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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Road-user charges on electric vehicles based on distance driven were announced in November 2020 by the governments of South Australia and Victoria, while New South Wales ministers have differing views. These charges are justified on several grounds, including the ... <a title="Distance-based road charges will improve traffic — and if done right won’t slow Australia’s switch to electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/distance-based-road-charges-will-improve-traffic-and-if-done-right-wont-slow-australias-switch-to-electric-cars-150290/" aria-label="Read more about Distance-based road charges will improve traffic — and if done right won’t slow Australia’s switch to electric cars">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter A. Heslin, Professor of Management and Scientia Education Fellow, UNSW For most of us, 2020 was an exhausting year. The COVID-19 pandemic heralded draining physical health concerns, social isolation, job dislocation, uncertainty about the future and related mental health issues. Although some of us have enjoyed ... <a title="Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 steps to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/exhausted-by-2020-here-are-5-steps-to-recover-and-feel-more-rested-throughout-2021-152608/" aria-label="Read more about Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 steps to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruno David, Professor, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University New collaborative work at an Aboriginal cave in eastern Victoria, published today, shows the stark difference between contemporary archaeological research and that conducted in the 1970s. In 1971, Cloggs Cave was ... <a title="Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/magic-culture-and-stalactites-how-aboriginal-perspectives-are-transforming-archaeological-histories-151756/" aria-label="Read more about Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland When UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser declared she was rejecting the US request to extradite Julian Assange, his partner Stella Moris wept with relief. In an emotional speech outside the court, Moris described the ruling as ... <a title="Julian Assange’s extradition victory offers cold comfort for press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/julian-assanges-extradition-victory-offers-cold-comfort-for-press-freedom-152676/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange’s extradition victory offers cold comfort for press freedom">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nematullah Bizhan, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, & Senior Research Associate with the Global Economic Governance Program, Oxford University, Australian National University Peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban are set to resume today in Doha, at a time ... <a title="For the Afghan peace talks to succeed, a ceasefire is the next — and perhaps toughest — step forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/for-the-afghan-peace-talks-to-succeed-a-ceasefire-is-the-next-and-perhaps-toughest-step-forward-152610/" aria-label="Read more about For the Afghan peace talks to succeed, a ceasefire is the next — and perhaps toughest — step forward">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University With the festive season having come to a close, consumers the world over will be playing with a variety of new tech toys. In recent years, the most popular gadgets sold on Amazon have included a variety ... <a title="The Christmas gifts that keep giving (your data away) — and how to prevent this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/the-christmas-gifts-that-keep-giving-your-data-away-and-how-to-prevent-this-152242/" aria-label="Read more about The Christmas gifts that keep giving (your data away) — and how to prevent this">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney How do we know when animals who don’t have tails are happy? — Goldie Rose, aged 5. Great question Goldie! Animals use their tails for steering, holding, balancing and swimming, but they also use them as a way to talk ... <a title="Curious Kids: how can we tell if an animal is happy without a wagging tail?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/curious-kids-how-can-we-tell-if-an-animal-is-happy-without-a-wagging-tail-150374/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how can we tell if an animal is happy without a wagging tail?">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Spotify offered the promise that, in the age of digital downloads, all artists would get paid for their music, and some would get paid a lot. Lorde and Billie Eilish showed what was ... <a title="Stream weavers: the musicians’ dilemma in Spotify’s pay-to-play plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/stream-weavers-the-musicians-dilemma-in-spotifys-pay-to-play-plan-151479/" aria-label="Read more about Stream weavers: the musicians’ dilemma in Spotify’s pay-to-play plan">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University If the National Gallery of Victoria’s 2017 Triennial broke attendance records with more than 1.2 million visitors, it is nothing short of a miracle the 2020 Triennial is taking place at all. To bring together more than ... <a title="Enthralling, dystopian, sublime: NGV Triennial has a huge ‘wow’ factor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/enthralling-dystopian-sublime-ngv-triennial-has-a-huge-wow-factor-152607/" aria-label="Read more about Enthralling, dystopian, sublime: NGV Triennial has a huge ‘wow’ factor">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Williams, Campus visitor, ANU Centre for Military and Security Law, Australian National University Tensions are running high in the Middle East in the waning days of the Trump administration. Over the weekend, Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, claimed Israeli agents were planning to attack US ... <a title="Are the US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump leaves office?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/04/are-the-us-and-iran-headed-for-a-military-showdown-before-trump-leaves-office-152606/" aria-label="Read more about Are the US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump leaves office?">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Laufer, Associate Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington In Australia, New Zealand and around the world, COVID has turned luxury and semi-luxury hotels into quarantine facilities. Among the four and five-star hotels reported as having been used for temporary detention are Sydney’s Intercontinental, ... <a title="After COVID we may never think about hotels in the same way again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/04/after-covid-we-may-never-think-about-hotels-in-the-same-way-again-151373/" aria-label="Read more about After COVID we may never think about hotels in the same way again">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney Great power competition in the Asia-Pacific region has been building for years. But COVID-19 has turbo-charged the shifts taking place and China is finishing 2020 in a significantly stronger position compared with the US ... <a title="China enters 2021 a stronger, more influential power — and Australia may feel the squeeze even more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/04/china-enters-2021-a-stronger-more-influential-power-and-australia-may-feel-the-squeeze-even-more-150943/" aria-label="Read more about China enters 2021 a stronger, more influential power — and Australia may feel the squeeze even more">Read more</a>
