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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Nimmo, Associate Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock The new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a sobering picture of the warming climate in coming decades. Among the projections is an increase in fire weather, which will expose Earth’s landscapes to more ... <a title="Some animals have excellent tricks to evade bushfire. But flames might be reaching more animals naive to the dangers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/some-animals-have-excellent-tricks-to-evade-bushfire-but-flames-might-be-reaching-more-animals-naive-to-the-dangers-164894/" aria-label="Read more about Some animals have excellent tricks to evade bushfire. But flames might be reaching more animals naive to the dangers">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia Anna Shvets/Pexels, FAL Giving good feedback is an art. It can be challenging for supervisors and managers, whether in an educational setting or any other workplace. Our newly published review of the past decade’s research on ... <a title="Feedback from supervisors can be a good or bad experience. Here’s how to get it right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/feedback-from-supervisors-can-be-a-good-or-bad-experience-heres-how-to-get-it-right-165757/" aria-label="Read more about Feedback from supervisors can be a good or bad experience. Here’s how to get it right">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne hidesy/Shutterstock On May 29, the government announced by way of media release the extension of an emergency COVID measure. The temporary halving of minimum drawdown rates for retirement superannuation accounts — introduced in March 2020 while the ... <a title="No longer a temporary COVID measure, the government’s super changes will most help wealthy tax dodgers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/no-longer-a-temporary-covid-measure-the-governments-super-changes-will-most-help-wealthy-tax-dodgers-166037/" aria-label="Read more about No longer a temporary COVID measure, the government’s super changes will most help wealthy tax dodgers">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University A 2007 photo shoot from The Bold and The Beautiful in a time before social distancing. 10play In a new series, our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. In The ... <a title="Kissing mannequins: watching The Bold and The Beautiful during a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/kissing-mannequins-watching-the-bold-and-the-beautiful-during-a-pandemic-165954/" aria-label="Read more about Kissing mannequins: watching The Bold and The Beautiful during a pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has said Afghans in Australia on temporary protection visas who came by boat will not be given permanent residence. These people had not come “the right way”, Morrison told a news conference on Wednesday. “I want to be ... <a title="No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come ‘the right way’: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/no-permanent-settlement-for-afghans-who-did-not-come-the-right-way-morrison-166354/" aria-label="Read more about No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come ‘the right way’: Morrison">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-was-the-afghanistan-war-worth-it-166364/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/word-from-the-hill-was-the-afghanistan-war-worth-it-166364/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Williams, Researcher at Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com Compulsory COVID vaccination is in the news again now Qantas has just announced its employees will need a shot. This follows fruit and vegetable processing company SPC announcing vaccines would be compulsory for onsite staff, ... <a title="If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/if-youre-going-to-mandate-covid-vaccination-at-your-workplace-heres-how-to-do-it-ethically-166110/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The announcement by BHP, the world’s second-largest mining company, that it will shift its oil and gas assets into a joint venture with Australian outfit Woodside is a clear indication the “Big Australian” is getting out of ... <a title="BHP’s offloading of oil and gas assets shows the global market has turned on fossil fuels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/bhps-offloading-of-oil-and-gas-assets-shows-the-global-market-has-turned-on-fossil-fuels-166336/" aria-label="Read more about BHP’s offloading of oil and gas assets shows the global market has turned on fossil fuels">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, The University of Western Australia Einstein-First, Author provided Why are middle school students losing interest in physics? Why is Australia falling behind in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)? We in the Einstein-First project ... <a title="Einstein’s too hard for school science? No, students love learning real modern physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/einsteins-too-hard-for-school-science-no-students-love-learning-real-modern-physics-166270/" aria-label="Read more about Einstein’s too hard for school science? No, students love learning real modern physics">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Collins, Lecturer of Mathematics, Edith Cowan University Shisma/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Swiss researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden this week claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi – a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. By my estimate, if these ... <a title="Why bother calculating pi to 62.8 trillion digits? It’s both useless and fascinating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/why-bother-calculating-pi-to-62-8-trillion-digits-its-both-useless-and-fascinating-166271/" aria-label="Read more about Why bother calculating pi to 62.8 trillion digits? It’s both useless and fascinating">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University “We want the world to trust us.” In the Taliban’s first press conference since seizing control of Afghanistan, this message was intended to allay fears of what a return to power could mean for the country. In the ... <a title="The Taliban wants the world’s trust. To achieve this, it will need to make some difficult choices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/the-taliban-wants-the-worlds-trust-to-achieve-this-it-will-need-to-make-some-difficult-choices-166191/" aria-label="Read more about The Taliban wants the world’s trust. To achieve this, it will need to make some difficult choices">Read more</a>
