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April 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Evans, Lecturer, Kaupeka Ture | Faculty of Law, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Konrad Mostert In a groundbreaking declaration earlier this month, Indigenous leaders of New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a treaty, He Whakaputanga Moana, to recognise whales as legal persons. Aotearoa New Zealand has already ... <a title="What if whales took us to court? A move to grant them legal personhood would include the right to sue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/15/what-if-whales-took-us-to-court-a-move-to-grant-them-legal-personhood-would-include-the-right-to-sue-227335/" aria-label="Read more about What if whales took us to court? A move to grant them legal personhood would include the right to sue">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joe Fontaine, Lecturer, Environmental and Conservation Science, Murdoch University Author provided, CC BY-NC-ND Perth has just had its driest six months on record, while Western Australia sweltered through its hottest summer on record. Those records are remarkable in their own right. But these records are having real ... <a title="The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/15/the-big-dry-forests-and-shrublands-are-dying-in-parched-western-australia-227053/" aria-label="Read more about The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Tolmie, Senior Lecturer of Professional Practice, Griffith University Gabriel Gurrola/Unsplash See the word “musician” on a resume and you might not immediately think “stellar employee” or “exceptional leader”. Perhaps the word evokes the image of a rock star, in trouble for chucking a television out of ... <a title="An education in music makes you a better employee. Are recruiters in tune?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/15/an-education-in-music-makes-you-a-better-employee-are-recruiters-in-tune-226960/" aria-label="Read more about An education in music makes you a better employee. Are recruiters in tune?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Rogers, Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University Ollyy/Shutterstock Blooper reels are very popular, with some videos on YouTube racking up tens of millions of views. It’s a curious thing: why are videos of mistakes sometimes getting as much attention (or more!) as clips from the actual ... <a title="Why are blooper reels so funny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/15/why-are-blooper-reels-so-funny-221492/" aria-label="Read more about Why are blooper reels so funny?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Felmingham, Chair of Clinical Psychology, The University of Melbourne Like many, I watched the reports of the violent attack at Bondi Junction yesterday with shock, horror and disbelief. My heart goes out to the people involved, the courageous first responders and to those who have lost ... <a title="Sydneysiders witnessed horrific scenes on Saturday. How do you process and recover from such an event?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/14/sydneysiders-witnessed-horrific-scenes-on-saturday-how-do-you-process-and-recover-from-such-an-event-227867/" aria-label="Read more about Sydneysiders witnessed horrific scenes on Saturday. How do you process and recover from such an event?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University Close to midnight on April 13, hundreds of military drones were launched from both Iran and Iraq toward Israel. Subsequently, several waves of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and rockets followed, originating from Iran, Iraq, Yemen ... <a title="Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel was a strategic miscalculation. Can all-out war now be averted?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/14/irans-unprecedented-attack-on-israel-was-a-strategic-miscalculation-can-all-out-war-now-be-averted-227872/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel was a strategic miscalculation. Can all-out war now be averted?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged substantial public investment, likely tax breaks and other incentives in next month’s budget to encourage industry, while stressing there won’t be a “free-for-all” of public funds. “We’re talking about incentivising private investment rather than replacing ... <a title="Jim Chalmers seeks to allay fears industry policy will be financial ‘free-for-all’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/14/jim-chalmers-seeks-to-allay-fears-industry-policy-will-be-financial-free-for-all-227871/" aria-label="Read more about Jim Chalmers seeks to allay fears industry policy will be financial ‘free-for-all’">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University There are few scenes more shocking than random acts of extreme violence against people simply going about their daily lives. Yet this is what Australians are coming to terms with after a man went on a ... <a title="As Australia reels from the Bondi attack, such mass murder incidents remain rare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/14/as-australia-reels-from-the-bondi-attack-such-mass-murder-incidents-remain-rare-227864/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia reels from the Bondi attack, such mass murder incidents remain rare">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly want Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to scrap a special deal with Western Australia that’s set to deliver it an extra A$40 billion in Commonwealth funding by the end of the decade. ... <a title="Scrap the West Australian GST deal set to cost $40 billion – leading economists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/14/scrap-the-west-australian-gst-deal-set-to-cost-40-billion-leading-economists-227551/" aria-label="Read more about Scrap the West Australian GST deal set to cost $40 billion – leading economists">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among the critics emerging to find fault with Anthony Albanese’s interventionist industry policy, the one who gave the most damaging prick to the Prime Ministerial balloon was Danielle Wood, the new head of the Productivity Commission, Wood, former chief of ... <a title="View from The Hill: Danielle Wood pricks Albanese’s industry policy balloon – but leaves him with good advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/view-from-the-hill-danielle-wood-pricks-albaneses-industry-policy-balloon-but-leaves-him-with-good-advice-227786/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Danielle Wood pricks Albanese’s industry policy balloon – but leaves him with good advice">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among the critics emerging to find fault with Anthony Albanese’s interventionist industry policy, the one who gave the most damaging prick to the Prime Ministerial balloon was Danielle Wood, the new head of the Productivity Commission, Wood, former chief of ... <a title="Danielle Wood pricks Albanese’s industry policy balloon – but leaves him with some good advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/danielle-wood-pricks-albaneses-industry-policy-balloon-but-leaves-him-with-some-good-advice-227786/" aria-label="Read more about Danielle Wood pricks Albanese’s industry policy balloon – but leaves him with some good advice">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuanyuan Huang, Research Scientist, CSIRO TaraPatta / Shutterstock We all know about the carbon in Earth’s atmosphere, and probably about the carbon contained in plants and the bodies of animals. But a substantial fraction of the carbon in the planet’s land-based ecosystems is held in something so ... <a title="Trillions of tonnes of carbon locked in soil has been left out of environmental models – and it’s on the move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/trillions-of-tonnes-of-carbon-locked-in-soil-has-been-left-out-of-environmental-models-and-its-on-the-move-227597/" aria-label="Read more about Trillions of tonnes of carbon locked in soil has been left out of environmental models – and it’s on the move">Read more</a>
