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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Broadbent, PhD candidate Faculty of Science UNSW, UNSW Australia’s trucking industry is making moves to go electric. The latest development — a system for using swappable batteries instead of time-consuming recharge stations for long-haul trucks between Sydney and Brisbane — shows how this transition is gathering ... <a title="The trucking industry has begun to turn electric — but passenger vehicles will take a little longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/the-trucking-industry-has-begun-to-turn-electric-but-passenger-vehicles-will-take-a-little-longer-160005/" aria-label="Read more about The trucking industry has begun to turn electric — but passenger vehicles will take a little longer">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University She published more than 70 novels and sold more than 34 million books translated into 29 languages, making her one of Australia’s most successful and prolific authors. Yet many are not familiar with her name. Valerie Parv ... <a title="‘I believe in romance’: remembering Valerie Parv, the Australian author who sold 34 million books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/i-believe-in-romance-remembering-valerie-parv-the-australian-author-who-sold-34-million-books-160084/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I believe in romance’: remembering Valerie Parv, the Australian author who sold 34 million books">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Henry, Research Officer, CSIRO Imagine constantly living with mice. Every time you open a cupboard to get linen, clothes or food, mice have been or are still there. When you go to sleep they run across your bed and, in the morning, your first job is ... <a title="‘No one ever forgets living through a mouse plague’: the dystopia facing Australian rural communities, explained by an expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/no-one-ever-forgets-living-through-a-mouse-plague-the-dystopia-facing-australian-rural-communities-explained-by-an-expert-159339/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No one ever forgets living through a mouse plague’: the dystopia facing Australian rural communities, explained by an expert">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Mummy, why do we have eyebrows? — Alexander, age 3, Brisbane. What a great, eyebrow-raising question, Alexander! Eyebrows come in a range of shapes, sizes and colours. They help make our faces unique. But there’s more to ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we have eyebrows?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-eyebrows-157047/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we have eyebrows?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Pryke, Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute for International Policy; Centre Associate at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University For most of the last year, the Pacific Islands have been remarkably isolated from the devastating effects of the COVID crisis. By walling themselves off early ... <a title="The Pacific went a year without COVID. Now, it’s all under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/the-pacific-went-a-year-without-covid-now-its-all-under-threat-158963/" aria-label="Read more about The Pacific went a year without COVID. Now, it’s all under threat">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Riddle, Associate Professor, University of Southern Queensland Proposed changes to the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum were released for public consultation yesterday. While many of these changes are minor tweaks and refinements, much like a curriculum oil change and tune-up, there are some noteworthy changes ... <a title="Proposed new curriculum acknowledges First Nations’ view of British ‘invasion’ and a multicultural Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/proposed-new-curriculum-acknowledges-first-nations-view-of-british-invasion-and-a-multicultural-australia-160011/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed new curriculum acknowledges First Nations’ view of British ‘invasion’ and a multicultural Australia">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University We know it is more than 60,000 years since the first people entered the continent of Sahul — the giant ... <a title="The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/the-first-australians-grew-to-a-population-of-millions-much-more-than-previous-estimates-142371/" aria-label="Read more about The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefani Crabtree, Assistant Professor for Social-Environmental Modeling @ Utah State University and Associate Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage and ASU-SFI Biosocial Complex Systems Fellow, Santa Fe Institute There are many hypotheses about where the Indigenous ancestors first settled in Australia tens of ... <a title="We mapped the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/we-mapped-the-super-highways-the-first-australians-used-to-cross-the-ancient-land-154263/" aria-label="Read more about We mapped the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University Australians woke up to the freelancing advice this week that “drums of war” were beating louder in their neighbourhood, according to the country’s top security official. It is hardly news that regional anxiety is rising as the countries of the ... <a title="Australia would be wise not to pound ‘war drums’ over Taiwan with so much at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/australia-would-be-wise-not-to-pound-war-drums-over-taiwan-with-so-much-at-stake-159993/" aria-label="Read more about Australia would be wise not to pound ‘war drums’ over Taiwan with so much at stake">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erick Lundgren, PhD Student, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney In the heart of the world’s deserts – some of the most expansive wild places left on Earth – roam herds of feral donkeys and horses. These are the descendants of a once-essential but now-obsolete ... <a title="Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/feral-desert-donkeys-are-digging-wells-giving-water-to-parched-wildlife-159909/" aria-label="Read more about Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Goldfeld, Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children’s Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Around one in three (36%) Australian children grow up in families experiencing adversity. These include families where parents are unemployed, in ... <a title="Starting behind: more than half of young Australian kids living in adversity don’t have the skills they need to learn to read" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/starting-behind-more-than-half-of-young-australian-kids-living-in-adversity-dont-have-the-skills-they-need-to-learn-to-read-159058/" aria-label="Read more about Starting behind: more than half of young Australian kids living in adversity don’t have the skills they need to learn to read">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW “It’s difficult to make predictions,” the saying goes, “especially about the future.” The many predictions federal budgets make about the economy over the coming four years must therefore be taken with a large grain of salt. But in the lead-up to ... <a title="Vital Signs: 3 economic facts point to a big-spending federal budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/vital-signs-3-economic-facts-point-to-a-big-spending-federal-budget-159920/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: 3 economic facts point to a big-spending federal budget">Read more</a>
