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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Farrell, Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Sydney Since COVID hit, many Australians have seen first-hand what shocks to the food system can do. Uncertainty around panic-buing, food supply and pricing have thrown our national food system into the spotlight. And it was already under extreme ... <a title="COVID-19 revealed flaws in Australia’s food supply. It also gives us a chance to fix them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/covid-19-revealed-flaws-in-australias-food-supply-it-also-gives-us-a-chance-to-fix-them-159642/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 revealed flaws in Australia’s food supply. It also gives us a chance to fix them">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa Wozniak, Senior Research Fellow and co-founder Catalyse Mentorship Program, Menzies School of Health Research Shutterstock Mentoring is known to be a critical component of job satisfaction and career development. It is also widely recognised that career advancement in medicine, research and health more broadly remains in ... <a title="Here’s an approach to mentoring that can help close the leadership gender gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/heres-an-approach-to-mentoring-that-can-help-close-the-leadership-gender-gap-162515/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s an approach to mentoring that can help close the leadership gender gap">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Humphry, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney A smart light pole in the UK can also recognise faces and numberplates and detect speeding. Nazlika/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Smart street furniture – powered and digitally networked furniture that collects and generates data – is arriving ... <a title="Smart street furniture in Australia: a public service or surveillance and advertising tool?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/smart-street-furniture-in-australia-a-public-service-or-surveillance-and-advertising-tool-157424/" aria-label="Read more about Smart street furniture in Australia: a public service or surveillance and advertising tool?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Wade, Lecturer in Social Inquiry, La Trobe University Shutterstock In 2019, the average cost of weddings in Australia increased to $32,333. Around 42% of couples hired a professional videographer, at an average cost of $2,702. Once lavish, many weddings have become more modest affairs during pandemic ... <a title="Anticipatory nostalgia: how wedding videographers craft memories before they’re even over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/anticipatory-nostalgia-how-wedding-videographers-craft-memories-before-theyre-even-over-143000/" aria-label="Read more about Anticipatory nostalgia: how wedding videographers craft memories before they’re even over">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alys Clark, Associate Professor in Bioengineering, University of Auckland Shutterstock/ESB Professional None of us would be here without our placenta, the remarkable fetal organ that nourished and sustained us before birth. But despite its importance, the placenta is among the least studied organs and we don’t fully ... <a title="How a virtual placenta could help with early detection of at-risk babies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/how-a-virtual-placenta-could-help-with-early-detection-of-at-risk-babies-162662/" aria-label="Read more about How a virtual placenta could help with early detection of at-risk babies">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Rowan, University Teaching Consultant, Massey University www.shutterstock.com As university students wait on their mid-year exam results, some will no doubt be thinking about more than just passing. Since COVID-19 pushed teaching and testing online last year, the issue of cheating has come into sharper focus. Recent ... <a title="Online learning has changed the way students work — we need to change definitions of ‘cheating’ too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/online-learning-has-changed-the-way-students-work-we-need-to-change-definitions-of-cheating-too-163001/" aria-label="Read more about Online learning has changed the way students work — we need to change definitions of ‘cheating’ too">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Senate on Tuesday night disallowed a government regulation that would have allowed the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to invest in technologies such as carbon capture and storage and blue hydrogen using fossil fuel. Labor, Greens and crossbench votes ... <a title="Senate knocks out regulation allowing ARENA to fund carbon capture and blue hydrogen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/senate-knocks-out-regulation-allowing-arena-to-fund-carbon-capture-and-blue-hydrogen-163200/" aria-label="Read more about Senate knocks out regulation allowing ARENA to fund carbon capture and blue hydrogen">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra China’s aggressive stands and the sharp deterioration of the bilateral relationship are flowing through strongly to produce record negativity by Australians towards our biggest trading partner. The Lowy Institute’s annual poll for the first time finds most Australians (52%) see ... <a title="Australians fear China-US military conflict but want to stay neutral: Lowy 2021 Poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/australians-fear-china-us-military-conflict-but-want-to-stay-neutral-lowy-2021-poll-163182/" aria-label="Read more about Australians fear China-US military conflict but want to stay neutral: Lowy 2021 Poll">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Pia Ranada in Manila What is Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s solution to vaccine hesitancy among Filipinos? Threaten them with jail time. Duterte, in a meeting with pandemic task force officials yesterday said he would order the arrest of people who refused to get vaccinated. “Kung ayaw mo magpabakuna, ipaaresto kita at ang bakuna, itusok ... <a title="Duterte threatens to jail Filipinos who refuse getting vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/duterte-threatens-to-jail-filipinos-who-refuse-getting-vaccinated/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte threatens to jail Filipinos who refuse getting vaccinated">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter Political tension is rising in New Caledonia as a third referendum on independence from France is planned in December. The decolonisation process under the 1998 Noumea Accord is nearing its conclusion and scenarios are being drawn up for how to deal with the result. In 2018 and 2020, a ... <a title="New Caledonia tension simmers over early independence vote date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/new-caledonia-tension-simmers-over-early-independence-vote-date/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia tension simmers over early independence vote date">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller, RNZ Pacific journalist “Pacific Studies” has been included in a raft of new proposed NCEA achievement standard subjects in New Zealand, now up for public consultation. It is proposed with Vagahau Niue and Gagana Tokelau as part of the government’s NCEA upcoming reforms — the biggest shakeup of the qualification. The option ... <a title="‘Pacific studies’ proposed to be taught in NZ schools in NCEA shakeup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/pacific-studies-proposed-to-be-taught-in-nz-schools-in-ncea-shakeup/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific studies’ proposed to be taught in NZ schools in NCEA shakeup">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Koroi Tadulala, FBC News journalist Fiji recorded 126 new cases of covid-19 in the 24-hour period ending at 8am yesterday with another death as the pandemic continues to take hold. The Ministry of Health said the 42-year-old man died at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWMH). He was admitted to hospital with leptospirosis and ... <a title="126 new Fiji covid infections with another death as cases still high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/126-new-fiji-covid-infections-with-another-death-as-cases-still-high/" aria-label="Read more about 126 new Fiji covid infections with another death as cases still high">Read more</a>
