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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Mummy, why do we have eyebrows? — Alexander, age 3, Brisbane. What a great, eyebrow-raising question, Alexander! Eyebrows come in a range of shapes, sizes and colours. They help make our faces unique. But there’s more to ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we have eyebrows?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-eyebrows-157047/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we have eyebrows?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Pryke, Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute for International Policy; Centre Associate at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University For most of the last year, the Pacific Islands have been remarkably isolated from the devastating effects of the COVID crisis. By walling themselves off early ... <a title="The Pacific went a year without COVID. Now, it’s all under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/the-pacific-went-a-year-without-covid-now-its-all-under-threat-158963/" aria-label="Read more about The Pacific went a year without COVID. Now, it’s all under threat">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Riddle, Associate Professor, University of Southern Queensland Proposed changes to the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum were released for public consultation yesterday. While many of these changes are minor tweaks and refinements, much like a curriculum oil change and tune-up, there are some noteworthy changes ... <a title="Proposed new curriculum acknowledges First Nations’ view of British ‘invasion’ and a multicultural Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/proposed-new-curriculum-acknowledges-first-nations-view-of-british-invasion-and-a-multicultural-australia-160011/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed new curriculum acknowledges First Nations’ view of British ‘invasion’ and a multicultural Australia">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing crisis Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Government’s fix for its housing problems are just a game of whack-a-mole (paywalled) Amelia Wade (Newshub): Even if house ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-30-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2021">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University We know it is more than 60,000 years since the first people entered the continent of Sahul — the giant ... <a title="The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/the-first-australians-grew-to-a-population-of-millions-much-more-than-previous-estimates-142371/" aria-label="Read more about The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefani Crabtree, Assistant Professor for Social-Environmental Modeling @ Utah State University and Associate Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage and ASU-SFI Biosocial Complex Systems Fellow, Santa Fe Institute There are many hypotheses about where the Indigenous ancestors first settled in Australia tens of ... <a title="We mapped the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/we-mapped-the-super-highways-the-first-australians-used-to-cross-the-ancient-land-154263/" aria-label="Read more about We mapped the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University Australians woke up to the freelancing advice this week that “drums of war” were beating louder in their neighbourhood, according to the country’s top security official. It is hardly news that regional anxiety is rising as the countries of the ... <a title="Australia would be wise not to pound ‘war drums’ over Taiwan with so much at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/australia-would-be-wise-not-to-pound-war-drums-over-taiwan-with-so-much-at-stake-159993/" aria-label="Read more about Australia would be wise not to pound ‘war drums’ over Taiwan with so much at stake">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erick Lundgren, PhD Student, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney In the heart of the world’s deserts – some of the most expansive wild places left on Earth – roam herds of feral donkeys and horses. These are the descendants of a once-essential but now-obsolete ... <a title="Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/feral-desert-donkeys-are-digging-wells-giving-water-to-parched-wildlife-159909/" aria-label="Read more about Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Goldfeld, Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children’s Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Around one in three (36%) Australian children grow up in families experiencing adversity. These include families where parents are unemployed, in ... <a title="Starting behind: more than half of young Australian kids living in adversity don’t have the skills they need to learn to read" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/starting-behind-more-than-half-of-young-australian-kids-living-in-adversity-dont-have-the-skills-they-need-to-learn-to-read-159058/" aria-label="Read more about Starting behind: more than half of young Australian kids living in adversity don’t have the skills they need to learn to read">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW “It’s difficult to make predictions,” the saying goes, “especially about the future.” The many predictions federal budgets make about the economy over the coming four years must therefore be taken with a large grain of salt. But in the lead-up to ... <a title="Vital Signs: 3 economic facts point to a big-spending federal budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/vital-signs-3-economic-facts-point-to-a-big-spending-federal-budget-159920/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: 3 economic facts point to a big-spending federal budget">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maïa Ponsonnet, Senior lecturer, The University of Western Australia Many languages in the world allude to body parts to describe emotions and feelings, as in “broken-heart”, for instance. While some have just a few expressions like this, Australian Indigenous languages tend use a lot of them, covering ... <a title="Friday essay: my belly is angry, my throat is in love — how body parts express emotions in Indigenous languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/friday-essay-my-belly-is-angry-my-throat-is-in-love-how-body-parts-express-emotions-in-indigenous-languages-156962/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: my belly is angry, my throat is in love — how body parts express emotions in Indigenous languages">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Getting