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November 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Sherlock, Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University Like most public figures, Kamala Harris adapts her footwear to different occasions. While her wardrobe includes traditional choices such as formal black heels, it was her appearance in Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars on the February 2021 cover ... <a title="What Kamala Harris’ Converse All-Stars tell us about how shoes shape our identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/05/what-kamala-harris-converse-all-stars-tell-us-about-how-shoes-shape-our-identity-242777/" aria-label="Read more about What Kamala Harris’ Converse All-Stars tell us about how shoes shape our identity">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University The legendary composer, musical arranger and producer Quincy Jones has died at 91. Over his long career, Jones arranged and produced for a broad range of genres. His work blended the traditions of jazz, popular, world music and ... <a title="‘I can make a band play like a singer sings’: Quincy Jones shaped our listening for seven decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/05/i-can-make-a-band-play-like-a-singer-sings-quincy-jones-shaped-our-listening-for-seven-decades-242813/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I can make a band play like a singer sings’: Quincy Jones shaped our listening for seven decades">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Dargaville, Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University Shutterstock Both major parties in Australia see a significant role for gas as the world shifts to clean energy in a bid to avert dangerous climate change. The Albanese government says new sources of gas are needed to meet ... <a title="Yes, burning gas is bad for the climate. But keeping it in Australia’s energy mix is sensible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/05/yes-burning-gas-is-bad-for-the-climate-but-keeping-it-in-australias-energy-mix-is-sensible-241689/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, burning gas is bad for the climate. But keeping it in Australia’s energy mix is sensible">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney David MG/Shutterstock The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu. As the bird flu ... <a title="Bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US. Why does that matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/05/bird-flu-has-been-detected-in-a-pig-in-the-us-why-does-that-matter-242688/" aria-label="Read more about Bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US. Why does that matter?">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Warburton, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne Rogut/Pexels , CC BY The Albanese government has announced several significant changes to student loans to start in mid-2025. These include wiping 20% off debts, increasing the income threshold for compulsory ... <a title="What happens if you have a HELP debt and kids? The missed opportunity in Labor’s plan to fix student loans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/05/what-happens-if-you-have-a-help-debt-and-kids-the-missed-opportunity-in-labors-plan-to-fix-student-loans-242758/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if you have a HELP debt and kids? The missed opportunity in Labor’s plan to fix student loans">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University Visual images often last in historical and popular memory. This is especially the case in presidential campaigns in the United States, which offer a vast mix of spectacle, surprise and ... <a title="Memes, photojournalism and television debates: 3 images that defined the 2024 US election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/05/memes-photojournalism-and-television-debates-3-images-that-defined-the-2024-us-election-242689/" aria-label="Read more about Memes, photojournalism and television debates: 3 images that defined the 2024 US election">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Crossbench independents Allegra Spender, Helen Haines and Kate Chaney have declared they are pulling out of the elite lounges run by Qantas and Virgin, amid the ongoing spotlight on privileges politicians receive from the airlines. Allegra Spender, the member for ... <a title="Crossbenchers cancel their membership of airlines’ elite lounges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/crossbenchers-cancel-their-membership-of-airlines-elite-lounges-242782/" aria-label="Read more about Crossbenchers cancel their membership of airlines’ elite lounges">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Seb Zurcher/Unsplash Large companies paid the Australian government a record A$100 billion in tax in the last year, a 17% increase on the previous year. But, over the same period, there ... <a title="31% of companies are not paying tax in Australia. How do they do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/31-of-companies-are-not-paying-tax-in-australia-how-do-they-do-it-242695/" aria-label="Read more about 31% of companies are not paying tax in Australia. How do they do it?">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hafsa Ahmed, Senior lecturer, Department of Global Value Chains and Trade, Lincoln University, New Zealand The Asian markets have long been seen as a linchpin for New Zealand’s economic success. And the key to future growth could be the cultural similarities between Māori and communities across the ... <a title="Authentically embracing tikanga Māori can help New Zealand in the growing Asian markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/authentically-embracing-tikanga-maori-can-help-new-zealand-in-the-growing-asian-markets-242005/" aria-label="Read more about Authentically embracing tikanga Māori can help New Zealand in the growing Asian markets">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Analytics & Resilience, UNSW Sydney In recent months, Australian concertgoers have witnessed plenty of unexpected onstage drama. The latest example came from Coldplay’s sold-out Sunday show in Melbourne. Lead singer Chris Martin took a sudden plunge through a trapdoor, catching fans ... <a title="Apart from Chris Martin’s fall, here are 10 other examples of onstage accidents. Can we keep performers safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/apart-from-chris-martins-fall-here-are-10-other-examples-of-onstage-accidents-can-we-keep-performers-safe-242757/" aria-label="Read more about Apart from Chris Martin’s fall, here are 10 other examples of onstage accidents. Can we keep performers safe?">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University In a significant blow to Australia’s defence capabilities, the federal government is cancelling what would have been the nation’s largest-ever space project: a A$7 billion military satellite communications system. The decision was confirmed in a press ... <a title="Australia is axing a $7bn military satellite project, leaving defence comms potentially vulnerable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/australia-is-axing-a-7bn-military-satellite-project-leaving-defence-comms-potentially-vulnerable-242761/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is axing a $7bn military satellite project, leaving defence comms potentially vulnerable">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Kreibich, PhD Candidate, Centre for Ecosystem Science & Water Research Laboratory, UNSW Sydney Annette Ruzicka The largest wetland on Australia’s second longest river, the Murrumbidgee in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, is drying up. This is bad news for the plants, animals and people who rely on ... <a title="Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/dams-have-taken-half-the-water-from-australias-second-biggest-river-and-climate-change-will-make-it-even-worse-242192/" aria-label="Read more about Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse">Read more</a>
