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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marisa Stone, Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University Shutterstock If you’ve wandered through a forest, you’ve probably dodged dead, rotting branches or stumps scattered on the ground. This is “deadwood”, and it plays several vital roles in forest ecosystems. It provides ... <a title="Rotting forest wood releases a whopping 10.9 billion tonnes of carbon each year. This will increase under climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/rotting-forest-wood-releases-a-whopping-10-9-billion-tonnes-of-carbon-each-year-this-will-increase-under-climate-change-164406/" aria-label="Read more about Rotting forest wood releases a whopping 10.9 billion tonnes of carbon each year. This will increase under climate change">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Agathe Tiana Randrianarisoa, PhD student and Senior Researcher, RMIT University Darren Pateman/AAP Imagine it’s summer in Australia and a bushfire is bearing down on your suburb. Are you the pragmatic type – you’ve swapped phone numbers with the neighbours, photocopied your ID and have your emergency plan ... <a title="When it comes to preparing for disaster there are 4 distinct types of people. Which one are you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/when-it-comes-to-preparing-for-disaster-there-are-4-distinct-types-of-people-which-one-are-you-164169/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to preparing for disaster there are 4 distinct types of people. Which one are you?">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rochelle Spencer, Co-Director, Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability, Murdoch University Shutterstock What are the three biggest challenges Australia faces in the next five to ten years? What role will the social sciences play in resolving these challenges? The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia asked ... <a title="In a time of COVID and climate change, social sciences are vital, but they’re on university chopping blocks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/in-a-time-of-covid-and-climate-change-social-sciences-are-vital-but-theyre-on-university-chopping-blocks-166015/" aria-label="Read more about In a time of COVID and climate change, social sciences are vital, but they’re on university chopping blocks">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland You may have already downloaded to your phone a digital certificate proving you have received one or two doses of a COVID vaccine. Its dark-green colour calls to mind the “Green Pass” now in use in European ... <a title="Do vaccination passports take away freedoms? It depends on how you frame the question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/do-vaccination-passports-take-away-freedoms-it-depends-on-how-you-frame-the-question-166963/" aria-label="Read more about Do vaccination passports take away freedoms? It depends on how you frame the question">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Boucher, Senior Lecturer – Modern History, Macquarie University Olly Alexander (Ritchie) on left, Omari Douglas (Roscoe) and Callum Scott Howells (Colin) in It’s a Sin. Red Production Company Our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. Binge watching a gut-wrenching ... <a title="Watching It’s a Sin under lockdown: a different kind of home shaped by life-saving queer friendships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/watching-its-a-sin-under-lockdown-a-different-kind-of-home-shaped-by-life-saving-queer-friendships-166735/" aria-label="Read more about Watching It’s a Sin under lockdown: a different kind of home shaped by life-saving queer friendships">Read more</a>
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September 1, 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="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: Learning to live with COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-learning-to-live-with-covid-167131/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: Learning to live with COVID">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra COVID has been spreading quickly in western NSW Indigenous communities where low vaccination rates and poor conditions make for a toxic mix. The first Indigenous death occurred in Dubbo this week. As efforts intensify to deal with the NSW outbreak ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on COVID – and god botherers – stalking Indigenous communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/politics-with-michelle-grattan-pat-turner-on-covid-and-god-botherers-stalking-indigenous-communities-167115/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on COVID – and god botherers – stalking Indigenous communities">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Over the past 25 years, the name “Google” has become synonymous with the idea of searching for anything online. In much the same way “to Hoover” means to use a vacuum cleaner, dictionaries have recognised “to ... <a title="Is Google getting worse? Increased advertising and algorithm changes may make it harder to find what you’re looking for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/is-google-getting-worse-increased-advertising-and-algorithm-changes-may-make-it-harder-to-find-what-youre-looking-for-166966/" aria-label="Read more about Is Google getting worse? Increased advertising and algorithm changes may make it harder to find what you’re looking for">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian M. Mackay, Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new viral variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It’s not a single virus but a clustering of genetically similar viruses, known as C.1.2. The ... <a title="There’s no need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, according to a virologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/theres-no-need-to-panic-about-the-new-c-1-2-variant-found-in-south-africa-according-to-a-virologist-167105/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, according to a virologist">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Australia’s economy was performing exceptionally well in the lead-up to the Delta variant lockdowns, propped up by a barrage of government spending in the three months to June and impressive household spending. The ... <a title="Four GDP graphs that show how well Australia was doing – before Delta hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/four-gdp-graphs-that-show-how-well-australia-was-doing-before-delta-hit-166817/" aria-label="Read more about Four GDP graphs that show how well Australia was doing – before Delta hit">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
A View from Afar - In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: with the United States being viewed as responsible for a monumental botch-up in Afghanistan, how should its traditional security partners, including NATO, position for the future?
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katina Zammit, Deputy Dean, School of Education, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Homework hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour’s worth of homework each day, mostly practising what they were taught in class. If we look internationally, ... <a title="What’s the point of homework?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/whats-the-point-of-homework-154056/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the point of homework?">Read more</a>
