Peppa Pig has introduced a pair of lesbian polar bears, but Aussie kids’ TV has been leading the way in queer representation">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Cullen, Associate lecturer, University of Newcastle In 2000, 18-year-old Baltimore man Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. Syed was sentenced to life in prison and served close to 23 years in prison for the crime. That was until this ... <a title="‘Serial’ podcast’s Adnan Syed has murder conviction vacated. How common are wrongful convictions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/serial-podcasts-adnan-syed-has-murder-conviction-vacated-how-common-are-wrongful-convictions-190968/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Serial’ podcast’s Adnan Syed has murder conviction vacated. How common are wrongful convictions?">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Francke, Research Fellow, University of Adelaide Lake Couridjah, Thirlmere Lakes National Park in New South Wales Shutterstock Plants capture around half the carbon we emit by burning fossil fuels, making them a crucial part of mitigating climate change. But carbon is often released back into the ... <a title="We helped fill a major climate change knowledge gap, thanks to 130,000-year-old sediment in Sydney lakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/we-helped-fill-a-major-climate-change-knowledge-gap-thanks-to-130-000-year-old-sediment-in-sydney-lakes-187784/" aria-label="Read more about We helped fill a major climate change knowledge gap, thanks to 130,000-year-old sediment in Sydney lakes">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cynthia Sear, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne As we have seen from coverage of “The Queue” – capitalised and thus now, apparently, a proper noun – the English are proud of their queuing prowess. The Queue for the queen lying in state is portrayed as testament ... <a title="‘An obsession with order, hierarchy, and one’s place within it’: what The Queue says about Englishness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/an-obsession-with-order-hierarchy-and-ones-place-within-it-what-the-queue-says-about-englishness-191059/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An obsession with order, hierarchy, and one’s place within it’: what The Queue says about Englishness">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana Wong, Associate Professor & Clinical Neuropsychologist, La Trobe University Shutterstock Almost 50% of Australians experience mental illness in their lifetime, costing our economy up to A$220 billion annually, according to pre-pandemic figures. The full impact of the pandemic on our nation’s mental health is still emerging, ... <a title="We can’t solve Australia’s mental health emergency if we don’t train enough psychologists. Here are 5 fixes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/we-cant-solve-australias-mental-health-emergency-if-we-dont-train-enough-psychologists-here-are-5-fixes-190135/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t solve Australia’s mental health emergency if we don’t train enough psychologists. Here are 5 fixes">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Getty Images With local body elections currently under way, democracy makes its triennial appearance in New Zealand’s towns and cities once again. But elections alone don’t automatically make for democratic governance at street level. And ... <a title="Remote control: why Auckland’s local election is neither local nor democratic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/remote-control-why-aucklands-local-election-is-neither-local-nor-democratic-190837/" aria-label="Read more about Remote control: why Auckland’s local election is neither local nor democratic">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Dylan River/SBS First Nations people please be advised this article mentions colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Australian Wars is a new three-part TV series directed and produced by Arrernte ... <a title="In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses with the myth Aboriginal people didn’t fight back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/in-the-australian-wars-rachel-perkins-dispenses-with-the-myth-aboriginal-people-didnt-fight-back-190967/" aria-label="Read more about In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses with the myth Aboriginal people didn’t fight back">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Dylan River/SBS First Nations people please be advised this article mentions colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Australian Wars is a new three-part TV series directed and produced by Arrernte ... <a title="In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses the myth Aboriginal people didn’t fight back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/in-the-australian-wars-rachel-perkins-dispenses-the-myth-aboriginal-people-didnt-fight-back-190967/" aria-label="Read more about In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses the myth Aboriginal people didn’t fight back">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Harvey-Smith, Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor, UNSW Sydney ThisisEngineering RAEng/Unsplash Today, the Australian government released the STEM Equity Monitor 2022 – the nation’s annual scorecard on gendered participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. These data are more relevant than ... <a title="More women are studying STEM, but there are still stubborn workplace barriers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/more-women-are-studying-stem-but-there-are-still-stubborn-workplace-barriers-190839/" aria-label="Read more about More women are studying STEM, but there are still stubborn workplace barriers">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, UNSW Sydney Unsplash, CC BY-SA A little-known provision of the Privacy Act makes it illegal for many companies in Australia to buy or exchange consumers’ personal data for profiling or targeting purposes. It’s almost never enforced. In ... <a title="This law makes it illegal for companies to collect third-party data to profile you. But they do anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/21/this-law-makes-it-illegal-for-companies-to-collect-third-party-data-to-profile-you-but-they-do-anyway-190758/" aria-label="Read more about This law makes it illegal for companies to collect third-party data to profile you. But they do anyway">Read more</a>
