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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Desmarchelier, Director (Microcredential Unit), University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock In June 2020, then education minister Dan Tehan together with employment minister Michaelia Cash, announced A$4.3 million for a microcredential “marketplace”. This would, they said, provide a nationally consistent platform to compare course outcomes, duration, mode of ... <a title="Microcredentials: what are they, and will they really revolutionise education and improve job prospects?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/microcredentials-what-are-they-and-will-they-really-revolutionise-education-and-improve-job-prospects-169265/" aria-label="Read more about Microcredentials: what are they, and will they really revolutionise education and improve job prospects?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cleve V. Arguelles, PhD Candidate, Department of Political & Social Change, Australian National University After five years under Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal rule, Filipinos will soon go to the polls to choose a new leader – and potentially a new direction for the country. We now have a ... <a title="The Philippines is set for a fiery election, even without any Dutertes (at least for now)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/the-philippines-is-set-for-a-fiery-election-even-without-any-dutertes-at-least-for-now-169535/" aria-label="Read more about The Philippines is set for a fiery election, even without any Dutertes (at least for now)">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill John Swannie, Lecturer in College of Law and Justice, Victoria University The High Court has upheld the decision of James Cook University to terminate the employment of controversial physicist Professor Peter Ridd. The court ruled on Wednesday that a clause in the JCU enterprise agreement protecting ... <a title="High Court lends weight to academic freedom despite Peter Ridd losing appeal against dismissal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/high-court-lends-weight-to-academic-freedom-despite-peter-ridd-losing-appeal-against-dismissal-154483/" aria-label="Read more about High Court lends weight to academic freedom despite Peter Ridd losing appeal against dismissal">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua W. Blackman, Astronomer, University of Tasmania Artist’s rendition of the Jupiter-like planet and its white dwarf star W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko The golden age of discovery of planets around other stars (known as exoplanets) began in 1995. Since the first discoveries, more than 4,500 worlds ... <a title="A distant dead star shows a glimpse of our Solar System’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/a-distant-dead-star-shows-a-glimpse-of-our-solar-systems-future-169631/" aria-label="Read more about A distant dead star shows a glimpse of our Solar System’s future">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Hannah, Associate Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Nick Greaves It is now common to refer to the current biodiversity crisis as the sixth mass extinction. But is this true? Are we in the middle of an event on the same scale as ... <a title="Humans are driving animals and plants to the edge. But are we really heading into a mass extinction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/humans-are-driving-animals-and-plants-to-the-edge-but-are-we-really-heading-into-a-mass-extinction-168839/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are driving animals and plants to the edge. But are we really heading into a mass extinction?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Crommelin, Senior Lecturer in City Planning, UNSW Buying an apartment is the biggest financial commitment many of us will ever make. Unfortunately, our new research shows that defects in apartment buildings are commonplace: just over half of Sydney’s apartments had at least one type of defect, ... <a title="Water leaks, cracks and flawed fire safety systems: Sydney’s apartments are riddled with building defects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/water-leaks-cracks-and-flawed-fire-safety-systems-sydneys-apartments-are-riddled-with-building-defects-169526/" aria-label="Read more about Water leaks, cracks and flawed fire safety systems: Sydney’s apartments are riddled with building defects">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Beaumont, Senior Deputy Section Editor: Health + Medicine Shutterstock A survey by the Australian Science Media Centre, published today, found around 20% of the 50 Australian scientists who responded have received threats of physical or sexual violence when speaking about COVID in the media. Around 62% ... <a title="5 Australian COVID experts on receiving abuse and trolling amid the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/5-australian-covid-experts-on-receiving-abuse-and-trolling-amid-the-pandemic-169825/" aria-label="Read more about 5 Australian COVID experts on receiving abuse and trolling amid the pandemic">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Associate Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock The COP26 climate negotiations are just weeks away, and the tide is now turning against international finance of coal-fired power generation. The implications for Australia cannot be ignored. China, Japan and South Korea have been three of the largest ... <a title="Asia’s energy pivot is a warning to Australia: clinging to coal is bad for the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/asias-energy-pivot-is-a-warning-to-australia-clinging-to-coal-is-bad-for-the-economy-169541/" aria-label="Read more about Asia’s energy pivot is a warning to Australia: clinging to coal is bad for the economy">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Van Bergen, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University Shutterstock Students are returning to their schools after months in lockdown in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT. Many will thrive on the return to school. Others, though, may need extra practical and emotional support to ... <a title="5 ways parents can help children adjust to being at school after months in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/5-ways-parents-can-help-children-adjust-to-being-at-school-after-months-in-lockdown-169350/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways parents can help children adjust to being at school after months in lockdown">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University Picsfive/Shutterstock Moving in together is an exciting time for people in relationships. Likely the last thing on your mind is what might happen in the event of a breakup. But it’s worth knowing that if ... <a title="Why your ex may be able to claim half your superannuation, even if you aren’t married" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/why-your-ex-may-be-able-to-claim-half-your-superannuation-even-if-you-arent-married-169465/" aria-label="Read more about Why your ex may be able to claim half your superannuation, even if you aren’t married">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Bainbridge, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra DC Comics Superman is bisexual. Not the movie-starring, Lois Lane-loving , Klan-fighting, Muhammad Ali-boxing, returned-from-the-dead , mild-mannered man of steel Clark Kent (aka Kal-El, last son of Krypton). But rather his son, Jonathan ... <a title="The queer subtext of Superman comics has long been suppressed. Here’s to the original justice defender coming out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/the-queer-subtext-of-superman-comics-has-long-been-suppressed-heres-to-the-original-justice-defender-coming-out-169730/" aria-label="Read more about The queer subtext of Superman comics has long been suppressed. Here’s to the original justice defender coming out">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Wesson, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Western Australia The High Court has unanimously rejected claims by mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy that legislation passed by the Western Australian parliament intended to prevent him from claiming billions in damages was unconstitutional. The ... <a title="Explainer: why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does the judgment mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/explainer-why-did-the-high-court-rule-against-clive-palmer-and-what-does-the-judgment-mean-169633/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does the judgment mean?">Read more</a>
