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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Officials from nearly 200 nations are gathering in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th United Nations climate change conference known as COP27. Multiple global crises threaten to overshadow the summit, but the task at COP27 over the next two ... <a title="This is what Australia needs to bring to Egypt for COP27" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/this-is-what-australia-needs-to-bring-to-egypt-for-cop27-193531/" aria-label="Read more about This is what Australia needs to bring to Egypt for COP27">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Mijangos, Researcher, Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra Shutterstock The platypus is one of Earth’s most unique creatures. It sports a duck-like bill and flippers. It locates prey in murky water by emitting an electric charge. Males have venomous ... <a title="A platypus can glow green and hunt prey with electricity – but it can’t climb dams to find a mate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/a-platypus-can-glow-green-and-hunt-prey-with-electricity-but-it-cant-climb-dams-to-find-a-mate-193707/" aria-label="Read more about A platypus can glow green and hunt prey with electricity – but it can’t climb dams to find a mate">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaya Barry, Senior Lecturer & ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Griffith University Shutterstock Backpackers on working holiday maker visas have been a crucial source of farm labour for decades, alongside smaller numbers of temporary migrants from the Pacific Islands, international students, and Australians. In the 2018-19 financial year ... <a title="Australia’s borders are open, so where are all the backpackers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/australias-borders-are-open-so-where-are-all-the-backpackers-192614/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s borders are open, so where are all the backpackers?">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By César Albarrán Torres, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology Marvel Studios Wakanda is back in cinemas, promising to deliver high-voltage action and trigger new discussions about how Hollywood represents other races and cultures. On November 10 Marvel’s Black Panther will receive its ... <a title="Black Panther and Brown Power – how Wakanda Forever celebrates pre-Columbian culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/black-panther-and-brown-power-how-wakanda-forever-celebrates-pre-columbian-culture-193443/" aria-label="Read more about Black Panther and Brown Power – how Wakanda Forever celebrates pre-Columbian culture">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese leaves late next week for another round of international diplomacy, starting with the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, followed by the G20 in Indonesia, and APEC in Thailand. But the PM will be notably missing from the COP27 ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese won’t be at COP27 but energy will be on his mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-wont-be-at-cop27-but-energy-will-be-on-his-mind-193850/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese won’t be at COP27 but energy will be on his mind">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Longmuir, Lecturer – Educational Leadership, Monash University Education Minister Jason Clare has released a draft plan to address what he calls an “unprecedented” teacher shortage in Australia. As he said on Thursday, “there is a shortage of them right across the country”. For example, federal education ... <a title="Jason Clare has a draft plan to fix the teacher shortage. What needs to stay and what should change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/jason-clare-has-a-draft-plan-to-fix-the-teacher-shortage-what-needs-to-stay-and-what-should-change-193834/" aria-label="Read more about Jason Clare has a draft plan to fix the teacher shortage. What needs to stay and what should change?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Graycar, Professor of Public Policy, University of Adelaide The Robodebt royal commission is currently hearing evidence of tremendous hardship inflicted on people by a government that appeared to have little concern for the people its actions affected. The bureaucratic process was malign, and it harmed and ... <a title="The Robodebt scheme failed tests of lawfulness, impartiality, integrity and trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/the-robodebt-scheme-failed-tests-of-lawfulness-impartiality-integrity-and-trust-193832/" aria-label="Read more about The Robodebt scheme failed tests of lawfulness, impartiality, integrity and trust">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marten Risius, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Tech platforms use recommender algorithms to control society’s key resource: attention. With these algorithms they can quietly demote or hide certain content instead of just blocking or deleting it. This opaque practice is called ... <a title="What is shadowbanning? How do I know if it has happened to me, and what can I do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/what-is-shadowbanning-how-do-i-know-if-it-has-happened-to-me-and-what-can-i-do-about-it-192735/" aria-label="Read more about What is shadowbanning? How do I know if it has happened to me, and what can I do about it?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Political Roundup: A Culture war over hate speech and free speech is unlikely Sunday’s announcement by Justice Minister Kiri Allan about forthcoming legislation on hate speech has sparked concerns that the country is headed for a second round of culture wars over free speech. As one journalist states today, Allan is “reigniting last year’s political firestorm”. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A Culture war over hate speech and free speech is unlikely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-culture-war-over-hate-speech-and-free-speech-is-unlikely/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A Culture war over hate speech and free speech is unlikely">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Siette, Research Theme Fellow, Western Sydney University Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels, CC BY-SA Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure it’s ... <a title="Does picking your nose really increase your risk of dementia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/does-picking-your-nose-really-increase-your-risk-of-dementia-193463/" aria-label="Read more about Does picking your nose really increase your risk of dementia?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Michael Field The ruling FijiFirst Party has released its candidate list for the general election on December 14. With it came some dubious biographies composed by candidates which voters will have to delve into over the coming weeks. The list gives a basic outline of FijiFirst: 60 percent of its candidates — 31 ... <a title="FijiFirst election candidates lineup – a bit light on educational credits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/fijifirst-election-candidates-lineup-a-bit-light-on-educational-credits/" aria-label="Read more about FijiFirst election candidates lineup – a bit light on educational credits">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Gong, Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering, Deakin University Shutterstock Outdated plumbing standards are leading to oversized systems and inflated costs for Australian apartment buildings. Their plumbing systems are required to handle demand for water that’s more than three times the actual recorded peak demand, our newly ... <a title="Oversized plumbing is adding millions to Australian building costs, thanks to a standard dating back to the 1940s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/oversized-plumbing-is-adding-millions-to-australian-building-costs-thanks-to-a-standard-dating-back-to-the-1940s-187862/" aria-label="Read more about Oversized plumbing is adding millions to Australian building costs, thanks to a standard dating back to the 1940s">Read more</a>
