CoveragePost
August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabine Matook, Associate Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Australian universities invest heavily in the employability of their graduates. The Australian government supports this goal with annual funding to increase to A$20 billion by 2024. This includes $900 million in grants through the National ... <a title="How work-integrated learning helps to make billions in uni funding worth it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/how-work-integrated-learning-helps-to-make-billions-in-uni-funding-worth-it-166017/" aria-label="Read more about How work-integrated learning helps to make billions in uni funding worth it">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Latoya Aroha Rule, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney This article contains information on deaths in custody and the violence experienced by First Nations people in our encounters with the Australian carceral system. It also contains references to and the names of people who are now deceased. ... <a title="Incarceration Nation exposes the racist foundations of policing and imprisonment in Australia, but at what cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/incarceration-nation-exposes-the-racist-foundations-of-policing-and-imprisonment-in-australia-but-at-what-cost-165951/" aria-label="Read more about Incarceration Nation exposes the racist foundations of policing and imprisonment in Australia, but at what cost?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Higgins, Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Jose Luis Magana/AP US President Joe Biden’s deadline of August 31 to complete US evacuation efforts from Afghanistan is fast approaching. And after last week’s bombing at the Kabul airport, the security situation for Afghans ... <a title="There’s a way to get refugees out of Afghanistan after this week’s deadline — if the Taliban agrees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/theres-a-way-to-get-refugees-out-of-afghanistan-after-this-weeks-deadline-if-the-taliban-agrees-166739/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a way to get refugees out of Afghanistan after this week’s deadline — if the Taliban agrees">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock With a 6% drop in revenue, 2020 was a year Australian universities would prefer to forget, a report released today by the Mitchell Institute shows. Mitchell Institute report into investment in higher education. The report, Australian investment in ... <a title="Universities lost 6% of their revenue in 2020 — and the next 2 years are looking worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/universities-lost-6-of-their-revenue-in-2020-and-the-next-2-years-are-looking-worse-166749/" aria-label="Read more about Universities lost 6% of their revenue in 2020 — and the next 2 years are looking worse">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid Magner, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, RMIT University Shutterstock Audiobook listening has been called a “silent revolution” in the publishing industry over the last decade. The US audiobook market is estimated to be worth US$1.1 billion annually and is growing at a rate of more than ... <a title="Yes, audiobooks count as ‘real reading’. Here are 3 top titles to get you started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/yes-audiobooks-count-as-real-reading-here-are-3-top-titles-to-get-you-started-166097/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, audiobooks count as ‘real reading’. Here are 3 top titles to get you started">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health and Aged Care Program, Grattan Institute National Cabinet met on Friday after a week of intensifying debate about the vaccination thresholds in the national plan for reopening the nation. While expectations for the meeting were high, there was no showdown — at least ... <a title="National Cabinet leaves us in the dark about reopening the nation, so we’re left joining the dots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/28/national-cabinet-leaves-us-in-the-dark-about-reopening-the-nation-so-were-left-joining-the-dots-166887/" aria-label="Read more about National Cabinet leaves us in the dark about reopening the nation, so we’re left joining the dots">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Schuijers, Research Fellow in Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock This week was another big one in the land of climate litigation. On Thursday, a New South Wales court compelled the state Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to take stronger action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ... <a title="Bushfire survivors just won a crucial case against the NSW environmental watchdog, putting other states on notice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/bushfire-survivors-just-won-a-crucial-case-against-the-nsw-environmental-watchdog-putting-other-states-on-notice-166820/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfire survivors just won a crucial case against the NSW environmental watchdog, putting other states on notice">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss the terror attack in Kabul as Australia wraps up it’s Afghanistan evacuation efforts, as well as Craig Kelly’s candidacy with ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Kabul, Craig Kelly, and vaccination rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/video-michelle-grattan-on-kabul-craig-kelly-and-vaccination-rates-166885/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Kabul, Craig Kelly, and vaccination rates">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Womack, PhD Candidate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Tom Womack, CC BY-NC-SA Marine organisms found in New Zealand’s past and present coastal waters. Tom Womack, CC BY-ND New Zealand may be relatively small, but its fossil record reveals a globally important ecological relationship ... <a title="New Zealand’s fossil record suggests more species lived in warmer waters. But the current rate of warming may break this pattern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/new-zealands-fossil-record-suggests-more-species-lived-in-warmer-waters-but-the-current-rate-of-warming-may-break-this-pattern-166660/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s fossil record suggests more species lived in warmer waters. But the current rate of warming may break this pattern">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University US President Joe Biden is facing the worst moment of his presidency. Thirteen US troops and at least 60 Afghan civilians have been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside Kabul’s main airport, for which Islamic State has claimed responsibility. ... <a title="Kabul bombings a dark day for Afghanistan and Joe Biden — and a harbinger of worse to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/kabul-bombings-a-dark-day-for-afghanistan-and-joe-biden-and-a-harbinger-of-worse-to-come-166883/" aria-label="Read more about Kabul bombings a dark day for Afghanistan and Joe Biden — and a harbinger of worse to come">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin C. Hunter, Lecturer in Global Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Menstruation has recently had a bit of a moment in Australia. The Victorian and South Australian governments are now providing free pads and tampons in government schools, while New South Wales is trialling a pilot program ... <a title="Supporting menstrual health in Australia means more than just throwing pads at the problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/supporting-menstrual-health-in-australia-means-more-than-just-throwing-pads-at-the-problem-161194/" aria-label="Read more about Supporting menstrual health in Australia means more than just throwing pads at the problem">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Shutterstock A long-anticipated plan to reform Australia’s electricity system was released on Thursday. One of the most controversial proposals by the Energy Security Board (ESB) concerns subsidies which critics say will encourage dirty coal plants to stay open longer. ... <a title="As the world battles to slash carbon emissions, Australia considers paying dirty coal stations to stay open longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/as-the-world-battles-to-slash-carbon-emissions-australia-considers-paying-dirty-coal-stations-to-stay-open-longer-166814/" aria-label="Read more about As the world battles to slash carbon emissions, Australia considers paying dirty coal stations to stay open longer">Read more</a>
