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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra ABS/Shutterstock Suddenly, Australia’s annual inflation rate is 3.8%, having jumped from 1.1% for the twelve months to March. The June quarter jump follows a jump in the United States to 5.4% ... <a title="Now that Australia’s inflation rate is 3.8%, is it time to worry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/now-that-australias-inflation-rate-is-3-8-is-it-time-to-worry-165098/" aria-label="Read more about Now that Australia’s inflation rate is 3.8%, is it time to worry?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gapps, Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images of deceased people. Images of mounted police contending with anti-lockdown protesters on the weekend have now gone viral around the world. In fact, mounted police have ... <a title="From colonial cavalry to mounted police: a short history of the Australian police horse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/from-colonial-cavalry-to-mounted-police-a-short-history-of-the-australian-police-horse-165087/" aria-label="Read more about From colonial cavalry to mounted police: a short history of the Australian police horse">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Shutterstock We all know the burning sensation we get when eating chillies. Some can tolerate the heat, while others may be reaching for the milk carton. Some people even actively choose to participate in chilli-eating competitions, seeking ... <a title="Can eating hot chilli peppers actually hurt you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/can-eating-hot-chilli-peppers-actually-hurt-you-163489/" aria-label="Read more about Can eating hot chilli peppers actually hurt you?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson like to think of themselves as leftwing politicians. So why aren’t they prioritising and championing the vulnerable at the bottom of society? Since Covid hit they have chosen economic policies that benefit the rich while pushing more into poverty. Increasing inequality was thrown into stark relief ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s sacrificing of the poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-sacrificing-of-the-poor/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s sacrificing of the poor">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University The acrobatic handsprings, somersaults and twists performed by world-class gymnasts at the Tokyo Olympics are among the most complex skills humans can perform. But at their heart is an instinctive process that can help teach us mere mortals how ... <a title="What Olympic gymnasts can teach us about improving our balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/what-olympic-gymnasts-can-teach-us-about-improving-our-balance-165171/" aria-label="Read more about What Olympic gymnasts can teach us about improving our balance">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacci Brady, PhD Candidate, School of Political and Social Sciences, The University of Melbourne Screenshot/YouTube Changes to Australian defamation laws that came into effect this month in several states could provide some respite for political satire as a mode of political communication. In recent years, the defamation ... <a title="The policing of Australian satire: why defamation is still no joke, despite recent law changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/the-policing-of-australian-satire-why-defamation-is-still-no-joke-despite-recent-law-changes-164076/" aria-label="Read more about The policing of Australian satire: why defamation is still no joke, despite recent law changes">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, LIVE at midday Thursday and will do a deep-dive into cyber-attacks and hybrid warfare – Especially how 2021 has witnessed a Cold War II styled stand-off between global powers. To re-cap, there has been: Allegations of a ... <a title="Scheduled LIVE: Buchanan + Manning on Cyber-Attacks and the Evolution of Hybrid Warfare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/scheduled-live-buchanan-manning-on-cyber-attacks-and-the-evolution-of-hybrid-warfare/" aria-label="Read more about Scheduled LIVE: Buchanan + Manning on Cyber-Attacks and the Evolution of Hybrid Warfare">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Visiting Fellow, School of History, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University After nearly four months of being taken to the brink of dictatorship, Samoa’s constitutional crisis ended on July 26 when the prime minister for the past 23 years, ... <a title="Samoa’s first female leader has made history — now she faces a challenging future at home and abroad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/samoas-first-female-leader-has-made-history-now-she-faces-a-challenging-future-at-home-and-abroad-165083/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s first female leader has made history — now she faces a challenging future at home and abroad">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Lambert, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. English (or an equivalent literacy requirement) is a compulsory subject for all secondary students in Australia. In years 11 and ... <a title="Confused about which English subject to choose in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/confused-about-which-english-subject-to-choose-in-year-11-and-12-heres-what-you-need-to-know-163978/" aria-label="Read more about Confused about which English subject to choose in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Forest Simon/Unsplash First thing in the morning, or come 11 o’clock, countless Australians anxiously wait for the daily COVID-19 case numbers, trying to understand whether their outbreak is under control, and how much longer they will ... <a title="We’ve heard of R numbers and moving averages. But what are k numbers? And how do they explain COVID superspreading?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/weve-heard-of-r-numbers-and-moving-averages-but-what-are-k-numbers-and-how-do-they-explain-covid-superspreading-164858/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve heard of R numbers and moving averages. But what are k numbers? And how do they explain COVID superspreading?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
By Josefa Babitu in Suva The dream of putting a smile on his mother’s face on his graduation day from university has become one that will never happen for Gabriel Gade, after his mother succumbed to the coronavirus that has killed dozens of people in Fiji. “My ultimate dream was to make her proud of ... <a title="Fiji student son tells of his pregnant nurse mum’s losing struggle with covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/fiji-student-son-tells-of-his-pregnant-nurse-mums-losing-struggle-with-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji student son tells of his pregnant nurse mum’s losing struggle with covid">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
RNZ Pacific France and French Polynesia have agreed to jointly spend US$60 million to build 17 cyclone shelters across the Tuamotu archipelago. This was announced on Manihi atoll, where the visiting French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the construction site for a shelter for the atoll’s 600 inhabitants. The shelters are scheduled to be built by ... <a title="Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/macron-launches-cyclone-shelter-project-in-french-polynesia/" aria-label="Read more about Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia">Read more</a>
