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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Simmons, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England Shutterstock Are you one of the increasingly large number of people seeking to minimise the environmental damage wrought when producing the food you eat? If so, you might use the common “environmental footprint” method to decide what ... <a title="Environmental footprint calculators have one big flaw we need to talk about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/environmental-footprint-calculators-have-one-big-flaw-we-need-to-talk-about-166897/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental footprint calculators have one big flaw we need to talk about">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Mick Tsikas This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 9-12 from a sample of 1,526, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the late January Newspoll. Primary votes were 41% Labor ... <a title="A bad Newspoll for the Greens; Willoughby NSW byelection could be close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/a-bad-newspoll-for-the-greens-willoughby-nsw-byelection-could-be-close-177055/" aria-label="Read more about A bad Newspoll for the Greens; Willoughby NSW byelection could be close">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trisia Farrelly, Associate Professor, Massey University Vincenzo Izzo/LightRocket via Getty Images Following years of discussions, support for a global treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution is now widespread, with 75% of UN member states backing the idea. Next week, countries will negotiate two competing resolutions ... <a title="An international treaty to curb plastic pollution risks being watered down — New Zealand needs to take a stand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/an-international-treaty-to-curb-plastic-pollution-risks-being-watered-down-new-zealand-needs-to-take-a-stand-177130/" aria-label="Read more about An international treaty to curb plastic pollution risks being watered down — New Zealand needs to take a stand">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Harris, Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Domestic and family violence perpetrators commonly use technology such as phones and other devices as a weapon to control and entrap victims and survivors, alongside other forms of abuse. This “digital coercive control” is not bound to a ... <a title="‘You can’t stop it’: in rural Australia, digital coercive control can be inescapable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/you-cant-stop-it-in-rural-australia-digital-coercive-control-can-be-inescapable-176980/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You can’t stop it’: in rural Australia, digital coercive control can be inescapable">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Chubb, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Deakin University Darren England/AAP As the major parties shift into election mode, the Morrison government is clearly placing defence and security issues at the centre of its campaign. By depicting Labor as “weak” on China, Defence Minister Peter Dutton is ... <a title="Elections are rarely decided by security and defence issues, but China could make 2022 different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/elections-are-rarely-decided-by-security-and-defence-issues-but-china-could-make-2022-different-176973/" aria-label="Read more about Elections are rarely decided by security and defence issues, but China could make 2022 different">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Melville-Rea, Research Fellow, New York University Shutterstock If emissions continue to accelerate, Western Sydney can expect to endure up to 46 days per year over 35℃ by 2090, a new analysis from the Australia Institute finds. This is a fivefold increase from the historical average of ... <a title="Western Sydney will swelter through 46 days per year over 35°C by 2090, unless emissions drop significantly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/western-sydney-will-swelter-through-46-days-per-year-over-35-c-by-2090-unless-emissions-drop-significantly-177056/" aria-label="Read more about Western Sydney will swelter through 46 days per year over 35°C by 2090, unless emissions drop significantly">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Cairns, Lecturer in Education, Deakin University Everyone has an opinion about what should go into history curriculum. Politicians are especially good at expressing theirs. The acting federal education minister, Stuart Robert, has announced a delay in approving the revised Australian Curriculum until at least April. This ... <a title="The national history curriculum should not be used and abused as an election issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/the-national-history-curriculum-should-not-be-used-and-abused-as-an-election-issue-176783/" aria-label="Read more about The national history curriculum should not be used and abused as an election issue">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Howe, Honorary Professor, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Macquarie University Juniper Chrystal Halliday Residential Aged Care Nursing home residents confined to their rooms during COVID are like hypothetical tenants locked in their bedrooms by landlords – unable to take showers, able only to make only sandwiches ... <a title="Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they are barely getting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/nursing-home-residents-are-paying-800-a-week-for-services-they-are-barely-getting-177138/" aria-label="Read more about Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they are barely getting">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elisa deCourcy, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow 2020-2023, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University Caleb and Phoebe Fidler, sixth-plate, cased daguerreotype, c.1852, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Private Collection In this new series, Remaking History, academics take a look at the ways they are recreating ... <a title="Remaking history: how recreating early daguerreotype photographs gave us a window to the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/remaking-history-how-recreating-early-daguerreotype-photographs-gave-us-a-window-to-the-past-175913/" aria-label="Read more about Remaking history: how recreating early daguerreotype photographs gave us a window to the past">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle The Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill will pass the House of Representatives by the end of this week. The bill would enhance the immigration minister’s powers to cancel the visas of people ... <a title="Government’s bid for an enhanced ‘character test’ is unnecessary – and unlikely to pass before the election anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/governments-bid-for-an-enhanced-character-test-is-unnecessary-and-unlikely-to-pass-before-the-election-anyway-177157/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s bid for an enhanced ‘character test’ is unnecessary – and unlikely to pass before the election anyway">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Melatos, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Michał Parzuchowski/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Private equity companies generally have a reputation for buying “distressed assets” at bargain prices, squeezing as much cash out of them while making them look as profitable as possible, then selling out for a ... <a title="Crown Resorts has sunk so low that private equity is the best option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/crown-resorts-has-sunk-so-low-that-private-equity-is-the-best-option-177149/" aria-label="Read more about Crown Resorts has sunk so low that private equity is the best option">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Ridoutt, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Agriculture, CSIRO Shutterstock People choose certain foods or change their diets for a range of reasons: to improve their health, lose weight, save money or due to concerns about sustainability or the way food is produced. Consider the trend towards low-fat ... <a title="How to make your diet more sustainable, healthy or cheap – without giving up nutrients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/how-to-make-your-diet-more-sustainable-healthy-or-cheap-without-giving-up-nutrients-170522/" aria-label="Read more about How to make your diet more sustainable, healthy or cheap – without giving up nutrients">Read more</a>
