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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Ireland, Education Editor, The Conversation, Australia Every year, Times Higher Education – a global higher education publication – ranks universities around the world. This one of three prominent international ranking systems for universities. Its 2024 list has just been released and includes 1,904 universities across 108 ... <a title="Australian universities have dropped in the latest round of global rankings – should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/australian-universities-have-dropped-in-the-latest-round-of-global-rankings-should-we-be-worried-214555/" aria-label="Read more about Australian universities have dropped in the latest round of global rankings – should we be worried?">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Shutterstock It was a rare bit of good news on climate. The International Energy Agency this week released its latest net zero roadmap, showing it was still just possible ... <a title="The green energy surge still isn’t enough for 1.5 degrees. We’ll have to overshoot, adapt and soak up carbon dioxide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/the-green-energy-surge-still-isnt-enough-for-1-5-degrees-well-have-to-overshoot-adapt-and-soak-up-carbon-dioxide-214463/" aria-label="Read more about The green energy surge still isn’t enough for 1.5 degrees. We’ll have to overshoot, adapt and soak up carbon dioxide">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Fewster, Lecturer in Performing Arts, University of South Australia Sam Roberts/State Theatre Company of South Australia The Dictionary of Lost Words follows Esme as she navigates the patriarchal world of Victorian England. While her father and colleagues construct the Oxford English Dictionary, Esme begins to form ... <a title="A journey of discovery and identity formation: The Dictionary of Lost Words makes its wonderful stage debut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/a-journey-of-discovery-and-identity-formation-the-dictionary-of-lost-words-makes-its-wonderful-stage-debut-214552/" aria-label="Read more about A journey of discovery and identity formation: The Dictionary of Lost Words makes its wonderful stage debut">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Accounting and consulting group PwC has been front page news ever since its chief executive Tim Seymour stepped down “effectively immediately” in May, when the firm said it had “betrayed the trust” of Australians and promised ... <a title="Beyond the PwC scandal, there’s a growing case for a royal commission into Australia’s ruthless corporate greed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/beyond-the-pwc-scandal-theres-a-growing-case-for-a-royal-commission-into-australias-ruthless-corporate-greed-214474/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the PwC scandal, there’s a growing case for a royal commission into Australia’s ruthless corporate greed">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikki-Anne Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Our ability to adapt our behaviour to changes in temperature takes a significant amount of thought and decision making. For example, we need to identify suitable clothing, increase our fluid intake, and understand how to ... <a title="4 ways to support someone with dementia during extreme heat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/4-ways-to-support-someone-with-dementia-during-extreme-heat-213987/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to support someone with dementia during extreme heat">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Karoly, Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock From Kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef in the North, to the Snowy Mountains in the Southeast, and jarrah and marri forests in the Southwest, Australia is home to incredibly diverse ecosystems. Many of our plants, animals, birds ... <a title="We should use Australia’s environment laws to protect our ‘living wonders’ from new coal and gas projects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/we-should-use-australias-environment-laws-to-protect-our-living-wonders-from-new-coal-and-gas-projects-214211/" aria-label="Read more about We should use Australia’s environment laws to protect our ‘living wonders’ from new coal and gas projects">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
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 Yesterday’s 1News-Verian poll, and the Newshub-Reid Research poll reported earlier in the week, both show flattening trend lines – but they are still moving to the right ... <a title="NZ Election 2023: latest poll trends show the left regaining some ground and NZ First as possible kingmaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/nz-election-2023-latest-poll-trends-show-the-left-regaining-some-ground-and-nz-first-as-possible-kingmaker-214460/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Election 2023: latest poll trends show the left regaining some ground and NZ First as possible kingmaker">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic and Visitor, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock AI There’s no doubt generative AI’s ability to rapidly produce new texts, images and audio is shaking up creative jobs. In the long-running Writers Guild of America strike, a central sticking point ... <a title="Will AI kill our creativity? It could – if we don’t start to value and protect the traits that make us human" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/will-ai-kill-our-creativity-it-could-if-we-dont-start-to-value-and-protect-the-traits-that-make-us-human-214149/" aria-label="Read more about Will AI kill our creativity? It could – if we don’t start to value and protect the traits that make us human">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliette McIntyre, Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia In the days immediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian government filed a case against Moscow in the UN’s highest court, the International Court of Justice. Ukraine accuses Russia of violating the Genocide Convention ... <a title="Ukraine and Russia traded barbs in the UN’s top court over the legality of the invasion. What could happen next in the case?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/ukraine-and-russia-traded-barbs-in-the-uns-top-court-over-the-legality-of-the-invasion-what-could-happen-next-in-the-case-213986/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine and Russia traded barbs in the UN’s top court over the legality of the invasion. What could happen next in the case?">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Robinson, Professor, Disability and Community Inclusion, Flinders University The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability will hand its final report and recommendations to the Australian governor general today. Many people are waiting keenly to hear how the recommendations can make ... <a title="The disability royal commission delivers its findings today. We must all listen to end violence, abuse and neglect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/the-disability-royal-commission-delivers-its-findings-today-we-must-all-listen-to-end-violence-abuse-and-neglect-213253/" aria-label="Read more about The disability royal commission delivers its findings today. We must all listen to end violence, abuse and neglect">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mel Marquis, Deputy Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer in Law, Monash University Shutterstock As Qantas faces up to tough questioning from a Senate committee and a claim from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for as much as A$600 million for allegedly selling tickets on more ... <a title="Even if Qantas is fined hundreds of millions it is likely to continue to take us for granted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/even-if-qantas-is-fined-hundreds-of-millions-it-is-likely-to-continue-to-take-us-for-granted-213754/" aria-label="Read more about Even if Qantas is fined hundreds of millions it is likely to continue to take us for granted">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanna Wilberg, Associate professor – Law, University of Auckland The National Party’s pledge to apply sanctions to unemployed people receiving a welfare payment, if they are “persistently” failing to meet the criteria for receiving the benefit, has attracted plenty of comment and criticism. Less talked about has ... <a title="Forcing people to repay welfare ‘loans’ traps them in a poverty cycle – where is the policy debate about that?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/forcing-people-to-repay-welfare-loans-traps-them-in-a-poverty-cycle-where-is-the-policy-debate-about-that-212528/" aria-label="Read more about Forcing people to repay welfare ‘loans’ traps them in a poverty cycle – where is the policy debate about that?">Read more</a>