the right “balance” is one of the main challenges when framing and executing policies. The difficulties of achieving this are being exposed currently on two fronts – the repatriation of Australians and relations with China. The politics of risk ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Australians should not be left stranded in India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/grattan-on-friday-australians-should-not-be-left-stranded-in-india-160010/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Australians should not be left stranded in India">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of an unknown location or unit has been circulated on social media today. Video: EKA PR33DATOR 57 Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Armed violence has escalated in Puncak Regency in the “land of ... <a title="‘Let’s talk about human rights later’ after ‘crushing’ Papuan rebels, warns Jakarta Speaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/lets-talk-about-human-rights-later-after-crushing-papuan-rebels-warns-jakarta-speaker/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let’s talk about human rights later’ after ‘crushing’ Papuan rebels, warns Jakarta Speaker">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean, reports Greenpeace. A broken cable has resulted in the mining company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) losing control of its 25-tonne robot “nodule collector” Patania II ... <a title="25-tonne deep sea mining robot ‘stuck’ on Pacific Ocean seabed during trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/25-tonne-deep-sea-mining-robot-stuck-on-pacific-ocean-seabed-during-trial/" aria-label="Read more about 25-tonne deep sea mining robot ‘stuck’ on Pacific Ocean seabed during trial">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific One of Fiji’s latest two cases of covid-19 remains a concern for health authorities. The Health Ministry said a 53-year-old caretaker from the town of Rakiraki would require further investigation into his contacts to determine whether he is linked to other covid-19 patients. Health Secretary Dr James Fong, who was reported by The ... <a title="Latest covid case in Fiji remains a concern and health chief warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/latest-covid-case-in-fiji-remains-a-concern-and-health-chief-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Latest covid case in Fiji remains a concern and health chief warns">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific Deported Canadian academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia is still vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South Pacific, says chancellor Lionel Aingimea. Professor Ahluwalia and his wife, nursing lecturer Sandra Price, were forced to leave Fiji in early February after the Fiji government claimed the couple had breached provisions in their work permits. ... <a title="Ahluwalia still USP’s vice-chancellor, says Aingimea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/ahluwalia-still-usps-vice-chancellor-says-aingimea/" aria-label="Read more about Ahluwalia still USP’s vice-chancellor, says Aingimea">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The present wave of the Covid19 pandemic is far from evenly spread through India; indeed our news coverage is biased by most of the reporting coming from New Delhi, and from journalist assumptions labelling big outdoor events as ‘super-spreader’ events. The chart shows, that, two days ago, Delhi and Goa had ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-india/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly backed a decision by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to reset the budget strategy so that it prioritises achieving an unemployment rate of between 4% and 5% over reducing debt. Australia hasn’t ... <a title="Exclusive. Top economists back budget push for an unemployment rate beginning with ‘4’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/exclusive-top-economists-back-budget-push-for-an-unemployment-rate-beginning-with-4-159989/" aria-label="Read more about Exclusive. Top economists back budget push for an unemployment rate beginning with ‘4’">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Usha M. Rodrigues, Visiting Scholar, Deakin University As COVID-19 ravages India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is becoming increasingly draconian in its crackdown on social media, particularly when it comes to any criticism of its response. Cries of help and outbursts of anger have been spilling out ... <a title="As pressure builds on India’s Narendra Modi, is his government trying to silence its critics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/as-pressure-builds-on-indias-narendra-modi-is-his-government-trying-to-silence-its-critics-159799/" aria-label="Read more about As pressure builds on India’s Narendra Modi, is his government trying to silence its critics?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diego S. Silva, Lecturer, Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney The go-ahead for Australian Olympians to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before others the same age has led to allegations of “queue-jumping”. One of the issues at stake is whether athletes should be ... <a title="Even if Olympians are jumping the COVID vaccine queue, that’s not necessarily wrong. A bioethicist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/even-if-olympians-are-jumping-the-covid-vaccine-queue-thats-not-necessarily-wrong-a-bioethicist-explains-159907/" aria-label="Read more about Even if Olympians are jumping the COVID vaccine queue, that’s not necessarily wrong. A bioethicist explains">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Poulton, Senior Lecturer, Brain Mind Centre Nepean, University of Sydney Controversial LNP Queensland MP Andrew Laming yesterday revealed he has recently been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In an interview with news.com.au, Laming suggested the condition could explain some of his erratic behaviour, which ... <a title="Yes, ADHD could explain some of Andrew Laming’s behaviour. But it doesn’t make it OK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/yes-adhd-could-explain-some-of-andrew-lamings-behaviour-but-it-doesnt-make-it-ok-159921/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, ADHD could explain some of Andrew Laming’s behaviour. But it doesn’t make it OK">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meera Atkinson, Adjunct Lecturer in Writing, University of Notre Dame Australia When I began researching the transmission of transgenerational trauma and literary trauma testimony in 2010, I