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October 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tatsuya Amano, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock English is considered the language of international science. But our new research reveals how important scientific knowledge in other languages is going untapped. This oversight squanders opportunities to help improve the plight of the one ... <a title="The English language dominates global conservation science – which leaves 1 in 3 research papers virtually ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/the-english-language-dominates-global-conservation-science-which-leaves-1-in-3-research-papers-virtually-ignored-168951/" aria-label="Read more about The English language dominates global conservation science – which leaves 1 in 3 research papers virtually ignored">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Driscoll, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University Shutterstock The New South Wales government has released a draft plan to deal with feral horses roaming the fragile Kosciuszko National Park. While the plan offers some improvements, it remains seriously inadequate. Feral horses trample endangered plant communities, destroy ... <a title="Feral horses will rule one third of the fragile Kosciuszko National Park under a proposed NSW government plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/feral-horses-will-rule-one-third-of-the-fragile-kosciuszko-national-park-under-a-proposed-nsw-government-plan-169248/" aria-label="Read more about Feral horses will rule one third of the fragile Kosciuszko National Park under a proposed NSW government plan">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pema Düddul, Associate Professor in Writing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland Eliza Morse/Netflix If you’ve watched the Netflix sitcom The Chair you’ll remember the scene in which Professor Joan Hambling burns her student evaluations, after admitting she hadn’t read any of them since the 1980s. Many ... <a title="Read the student survey responses shared by academics and you’ll see why Professor Hambling is justified in burning hers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/read-the-student-survey-responses-shared-by-academics-and-youll-see-why-professor-hambling-is-justified-in-burning-hers-167897/" aria-label="Read more about Read the student survey responses shared by academics and you’ll see why Professor Hambling is justified in burning hers">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Nemchin, Associate Professor, Applied Geology, Curtin University CNSA Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center Volcanic rocks collected from the Moon last year are about two billion years old — a billion years younger than the samples returned by previous missions. This new discovery means the Moon ... <a title="We shaved a billion years off the age of the youngest known Moon rocks, and rewrote lunar geological history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/we-shaved-a-billion-years-off-the-age-of-the-youngest-known-moon-rocks-and-rewrote-lunar-geological-history-169453/" aria-label="Read more about We shaved a billion years off the age of the youngest known Moon rocks, and rewrote lunar geological history">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The United States government is scheduled to hit its “debt ceiling” of US$28.4 billion on or around October 18. The US debt ceiling isn’t like the limit on a credit card, which is imposed by the lender worried about the borrower’s ... <a title="Vital Signs. Laugh at the US if you will, but Australia narrowly escaped a debt ceiling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/vital-signs-laugh-at-the-us-if-you-will-but-australia-narrowly-escaped-a-debt-ceiling-169250/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. Laugh at the US if you will, but Australia narrowly escaped a debt ceiling">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gillian Arrighi, Associate professor, University of Newcastle Liza Pooor/Unsplash Australia’s performing arts sector has long been recognised as an ecosystem. It is a community of artists, arts organisations and institutions, all affected by factors such as education and training, audiences, policy and revenues. It comprises commercial organisations; ... <a title="Friday essay: a world of pain – Australian theatre in crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/friday-essay-a-world-of-pain-australian-theatre-in-crisis-168663/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: a world of pain – Australian theatre in crisis">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
By Evan Schuurman Bougainville community leader and MP Theonila Roka Matbob has received the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award in recognition of her outstanding work to hold mining giant Rio Tinto to account for the legacy of environmental devastation caused by its former Panguna mine. Matbob, 31, is a traditional landowner from Makosi, just downstream ... <a title="Panguna campaigner Theonila Matbob wins award over Rio Tinto challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/panguna-campaigner-theonila-matbob-wins-award-over-rio-tinto-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Panguna campaigner Theonila Matbob wins award over Rio Tinto challenge">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ health correspondent The calls for New Zealanders to get vaccinated are becoming more urgent by the day as covid-19 embeds itself in the community. Two people have now died in the latest outbreak, the number of daily cases remains in the double figures and the virus continues to spread outside Auckland. ... <a title="Effective NZ vaccination campaigns ‘must include’ Māori, Pacific leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/effective-nz-vaccination-campaigns-must-include-maori-pacific-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Effective NZ vaccination campaigns ‘must include’ Māori, Pacific leaders">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
By Maria Baru in Sorong, West Papua Brother Frater Anton Syufi of the Papua’s Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) has been arrested by the Jayapura city district police for wearing a banned Morning Star (BK) independence flag T-shirt while watching a soccer match between Papua and East Nusa Tenggara at Indonesia’s National Games at Mandala ... <a title="Police arrest spectator at Papua Games for wearing Morning Star T-shirt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/police-arrest-spectator-at-papua-games-for-wearing-morning-star-t-shirt/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest spectator at Papua Games for wearing Morning Star T-shirt">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Michael Plank, University of Canterbury The announcement this week that New Zealand will introduce a vaccination certificate by November is welcome news. Whether by “carrot” or “stick”, vaccination rates must keep climbing, as it is now likely case numbers will climb under alert level 3 conditions in Auckland. We’ve seen a growing number ... <a title="NZ’s covid-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but it still has a vaccination advantage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/nzs-covid-zero-strategy-may-be-past-its-use-by-date-but-it-still-has-a-vaccination-advantage/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but it still has a vaccination advantage">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views It appears we are a nation of selfish malcontents for whom enough is never enough. That is one of the conclusions I’ve been forced to draw after seven weeks of covid lockdown in Auckland. And, because my isolation has been broken only by a few medical appointments that ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Lockdown musings over media lessons from a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/gavin-ellis-lockdown-musings-over-media-lessons-from-a-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Lockdown musings over media lessons from a pandemic">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Those critiquing the dramatic fall of Gladys Berejiklian, who resigned when the Independent Commission Against Corruption announced it was investigating the probity of her conduct, have divided into two camps. Some cast ICAC as the ogre that’s brought down a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison government faces battle over integrity commission it doesn’t really want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/grattan-on-friday-morrison-government-faces-battle-over-integrity-commission-it-doesnt-really-want-169473/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison government faces battle over integrity commission it doesn’t really want">Read more</a>
