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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra COVID-19 has meant international students have been unable to arrive in Australia to commence their studies, devastating one of our most profitable sectors. We’re joined in this podcast by Phil Honeywood, CEO of the International Education Association of Australia to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phil Honeywood on the challenges of getting international students back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/politics-with-michelle-grattan-phil-honeywood-on-the-challenges-of-getting-international-students-back-170367/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phil Honeywood on the challenges of getting international students back">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland On May 24 last year, mining giant Rio Tinto legally destroyed ancient and sacred Aboriginal rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia to expand an iron ore mine. Public backlash prompted ... <a title="Fixing Australia’s shocking record of Indigenous heritage destruction: Juukan inquiry offers a way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/fixing-australias-shocking-record-of-indigenous-heritage-destruction-juukan-inquiry-offers-a-way-forward-170212/" aria-label="Read more about Fixing Australia’s shocking record of Indigenous heritage destruction: Juukan inquiry offers a way forward">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how supply-chain bottlenecks, a global economic reset, and post-pandemic security are about to trigger a new era in geo-economics. Wherever you are around the world, if you haven’t yet experienced the impact of supply-chain pressures, then you soon will.
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra Shutterstock Throughout the pandemic, Australians with a sniffle or other cold and flu symptoms have been encouraged to get a PCR test – a swab of their throat and the back of their nose, taken by ... <a title="COVID tests have made pathology companies big profits, but rapid tests are set to shake up the market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/covid-tests-have-made-pathology-companies-big-profits-but-rapid-tests-are-set-to-shake-up-the-market-169260/" aria-label="Read more about COVID tests have made pathology companies big profits, but rapid tests are set to shake up the market">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat Taggart, Adjunct Fellow, UNSW Shutterstock In inland Australia, rabbits have taken a severe toll on native wildlife since they were introduced in 1859. They may be small, but today rabbits are a key threat to 322 species of Australia’s at-risk plants and animals — more than ... <a title="Don’t underestimate rabbits: these powerful pests threaten more native wildlife than cats or foxes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/dont-underestimate-rabbits-these-powerful-pests-threaten-more-native-wildlife-than-cats-or-foxes-168288/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t underestimate rabbits: these powerful pests threaten more native wildlife than cats or foxes">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Ziguras, Professor of Global Studies, RMIT University Shutterstock It’s looking much more likely that international students will be able to return for the first semester next year, with international travel for Australians opening up from November 1. From that date, there will be no cap on ... <a title="As international students start trickling back, the new year will be crunch time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/as-international-students-start-trickling-back-the-new-year-will-be-crunch-time-169529/" aria-label="Read more about As international students start trickling back, the new year will be crunch time">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, PhD Candidate, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Despite lengthy lockdowns, new data show that 1,142 Australians, including 66 children, died on Australian roads in the past year. Road traffic deaths remain the number one killer of children in Australia. Despite fewer ... <a title="Despite lockdowns, 1,142 Australians, including 66 kids, died on our roads in the past year. Here’s what we need to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/despite-lockdowns-1-142-australians-including-66-kids-died-on-our-roads-in-the-past-year-heres-what-we-need-to-do-170021/" aria-label="Read more about Despite lockdowns, 1,142 Australians, including 66 kids, died on our roads in the past year. Here’s what we need to do">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Whitehead, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waikato Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford visit a pop-up vaccination clinic on ‘Super Saturday’. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images New Zealand’s mass vaccination event last Saturday, when more than 130,000 people turned up to get their first or second dose, surpassed Prime ... <a title="New Zealand’s mass vaccination event lifts uptake but highlights dangerous inequities as the country prepares to open up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/new-zealands-mass-vaccination-event-lifts-uptake-but-highlights-dangerous-inequities-as-the-country-prepares-to-open-up-169717/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s mass vaccination event lifts uptake but highlights dangerous inequities as the country prepares to open up">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giacomo Bianchino, Ph.d Candidate, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Lehman College, CUNY F Armstrong Photography/Shutterstock Unions have been quick to condemn Australia’s new Agricultural Visa, which will give approved employers access to “skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled” workers from ASEAN nations and the UK from late this year. ACTU president ... <a title="Why Australian unions should welcome the new Agricultural Visa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/why-australian-unions-should-welcome-the-new-agricultural-visa-169837/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australian unions should welcome the new Agricultural Visa">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jumana Abu-Khalaf, Research Fellow in Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University Facebook Facebook has announced a research project that aims to push the “frontier of first-person perception”, and in the process help you remember where your left your keys. The Ego4D project provides a huge collection of ... <a title="Facebook wants AI to find your keys and understand your conversations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/facebook-wants-ai-to-find-your-keys-and-understand-your-conversations-170092/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook wants AI to find your keys and understand your conversations">Read more</a>
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October 21, 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 National Party Covid-19 strategy, reopening plan Marc Daalder (Newsroom): National’s reopening date isn’t ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 21 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-21-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 21 2021">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Sam Baron, Author provided US-based military robot manufacturer Ghost Robotics has strapped a sniper rifle to a robotic dog, in the latest step towards autonomous weaponry. Some people have reacted with moral outrage at the prospect of making a killer ... <a title="Gun-toting robo-dogs look like a dystopian nightmare. That’s why they offer a powerful moral lesson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/gun-toting-robo-dogs-look-like-a-dystopian-nightmare-thats-why-they-offer-a-powerful-moral-lesson-170267/" aria-label="Read more about Gun-toting robo-dogs look like a dystopian nightmare. That’s why they offer a powerful moral lesson">Read more</a>
