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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe McInerney, PhD Candidate in Avian Palaeontology, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University Phoebe McInerney/@phoebyornis, Author provided Until around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to Genyornis newtoni, a fearsomely huge bird weighing roughly 230kg – almost six times as much as an emu – and standing 2 ... <a title="Fossil find reveals giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ were riddled with bone disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/fossil-find-reveals-giant-prehistoric-thunder-birds-were-riddled-with-bone-disease-173745/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil find reveals giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ were riddled with bone disease">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock In the past two decades there has been a significant rise in IVF clinics worldwide offering costly testing of embryos to make sure they have the right number ... <a title="Testing embryos before IVF doesn’t increase the chance of a baby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/testing-embryos-before-ivf-doesnt-increase-the-chance-of-a-baby-172981/" aria-label="Read more about Testing embryos before IVF doesn’t increase the chance of a baby">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock We all know how hot and damaging the summer sun can be in Australia and most of us are only too willing to take sensible precautions, and slop on sunscreen. It’s not only humans that suffer from ... <a title="Trees get sunburnt too – but there are easy ways to protect them, from tree ‘sunscreen’ to hydration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/trees-get-sunburnt-too-but-there-are-easy-ways-to-protect-them-from-tree-sunscreen-to-hydration-172953/" aria-label="Read more about Trees get sunburnt too – but there are easy ways to protect them, from tree ‘sunscreen’ to hydration">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Ross, Lecturer, Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock For the last 18 months, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) have been revising the foundation to year 10 curriculum. A draft version of the document released in April, sparked fierce debate about ... <a title="First, it’s not an instruction manual: 3 things education ministers need to know about the Australian Curriculum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/first-its-not-an-instruction-manual-3-things-education-ministers-need-to-know-about-the-australian-curriculum-173058/" aria-label="Read more about First, it’s not an instruction manual: 3 things education ministers need to know about the Australian Curriculum">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock The deeply partisan report of the Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity, tabled on December 9, is a disappointment. The main report by the Greens and Labor endorsed the campaign by former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and ... <a title="Forget calls for a royal commission into Australia’s big media players – this is the inquiry we really need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/forget-calls-for-a-royal-commission-into-australias-big-media-players-this-is-the-inquiry-we-really-need-171842/" aria-label="Read more about Forget calls for a royal commission into Australia’s big media players – this is the inquiry we really need">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Liu, Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney In March 1911, in a garment factory in Manhattan, over 100 people, mostly Jewish and Italian women migrants, some as young as 14, were trapped inside and died as the factory burnt ... <a title="How we can use the law to make the fashion industry fairer to women and the earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/how-we-can-use-the-law-to-make-the-fashion-industry-fairer-to-women-and-the-earth-173235/" aria-label="Read more about How we can use the law to make the fashion industry fairer to women and the earth">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Shutterstock As school and university students ponder their end-of-year results, it’s only fair we cast a critical eye over the country, too. Using international and domestic indices and figures, it’s possible to get an idea of how well – ... <a title="NZ report card 2021: from COVID to housing and happiness, it was a tale of two countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/nz-report-card-2021-from-covid-to-housing-and-happiness-it-was-a-tale-of-two-countries-173726/" aria-label="Read more about NZ report card 2021: from COVID to housing and happiness, it was a tale of two countries">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversation’s politics ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Government and Labor end 2021 on tenterhooks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/word-from-the-hill-government-and-labor-end-2021-on-tenterhooks-173748/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Government and Labor end 2021 on tenterhooks">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chay Brown, Research and Partnerships Manager, The Equality Institute, & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University GettyImages For many First Nations women living in remote and regional areas, the internet, mobile smartphones and social media platforms are a lifeline for connection and support. However our research, funded by ... <a title="Technology-facilitated abuse of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is rife in regional and remote areas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/technology-facilitated-abuse-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-women-is-rife-in-regional-and-remote-areas-171727/" aria-label="Read more about Technology-facilitated abuse of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is rife in regional and remote areas">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence umbrella organisation says it does not recognise the legitimacy and validity of the third and final referendum on independence from France. The statement by the organisation grouping seven parties and unions — the Strategic Independence Committee of Non-Particioation (CSIMP) — is the first since 96.5 percent of voters rejected independence ... <a title="New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/new-caledonian-referendum-result-rejected-not-wish-of-silent-majority/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva Following the publication of the book Toxic some 9 months ago and President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to French Polynesia last July, the response from the French administration has been to send French nuclear experts to Tahiti. Their mission was to give clear and transparent answers about the state of former nuclear ... <a title="French nuclear experts offer reassuring but contradictory ‘clear answers’ to investigative book Toxic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/french-nuclear-experts-offer-reassuring-but-contradictory-clear-answers-to-investigative-book-toxic/" aria-label="Read more about French nuclear experts offer reassuring but contradictory ‘clear answers’ to investigative book Toxic">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
RNZ News A New Zealand nurse has been referred to a professional conduct committee by the Nursing Council after posting threats online against medical professionals involved in the national covid-19 vaccine rollout. Multiple agencies are investigating after the registered Dunedin nurse posted a video to social media “declaring war” against covid-19 vaccinators and calling medical ... <a title="NZ nurse referred to Nursing Council over online threats to attack vax buses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/nz-nurse-referred-to-nursing-council-over-online-threats-to-attack-vax-buses/" aria-label="Read more about NZ nurse referred to Nursing Council over online threats to attack vax buses">Read more</a>
