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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Right wing Queensland Liberal senator Gerard Rennick has told Scott Morrison he will withhold his vote from the Coalition until various issues relating to COVID are resolved. Rennick says there should be a “fit and proper” compensation scheme for victims ... <a title="Queensland rebel Liberal senator says he’ll withhold vote over COVID issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/queensland-rebel-liberal-senator-says-hell-withhold-vote-over-covid-issues-170951/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland rebel Liberal senator says he’ll withhold vote over COVID issues">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University Japan’s ruling conservative nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will remain comfortably in power under its new prime minister Fumio Kishida, after the weekend’s national election. This comes after a historically short 12-day campaign. According to projections by ... <a title="Japan’s ruling conservatives have been returned to power, but amid voter frustration, challenges lurk for Kishida" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/japans-ruling-conservatives-have-been-returned-to-power-but-amid-voter-frustration-challenges-lurk-for-kishida-170561/" aria-label="Read more about Japan’s ruling conservatives have been returned to power, but amid voter frustration, challenges lurk for Kishida">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvonne Wong, Associate professor of physics and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Reidar Hahn / Fermilab Physicists searching for evidence of a “light sterile neutrino”, a hypothetical particle that could give clues to cosmic puzzles such as the nature of dark matter and why the Universe is made ... <a title="The hunt for ‘sterile neutrinos’: a new experiment has dashed hopes of an undiscovered particle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/the-hunt-for-sterile-neutrinos-a-new-experiment-has-dashed-hopes-of-an-undiscovered-particle-170369/" aria-label="Read more about The hunt for ‘sterile neutrinos’: a new experiment has dashed hopes of an undiscovered particle">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, ARC DECRA Fellow, Deakin University For a brief moment in 2020, it appeared the COVID pandemic might be the catalyst for a new era in Australian federal relations. The national cabinet, comprising the prime minister and state and territory leaders, was established in March 2020 ... <a title="Will national cabinet survive the COVID ‘opening up’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/will-national-cabinet-survive-the-covid-opening-up-170631/" aria-label="Read more about Will national cabinet survive the COVID ‘opening up’?">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brock Bastian, Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne Gabrielle Henderson/Unsplash, CC BY The term “toxic positivity” has received a good deal of attention lately. Coming off the back of the “positivity movement” we are beginning to recognise while feeling happy is a good ... <a title="How to avoid ‘toxic positivity’ and take the less direct route to happiness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/how-to-avoid-toxic-positivity-and-take-the-less-direct-route-to-happiness-170260/" aria-label="Read more about How to avoid ‘toxic positivity’ and take the less direct route to happiness">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at today’s opening of the United Nations climate summit with a 2050 net-zero emissions target born from a painful political ... <a title="Scott Morrison attends pivotal global climate talks today, bringing a weak plan that leaves Australia exposed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/scott-morrison-attends-pivotal-global-climate-talks-today-bringing-a-weak-plan-that-leaves-australia-exposed-170842/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison attends pivotal global climate talks today, bringing a weak plan that leaves Australia exposed">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Pill, PhD candidate, Australian National University Shutterstock The make-or-break United Nations climate talks in Glasgow have begun. Much attention so far has rightly focused on the emissions reduction ambition each nation is taking to the negotiations. But another key goal of the talks is to dramatically ... <a title="Glasgow COP26: climate finance pledges from rich nations are inadequate and time is running out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/glasgow-cop26-climate-finance-pledges-from-rich-nations-are-inadequate-and-time-is-running-out-169686/" aria-label="Read more about Glasgow COP26: climate finance pledges from rich nations are inadequate and time is running out">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Ha, Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The federal government has finally committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 – a target Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take to this week’s crucial United Nations climate summit in Glasgow. Though unlegislated, the target represents a rare moment of bipartisanship ... <a title="Reaching net zero is every minister’s problem. Here’s how they can make better decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/reaching-net-zero-is-every-ministers-problem-heres-how-they-can-make-better-decisions-170633/" aria-label="Read more about Reaching net zero is every minister’s problem. Here’s how they can make better decisions">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fleur Sharafizad, Lecturer in Management, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Female academics continue to be underrepresented in senior academic positions in Australia and internationally. Most research has focused on the low number of women professors at universities. But the largest drop-off in the number of female academics is ... <a title="Women’s academic careers are in a ‘holding pattern’ while men enjoy a ‘tailwind’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/womens-academic-careers-are-in-a-holding-pattern-while-men-enjoy-a-tailwind-168840/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s academic careers are in a ‘holding pattern’ while men enjoy a ‘tailwind’">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Sculptor Margel Hinder with the model for Interlock in 1973. Photograph: Richard Beck. Heide Many years ago my daily pleasure was ... <a title="Larger than life – sculptor Margel Hinder carved light and form and left a legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/larger-than-life-sculptor-margel-hinder-carved-light-and-form-and-left-a-legacy-165467/" aria-label="Read more about Larger than life – sculptor Margel Hinder carved light and form and left a legacy">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Professor of Popular Culture, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, when so many lives have been lost to the virus, celebrating a “day of the dead” might seem strange, even tactless. But despite the morbid associations of its name, ... <a title="Memory lives on: celebrating the Day of the Dead in the pandemic age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/memory-lives-on-celebrating-the-day-of-the-dead-in-the-pandemic-age-169087/" aria-label="Read more about Memory lives on: celebrating the Day of the Dead in the pandemic age">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Bert Newton has died at 83. An icon of Australian broadcasting, he is remembered as a master performer and comedian, with successful roles on radio, television and the theatre. He is survived by his wife Patti, children ... <a title="A comedian always in search of ‘a good ending’, Bert Newton has died at 83" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/a-comedian-always-in-search-of-a-good-ending-bert-newton-has-died-at-83-170933/" aria-label="Read more about A comedian always in search of ‘a good ending’, Bert Newton has died at 83">Read more</a>
