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March 16, 2021
Op-Ed essay by Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations-Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) The COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented threat to development in the Asia-Pacific region that could reverse much of the hard-earned progress made in recent years. The good news is we ... <a title="Essay – Sustainable Development Goals can guide Asia-Pacific to build back better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/essay-sustainable-development-goals-can-guide-asia-pacific-to-build-back-better/" aria-label="Read more about Essay – Sustainable Development Goals can guide Asia-Pacific to build back better">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Howard, Research Scientist, Data61 Imagine running on a cement footpath, and then suddenly through dry sand. Just to keep upright, you would have to slow down and change the way you run. In the same way, a walking robot would have to change its gait to ... <a title="Shape-shifting robots in the wild: the DyRET robot can rearrange its body to walk in new environments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/shape-shifting-robots-in-the-wild-the-dyret-robot-can-rearrange-its-body-to-walk-in-new-environments-157130/" aria-label="Read more about Shape-shifting robots in the wild: the DyRET robot can rearrange its body to walk in new environments">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel William Crawford, Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Ireland and the Netherlands have temporarily paused their rollouts of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, due to concerns about blood clots. The move follows reports from Norway over the weekend, where three health-care workers who had received the vaccine ... <a title="Data suggest no increased risk of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine. Australia shouldn’t pause its rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/data-suggest-no-increased-risk-of-blood-clots-from-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-australia-shouldnt-pause-its-rollout-157137/" aria-label="Read more about Data suggest no increased risk of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine. Australia shouldn’t pause its rollout">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Cornwell, Associate Professor in Ecology and Evolution, UNSW Around one year ago, Australia’s Black Summer bushfire season ended, leaving more than 8 million hectares across south-east Australia a mix of charcoal, ash and smoke. An estimated three billion animals were killed or displaced, not including invertebrates. ... <a title="5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/5-remarkable-stories-of-flora-and-fauna-in-the-aftermath-of-australias-horror-bushfire-season-155749/" aria-label="Read more about 5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Krumdieck, Professor and Director, Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab, University of Canterbury Green hydrogen is being touted as an alternative to fossil fuels in New Zealand. The government has invested NZ$8.4 million to explore its potential and $19.9 million in a hydrogen energy facility. Globally, ... <a title="Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/why-new-zealand-should-invest-in-smart-rail-before-green-hydrogen-to-decarbonise-transport-153075/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Jeffrey, Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne The COVID-19 pandemic led to food insecurity among students making headlines in Australia and the United States. But even before the pandemic, increasing numbers of students were reporting they sometimes went without food. Rising tuition and living costs ... <a title="‘God, I miss fruit!’ 40% of students at Australian universities may be going without food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/god-i-miss-fruit-40-of-students-at-australian-universities-may-be-going-without-food-156584/" aria-label="Read more about ‘God, I miss fruit!’ 40% of students at Australian universities may be going without food">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Hill, Associate professor, University of Sydney The 2020 pandemic and bushfire crises exposed longstanding weakness in our labour market and the child-care, aged care and disability care systems. They are two sides of the same coin. To”‘build back better”, work, care and family policies must support ... <a title="In 2020 our workforce and our caring system broke. They are the same thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/in-2020-our-workforce-and-our-caring-system-broke-they-are-the-same-thing-152191/" aria-label="Read more about In 2020 our workforce and our caring system broke. They are the same thing">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benedict Sheehy, Associate professor, University of Canberra From psychological thrillers to true crime stories, people who depart from social norms can be deeply fascinating. Psychopaths most of all. Working with or for a psychopath, however, is less fun. The research generally agrees about 1% of the population ... <a title="Bullies, thieves and chiefs: the hidden cost of psychopaths at work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/bullies-thieves-and-chiefs-the-hidden-cost-of-psychopaths-at-work-149152/" aria-label="Read more about Bullies, thieves and chiefs: the hidden cost of psychopaths at work">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Little, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Sexual consent and young people have been in the news lately, from an online petition detailing thousands of high schoolers’ recollections of sexual assault and rape to calls for better school-based education. What young people read is another important form of ... <a title="‘I couldn’t escape. I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to’: confusing messages about consent in young adult fantasy fiction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/i-couldnt-escape-i-wasnt-entirely-sure-i-wanted-to-confusing-messages-about-consent-in-young-adult-fantasy-fiction-156961/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I couldn’t escape. I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to’: confusing messages about consent in young adult fantasy fiction">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Christian Porter on Monday gave notice that he’s determined to stage a fightback, however damaged his ministerial career might appear at the moment. The Attorney-General launched a defamation action against the ABC and journalist Louise Milligan over the article that ... <a title="View from The Hill: Christian Porter finds a target, and so does Brittany Higgins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/view-from-the-hill-christian-porter-finds-a-target-and-so-does-brittany-higgins-157172/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Christian Porter finds a target, and so does Brittany Higgins">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Graduate researcher, The University of Melbourne Attorney-General Christian Porter is suing the ABC for defamation and claiming aggravated damages. Porter is claiming that an article published last month included false allegations against him in relation to a historical rape. A statement from his lawyer says ... <a title="Why defamation suits in Australia are so ubiquitous — and difficult to defend for media organisations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/15/why-defamation-suits-in-australia-are-so-ubiquitous-and-difficult-to-defend-for-media-organisations-157143/" aria-label="Read more about Why defamation suits in Australia are so ubiquitous — and difficult to defend for media organisations">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Health authorities in Queensland and New South Wales are racing to prevent COVID outbreaks after one community case was recorded in each state over recent days. Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital was put into lockdown on Friday night after a doctor ... <a title="How the latest COVID cases slipped through in NSW and Queensland — and what we can do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/15/how-the-latest-covid-cases-slipped-through-in-nsw-and-queensland-and-what-we-can-do-better-157132/" aria-label="Read more about How the latest COVID cases slipped through in NSW and Queensland — and what we can do better">Read more</a>