rarely encountered the word “trauma” in the media and national conversation. Trauma as a concept mostly only preoccupied trauma studies ... <a title="More than half of Australians will experience trauma, most before they turn 17. We need to talk about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/more-than-half-of-australians-will-experience-trauma-most-before-they-turn-17-we-need-to-talk-about-it-159801/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of Australians will experience trauma, most before they turn 17. We need to talk about it">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Sawyer, Lecturer in Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University Last week, a Victorian woman died while reportedly waiting six hours for an ambulance. Ambulance union secretary Danny Hill linked the incident to a “busy night” and ambulance ramping, which leaves paramedic crews unable to respond to other issues ... <a title="Government demands for arbitrary performance targets are contributing to ambulance delays, paramedic exhaustion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/government-demands-for-arbitrary-performance-targets-are-contributing-to-ambulance-delays-paramedic-exhaustion-159823/" aria-label="Read more about Government demands for arbitrary performance targets are contributing to ambulance delays, paramedic exhaustion">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna McIntyre, Lecturer in Media Studies, Swinburne University of Technology RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under will premiere on Stan this Saturday. The Australian-New Zealand version of the global reality TV juggernaut will share an Antipodean mode of drag with audiences around the world. Veteran drag star RuPaul ... <a title="Sashay or stay — will RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under erase Australia’s ‘ocker’ drag past?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/sashay-or-stay-will-rupauls-drag-race-down-under-erase-australias-ocker-drag-past-159918/" aria-label="Read more about Sashay or stay — will RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under erase Australia’s ‘ocker’ drag past?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Keenan-Jones, Lecturer in Ancient History, The University of Queensland In the second episode of the current season of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a castle — then watch it be destroyed by a bowling ball. In the lucky dip that followed, ... <a title="What were the Spartans like? Note to Lego Masters: they didn’t build city walls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/what-were-the-spartans-like-note-to-lego-masters-they-didnt-build-city-walls-159910/" aria-label="Read more about What were the Spartans like? Note to Lego Masters: they didn’t build city walls">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Headline: New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment. – 36th Parallel Assessments Source: Wikimedia Commons. 36th Parallel offers periodic assessments of matters and issues in the news. In this assessment we look at the fallout to a recent speech on foreign policy by its new Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and explain why the criticism directed at New ... <a title="New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/new-zealands-foreign-policy-alignment/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment.">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sukhbir Sandhu, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Ethics, University of South Australia More than half of Australian companies plan to scale back environmental initiatives to weather the financial harm caused by the COVID pandemic, a report released this month suggests. But such a move would be bad ... <a title="Risky business: 54% of Australian companies plan to slow ‘green’ initiatives due to COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/risky-business-54-of-australian-companies-plan-to-slow-green-initiatives-due-to-covid-158532/" aria-label="Read more about Risky business: 54% of Australian companies plan to slow ‘green’ initiatives due to COVID">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Pocock, Emeritus Professor University of South Australia, University of South Australia If you have been in a children’s playground recently, you may have seen a distracted parent absorbed in an intense phone conversation, swatting a child away. Sure, some are ordering tickets for The Wiggles, but ... <a title="As boundaries between work and home vanish, employees need a ‘right to disconnect’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/as-boundaries-between-work-and-home-vanish-employees-need-a-right-to-disconnect-158897/" aria-label="Read more about As boundaries between work and home vanish, employees need a ‘right to disconnect’">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Calgaro, Research Associate, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney Deaf people are highly vulnerable to disaster risk but tend to be excluded from programs aimed at boosting preparedness and resilience, our research has found. Our study, published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, examined ... <a title="‘We always come last’: Deaf people are vulnerable to disaster risk but excluded from preparedness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/we-always-come-last-deaf-people-are-vulnerable-to-disaster-risk-but-excluded-from-preparedness-158213/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We always come last’: Deaf people are vulnerable to disaster risk but excluded from preparedness">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Young, Collaborative Research Fellow, Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University Overcoming the odds is second nature to the Gippsland community. The people in this region have seen it all — fires, floods, droughts and extreme weather. And every time, these capable, resourceful and independent ... <a title="‘We know our community better than they do’: why local knowledge is key to disaster recovery in Gippsland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/we-know-our-community-better-than-they-do-why-local-knowledge-is-key-to-disaster-recovery-in-gippsland-158703/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We know our community better than they do’: why local knowledge is key to disaster recovery in Gippsland">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
