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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Blaskovich, IMB Fellow, The University of Queensland This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three chemists who collectively developed something that has become an absolute necessity in our daily lives – the lithium ion battery. From mobile phones to portable tools to electric cars, in ... <a title="‘Highly charged story’: chemistry Nobel goes to inventors of lithium-ion batteries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/highly-charged-story-chemistry-nobel-goes-to-inventors-of-lithium-ion-batteries-125051/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Highly charged story’: chemistry Nobel goes to inventors of lithium-ion batteries">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), University of Melbourne Today, the Daily Review published an open letter with more than 700 signatures addressing the meeting of cultural ministers, which convenes this Friday. The letter is signed by some of the most important artists and arts-workers ... <a title="Just 29 companies receive 59% of Australia Council funding. Artists are calling for a change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/just-29-companies-receive-59-of-australia-council-funding-artists-are-calling-for-a-change-124873/" aria-label="Read more about Just 29 companies receive 59% of Australia Council funding. Artists are calling for a change">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne The unwillingness of the major (and other) banks to immediately cut their headline mortgage rates by as much as the Reserve Bank cuts its cash rate always attracts bad press, as well as condemnation from treasurers and prime ministers. ... <a title="Our leaders ought to know better: failing to pass on the full rate cut needn’t mean banks are profiteering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/our-leaders-ought-to-know-better-failing-to-pass-on-the-full-rate-cut-neednt-mean-banks-are-profiteering-124874/" aria-label="Read more about Our leaders ought to know better: failing to pass on the full rate cut needn’t mean banks are profiteering">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Kelly, Research Fellow, HOME Research Hub, Deakin University Today, October 10, is World Homeless Day. Next week the Council to Homeless Persons will convene the Victorian Homelessness Conference to discuss options for ending homelessness. On the program are presentations and discussions about Aboriginal homelessness, youth homelessness, ... <a title="Shh! Don’t mention the public housing shortage. But no serious action on homelessness can ignore it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/shh-dont-mention-the-public-housing-shortage-but-no-serious-action-on-homelessness-can-ignore-it-124875/" aria-label="Read more about Shh! Don’t mention the public housing shortage. But no serious action on homelessness can ignore it">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The New Zealand embassy has confirmed Indonesia has denied its diplomats’ requests to visit Papua and assess the conflict and human rights situation in the turbulent region. According to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, a spokesperson from the New Zealand embassy confirmed the travel ban, which has been extended ... <a title="Indonesia denies NZ diplomats entry into West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/indonesia-denies-nz-diplomats-entry-into-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia denies NZ diplomats entry into West Papua">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne About two weeks since a transcript of Donald Trump’s phone conversation with the Ukrainian president was revealed, his approval with all polls in the FiveThirtyEight aggregate is 41.6% and his disapproval is 54.0%. Trump’s net ... <a title="Trump’s ratings slightly down after Ukraine scandal as Warren surges to tie Biden in Democratic polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/trumps-ratings-slightly-down-after-ukraine-scandal-as-warren-surges-to-tie-biden-in-democratic-polls-124768/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ratings slightly down after Ukraine scandal as Warren surges to tie Biden in Democratic polls">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Botterill, Professor in Australian Politics, University of Canberra In a country as dry as Australia, surely it is a no-brainer that we have in place a coordinated, national drought response that can be rolled out the same way that the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements ... <a title="A national drought policy should be an easy, bipartisan fix. So why has it taken so long to enact a new one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/a-national-drought-policy-should-be-an-easy-bipartisan-fix-so-why-has-it-taken-so-long-to-enact-a-new-one-124775/" aria-label="Read more about A national drought policy should be an easy, bipartisan fix. So why has it taken so long to enact a new one?">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Who doesn’t want to know if drinking that second or third cup of coffee a day will improve your memory, or if sleeping too much increases your risk of a heart attack? We’re invested in staying healthy and many of ... <a title="Is this study legit? 5 questions to ask when reading news stories of medical research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/is-this-study-legit-5-questions-to-ask-when-reading-news-stories-of-medical-research-117836/" aria-label="Read more about Is this study legit? 5 questions to ask when reading news stories of medical research">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Lucas, Senior Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Summer might be more than six weeks away, but out-of-control bushfires have already torn across parts of eastern Australia in recent days, destroying homes and threatening lives. As of Wednesday afternoon, up to 30 homes were feared lost ... <a title="It’s only October, so what’s with all these bushfires? New research explains it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/its-only-october-so-whats-with-all-these-bushfires-new-research-explains-it-124091/" aria-label="Read more about It’s only October, so what’s with all these bushfires? New research explains it">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University What have Scott Morrison and and Attorney General Christian Porter got in mind for unions? The answer seems to be more of the same, more use of coercive power to make it harder for unions to fulfil their democratic ... <a title="‘Louts, thugs, bullies’: the myth that’s driving Morrison’s anti-union push" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/louts-thugs-bullies-the-myth-thats-driving-morrisons-anti-union-push-123688/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Louts, thugs, bullies’: the myth that’s driving Morrison’s anti-union push">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer, Program Manager / Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology With the discovery of 20 more moons orbiting Saturn, the ringed planet has overtaken Jupiter as host to the most moons in the Solar system. Saturn now has 82 known moons, whereas Jupiter has a ... <a title="Saturn has more moons than Jupiter – but why are we only finding out about them now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/saturn-has-more-moons-than-jupiter-but-why-are-we-only-finding-out-about-them-now-124888/" aria-label="Read more about Saturn has more moons than Jupiter – but why are we only finding out about them now?">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Walls, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, University of Melbourne Two seemingly unrelated but important things happened in Melbourne last week. One was a memorial service for David Yencken AO; the other was the exhibition opening of the Future Park Design Ideas Competition. The connection between the two ... <a title="Why we need ‘crazy’ ideas for new city parks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/why-we-need-crazy-ideas-for-new-city-parks-124772/" aria-label="Read more about Why we need ‘crazy’ ideas for new city parks">Read more</a>
