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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicky Morrison, Professor of Planning, Western Sydney University You’d be forgiven for asking if living in some parts of New South Wales is actually good for your health. In the past 18 months Australia’s most populous state has been challenged like never before. Unprecedented bushfires, a global ... <a title="Planning shake-up needed to help those whose job it is to make NSW a healthy place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/planning-shake-up-needed-to-help-those-whose-job-it-is-to-make-nsw-a-healthy-place-159638/" aria-label="Read more about Planning shake-up needed to help those whose job it is to make NSW a healthy place">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Brayshaw, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. The city of Stuttgart doesn’t generally come to mind when planning a jaunt to Germany. ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: German Modernism at the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart — beauty, play and the horror of war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/if-i-could-go-anywhere-german-modernism-at-the-staatsgalerie-in-stuttgart-beauty-play-and-the-horror-of-war-157594/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: German Modernism at the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart — beauty, play and the horror of war">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will aim at driving unemployment below pre-pandemic levels in its May 11 budget and avoid any future sharp pivots towards “austerity”, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will say on Thursday. Delivering his pre-budget address on the budget’s economic and fiscal ... <a title="Budget aims at unemployment with a ‘4’ in front of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/budget-aims-at-unemployment-with-a-4-in-front-of-it-159923/" aria-label="Read more about Budget aims at unemployment with a ‘4’ in front of it">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
By Josefa Babitu A French Polynesian territorial government cabinet minister says the pandemic and climate justice have provided an opportunity to think about the progress made about action for women’s empowerment in the Pacific. Minister for Family, Solidarity and Equal Opportunities Isabelle Sachet has told the three-day 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women it was ... <a title="Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/pacific-women-talk-about-precarious-situation-over-covid-climate-and-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Professor of Environmental Science and Human Health, Macquarie University Australians are eating and inhaling significant numbers of tiny plastics at home, our new research shows. These “microplastics”, which are derived from petrochemicals extracted from oil and gas products, are settling in dust around the ... <a title="We’re all ingesting microplastics at home, and these might be toxic for our health. Here are some tips to reduce your risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/were-all-ingesting-microplastics-at-home-and-these-might-be-toxic-for-our-health-here-are-some-tips-to-reduce-your-risk-159537/" aria-label="Read more about We’re all ingesting microplastics at home, and these might be toxic for our health. Here are some tips to reduce your risk">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra “The warfare of the 21st century” is going to be “fought in cyberspace before kinetic shots are fired” says leading national security expert David Irvine. And perhaps the fight has already begun, with Australia’s institutions, businesses, and citizens subject to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: former ASIO head David Irvine on the cyber threats Australia faces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/politics-with-michelle-grattan-former-asio-head-david-irvine-on-the-cyber-threats-australia-faces-159931/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: former ASIO head David Irvine on the cyber threats Australia faces">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajib Dasgupta, Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University With more than 300,000 new COVID cases a day and hospitals and crematoria facing collapse, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called the situation in India “beyond heartbreaking”. India’s government ... <a title="Why variants are most likely to blame for India’s COVID surge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/why-variants-are-most-likely-to-blame-for-indias-covid-surge-159911/" aria-label="Read more about Why variants are most likely to blame for India’s COVID surge">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Apple users across the globe are adopting the latest operating system update, called iOS 14.5, featuring the now-obligatory new batch of emojis. But there’s another change that’s arguably less fun but much more significant for many users: ... <a title="Apple’s new ‘app tracking transparency’ has angered Facebook. How does it work, what’s all the fuss about, and should you use it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/apples-new-app-tracking-transparency-has-angered-facebook-how-does-it-work-whats-all-the-fuss-about-and-should-you-use-it-159916/" aria-label="Read more about Apple’s new ‘app tracking transparency’ has angered Facebook. How does it work, what’s all the fuss about, and should you use it?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Fischetti, Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle In late 2019, New South Wales announced it would make maths compulsory all through school. Victoria will have an additional, easier, year 12 maths subject in 2023 to boost the numbers ... <a title="Not every student needs senior maths, but we can make maths more engaging in the earlier school years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/not-every-student-needs-senior-maths-but-we-can-make-maths-more-engaging-in-the-earlier-school-years-150631/" aria-label="Read more about Not every student needs senior maths, but we can make maths more engaging in the earlier school years">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Maritz, Professor of Entrepreneurship, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University Bill Gates was 21 when he and Paul Allen registered Microsoft. Steve Jobs was 22 when he and Steve Wozniak launched Apple. Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his Harvard dormitory. The biographies of these tech ... <a title="Contrary to popular belief, middle-aged entrepreneurs do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/contrary-to-popular-belief-middle-aged-entrepreneurs-do-better-159906/" aria-label="Read more about Contrary to popular belief, middle-aged entrepreneurs do better">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosalie Gillett, Postdoctoral research fellow, Queensland University of Technology Dating apps have been under increased scrutiny for their role in facilitating harassment and abuse. Last year an ABC investigation into Tinder found most users who reported sexual assault offences didn’t receive a response from the platform. Since ... <a title="NSW Police want access to Tinder’s sexual assault data. Cybersafety experts explain why it’s a date with disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/nsw-police-want-access-to-tinders-sexual-assault-data-cybersafety-experts-explain-why-its-a-date-with-disaster-159811/" aria-label="Read more about NSW Police want access to Tinder’s sexual assault data. Cybersafety experts explain why it’s a date with disaster">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Visiting Fellow in the School of History, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor in the Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University Prime Minister Scott Morrison is fond of describing Papua New Guinea as “family”. He did so recently when announcing Australia’s assistance with PNG’s COVID-19 ... <a title="If Papua New Guinea really is part of Australia’s ‘family’, we’d do well to remember our shared history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/if-papua-new-guinea-really-is-part-of-australias-family-wed-do-well-to-remember-our-shared-history-159528/" aria-label="Read more about If Papua New Guinea really is part of Australia’s ‘family’, we’d do well to remember our shared history">Read more</a>
