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July 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com How we roll out vaccines is recognised as more important to the success of vaccination programs than how well a vaccine works. And the “last mile” of distribution to get vaccine into ... <a title="We’re paying companies millions to roll out COVID vaccines. But we’re not getting enough bang for our buck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/22/were-paying-companies-millions-to-roll-out-covid-vaccines-but-were-not-getting-enough-bang-for-our-buck-164550/" aria-label="Read more about We’re paying companies millions to roll out COVID vaccines. But we’re not getting enough bang for our buck">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sven Teske, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Offshore wind farms are an increasingly common sight overseas. But Australia has neglected the technology, despite the ample wind gusts buffeting much of our coastline. New research released today confirms Australia’s offshore wind resources ... <a title="Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/22/wind-turbines-off-the-coast-could-help-australia-become-an-energy-superpower-research-finds-164590/" aria-label="Read more about Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey-Ann Palmer, Lecturer, Initial Teacher Education, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock This is article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. Studying science helps you make sense of the world and opens the door to a ... <a title="Thinking of choosing a science subject in years 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/22/thinking-of-choosing-a-science-subject-in-years-11-and-12-heres-what-you-need-to-know-164778/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of choosing a science subject in years 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will McDowall, Associate Professor, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, UCL TKR Photography/Shutterstock Australian governments direct billions to fossil fuel companies. Among the projects funded by Commonwealth and state governments are work on coal ports, railways and power stations, and research into “clean coal” or “coal innovation”. Whether ... <a title="Australia’s government gives more support to fossil fuel research than is apparent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/22/australias-government-gives-more-support-to-fossil-fuel-research-than-is-apparent-161421/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s government gives more support to fossil fuel research than is apparent">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University Underneath/Uncovered – Rebecca Mansell Communities are built from a complex layering of influences. Fremantle Walyalup, like many towns across Australia, is like a terrazzo floor made up of the contributions of the many cultural groups that live here. These rich ... <a title="Layer upon layer: uncovering the terrazzo treasures of the west and celebrating legacy floors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/22/layer-upon-layer-uncovering-the-terrazzo-treasures-of-the-west-and-celebrating-legacy-floors-164635/" aria-label="Read more about Layer upon layer: uncovering the terrazzo treasures of the west and celebrating legacy floors">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
COMMENT: By Professor Biman Prasad Pictures and videos emerging about the shocking and deplorable conditions for covid-isolated patients in Fiji hospitals are no surprise. Nor should they be. They are a direct consequence of the Bainimarama government’s failure to lead, failure to plan – and worst of all, failure to care. Two months ago Ministry ... <a title="Fiji’s covid horror is too late to fix, yet still our leaders stay silent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/fijis-covid-horror-is-too-late-to-fix-yet-still-our-leaders-stay-silent/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s covid horror is too late to fix, yet still our leaders stay silent">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University The Lambda variant accounts for almost all new cases in Peru, which has the world’s highest COVID death toll per capita. Rodrigo Abd/AP/AAP The Lambda coronavirus variant was first ... <a title="The Lambda variant: is it more infectious, and can it escape vaccines? A virologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/the-lambda-variant-is-it-more-infectious-and-can-it-escape-vaccines-a-virologist-explains-164156/" aria-label="Read more about The Lambda variant: is it more infectious, and can it escape vaccines? A virologist explains">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Noonan, Research Officer, Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Shutterstock Repeated COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia have once again highlighted the need for rapid and widespread vaccination. We are extremely fortunate the global scientific community has been able to develop a handful of ... <a title="The benefits of a COVID vaccine far outweigh the small risk of treatable heart inflammation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/the-benefits-of-a-covid-vaccine-far-outweigh-the-small-risk-of-treatable-heart-inflammation-163970/" aria-label="Read more about The benefits of a COVID vaccine far outweigh the small risk of treatable heart inflammation">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Since his retirement from parliament in 2012, Bob Brown has remained an activist on environmental causes – from campaigning against the Adani coal mine to fighting the threat to Tasmania’s Tarkine forest. Brown was leader when after the 2010 election ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bob Brown on his latest environmental battle, and a critique of Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/politics-with-michelle-grattan-bob-brown-on-his-latest-environmental-battle-and-a-critique-of-labor-164863/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bob Brown on his latest environmental battle, and a critique of Labor">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Daly, Research Fellow at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong Shutterstock As you huddle inside this winter – possibly as part of a pandemic lockdown – you might be noticing the “thermal performance” of your home. In other words, does your home maintain a ... <a title="‘Die of cold or die of stress?’: Social housing is frequently colder than global health guidelines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/die-of-cold-or-die-of-stress-social-housing-is-frequently-colder-than-global-health-guidelines-164598/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Die of cold or die of stress?’: Social housing is frequently colder than global health guidelines">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A pro-independence movement in West Papua has appealed to several Western countries — including New Zealand — to provide urgent humanitarian help by supplying covid vaccines directly to the Papuans to cope with the “double crisis” in the Indonesian-ruled region. Benny Wenda, interim president of the Provisional Government of West Papua, ... <a title="Wenda appeals to NZ, West to supply covid vaccines direct to Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/wenda-appeals-to-nz-west-to-supply-covid-vaccines-direct-to-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda appeals to NZ, West to supply covid vaccines direct to Papuans">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the editorial board of The Jakarta Post The unanimous House of Representatives decision in Indonesia last week to endorse the revised Papuan Special Autonomy Law shows, yet again, the propensity of the Jakarta elite to dictate the future of the territory, despite persistent calls to honor local demands. This “new deal” is not ... <a title="The Jakarta Post: New deal, old approach over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/the-jakarta-post-new-deal-old-approach-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about The Jakarta Post: New deal, old approach over West Papua">Read more</a>
