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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Ryan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Elias Levy/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY The presumed death of 57-year-old Paul Millachip in an apparently fatal shark bite incident near Perth on November 6 is a traumatising reminder that while shark bites are rare, they can have ... <a title="White sharks can easily mistake swimmers or surfers for seals. Our research aims to reduce the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/white-sharks-can-easily-mistake-swimmers-or-surfers-for-seals-our-research-aims-to-reduce-the-risk-171440/" aria-label="Read more about White sharks can easily mistake swimmers or surfers for seals. Our research aims to reduce the risk">Read more</a>
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November 10, 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 Anti-vaxxers, protests Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The protest that revealed a new, ugly, dangerous ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 10 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-10-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 10 2021">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University History is weighing heavily on a hotel in the western suburbs of Beijing this week, as the 300 members of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party chart a course for China’s next five-year political cycle. Not least of ... <a title="China’s sixth plenum will consolidate Xi Jinping’s power and chart the country’s ambitions for the next 5 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/chinas-sixth-plenum-will-consolidate-xi-jinpings-power-and-chart-the-countrys-ambitions-for-the-next-5-years-171395/" aria-label="Read more about China’s sixth plenum will consolidate Xi Jinping’s power and chart the country’s ambitions for the next 5 years">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Strout, Researcher, Midwife, Nurse, UNSW Microbiome Research Centre, UNSW Shutterstock Researchers in the UK recently discovered a rapid test that checks the vaginal microbiome and can detect risks of preterm birth. Usually, tests to check the microbiome are complicated and it takes a long time to ... <a title="Just don’t douche – what your vaginal biome can tell you about your health and pregnancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/just-dont-douche-what-your-vaginal-biome-can-tell-you-about-your-health-and-pregnancy-170859/" aria-label="Read more about Just don’t douche – what your vaginal biome can tell you about your health and pregnancy">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellie Martus, Lecturer in Public Policy, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University Former US president Barack Obama took specific aim at Russia at the Glasgow COP26 climate talks this week. According to Obama, the fact Russian President Vladimir Putin (as well as Chinese President Xi ... <a title="Can climate laggards change? Russia, like Australia, first needs to overcome significant domestic resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/can-climate-laggards-change-russia-like-australia-first-needs-to-overcome-significant-domestic-resistance-170461/" aria-label="Read more about Can climate laggards change? Russia, like Australia, first needs to overcome significant domestic resistance">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Tumisu/Pixabay Universities are increasingly using computer programs to supervise university students sitting their exams. Is this the future of testing? Due to the ... <a title="Unis are using artificial intelligence to keep students sitting exams honest. But this creates its own problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/unis-are-using-artificial-intelligence-to-keep-students-sitting-exams-honest-but-this-creates-its-own-problems-170708/" aria-label="Read more about Unis are using artificial intelligence to keep students sitting exams honest. But this creates its own problems">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Stead, Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Shutterstock I met Elisabeth the day she learned she was being sent back to Vanuatu. She had arrived in Shepparton, in north-central Victoria, two months earlier. She was meant to stay for six ... <a title="Australia needs better working conditions, not shaming, for Pacific Islander farm workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/australia-needs-better-working-conditions-not-shaming-for-pacific-islander-farm-workers-171404/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs better working conditions, not shaming, for Pacific Islander farm workers">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University ABC TV Review: Preppers, created by Nakkiah Lui and Gabriel Dowrick, ABC TV A sophisticated multi-layered critique of colonialism, capitalism and patriarchy with an all-star Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cast ... <a title="Preppers is a deep reading of colonial violence – and a hilarious, must-watch Aussie TV comedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/preppers-is-a-deep-reading-of-colonial-violence-and-a-hilarious-must-watch-aussie-tv-comedy-170100/" aria-label="Read more about Preppers is a deep reading of colonial violence – and a hilarious, must-watch Aussie TV comedy">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Heyward, Head of Initial Teacher Education, University of Auckland Shutterstock The news that all staff members at a small King Country school were still unvaccinated a week out from the government’s November 15 mandatory deadline underlines how challenging the weeks ahead might be. Next Monday marks ... <a title="How do NZ’s vaccinated teachers have those hard conversations with their anti-vax colleagues?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/how-do-nzs-vaccinated-teachers-have-those-hard-conversations-with-their-anti-vax-colleagues-171474/" aria-label="Read more about How do NZ’s vaccinated teachers have those hard conversations with their anti-vax colleagues?">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk As world leaders meet in Glasgow for the UN Climate Summit (COP26), peaceful environmental activists are being threatened, silenced and criminalised around the world. The host nation Scotland for this year’s meeting is one of many countries where activists are regularly facing rights violations. New research from the CIVICUS Monitor looks ... <a title="Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/crackdown-on-environmental-activism-as-climate-crisis-worsens-says-report/" aria-label="Read more about Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
RNZ News Thousands of protesters turned up at New Zealand’s Parliament today, demanding an end to covid restrictions, while another group blocked Auckland’s northern boundary this morning. Meanwhile, 125 new cases were reported and experts commented on the traffic light system. Here is a summary of today’s covid-19 developments. Protesters were out in force today ... <a title="NZ anti-vax protests, firefighters given vaccine mandate – 125 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/nz-anti-vax-protests-firefighters-given-vaccine-mandate-125-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-vax protests, firefighters given vaccine mandate – 125 new cases">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra AAP Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Wednesday announce $500 million towards a new $1 billion fund to promote investment in Australian companies to develop low-emissions technologies. But the government will use the legislation for the fund to try to ... <a title="Morrison to link $500 million for new technologies to easing way for carbon capture and storage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/morrison-to-link-500-million-for-new-technologies-to-easing-way-for-carbon-capture-and-storage-171528/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison to link $500 million for new technologies to easing way for carbon capture and storage">Read more</a>
