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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Lambert, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. English (or an equivalent literacy requirement) is a compulsory subject for all secondary students in Australia. In years 11 and ... <a title="Confused about which English subject to choose in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/confused-about-which-english-subject-to-choose-in-year-11-and-12-heres-what-you-need-to-know-163978/" aria-label="Read more about Confused about which English subject to choose in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Forest Simon/Unsplash First thing in the morning, or come 11 o’clock, countless Australians anxiously wait for the daily COVID-19 case numbers, trying to understand whether their outbreak is under control, and how much longer they will ... <a title="We’ve heard of R numbers and moving averages. But what are k numbers? And how do they explain COVID superspreading?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/weve-heard-of-r-numbers-and-moving-averages-but-what-are-k-numbers-and-how-do-they-explain-covid-superspreading-164858/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve heard of R numbers and moving averages. But what are k numbers? And how do they explain COVID superspreading?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
By Josefa Babitu in Suva The dream of putting a smile on his mother’s face on his graduation day from university has become one that will never happen for Gabriel Gade, after his mother succumbed to the coronavirus that has killed dozens of people in Fiji. “My ultimate dream was to make her proud of ... <a title="Fiji student son tells of his pregnant nurse mum’s losing struggle with covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/fiji-student-son-tells-of-his-pregnant-nurse-mums-losing-struggle-with-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji student son tells of his pregnant nurse mum’s losing struggle with covid">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
RNZ Pacific France and French Polynesia have agreed to jointly spend US$60 million to build 17 cyclone shelters across the Tuamotu archipelago. This was announced on Manihi atoll, where the visiting French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the construction site for a shelter for the atoll’s 600 inhabitants. The shelters are scheduled to be built by ... <a title="Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/macron-launches-cyclone-shelter-project-in-french-polynesia/" aria-label="Read more about Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Newsome, Academic Fellow, University of Sydney Back in 2019, more than 11,000 scientists declared a global climate emergency. They established a comprehensive set of vital signs that impact or reflect the planet’s health, such as forest loss, fossil fuel subsidies, glacier thickness, ocean acidity and surface ... <a title="More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: the world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/more-livestock-more-carbon-dioxide-less-ice-the-worlds-climate-change-progress-since-2019-is-mostly-bad-news-165168/" aria-label="Read more about More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: the world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk After his release from prison in South Africa and he became inaugural president of the majority rule government with the abolition of apartheid, Nelson Mandela declared in a speech in 1997: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” Founding Halt All Racist Tours ... <a title="1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the new struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/1981-springbok-tour-protests-revisited-and-now-palestine-is-the-new-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about 1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the new struggle">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University David Crosling/AAP Australian households will begin receiving instructions on how to fill out the 2021 census from early August. The Census of Population and Housing is held every five years in Australia — and ... <a title="Census 2021 is almost here — what’s changed since #censusfail? What’s at stake in this pandemic survey?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/census-2021-is-almost-here-whats-changed-since-censusfail-whats-at-stake-in-this-pandemic-survey-164784/" aria-label="Read more about Census 2021 is almost here — what’s changed since #censusfail? What’s at stake in this pandemic survey?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Steain, Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney Antonio Calanni/AP/AAP Russia was the first country to register a COVID vaccine, with its health ministry giving emergency approval to the Sputnik V vaccine in August 2020. This decision was met with ... <a title="Growing evidence suggests Russia’s Sputnik V COVID vaccine is safe and very effective. But questions about the data remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/growing-evidence-suggests-russias-sputnik-v-covid-vaccine-is-safe-and-very-effective-but-questions-about-the-data-remain-164392/" aria-label="Read more about Growing evidence suggests Russia’s Sputnik V COVID vaccine is safe and very effective. But questions about the data remain">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Shutterstock Wildlife worldwide is facing a housing crisis. When land is cleared for agriculture, mining, and urbanisation, habitats and natural refuges go with it, such as tree hollows, rock piles and large logs. The ideal solution is to tackle the threats ... <a title="Artificial refuges are a popular stopgap for habitat destruction, but the science isn’t up to scratch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/artificial-refuges-are-a-popular-stopgap-for-habitat-destruction-but-the-science-isnt-up-to-scratch-164401/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial refuges are a popular stopgap for habitat destruction, but the science isn’t up to scratch">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Eversole, Professor and Director, RegionxLink, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock University study is out of reach for many people in regional Australia. Most of our universities are based in a handful of capital cities. The result is persistent educational inequity between our ... <a title="We can put city and country people on more equal footing at uni — the pandemic has shown us how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/we-can-put-city-and-country-people-on-more-equal-footing-at-uni-the-pandemic-has-shown-us-how-164492/" aria-label="Read more about We can put city and country people on more equal footing at uni — the pandemic has shown us how">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aoife Wilkinson, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland Netflix On Friday, Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. This honour sent an important message to the world: Osaka represents a diversifying Japan. Yet, some still question whether she really is Japanese. The ... <a title="Yes, Naomi Osaka is Japanese. And American. And Haitian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/yes-naomi-osaka-is-japanese-and-american-and-haitian-165011/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Naomi Osaka is Japanese. And American. And Haitian">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Wild, Senior Research Fellow, Public Health, University of Auckland www.shutterstock.com “Explore your inner beast.” That was the slogan used last year to sell the Ford Ranger. At 2.4 tonnes, that’s a lot of “light” truck, but the stakes are rising. This year, the 3.5 tonne Ram ... <a title="Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/aggressive-marketing-has-driven-the-rise-of-the-double-cab-ute-on-new-zealand-streets-time-to-hit-the-brakes-165075/" aria-label="Read more about Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?">Read more</a>
