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Protecting 30% of Australia’s land and sea by 2030 sounds great – but it’s not what it seems

July 29, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Cooke, Senior lecturer, RMIT University Getty You would have heard Australia’s environment isn’t doing well. A grim story of “crisis and decline” was how Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek described the situation when she launched the State of the Environment Report last week. Climate change, habitat destruction, ... <a title="Protecting 30% of Australia’s land and sea by 2030 sounds great – but it’s not what it seems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/29/protecting-30-of-australias-land-and-sea-by-2030-sounds-great-but-its-not-what-it-seems-187435/" aria-label="Read more about Protecting 30% of Australia’s land and sea by 2030 sounds great – but it’s not what it seems">Read more</a>

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Not waving, drowning: why keeping warming under 1.5℃ is a life-or-death matter for tidal marshes

July 29, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Saintilan, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Image: Pamela Marcum, GTM Research Reserve, Florida, Author provided It may not always be clear why global temperature rise must be kept below 1.5℃, compared to 2℃ or 3℃. Research published today in the journal Science shows this ... <a title="Not waving, drowning: why keeping warming under 1.5℃ is a life-or-death matter for tidal marshes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/29/not-waving-drowning-why-keeping-warming-under-1-5-is-a-life-or-death-matter-for-tidal-marshes-187540/" aria-label="Read more about Not waving, drowning: why keeping warming under 1.5℃ is a life-or-death matter for tidal marshes">Read more</a>

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‘It’s kind of suffocating’: queer young Australians speak about how they feel at school and what they think of politicians

July 29, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University Darren England/AAP You might think that in 2022 it would be utterly uncontroversial for a footy club to have rainbow colours on a jersey to celebrate diversity. Unfortunately, the Manly Sea ... <a title="‘It’s kind of suffocating’: queer young Australians speak about how they feel at school and what they think of politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/29/its-kind-of-suffocating-queer-young-australians-speak-about-how-they-feel-at-school-and-what-they-think-of-politicians-187010/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s kind of suffocating’: queer young Australians speak about how they feel at school and what they think of politicians">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Jim Chalmers is a good performer, but can he hold the public’s trust through hard times?

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Lukas Coch/AAP Jim Chalmers delivers bad economic news well, which is a good thing because there’s a great deal of it about, with a lot more to come. The treasurer – at this early stage shaping up as one of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Jim Chalmers is a good performer, but can he hold the public’s trust through hard times?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/grattan-on-friday-jim-chalmers-is-a-good-performer-but-can-he-hold-the-publics-trust-through-hard-times-187872/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Jim Chalmers is a good performer, but can he hold the public’s trust through hard times?">Read more</a>

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The Chalmers graphs: 7.75% inflation, plunging real wages, weak growth

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saul Eslake, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania As he had promised to do almost since the day he became treasurer, Jim Chalmers has presented a gloomy set of forecasts for the Australian economy in his first formal economic statement to the new parliament on Thursday. Inflation is ... <a title="The Chalmers graphs: 7.75% inflation, plunging real wages, weak growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/the-chalmers-graphs-7-75-inflation-plunging-real-wages-weak-growth-187851/" aria-label="Read more about The Chalmers graphs: 7.75% inflation, plunging real wages, weak growth">Read more</a>

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Precarious employment, hiring discrimination and a toxic workplace: what work looks like for Australian cinematographers

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Coles, Senior Lecturer, Employment Relations, Department of Management, Deakin University, Deakin University Shutterstock It has been a fantastic year for Australian cinematographers in Hollywood. Australian directors of photography represented two of the five nominees for best cinematography at the 2022 Oscars. Greig Fraser won the Oscar ... <a title="Precarious employment, hiring discrimination and a toxic workplace: what work looks like for Australian cinematographers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/precarious-employment-hiring-discrimination-and-a-toxic-workplace-what-work-looks-like-for-australian-cinematographers-187080/" aria-label="Read more about Precarious employment, hiring discrimination and a toxic workplace: what work looks like for Australian cinematographers">Read more</a>

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Artificial light at night can change the behaviour of all animals, not just humans

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Therésa Jones, Associate Professor in Evolution and Behaviour, The University of Melbourne shutterstock As the Moon rises on a warm evening in early summer, thousands of baby turtles emerge and begin their precarious journey towards the ocean, while millions of moths and fireflies take to the air ... <a title="Artificial light at night can change the behaviour of all animals, not just humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/artificial-light-at-night-can-change-the-behaviour-of-all-animals-not-just-humans-183028/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial light at night can change the behaviour of all animals, not just humans">Read more</a>

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A triple meteoric spectacle is set to grace our skies this weekend

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Looking for something spectacular to brighten a cold, dark winter’s night? Well, this weekend might just have something in store: not one, not two, but three meteor showers active at the same time – combining to provide a ... <a title="A triple meteoric spectacle is set to grace our skies this weekend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/a-triple-meteoric-spectacle-is-set-to-grace-our-skies-this-weekend-187767/" aria-label="Read more about A triple meteoric spectacle is set to grace our skies this weekend">Read more</a>

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Half of Australians will experience technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes: new research

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Flynn, Associate Professor of Criminology, Monash University Shutterstock Technology-facilitated abuse is a form of interpersonal violence using mobile, online and/or digital technologies. It includes four main types of behaviours: monitoring and controlling, such as keeping track of where the victim/survivor is and who they are with ... <a title="Half of Australians will experience technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/half-of-australians-will-experience-technology-facilitated-abuse-in-their-lifetimes-new-research-187764/" aria-label="Read more about Half of Australians will experience technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes: new research">Read more</a>

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La Boite Theatre gives us a rollicking, queer and very Australian adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, VC Fellow LaTrobe University, La Trobe University La Boite/Morgan Roberts Review: An Ideal Husband, directed by Bridget Boyle An Ideal Husband was first performed in January 1895. Less than two months later Lord Queenberry left his infamous card accusing Wilde of “posing as a sodomite”, ... <a title="La Boite Theatre gives us a rollicking, queer and very Australian adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/la-boite-theatre-gives-us-a-rollicking-queer-and-very-australian-adaptation-of-oscar-wildes-an-ideal-husband-186557/" aria-label="Read more about La Boite Theatre gives us a rollicking, queer and very Australian adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent senator and former Wallabies captain David Pocock on Pride jersey boycott

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Newly-elected senator David Pocock has already made history by becoming the first independent to hold a senate seat for the ACT. On the progressive side of politics, Pocock is in a potentially powerful position, with the government needing the support ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent senator and former Wallabies captain David Pocock on Pride jersey boycott" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/politics-with-michelle-grattan-independent-senator-and-former-wallabies-captain-david-pocock-on-pride-jersey-boycott-187797/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent senator and former Wallabies captain David Pocock on Pride jersey boycott">Read more</a>

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Direct-acting antivirals can cure hepatitis C and prisons are now leading efforts to eliminate the virus

July 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Saich, Lead Policy Officer, Burnet Institute Shutterstock While most medical attention has been on COVID, work has been underway to eliminate another viral disease, hepatitis C. In Australia, approximately 120,000 people have hepatitis C. It’s mostly spread through injecting drugs using unsterile equipment. Left untreated, hepatitis ... <a title="Direct-acting antivirals can cure hepatitis C and prisons are now leading efforts to eliminate the virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/direct-acting-antivirals-can-cure-hepatitis-c-and-prisons-are-now-leading-efforts-to-eliminate-the-virus-182854/" aria-label="Read more about Direct-acting antivirals can cure hepatitis C and prisons are now leading efforts to eliminate the virus">Read more</a>