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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University AAP Image/LUKAS COCH News the army’s Lieutenant General John “JJ” Frewen has been picked to lead a new COVID-19 vaccination task force has prompted fresh discussion of the defence force’s role in Australia. Frewen, already the ... <a title="Calling in the army for the vaccine rollout and every other emergency shows how ill-prepared we are" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/calling-in-the-army-for-the-vaccine-rollout-and-every-other-emergency-shows-how-ill-prepared-we-are-162247/" aria-label="Read more about Calling in the army for the vaccine rollout and every other emergency shows how ill-prepared we are">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Clement, Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Biodiversity Heritage Library/ Harvard University Archives Modern palaeontology dates back to the 19th century. But from time to time, entirely new branches of enquiry are developed. This year marks 100 years since the birth ... <a title="Remembering Tilly Edinger, the pioneering ‘brainy’ woman who fled Nazi Germany and founded palaeoneurology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/remembering-tilly-edinger-the-pioneering-brainy-woman-who-fled-nazi-germany-and-founded-palaeoneurology-160194/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Tilly Edinger, the pioneering ‘brainy’ woman who fled Nazi Germany and founded palaeoneurology">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji recorded 83 cases of covid-19 on yesterday — its highest daily figure yet, as authorities moved to cordon off the country’s largest hospital and quarantine an entire village as it battles to bring a rapidly growing outbreak under control. Health Secretary James Fong said 11 of the cases were of unknown origin ... <a title="Fiji records 83 covid cases in highest total as Suva hospital cordoned off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/fiji-records-83-covid-cases-in-highest-total-as-suva-hospital-cordoned-off/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji records 83 covid cases in highest total as Suva hospital cordoned off">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Zealand’s largest ever crowd in support of migrant rights gathered in Auckland’s Aotea Square at the weekend in triple protests that also marked solidarity for Palestinian justice and the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China. More than 1500 people filled the square on Saturday proclaiming “migrant lives matter” with speakers ... <a title="Gallery: ‘Migrant lives matter’ protest slams NZ policies – Palestinian justice and Tiananmen massacre also feature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/gallery-migrant-lives-matter-protest-slams-nz-policies-palestinian-justice-and-tiananmen-massacre-also-feature/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: ‘Migrant lives matter’ protest slams NZ policies – Palestinian justice and Tiananmen massacre also feature">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University AAP/James Ross For many years, surveys indicated declining Australian trust in government. Not anymore. On the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer, which measures average trust in NGOs, business, government and the media, trust ... <a title="How the pandemic has brought out the worst — and the best — in Australians and their governments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/how-the-pandemic-has-brought-out-the-worst-and-the-best-in-australians-and-their-governments-161745/" aria-label="Read more about How the pandemic has brought out the worst — and the best — in Australians and their governments">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Bryant, Laboratory Head, Immunology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Shutterstock Most people who get COVID suffer the common symptoms of fever, cough and breathing problems, and recover in a week or two. But some people, estimated to be roughly 10-30% of people who get COVID, ... <a title="The mystery of ‘long COVID’: up to 1 in 3 people who catch the virus suffer for months. Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/the-mystery-of-long-covid-up-to-1-in-3-people-who-catch-the-virus-suffer-for-months-heres-what-we-know-so-far-161174/" aria-label="Read more about The mystery of ‘long COVID’: up to 1 in 3 people who catch the virus suffer for months. Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Ullman, Associate Professor in Adolescent Development, Behaviour and Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Bills in the federal and New South Wales parliaments have sought to stop teachers talking about gender and sexuality diversity in the name of either religious freedom or parents’ rights. If passed in ... <a title="9 in 10 LGBTQ+ students say they hear homophobic language at school, and 1 in 3 hear it almost every day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/9-in-10-lgbtq-students-say-they-hear-homophobic-language-at-school-and-1-in-3-hear-it-almost-every-day-160356/" aria-label="Read more about 9 in 10 LGBTQ+ students say they hear homophobic language at school, and 1 in 3 hear it almost every day">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Triggs, Visiting research fellow, Australian National University Novikov Aleksey/Shutterstock In more than a fifth of Australia’s industries, the two biggest firms control at least half the market. Think of telecommunications, supermarkets, department stores, packaging, airlines, hardware, service stations, cinema chains and commercial television. In industries like ... <a title="New finding: in 49 Australian industries the major firms are owned by common investors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/new-finding-in-49-australian-industries-the-major-firms-are-owned-by-common-investors-159809/" aria-label="Read more about New finding: in 49 Australian industries the major firms are owned by common investors">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Clement, Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Biodiversity Heritage Library/ Harvard University Archives Modern palaeontology dates back to the 19th century. But from time to time, entirely new branches of enquiry are developed. This year marks 100 years since the birth ... <a title="Remembering the pioneering ‘brainy’ woman who fled Nazi Germany and founded palaeoneurology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/remembering-the-pioneering-brainy-woman-who-fled-nazi-germany-and-founded-palaeoneurology-160194/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering the pioneering ‘brainy’ woman who fled Nazi Germany and founded palaeoneurology">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barry Hunter, Djabugay Aboriginal Corporation, Kuranda, Indigenous Knowledge Shutterstock The Wet Tropics of Australia — rainforest stretching 450 kilometres along Queensland’s coastline — is renowned for its vast array of wildlife and ancient plant species. It’s little wonder the rainforest is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage ... <a title="The Wet Tropics’ wildlife is celebrated worldwide. Its cultural heritage? Not so much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/the-wet-tropics-wildlife-is-celebrated-worldwide-its-cultural-heritage-not-so-much-157147/" aria-label="Read more about The Wet Tropics’ wildlife is celebrated worldwide. Its cultural heritage? Not so much">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University James Gourley/AAP Extreme flooding in New South Wales in March triggered a two-week frenzy of media interest. But while the camera crews and journalists have since moved on, communities still face a long recovery. Many flood-ravaged homes ... <a title="Please, don’t look away. The NSW flood recovery will take years and people still need our help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/please-dont-look-away-the-nsw-flood-recovery-will-take-years-and-people-still-need-our-help-161792/" aria-label="Read more about Please, don’t look away. The NSW flood recovery will take years and people still need our help">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Associate Professor in Ocean Physics, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Shutterstock/Longjourneys People living near the coast are familiar with the power of ocean waves. What we see when a typical wave breaks on a beach is the endpoint of a global energy conversion ... <a title="Power from the ocean: can we use bio-fouling organisms to help extract energy from waves?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/power-from-the-ocean-can-we-use-bio-fouling-organisms-to-help-extract-energy-from-waves-160169/" aria-label="Read more about Power from the ocean: can we use bio-fouling organisms to help extract energy from waves?">Read more</a>
