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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Australian companies are being taken over like never before. On Saturday February 19 a consortium involving tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian asset manager Brookfield offered A$5 billion to buy AGL Energy. AGL is Australia’s biggest ... <a title="AGL said no to an $5 billion bid, but it isn’t over – here’s how takeover bids work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/agl-said-no-to-an-5-billion-bid-but-it-isnt-over-heres-how-takeover-bids-work-177607/" aria-label="Read more about AGL said no to an $5 billion bid, but it isn’t over – here’s how takeover bids work">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor has maintained a 55-45% two-party lead in a Newspoll that also sees Anthony Albanese registering good personal ratings, against a background that has elevated national security issues. The poll, published in Monday’s Australian, will be a relief for those ... <a title="Labor maintains 55-45% Newspoll lead despite elevation of ‘national security’ issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/labor-maintains-55-45-newspoll-lead-despite-elevation-of-national-security-issues-178004/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains 55-45% Newspoll lead despite elevation of ‘national security’ issues">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The financial measures just announced against Russia are unprecedented for a country of Russia’s size. This of course means it’s impossible to predict exactly how their impacts will reverberate around ... <a title="‘Just short of nuclear’: the latest financial sanctions will cripple Russia’s economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/just-short-of-nuclear-the-latest-financial-sanctions-will-cripple-russias-economy-178000/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Just short of nuclear’: the latest financial sanctions will cripple Russia’s economy">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Reid, PhD Researcher in Atmospheric Science, The University of Melbourne The severe floods in southeast Queensland this week have forced hundreds of residents to flee the town of Gympie and cut off major roads, after intense rain battered the state for several days. The rain is ... <a title="Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/like-rivers-in-the-sky-the-weather-system-bringing-floods-to-queensland-will-become-more-likely-under-climate-change-176711/" aria-label="Read more about Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology Amid the alarming images of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine over the past few days, millions of people have also seen misleading, manipulated or false information about the conflict on social media platforms such as ... <a title="Fake viral footage is spreading alongside the real horror in Ukraine. Here are 5 ways to spot it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/fake-viral-footage-is-spreading-alongside-the-real-horror-in-ukraine-here-are-5-ways-to-spot-it-177921/" aria-label="Read more about Fake viral footage is spreading alongside the real horror in Ukraine. Here are 5 ways to spot it">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University When estimating the amount of greenhouse gases a project – such as a new mine or power station – would release, it’s important to be as accurate as possible. This ... <a title="1 in 5 fossil fuel projects overshoot their original estimations for emissions. Why are there such significant errors?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/1-in-5-fossil-fuel-projects-overshoot-their-original-estimations-for-emissions-why-are-there-such-significant-errors-177714/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 fossil fuel projects overshoot their original estimations for emissions. Why are there such significant errors?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison and his ministers have strongly attacked China over its failure to denounce Russia’s attack on Ukraine or to use its influence to press President Putin to pull back. This comes as the government says that, working through NATO, ... <a title="Morrison turns blowtorch on China for being soft on Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/25/morrison-turns-blowtorch-on-china-for-being-soft-on-russia-177929/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison turns blowtorch on China for being soft on Russia">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellie Martus, Lecturer in Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images In 1973, the world’s post-war boom hit the rocks. Oil producers restricted supply, sending prices soaring. In the aftermath of this oil shock, nations like America began seeking ... <a title="Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine push Europe towards energy independence and faster decarbonisation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/25/will-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-push-europe-towards-energy-independence-and-faster-decarbonisation-177914/" aria-label="Read more about Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine push Europe towards energy independence and faster decarbonisation?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naoise McDonagh, Lecturer in Political Economy, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide The economic sanctions Australia has imposed in the wake of Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine are an extension of those applied in 2014 after Russia annexed the Crimea. As with the US, UK and ... <a title="All told, Australian sanctions will have almost zero consequences for Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/25/all-told-australian-sanctions-will-have-almost-zero-consequences-for-russia-177913/" aria-label="Read more about All told, Australian sanctions will have almost zero consequences for Russia">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University Getty Images The Australian Cyber Security Centre is asking organisations and businesses to be on high alert amid Russia’s cyber attack bombardment of Ukraine. The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre issued a similar warning, as have ... <a title="As Russia wages cyber war against Ukraine, here’s how Australia (and the rest of the world) could suffer collateral damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/25/as-russia-wages-cyber-war-against-ukraine-heres-how-australia-and-the-rest-of-the-world-could-suffer-collateral-damage-177909/" aria-label="Read more about As Russia wages cyber war against Ukraine, here’s how Australia (and the rest of the world) could suffer collateral damage">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Much of what tweens and teenagers know about the Russia-Ukraine conflict comes from TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram. Their social media feeds contain images of tanks, bombs and propaganda. Our kids could stumble across extreme footage ... <a title="From ‘Vladdy daddy’ to fake TikToks: how to guide your child through Ukraine news online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/25/from-vladdy-daddy-to-fake-tiktoks-how-to-guide-your-child-through-ukraine-news-online-177813/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘Vladdy daddy’ to fake TikToks: how to guide your child through Ukraine news online">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Koppel, Research fellow, Curtin University Abandoned building and barrel at Wilkes Station Darren Koppel, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. This week the ... <a title="Dead dogs, leaking oil drums, batteries: Antarctica’s abandoned waste gets funding boost to kickstart the clean up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/25/dead-dogs-leaking-oil-drums-batteries-antarcticas-abandoned-waste-gets-funding-boost-to-kickstart-the-clean-up-177711/" aria-label="Read more about Dead dogs, leaking oil drums, batteries: Antarctica’s abandoned waste gets funding boost to kickstart the clean up">Read more</a>
