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July 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University Wikimedia Commons, CC BY This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who helped shape the ... <a title="‘To get rich is glorious’: how Deng Xiaoping set China on a path to rule the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/10/to-get-rich-is-glorious-how-deng-xiaoping-set-china-on-a-path-to-rule-the-world-156836/" aria-label="Read more about ‘To get rich is glorious’: how Deng Xiaoping set China on a path to rule the world">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock “Wherever I look I see not just bad conduct but illegal conduct, improper conduct, unacceptable conduct and it permeates the whole organisation,” Ray Finkelstein, the royal commissioner into Crown Resorts’ Melbourne casino said ... <a title="Illegal, improper, unacceptable: revelations about Crown’s casino culture just get worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/illegal-improper-unacceptable-revelations-about-crowns-casino-culture-just-get-worse-164084/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal, improper, unacceptable: revelations about Crown’s casino culture just get worse">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie Bradby, Professor of Physics, Australian National University Lucara Diamond Corp A mega diamond of a staggering 1,174 carats was recently recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, making it one of the largest natural diamonds ever recovered. More remarkably, the stone was found alongside several other ... <a title="Third-largest diamond found in June, then a bigger one days later. What’s behind the monster gem boom?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/third-largest-diamond-found-in-june-then-a-bigger-one-days-later-whats-behind-the-monster-gem-boom-164159/" aria-label="Read more about Third-largest diamond found in June, then a bigger one days later. What’s behind the monster gem boom?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Bartlett, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle from www.shutterstock.com Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared to have made a “captain’s call” yesterday by encouraging people in New South Wales outbreak areas to have their AstraZeneca booster closer to eight weeks after their ... <a title="Should I have my AstraZeneca booster shot at 8 weeks rather than 12? Here’s the evidence so you can decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/should-i-have-my-astrazeneca-booster-shot-at-8-weeks-rather-than-12-heres-the-evidence-so-you-can-decide-164164/" aria-label="Read more about Should I have my AstraZeneca booster shot at 8 weeks rather than 12? Here’s the evidence so you can decide">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland With the prospect of a lengthier lockdown looming over Sydney, the idea of “living with the virus” has resurfaced. NSW’s health minister, Brad Hazzard, raised the prospect of abandoning the lockdown and accepting that “the virus has ... <a title="Why most economists continue to back lockdowns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/why-most-economists-continue-to-back-lockdowns-164239/" aria-label="Read more about Why most economists continue to back lockdowns">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss what the government is doing to assist Syndeysiders in lockdown, the recent ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next chapter in the vaccine rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-next-chapter-in-the-vaccine-rollout-164233/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next chapter in the vaccine rollout">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The latest excess mortality data shows all the countries of the British Isles, and the United States, have fewer excess deaths than New Zealand in the three months to the end of May 2021. England/Wales was looking particularly good in the three months to June. (Excess mortality data for the United ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United Kingdom and Herd Immunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-united-kingdom-and-herd-immunity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United Kingdom and Herd Immunity">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Mary Pollard, Associate professor, Curtin University Shutterstock There is a deafening silence regarding household food insecurity in Australia, particularly when it comes to children. Food is a basic human right and the government’s response has been dismal and could even be considered a crime. Food insecurity ... <a title="‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/im-scared-we-wont-have-money-for-food-how-children-cope-with-food-insecurity-in-australia-161671/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Logan, Lecturer of Civil Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury GettyImages The major storm surge and coastal flooding in Wellington earlier this month was another reminder that the sea is now lapping close to a lot of New Zealand’s front doors. The ominous question is: who will ... <a title="With seas rising and storms surging, who will pay for New Zealand’s most vulnerable coastal properties?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/with-seas-rising-and-storms-surging-who-will-pay-for-new-zealands-most-vulnerable-coastal-properties-163807/" aria-label="Read more about With seas rising and storms surging, who will pay for New Zealand’s most vulnerable coastal properties?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Shelling, Professor and Associate Dean (Research), University of Auckland Shutterstock Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure it’s accurate. ... <a title="Is when you lose your virginity and have your first kid really written in your genes? Not quite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/is-when-you-lose-your-virginity-and-have-your-first-kid-really-written-in-your-genes-not-quite-163895/" aria-label="Read more about Is when you lose your virginity and have your first kid really written in your genes? Not quite">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University Hundreds of dead turtles continue to wash ashore in Sri Lanka, almost two months after a newly built container ship caught fire while anchored off Colombo’s port. The X-Press Pearl was carrying 1,486 containers and burned for two weeks. It ... <a title="Could Sri Lanka’s ship fire have been avoided? Here’s what we can learn from the shocking environmental disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/could-sri-lankas-ship-fire-have-been-avoided-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-the-shocking-environmental-disaster-162770/" aria-label="Read more about Could Sri Lanka’s ship fire have been avoided? Here’s what we can learn from the shocking environmental disaster">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris James, ARC DECRA Fellow, Centre for Hypersonics, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland Blue Origin Over the next fortnight, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will take off into space, because they can, on spaceships designed by ... <a title="Branson vs Bezos: as the billionaires get ready to blast into space, who’s got the better plan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/branson-vs-bezos-as-the-billionaires-get-ready-to-blast-into-space-whos-got-the-better-plan-163898/" aria-label="Read more about Branson vs Bezos: as the billionaires get ready to blast into space, who’s got the better plan?">Read more</a>
