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January 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Danaher, Lecturer in Nutrition, RMIT University Shutterstock Insects are sustainable, nutritious and delicious. They’re eaten by more than two billion people worldwide, mostly in the tropics, and have been a staple in Indigenous Australians’ diets for tens of thousands of years. Yet eating insects isn’t mainstream ... <a title="We asked hundreds of Aussies whether they’d eat insects, and most said yes – so what’s holding people back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/26/we-asked-hundreds-of-aussies-whether-theyd-eat-insects-and-most-said-yes-so-whats-holding-people-back-173595/" aria-label="Read more about We asked hundreds of Aussies whether they’d eat insects, and most said yes – so what’s holding people back?">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Tuttle, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist & Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Some people habitually crack their joints, others can’t, and many are irritated by those who do. So what’s going on? Why do people do it, is it harmful, what makes the noises, and what would happen ... <a title="Cracking joints isn’t bad for you and could even serve a useful purpose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/26/cracking-joints-isnt-bad-for-you-and-could-even-serve-a-useful-purpose-162437/" aria-label="Read more about Cracking joints isn’t bad for you and could even serve a useful purpose">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Violetta Wilk, Lecturer & Researcher in Digital Marketing, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock If you’re a parent, chances are that, like me, you are frantically trying to get a head start on the new school year. In coping with the stress of COVID-19 lockdowns, restrictions, empty shelves in ... <a title="Why online groups are parents’ best friends in getting ready for the school year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/26/why-online-groups-are-parents-best-friends-in-getting-ready-for-the-school-year-175434/" aria-label="Read more about Why online groups are parents’ best friends in getting ready for the school year">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Author provided. On the Australia Day weekend in 1952, a group of die-hard film buffs put on a film festival. They had selected the leafy hills of Olinda in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges for the event. ... <a title="Makeshift screens, censored films and ASIO: how the Melbourne International Film Festival began 70 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/26/makeshift-screens-censored-films-and-asio-how-the-melbourne-international-film-festival-began-70-years-ago-175440/" aria-label="Read more about Makeshift screens, censored films and ASIO: how the Melbourne International Film Festival began 70 years ago">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Dylan Alcott, wheelchair tennis star and leading advocate for people with a disability, is the 2022 Australian of the Year. With 23 quad wheelchair Grand Slam titles, including singles and doubles, Alcott, from Melbourne, last year became the first man, ... <a title="Tennis champ Dylan Alcott is 2022 Australian of the Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/tennis-champ-dylan-alcott-is-2022-australian-of-the-year-175657/" aria-label="Read more about Tennis champ Dylan Alcott is 2022 Australian of the Year">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University Shutterstock Today we woke to the news the Australian government has negotiated with the designer of the Aboriginal flag Harold Thomas, and copyright for the flag will be transferred to the ... <a title="Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to us, not the Commonwealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/dont-say-the-aboriginal-flag-was-freed-it-belongs-to-us-not-the-commonwealth-175623/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to us, not the Commonwealth">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University In a worrying sign, Australia has plummeted in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index – the world’s most widely cited ranking of how clean or corrupt every country’s public sector ... <a title="Australia and Norway were once tied in global anti-corruption rankings. Now, we’re heading in opposite directions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/australia-and-norway-were-once-tied-in-global-anti-corruption-rankings-now-were-heading-in-opposite-directions-174966/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and Norway were once tied in global anti-corruption rankings. Now, we’re heading in opposite directions">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Shutterstock Australia’s Consumer Price Index rose 1.3% in the three months to December, bringing inflation for the full 2021 year to 3.5%. This is above the Reserve Bank of Australia’s medium-term ... <a title="Inflation hits 3.5%, but one high number won’t budge the Reserve Bank on interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/inflation-hits-3-5-but-one-high-number-wont-budge-the-reserve-bank-on-interest-rates-175045/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation hits 3.5%, but one high number won’t budge the Reserve Bank on interest rates">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jatin Kala, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA felllow, Murdoch University Shutterstock Perth smashed its previous heatwave records last week, after sweltering through six days in a row over 40℃ – and 11 days over 40℃ this summer so far. On top of that, Perth has suffered widespread ... <a title="What drove Perth’s record-smashing heatwave – and why it’s a taste of things to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/what-drove-perths-record-smashing-heatwave-and-why-its-a-taste-of-things-to-come-175516/" aria-label="Read more about What drove Perth’s record-smashing heatwave – and why it’s a taste of things to come">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Lynn Grieveson – Newsroom via Getty Images As New Zealand’s government prepares to deal with a looming Omicron outbreak, this won’t be the only major issue it will have to tackle this year. 2022 will be important ... <a title="COVID will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face the ‘triple planetary crisis’ this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/covid-will-dominate-but-new-zealand-will-also-have-to-face-the-triple-planetary-crisis-this-year-175044/" aria-label="Read more about COVID will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face the ‘triple planetary crisis’ this year">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific As Tonga’s recovery from the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami ramps up there is growing concern for the psychological and emotional wellbeing of survivors. According to the government, 84 percent of the population has been impacted, with assessments of the widespread destruction still being conducted. Two Tongans and a British national were killed ... <a title="Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/concern-grows-over-psychological-trauma-amid-tongas-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Govt Omicron strategy, NZ moves to red traffic light setting Chris Trotter ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 25 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-25-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 25 2022">Read more</a>
