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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in recent months have tested university administrators and the police. This week, federal parliamentarians, including the prime minister, erupted in outrage at the protests that have disrupted MPs’ electorate offices. Anthony Albanese’s office in his Sydney seat of ... <a title="Anthony Albanese says issue of preferencing Greens at the election is a matter for Labor organisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/anthony-albanese-says-issue-of-preferencing-greens-at-the-election-is-a-matter-for-labor-organisation-231821/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese says issue of preferencing Greens at the election is a matter for Labor organisation">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priya Chacko, Associate Professor, International Politics, University of Adelaide This year’s general election in India arguably brought up more questions about the fairness of the electoral process than any other in the country’s history. For example, in December, a bill was passed in India’s parliament that allowed ... <a title="One issue proved key to the opposition’s stunning success in India’s election: caste politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/one-issue-proved-key-to-the-oppositions-stunning-success-in-indias-election-caste-politics-231588/" aria-label="Read more about One issue proved key to the opposition’s stunning success in India’s election: caste politics">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Possingham, Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland Last week, the Albanese government introduced legislation to create a new statutory body called Environment Information Australia. The bill is due for debate in parliament today. The government clearly expects the bill will pass, because the new ... <a title="What will Australia’s proposed Environment Information Agency do for nature?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/what-will-australias-proposed-environment-information-agency-do-for-nature-231593/" aria-label="Read more about What will Australia’s proposed Environment Information Agency do for nature?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristine Crous, Senior Lecturer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Shutterstock As humanity continues to burn fossil fuels, the delicate balance of life on Earth is changing. That’s true of trees, many of which are growing faster as a result of increased carbon dioxide (CO₂) ... <a title="A fierce battle is being fought in the soil beneath our feet – and the implications for global warming are huge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/a-fierce-battle-is-being-fought-in-the-soil-beneath-our-feet-and-the-implications-for-global-warming-are-huge-231802/" aria-label="Read more about A fierce battle is being fought in the soil beneath our feet – and the implications for global warming are huge">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology aslysun/Shutterstock The Australian Capital Territory parliament passed its voluntary assisted dying law yesterday by 20 to five. The ACT now joins the six Australian states, all of which have ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying laws have been passed in the ACT. Here’s what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/voluntary-assisted-dying-laws-have-been-passed-in-the-act-heres-what-happens-next-231698/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying laws have been passed in the ACT. Here’s what happens next">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Rogers, Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock The internet is awash with stories and videos of unlikely animal friendships, often with many millions of views. This content typically shows animals from different species showing affection to one another, signifying a bond or even a “friendship”. ... <a title="Why do we love to see unlikely animal friendships? A psychology expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/why-do-we-love-to-see-unlikely-animal-friendships-a-psychology-expert-explains-230548/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we love to see unlikely animal friendships? A psychology expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The debate over climate change mostly focuses on how to best to limit emissions in the effort to prevent disastrous global warming. However in a new book, Living Hot, Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld challenge current priorities, arguing rising temperatures ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/politics-with-michelle-grattan-clive-hamilton-on-how-australians-must-adapt-to-living-hot-231703/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Burton, Professor of Urban Management & Planning, Griffith University There is little doubt Australia is in the midst of a profound housing crisis, one that has been decades in the making. It was once reasonable to assume the market could cater for most people’s housing needs ... <a title="Tents, caravans and mobile homes are used after disasters, so why can’t they be solutions to our housing crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/tents-caravans-and-mobile-homes-are-used-after-disasters-so-why-cant-they-be-solutions-to-our-housing-crisis-230555/" aria-label="Read more about Tents, caravans and mobile homes are used after disasters, so why can’t they be solutions to our housing crisis?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Diettrich, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Rows of dancers, bodies attired with natural fibres and adorned with fragrant oils and flowers, move in synchronous harmony. They raise their voices in song and affirm connections across the vast seaways of ... <a title="Regenerating Oceania: the ‘unique and unifying’ Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture makes a comeback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/regenerating-oceania-the-unique-and-unifying-festival-of-pacific-arts-and-culture-makes-a-comeback-227548/" aria-label="Read more about Regenerating Oceania: the ‘unique and unifying’ Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture makes a comeback">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ryan, Postdoctoral CERC Fellow, CSIRO Su San Lee / Unsplash How can we explain and predict human behaviour? Are mathematics and probability up to the task, or are humans too complex and irrational? Often, people’s actions take us by surprise, particularly when they seem irrational. Take ... <a title="What toilet paper and game shows can teach us about the spread of epidemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/what-toilet-paper-and-game-shows-can-teach-us-about-the-spread-of-epidemics-230780/" aria-label="Read more about What toilet paper and game shows can teach us about the spread of epidemics">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Duncan, PhD Candidate in Polar Marine Ecology and Climate Change, University of Technology Sydney Rebecca Duncan Every day, women are working on frontier science in Earth’s unforgiving polar environments. Our study, published today in PLOS Climate, investigated what their experiences are actually like. Fieldwork in the ... <a title="A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/a-shocking-79-of-female-scientists-have-negative-experiences-during-polar-field-work-221879/" aria-label="Read more about A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fernanda Mata, Research Fellow, Monash University song-about-summer/Shutterstock Late last year the federal government announced measuresmake it easier for Australians to access financial advice? As part of this, the government wants super funds to use “nudges” to get members to engage more with their retirement investments and superannuation, ... <a title="Super funds are using ‘nudges’ to help you make financial decisions. How do they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/super-funds-are-using-nudges-to-help-you-make-financial-decisions-how-do-they-work-230404/" aria-label="Read more about Super funds are using ‘nudges’ to help you make financial decisions. How do they work?">Read more</a>