SOURCE: CORELOGIC: The CoreLogic Property Market & Economic Update for Q1 2021 reinforced the heated market conditions which led to the Government’s recent housing policy announcement. Through the first quarter of 2021 sales activity remained high despite record-low listings, property values rose rapidly, and mortgaged investor participation surged from 27% to a record-high 29% share ... <a title="Analysis – CoreLogic data reinforces heated housing market conditions that led to NZ Gov’s policy moves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/analysis-corelogic-data-reinforces-heated-housing-market-conditions-that-led-to-nz-govs-policy-moves/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis – CoreLogic data reinforces heated housing market conditions that led to NZ Gov’s policy moves">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Health reforms: Māori Health Authority Jo Moir (Newsroom): Collins ignores facts for political point-scoring Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National leader Judith Collins’ ‘segregation’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-29-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2021">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul X. McCarthy, Adjunct Professor, UNSW The online world is continuously expanding — always aggregating more services, more users and more activity. Last year, the number of websites registered on the “.com” domain surpassed 150,000,000. However, more than a quarter of a century since its first commercial ... <a title="We spent six years scouring billions of links, and found the web is both expanding and shrinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/we-spent-six-years-scouring-billions-of-links-and-found-the-web-is-both-expanding-and-shrinking-159215/" aria-label="Read more about We spent six years scouring billions of links, and found the web is both expanding and shrinking">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Weisbecker, Associate Professor, Flinders University If a friend boasts of having a “big-brained” dog, your reaction is probably not to ask “relative to what?”. You would simply assume your friend thinks their dog is pretty smart. But are we always right to equate big brains with ... <a title="Mammals’ brains: new research shows bigger doesn’t always mean smarter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/mammals-brains-new-research-shows-bigger-doesnt-always-mean-smarter-159141/" aria-label="Read more about Mammals’ brains: new research shows bigger doesn’t always mean smarter">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Spinks, Senior Professor, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong The double helix of DNA is one of the most iconic symbols in science. By imitating the structure of this complex genetic molecule we have found a way to make artificial muscle ... <a title="DNA-inspired ‘supercoiling’ fibres could make powerful artificial muscles for robots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/dna-inspired-supercoiling-fibres-could-make-powerful-artificial-muscles-for-robots-159714/" aria-label="Read more about DNA-inspired ‘supercoiling’ fibres could make powerful artificial muscles for robots">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University Today, we are joining over 700 health professionals and academics in sending an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging him to take a leadership role in expanding the global production of COVID-19 vaccines and other ... <a title="Over 700 health experts are calling for urgent action to expand global production of COVID vaccines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/over-700-health-experts-are-calling-for-urgent-action-to-expand-global-production-of-covid-vaccines-159701/" aria-label="Read more about Over 700 health experts are calling for urgent action to expand global production of COVID vaccines">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Hicks, PhD / Dr. iur. candidate, The University of Melbourne The federal government’s suspension of flights from India leaves some 9,000 Australian citizens stranded, 650 of whom are registered as financially or medically vulnerable. They are trapped in a country where hospitals are running out of ... <a title="The crisis in India is a terrifying example of why we need a better way to get Australians home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/the-crisis-in-india-is-a-terrifying-example-of-why-we-need-a-better-way-to-get-australians-home-159917/" aria-label="Read more about The crisis in India is a terrifying example of why we need a better way to get Australians home">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute In the past week, at least six Australians returned home uninfected only to acquire the coronavirus while undergoing quarantine in hotels in Sydney and Perth. One traveller left a hotel after 14 days in quarantine and moved around Perth ... <a title="More than a dozen COVID leaks in 6 months: to protect Australians, it’s time to move quarantine out of city hotels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/more-than-a-dozen-covid-leaks-in-6-months-to-protect-australians-its-time-to-move-quarantine-out-of-city-hotels-159808/" aria-label="Read more about More than a dozen COVID leaks in 6 months: to protect Australians, it’s time to move quarantine out of city hotels">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryan Lessard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO With the global population predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, one of the biggest challenges in our lifetimes will be securing enough food for everyone. We have only finite land and water resources, and climate change, environmentally harmful practises and ... <a title="4 reasons insects could be a staple in Aussie diets, from zesty tree ants to peanut-buttery bogong moths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/4-reasons-insects-could-be-a-staple-in-aussie-diets-from-zesty-tree-ants-to-peanut-buttery-bogong-moths-159348/" aria-label="Read more about 4 reasons insects could be a staple in Aussie diets, from zesty tree ants to peanut-buttery bogong moths">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Andrew, Course Coordinator, Postgraduate Public Health, Edith Cowan University The current focus on gender equity has meant universities are promoting and investing in strategies to overcome gender-related factors known to hinder women academics’ success. While these are positive steps, female university students burdened by gender inequities ... <a title="My partner or my degree: a choice that exposes how students battle gender inequity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/my-partner-or-my-degree-a-choice-that-exposes-how-students-battle-gender-inequity-157054/" aria-label="Read more about My partner or my degree: a choice that exposes how students battle gender inequity">Read more</a>
