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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Shutterstock Teenage drivers are a risky bunch. They are inexperienced and don’t always drive carefully, sometimes with tragic consequences. Various studies indicate 15-30% of teens have an accident in their first year of driving. In many countries driving fatalities are the ... <a title="Vital Signs: how to halve serious injuries and deaths from teenage driving accidents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/vital-signs-how-to-halve-serious-injuries-and-deaths-from-teenage-driving-accidents-163351/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: how to halve serious injuries and deaths from teenage driving accidents">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Stewart, Professor, The University of Melbourne Governments worldwide spent more than US$14 trillion fighting the health and economic effects of the coronavirus in 2020, much of it very quickly. Among other things the timing of budgets was changed, procedural requirements bypassed, parliaments not consulted, and information ... <a title="Australia’s handling of the pandemic ranked more accountable than most, but not perfect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/australias-handling-of-the-pandemic-ranked-more-accountable-than-most-but-not-perfect-163081/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s handling of the pandemic ranked more accountable than most, but not perfect">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marguerite Johnson, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne, made between 1622 and 1625. Stefano Chiacchiarini/Shutterstock Ancient Greek myths and folktales are shaping popular culture, from big-budget films to television series to novels. You can even find advice on how to look ... <a title="Friday essay: rethinking the myth of Daphne, a woman who chooses eternal silence over sexual assault" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/friday-essay-rethinking-the-myth-of-daphne-a-woman-who-chooses-eternal-silence-over-sexual-assault-162521/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: rethinking the myth of Daphne, a woman who chooses eternal silence over sexual assault">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is fond of telling his troops they’re in a boat. On Thursday he said Barnaby Joyce was “a wind in the sails”. Perhaps better described as a gale hitting the craft, some nervous Liberals would think. Political life ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Blowin’ in the wind with Barnaby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/grattan-on-friday-blowin-in-the-wind-with-barnaby-163381/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Blowin’ in the wind with Barnaby">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji could face around 600 covid-19 deaths within about eight weeks, and 50,000 active cases, unless decisive government-led action is taken quickly on controlling the epidemic. Diplomatic sources have told Pacific Newsroom that increasing alarm in Australia and New Zealand has prompted their Suva diplomats to urge Prime ... <a title="Fiji may be facing heavy covid disaster within month, warns health official" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/fiji-may-be-facing-heavy-covid-disaster-within-month-warns-health-official/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji may be facing heavy covid disaster within month, warns health official">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Apple Daily has announced its imminent closure in a dark day for Hong Kong’s press freedom and democracy, sparking condemnation by global media freedom watchdogs. The Australian-based Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom, Reporters Without Borders in Paris and the Committee to Protect Journalists were among the watchdogs that issued statements criticised the ... <a title="AJF, RSF and other media freedom watchdogs condemn China’s ‘suffocation’ of free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/ajf-rsf-and-other-media-freedom-watchdogs-condemn-chinas-suffocation-of-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about AJF, RSF and other media freedom watchdogs condemn China’s ‘suffocation’ of free press">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Orchard, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centenary Institute; and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Wolfgang Rattay/AP/AAP On June 12, 16,000 spectators at Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium and millions of viewers around the world watched in shock as Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen’s heart stopped. Late in the first half of ... <a title="Cardiac arrests in young people — what causes them and can they be prevented or treated? A heart expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/cardiac-arrests-in-young-people-what-causes-them-and-can-they-be-prevented-or-treated-a-heart-expert-explains-163276/" aria-label="Read more about Cardiac arrests in young people — what causes them and can they be prevented or treated? A heart expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock During a heated exchange in a Coalition party room meeting about childcare subsidies, a male MP stated working women are “outsourcing parenting”. The notion that working mothers are failing their ... <a title="Politicians criticising women for ‘outsourcing’ parenting need a reality check. Here it is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/politicians-criticising-women-for-outsourcing-parenting-need-a-reality-check-here-it-is-163357/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians criticising women for ‘outsourcing’ parenting need a reality check. Here it is">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kurt Iveson, Associate Professor of Urban Geography and Research Lead, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney Shutterstock This week, the NSW government announced almost A$500 million towards boosting the uptake of electric vehicles. In its new electric vehicle strategy, the government will waive stamp duty for cars ... <a title="Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we’re still depending on cars — and that’s a huge problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/cramming-cities-full-of-electric-vehicles-means-were-still-depending-on-cars-and-thats-a-huge-problem-163247/" aria-label="Read more about Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we’re still depending on cars — and that’s a huge problem">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry/Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. A church, an ancient ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: the ‘cathedral’ at Blythburgh that rises from the marshes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/if-i-could-go-anywhere-the-cathedral-at-blythburgh-that-rises-from-the-marshes-161659/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: the ‘cathedral’ at Blythburgh that rises from the marshes">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Hill, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong Australia’s Great Barrier Reef made the international headlines this week. It was not good news for the reef, described by David Attenborough as “one of the greatest and most splendid natural treasures that ... <a title="UNESCO has always been mired in politics and squabbling, but this shouldn’t detract from its work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/unesco-has-always-been-mired-in-politics-and-squabbling-but-this-shouldnt-detract-from-its-work-163353/" aria-label="Read more about UNESCO has always been mired in politics and squabbling, but this shouldn’t detract from its work">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurien Beane, Course Coordinator, Queensland Undergraduate Early Childhood, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock A Coalition party room meeting this week debated the A$1.7 billion childcare package announced in the budget, which would increase subsidies for families with more than one child in care and remove a cap on ... <a title="It takes a village: why sending your kid to childcare isn’t ‘outsourcing parenting’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/it-takes-a-village-why-sending-your-kid-to-childcare-isnt-outsourcing-parenting-163264/" aria-label="Read more about It takes a village: why sending your kid to childcare isn’t ‘outsourcing parenting’">Read more</a>
