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February 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mitchell Scovell, Research Scientist, CSIRO Hydrogen can play a key role in Australia’s energy transition by giving us additional ways of storing and moving energy around. As the world shifts towards cleaner energy production, there’s a push to make hydrogen production cleaner as well. In Australia, low-emission ... <a title="‘Green’ or ‘blue’ hydrogen – what difference does it make? Not much for most Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/19/green-or-blue-hydrogen-what-difference-does-it-make-not-much-for-most-australians-223351/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Green’ or ‘blue’ hydrogen – what difference does it make? Not much for most Australians">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals have been again embarrassed by an incident involving one of their parliamentarians drinking. Their deputy leader, NSW senator Perin Davey, stumbled over words while at a Senate committee hearing last Tuesday, after attending the party’s regular staff drinks ... <a title="Now it’s Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey who’s had a glass too many" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/18/now-its-nationals-deputy-leader-perin-davey-whos-had-a-glass-too-many-223825/" aria-label="Read more about Now it’s Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey who’s had a glass too many">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The 39 men who arrived illegally on the coast of north Western Australia last week were flown to Nauru on Sunday. The men came in one boat, although they were found on Friday in two or three groups. There is ... <a title="Boat arrivals sent to Nauru, and Sovereign Borders commander warns against politicising the issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/18/boat-arrivals-sent-to-nauru-and-sovereign-borders-commander-warns-against-politicising-the-issue-223822/" aria-label="Read more about Boat arrivals sent to Nauru, and Sovereign Borders commander warns against politicising the issue">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University The verdicts keep coming. On Friday US time, the three-month hearing focused on Donald Trump’s business dealings in New York came to an end. Trump was ordered to pay back more than $US350 ... <a title="Donald Trump faces half a billion dollars of debt and several court cases. But that may not stop him from becoming president again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/18/donald-trump-faces-half-a-billion-dollars-of-debt-and-several-court-cases-but-that-may-not-stop-him-from-becoming-president-again-223813/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump faces half a billion dollars of debt and several court cases. But that may not stop him from becoming president again">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University Alexei Navalny was a giant figure in Russian politics. No other individual rivalled the threat he posed to the Putin regime. His death in an Arctic labour camp is a blow to all those who dreamed he might emerge as ... <a title="Alexei Navalny had a vision of a democratic Russia. That terrified Vladimir Putin to the core" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/18/alexei-navalny-had-a-vision-of-a-democratic-russia-that-terrified-vladimir-putin-to-the-core-223812/" aria-label="Read more about Alexei Navalny had a vision of a democratic Russia. That terrified Vladimir Putin to the core">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australian Border Force officials are investigating the arrival of a group of more than 20 men by boat near the remote community of Beagle Bay in northern Western Australia. The ABC reported that the men, believed to be from Pakistan, ... <a title="Boat arrivals land on remote Western Australian coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/boat-arrivals-land-on-remote-western-australian-coast-223737/" aria-label="Read more about Boat arrivals land on remote Western Australian coast">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shima Ziajahromi, Advance Queensland Research Fellow, Griffith University Pixel-Shot, Shutterstock Australian wastewater treatment plants produce thousands of tonnes of treated sewage sludge every year. This nutrient-rich material is then dried to make “biosolids”, which are used to fertilise agricultural soil. Unfortunately every kilogram of biosolids also contains ... <a title="Australians are washing microplastics down the drain and it’s ending up on our farms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/australians-are-washing-microplastics-down-the-drain-and-its-ending-up-on-our-farms-223079/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are washing microplastics down the drain and it’s ending up on our farms">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. MacKenzie, Professor of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Leading Australian economists Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims this week sought to shake up the carbon policy debate in Australia, by proposing a tax on the nation’s fossil fuel production. They claim it could raise A$100 ... <a title="Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/ross-garnaut-and-rod-sims-have-proposed-a-100-billion-a-year-fossil-fuel-tax-and-its-a-debate-australia-should-embrace-223722/" aria-label="Read more about Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marian Makkar, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University Customised shoes, personalised drinks and specialised menu offerings. In a world where carbon copies of products are everywhere, retailers have to make their products stand out and provide customers with a unique purchasing experience. The need to be different ... <a title="From Coke cans to shoes to menus: what’s behind the rise in personalised products?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/from-coke-cans-to-shoes-to-menus-whats-behind-the-rise-in-personalised-products-221719/" aria-label="Read more about From Coke cans to shoes to menus: what’s behind the rise in personalised products?">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myles Murphy, Postdoctoral research fellow, Physiotherapy, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Kids are back at school, playgrounds, sport and general mucking around. This can lead to two things: happy children and injuries. Up to 50% of boys and 40% of girls will break a bone during childhood and ... <a title="Is it broken? A strain or sprain? How to spot a serious injury now school and sport are back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/is-it-broken-a-strain-or-sprain-how-to-spot-a-serious-injury-now-school-and-sport-are-back-222141/" aria-label="Read more about Is it broken? A strain or sprain? How to spot a serious injury now school and sport are back">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daswin de Silva, Deputy Director of the Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University Stokkete/Unsplash In recent days, the “right to disconnect” has entered Australia’s legislative agenda. It refers to employees’ rights to refuse unreasonable after-hours contact from their employer. In a work landscape where ... <a title="Drowning in ‘digital debt’? AI assistants can help – but we must use them carefully" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/drowning-in-digital-debt-ai-assistants-can-help-but-we-must-use-them-carefully-223436/" aria-label="Read more about Drowning in ‘digital debt’? AI assistants can help – but we must use them carefully">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shukla Poddar, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney Tijnlp/Shutterstock To reach the goal of 82% renewable energy in Australia’s grid by 2030, we’ll need to build a lot more solar. But even as we accelerate the rate at which we install ... <a title="As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/as-the-world-heats-up-solar-panels-will-degrade-faster-especially-in-hot-humid-areas-what-can-we-do-221990/" aria-label="Read more about As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?">Read more</a>
