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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Koplin, Resarch Fellow in Biomedical Ethics, Melbourne Law School and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock US startup Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to bring woolly mammoths, or animals like them, back from extinction and into the frosty landscape of the Siberian tundra. ... <a title="Bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction might not be such a bad idea — ethicists explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/bringing-woolly-mammoths-back-from-extinction-might-not-be-such-a-bad-idea-ethicists-explain-167892/" aria-label="Read more about Bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction might not be such a bad idea — ethicists explain">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sheranne Fairley, Associate professor, The University of Queensland Queensland’s love of rugby league, and the fact the state isn’t in lockdown, has won it the right to host the 2021 NRL finals series. But it was economic gains as much as love of the game that Premier ... <a title="Can Queensland cash in on the NRL finals? It’s all about ‘event leveraging’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/can-queensland-cash-in-on-the-nrl-finals-its-all-about-event-leveraging-167879/" aria-label="Read more about Can Queensland cash in on the NRL finals? It’s all about ‘event leveraging’">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Yesterday, Victorian Minister for Mental Health James Merlino announced additional funding of $22 million for mental health support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The centrepiece of this announcement was $13.3 million for 20 “pop-up community mental health ... <a title="Victoria has announced extra funds for counselling, but it’s unlikely to improve our mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/victoria-has-announced-extra-funds-for-counselling-but-its-unlikely-to-improve-our-mental-health-167889/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria has announced extra funds for counselling, but it’s unlikely to improve our mental health">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
A View from Afar: In this week's live podcast Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will examine how the United States’ military arm is now pivoting to the Indo-Pacific region, as the People’s Republic of China pivots westward to a land-based Silk Road orientation.
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Carroll, Senior Research Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne Anida Yoeu Ali’s Lava Rising, The Red Chador: Genesis I (2019). Studio Revolt/Photo: Masahiro Sugano Review: SOUL Fury at Bendigo Gallery From love, bitter becomes sweet … From love, fire becomes light … ... <a title="Women at the height of their artistic powers present a powerful reckoning in SOUL Fury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/women-at-the-height-of-their-artistic-powers-present-a-powerful-reckoning-in-soul-fury-165315/" aria-label="Read more about Women at the height of their artistic powers present a powerful reckoning in SOUL Fury">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Senior Editor Many Sydneysiders have been heading to beaches in their local areas as the weather warms, leading authorities in certain spots to restrict access last weekend and prompting furious debate online. The current NSW public health orders allow people to leave home “to undertake ... <a title="During COVID lockdown, is it OK to go to the beach? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/during-covid-lockdown-is-it-ok-to-go-to-the-beach-we-asked-5-experts-167788/" aria-label="Read more about During COVID lockdown, is it OK to go to the beach? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wayland, Senior Lecturer Social Work, University of New England Shutterstock During the pandemic, lots of us, myself included, are struggling to live in the “now”. That “now”, with all its uncertainty, doesn’t look like the life we used to live or the life we imagine we ... <a title="The shifting sands of COVID and our uncertain future has a name — liminality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/the-shifting-sands-of-covid-and-our-uncertain-future-has-a-name-liminality-166903/" aria-label="Read more about The shifting sands of COVID and our uncertain future has a name — liminality">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Power, Senior Research Fellow, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University Shutterstock New South Wales recently became the latest state to end blanket bans on pets in apartments, joining Queensland and the ACT. Other housing regulations on pets are also shifting nationally, with Victoria last year ... <a title="Australia’s housing laws are changing, but do they go far enough to prevent pet abandonment?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/australias-housing-laws-are-changing-but-do-they-go-far-enough-to-prevent-pet-abandonment-167047/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s housing laws are changing, but do they go far enough to prevent pet abandonment?">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University Shutterstock This year my partner and my brother both left academia. They are part of a nation-wide changing of the guard at most universities in Australia and many overseas. Over 17,000 Australian university jobs ... <a title="Should I stay or should I go? Academics facing this dilemma should ask themselves 3 questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-academics-facing-this-dilemma-should-ask-themselves-3-questions-166750/" aria-label="Read more about Should I stay or should I go? Academics facing this dilemma should ask themselves 3 questions">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Wānaka Couple, Alert level rules, compliance, enforcement Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Free advice for the Wānaka ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 15 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-15-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 15 2021">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Shutterstock What is my IP? It’s an odd question in most people’s minds, yet it’s one of the top ten most-searched questions on Google. Those who know what an IP address is will already know most of ... <a title="‘What is my IP address?’ Explaining one of the world’s most Googled questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/what-is-my-ip-address-explaining-one-of-the-worlds-most-googled-questions-167316/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What is my IP address?’ Explaining one of the world’s most Googled questions">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cheryl Saunders, Laureate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Earlier this month, the Morrison government introduced a bill to parliament that would amend the Freedom of Information Act to allow meetings of the National Cabinet to receive the same exemptions from releasing information to the ... <a title="The government is determined to keep National Cabinet’s work a secret. This should worry us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/the-government-is-determined-to-keep-national-cabinets-work-a-secret-this-should-worry-us-all-167540/" aria-label="Read more about The government is determined to keep National Cabinet’s work a secret. This should worry us all">Read more</a>