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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A recent Resolve poll of New South Wales voters for The Sydney Morning Herald has given the Coalition 44% of the primary vote, Labor 28%, the Greens 12% and the Shooters Fishers and Farmers ... <a title="Coalition has large lead in NSW as Nats easily hold Upper Hunter at byelection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/coalition-has-large-lead-in-nsw-as-nats-easily-hold-upper-hunter-at-byelection-161273/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition has large lead in NSW as Nats easily hold Upper Hunter at byelection">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria On Wednesday evening, May 26, the Moon will slip into Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse. No matter where you are across Australia, you’ll be well placed to see it. Lunar ... <a title="How to watch Wednesday’s total lunar eclipse from Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/how-to-watch-wednesdays-total-lunar-eclipse-from-australia-160262/" aria-label="Read more about How to watch Wednesday’s total lunar eclipse from Australia">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tiziana Ferrero-Regis, Senior Lecturer, Study Area Coordinator, Fashion, Queensland University of Technology Australian Fashion Week, which starts next Monday, is touting itself as one of the first live fashion shows since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Runway shows will feature labels Romance Was Born and Zimmermann as well ... <a title="5-metre pedestals, an Anna Wintour puppet… COVID-19 changed fashion shows but the runway will survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/5-metre-pedestals-an-anna-wintour-puppet-covid-19-changed-fashion-shows-but-the-runway-will-survive-161001/" aria-label="Read more about 5-metre pedestals, an Anna Wintour puppet… COVID-19 changed fashion shows but the runway will survive">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonine Jancey, Academic and Director Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University Despite their widespread reputation as a “safer” alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarettes (also known as electronic cigarettes or vapes) are far from harmless, particularly for adolescents, whose developing brains may suffer lifelong ... <a title="Vaping and e-cigarettes are glamourised on social media, putting young people in harm’s way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/vaping-and-e-cigarettes-are-glamourised-on-social-media-putting-young-people-in-harms-way-159436/" aria-label="Read more about Vaping and e-cigarettes are glamourised on social media, putting young people in harm’s way">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Alarm bells rang internationally last week when Taiwan announced it was moving to its second highest COVID alert level after a recent surge of cases. The country last year recorded zero ... <a title="COVID is surging in unvaccinated Taiwan. Australia should take heed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/covid-is-surging-in-unvaccinated-taiwan-australia-should-take-heed-161341/" aria-label="Read more about COVID is surging in unvaccinated Taiwan. Australia should take heed">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deepika Mathur, Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University Installing solar panels is an easy way to lower your carbon footprint and cut electricity bills. But our recent research found there are many incentives to remove them prematurely, adding to Australia’s massive waste problem. Researchers predict Australia ... <a title="Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/stop-removing-your-solar-panels-early-please-its-creating-a-huge-waste-problem-for-australia-160546/" aria-label="Read more about Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Dennis, Professor of Anthropology and Head of School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that women are underrepresented in leadership roles in many industries. This has led to a proliferation of women-only mentoring programs designed to challenge ... <a title="Why mentoring for women risks propping up patriarchal structures instead of changing them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/why-mentoring-for-women-risks-propping-up-patriarchal-structures-instead-of-changing-them-157965/" aria-label="Read more about Why mentoring for women risks propping up patriarchal structures instead of changing them">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas’s three-pronged strategy to raise an extra A$2.7 billion in property taxes over the next four years is a case of two out of three ain’t bad. Land tax ✅ First, Pallas will raise $1.5 billion ... <a title="The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/the-lesson-for-australia-out-of-victorias-property-tax-hikes-two-out-of-three-aint-bad-161353/" aria-label="Read more about The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. Along a dusty path on the outskirts of the Château de Versailles ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/if-i-could-go-anywhere-marie-antoinettes-private-boudoir-and-mechanical-mirror-room-at-versailles-160599/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Despite overwhelmingly endorsing the general stance of the 2021 budget, only a few of the 56 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation are prepared to give it top marks. ... <a title="Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/23/great-approach-weak-execution-economists-decline-to-give-budget-top-marks-161347/" aria-label="Read more about Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Etschmann, Research officer, Monash University Almost 60 years after British nuclear tests ended, radioactive particles containing plutonium and uranium still contaminate the landscape around Maralinga in outback South Australia. These “hot particles” are not as stable as we once assumed. Our research shows they are likely ... <a title="We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/we-sliced-open-radioactive-particles-from-soil-in-south-australia-and-found-they-may-be-leaking-plutonium-161277/" aria-label="Read more about We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University It’s been well documented that there’s a significant level of vaccine hesitancy in the Australian community at the moment. This appears to be a particular issue among adults over 50 concerning the AstraZeneca vaccine, for which this group is now ... <a title="I’m over 50 and hesitant about the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. Should I wait for Pfizer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/im-over-50-and-hesitant-about-the-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-should-i-wait-for-pfizer-161283/" aria-label="Read more about I’m over 50 and hesitant about the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. Should I wait for Pfizer?">Read more</a>
