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March 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Clement, Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Most of us would recognise a human brain, but what about the brain of a frog or fish? Given the vast diversity of life on Earth, there are some weird and wonderful brains out ... <a title="When our evolutionary ancestors first crawled onto land, their brains only half-filled their skulls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/20/when-our-evolutionary-ancestors-first-crawled-onto-land-their-brains-only-half-filled-their-skulls-157418/" aria-label="Read more about When our evolutionary ancestors first crawled onto land, their brains only half-filled their skulls">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Heynen, Program Coordinator, Sustainable Energy, The University of Queensland Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, is battling an unfolding COVID crisis. The Morrison government is urgently deploying 8,000 vaccine doses to the nation’s health workers – but poor electricity access means there are serious questions over ... <a title="Australia wants to send 1 million vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/20/australia-wants-to-send-1-million-vaccine-doses-to-png-but-without-reliable-electricity-how-will-they-be-kept-cold-156798/" aria-label="Read more about Australia wants to send 1 million vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
New Zealand has long had a privileged relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Now, in the dawning era of the climate crisis affecting millions of lives across the Pacific, the country has its helping hand outstretched. But with the controversial record of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, does this hand have an ulterior motive? Matthew Scott ... <a title="Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/strings-attached-the-reality-behind-nzs-climate-aid-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
MEAA video message on YouTube. Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) union is reconsidering its involvement in the Australian Press Council and has appealed to members to give feedback on this issue. Vice-president media Karen Percy has appealed to delegates on a YouTube video to take part in this consultation. ... <a title="MEAA rethinks press council role and backs need for Facebook media code" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/meaa-rethinks-press-council-role-and-backs-need-for-facebook-media-code/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA rethinks press council role and backs need for Facebook media code">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Italy and Spain were the first major European entry points for Covid19. The pandemic appears to have spread to the rest of the Europe mainly from Italy, and to the rest of the world from Europe. Most of the world’s first dramatic news pictures of hospital wards and burial caskets came ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: A New Wave?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-a-new-wave/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: A New Wave?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia’s policy performance on COVID-19 in 2020 was world-leading in terms of both public health and economics. Sadly, our vaccine roll-out strategy has been anything but. I’ve spent plenty of time highlighting this in recent months. But perhaps the most instructive ... <a title="Vital Signs: Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/vital-signs-israel-shows-how-to-do-vaccinations-right-its-a-race-and-were-behind-157242/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Koh, Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney It almost reads like a John Grisham novel. Self-employed woman contracts cancer. Claims under her income-protection insurance policy. Insurer cancels the policy after investigation reveals omission of unrelated health condition (depression) on her ... <a title="Federal Court rules insurance companies have to behave decently. That’s a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/federal-court-rules-insurance-companies-have-to-behave-decently-thats-a-big-deal-157057/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Court rules insurance companies have to behave decently. That’s a big deal">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Hoy, Respiratory Physician. Senior Research Fellow. Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Monash University In 2012 my wife and I renovated our house — a two-storey extension with a brand new kitchen. Inspired by various renovation-themed TV shows and magazines, we chose a sleek stone ... <a title="Renovating your kitchen? Help Australia’s tradies avoid silicosis by not choosing artificial stone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/renovating-your-kitchen-help-australias-tradies-avoid-silicosis-by-not-choosing-artificial-stone-156208/" aria-label="Read more about Renovating your kitchen? Help Australia’s tradies avoid silicosis by not choosing artificial stone">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss the marches which took place all over the nation, consisting ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on March 4 Justice, Christian Porter, and industrial relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/video-michelle-grattan-on-march-4-justice-christian-porter-and-industrial-relations-157507/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on March 4 Justice, Christian Porter, and industrial relations">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela McCabe, Lecturer, Management, La Trobe University Australia has long been seen as failing to fully capitalise on its ground-breaking research. A consultation paper on university research commercialisation is the latest federal government effort to increase the impact of research. Its focus is on creating incentives for ... <a title="How to get the most out of research when universities and industry team up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-research-when-universities-and-industry-team-up-156590/" aria-label="Read more about How to get the most out of research when universities and industry team up">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gareth Wearne, Lecturer in Biblical Studies, School of Theology, Australian Catholic University On Tuesday news broke of the discovery of fresh fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll in Israel. The fragments were said to come from the evocatively named Cave of Horror, near the western shore of ... <a title="Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/cave-of-horror-fresh-fragments-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls-echo-dramatic-human-stories-157423/" aria-label="Read more about Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Henne, Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University Yesterday, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller suggested technology should be part of the solution to growing concerns around sexual assault. He encouraged serious discussion about using a digital app to record ... <a title="Apps against sexual violence have been tried before. They don’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/apps-against-sexual-violence-have-been-tried-before-they-dont-work-157415/" aria-label="Read more about Apps against sexual violence have been tried before. They don’t work">Read more</a>
