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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Barbosa Neves, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Monash University www.shutterstock.com Over the past 18 months of COVID lockdowns, many of us have experienced the heaviness of loneliness — missing family, friends, and meaningful social contact. But even before the pandemic, loneliness was a daily experience for almost ... <a title="‘I tell everyone I love being on my own, but I hate it’: what older Australians want you to know about loneliness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/i-tell-everyone-i-love-being-on-my-own-but-i-hate-it-what-older-australians-want-you-to-know-about-loneliness-166109/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I tell everyone I love being on my own, but I hate it’: what older Australians want you to know about loneliness">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Ryding, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Shutterstock Global warming is a big challenge for warm-blooded animals, which must maintain a constant internal body temperature. As anyone who’s experienced heatstroke can tell you, our bodies become severely stressed when we overheat. Animals are dealing with global warming in ... <a title="New research reveals animals are changing their body shapes to cope with climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/new-research-reveals-animals-are-changing-their-body-shapes-to-cope-with-climate-change-166267/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals animals are changing their body shapes to cope with climate change">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Berger, Lecturer, Monash University Shutterstock There has been a reported spike in young people attending emergency departments for self-harm and suicide during the pandemic. In New South Wales, presentations to emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal thoughts are reportedly up by 47% since before the pandemic. ... <a title="More children are self-harming since the start of the pandemic. Here’s what parents and teachers can do to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/more-children-are-self-harming-since-the-start-of-the-pandemic-heres-what-parents-and-teachers-can-do-to-help-167436/" aria-label="Read more about More children are self-harming since the start of the pandemic. Here’s what parents and teachers can do to help">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne Daisy Edgar-Jones and Bayo Gbadamosi in War of the Worlds. AGC Television, Canal+ De Wereldvrede (in association with) Urban Myth Films Our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. ... <a title="At least we’re not being exterminated by alien attack-robots: watching War of the Worlds in a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/at-least-were-not-being-exterminated-by-alien-attack-robots-watching-war-of-the-worlds-in-a-pandemic-167344/" aria-label="Read more about At least we’re not being exterminated by alien attack-robots: watching War of the Worlds in a pandemic">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Fiona Goodall/Getty Images As New Zealand remains under different levels of restriction, the psychological toll of the Delta outbreak may start to show, even as lockdown eases for everyone outside Auckland. We know that stress ... <a title="Languishing, burnout and stigma are all among the possible psychological impacts as Delta lingers in the community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/languishing-burnout-and-stigma-are-all-among-the-possible-psychological-impacts-as-delta-lingers-in-the-community-167103/" aria-label="Read more about Languishing, burnout and stigma are all among the possible psychological impacts as Delta lingers in the community">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Word from the Hill: A Father’s Day backlash hits Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/word-from-the-hill-a-fathers-day-backlash-hits-scott-morrison-167452/" aria-label="Read more about Word from the Hill: A Father’s Day backlash hits Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graham Greenleaf, Professor of Law and Information Systems, UNSW The Australian Information Commissioner this week called for a ban on police accessing QR code check-in data, unless for COVID-19 contact tracing purposes. State police have already accessed this data on at least six occasions for unrelated criminal ... <a title="Police access to COVID check-in data is an affront to our privacy. We need stronger and more consistent rules in place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/police-access-to-covid-check-in-data-is-an-affront-to-our-privacy-we-need-stronger-and-more-consistent-rules-in-place-167360/" aria-label="Read more about Police access to COVID check-in data is an affront to our privacy. We need stronger and more consistent rules in place">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The tragic terrorist attack at an Auckland shopping mall on Friday has led to a lot of debate about how it could have been prevented. It turns out authorities were well aware of Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen’s severe mental health problems and his capacity for violent extremism if not dealt with ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could government agencies have averted the development of a terrorist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-could-government-agencies-have-averted-the-development-of-a-terrorist/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could government agencies have averted the development of a terrorist?">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Peters, Lecturer in Indigenous Studies, Swinburne University of Technology Igniting fire at Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park. Shutterstock The COVID pandemic has highlighted our need for connection and forced billions of people to adapt to a changed world. Much of this adaptation is heavily reliant on technology, ... <a title="Indigenous technology is often misunderstood. Here’s how it can be part of everyday life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/indigenous-technology-is-often-misunderstood-heres-how-it-can-be-part-of-everyday-life-167191/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous technology is often misunderstood. Here’s how it can be part of everyday life">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Henderson, PhD Candidate in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, University of Canberra SBS Review: Iggy & Ace, directed by Monica Zanetti and AB Morrison. Iggy & Ace is the story of two gay best friends — and their drinking habits. Their favourite hobbies are happy hour ... <a title="Iggy & Ace: a zany Aussie comedy about two gay best friends — and alcohol abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/iggy-and-ace-a-zany-aussie-comedy-about-two-gay-best-friends-and-alcohol-abuse-165953/" aria-label="Read more about Iggy & Ace: a zany Aussie comedy about two gay best friends — and alcohol abuse">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Steven Senne/AP After a misstep, it’s about to become illegal to import e-cigarettes without a prescription, which means that, for most Australians, it’ll become all but impossible to vape from October 1. The misstep tells ... <a title="From October, it will be all but impossible for most Australians to vape — largely because of Canberra’s little-known ‘homework police’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/from-october-it-will-be-all-but-impossible-for-most-australians-to-vape-largely-because-of-canberras-little-known-homework-police-167376/" aria-label="Read more about From October, it will be all but impossible for most Australians to vape — largely because of Canberra’s little-known ‘homework police’">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology Fiona Goodall/Getty Images New Zealand is fast-tracking changes to counter-terrorism laws in response to Friday’s terror attack, but several other laws are relevant in this case and further investigations must ask why they weren’t used to detain the ... <a title="Despite deportation and detention attempts, could New Zealand have done more to prevent Friday’s terror attack?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/despite-deportation-and-detention-attempts-could-new-zealand-have-done-more-to-prevent-fridays-terror-attack-167337/" aria-label="Read more about Despite deportation and detention attempts, could New Zealand have done more to prevent Friday’s terror attack?">Read more</a>
