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March 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nik Callow, Associate Professor – Geography, The University of Western Australia Nik Callow, Author provided In the 1890s, railway engineers noticed river water used by steam locomotives started to become salty when surrounding land was cleared for agriculture. Over the next decades, the problem worsened. In 1917, ... <a title="Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty groundwater. What can land managers do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/even-far-from-the-ocean-australias-drylands-are-riddled-with-salty-groundwater-what-can-land-managers-do-225277/" aria-label="Read more about Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty groundwater. What can land managers do?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute chinasong, Shutterstock Electricity customers in four Australian states can breathe a sigh of relief. After two years in a row of 20% price increases, power prices have finally stabilised. In many places they’re going down. The good news is contained ... <a title="Finally, good news for power bills: energy regulator promises small savings for most customers on the ‘default market offer’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/finally-good-news-for-power-bills-energy-regulator-promises-small-savings-for-most-customers-on-the-default-market-offer-226020/" aria-label="Read more about Finally, good news for power bills: energy regulator promises small savings for most customers on the ‘default market offer’">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney kitzcorner/Shutterstock The assertion from Queensland’s chief health officer John Gerrard that it’s time to stop using the term ... <a title="Why scrapping the term ‘long COVID’ would be harmful for people with the condition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/why-scrapping-the-term-long-covid-would-be-harmful-for-people-with-the-condition-225880/" aria-label="Read more about Why scrapping the term ‘long COVID’ would be harmful for people with the condition">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Why are musicians so keen to get played on the radio? It can’t be because of the money. In Australia they are paid at rates so low they come close to making streaming services ... <a title="What’ll happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/whatll-happen-when-facebook-stops-paying-for-news-heres-what-happened-when-radio-stopped-paying-for-music-226013/" aria-label="Read more about What’ll happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Curran, Associate Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images/Gerald Corsi In the latest move to reform environmental laws in New Zealand, the coalition government has introduced a bill to fast-track consenting processes for projects deemed to be of national or regional significance. The Fast-track ... <a title="The government wants to fast-track approvals of large infrastructure projects – that’s bad news for NZ’s biodiversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/the-government-wants-to-fast-track-approvals-of-large-infrastructure-projects-thats-bad-news-for-nzs-biodiversity-225790/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to fast-track approvals of large infrastructure projects – that’s bad news for NZ’s biodiversity">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University After months of debate and intrigue, the AFL’s 19th and newest team, the Tasmania Devils, finally launched its jumper, logo and colours in Devonport this week. The Devils will wear green, yellow and red, and their guernsey ... <a title="Devil in the details: breaking down the branding of the AFL’s newest team" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/devil-in-the-details-breaking-down-the-branding-of-the-afls-newest-team-226010/" aria-label="Read more about Devil in the details: breaking down the branding of the AFL’s newest team">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Narelle Portanier/Binge “If you don’t know who your mob are, you don’t know who you are,” Detective Andrea “Andie” Whitford (played by Leah Purcell) is told early into the new crime series High Country. Andie has recently arrived ... <a title="Led by Leah Purcell’s captivating performance, High Country delivers fresh take on Australian rural noir" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/led-by-leah-purcells-captivating-performance-high-country-delivers-fresh-take-on-australian-rural-noir-225890/" aria-label="Read more about Led by Leah Purcell’s captivating performance, High Country delivers fresh take on Australian rural noir">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Vivienne Bentley, Research Scientist, Responsible Innovation, Data61, CSIRO ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock Today, almost a quarter of Australians are digitally excluded. This means they miss out on the social, educational and economic benefits online connectivity provides. In the face of this ongoing “digital divide”, countries are now talking about ... <a title="The ‘digital divide’ is already hurting people’s quality of life. Will AI make it better or worse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/the-digital-divide-is-already-hurting-peoples-quality-of-life-will-ai-make-it-better-or-worse-222987/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘digital divide’ is already hurting people’s quality of life. Will AI make it better or worse?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Klein, Associate professor, Australian National University It’s commonly accepted that women do the vast majority of caregiving in Australian society. But less appreciated is that Indigenous women do larger amounts of unpaid care than any other group. Working with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social ... <a title="‘Care is in everything we do and everything we are’: the work of Indigenous women needs to be valued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/care-is-in-everything-we-do-and-everything-we-are-the-work-of-indigenous-women-needs-to-be-valued-225780/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Care is in everything we do and everything we are’: the work of Indigenous women needs to be valued">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both secured their parties’ nominations for the November 5 United States general election by winning a majority of all delegates to ... <a title="With nominations decided, Trump leads Biden in US polls; UK Labour far ahead as election approaches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/with-nominations-decided-trump-leads-biden-in-us-polls-uk-labour-far-ahead-as-election-approaches-225460/" aria-label="Read more about With nominations decided, Trump leads Biden in US polls; UK Labour far ahead as election approaches">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Balogh, Adjunct Lecturer, University of New England Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock How do you manage your emails? Are you an “inbox zero” kind of person, or do you just leave thousands of them unread? Our new study, published today in the journal Information Research, suggests that leaving all ... <a title="Do you have 7,513 unread emails in your inbox? Research suggests that’s unwise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/do-you-have-7-513-unread-emails-in-your-inbox-research-suggests-thats-unwise-225181/" aria-label="Read more about Do you have 7,513 unread emails in your inbox? Research suggests that’s unwise">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute Australia’s political donations rules are woefully inadequate, but donations reform is finally on the agenda. The federal government has signalled its interest in reform and will soon begin briefing MPs on its plan. Greater transparency on who ... <a title="Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/political-donations-rules-are-finally-in-the-spotlight-heres-what-the-government-should-do-225901/" aria-label="Read more about Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do">Read more</a>
