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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock Sometimes the best things you can do are invisible. Such as fighting cholera by ensuring drinking water wasn’t contaminated by sewage, as happened in London in the 1840s. Or setting up an emissions trading ... <a title="An investment in clean indoor air would do more than help us fight COVID – it would help us concentrate, with lasting benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/an-investment-in-clean-indoor-air-would-do-more-than-help-us-fight-covid-it-would-help-us-concentrate-with-lasting-benefits-176547/" aria-label="Read more about An investment in clean indoor air would do more than help us fight COVID – it would help us concentrate, with lasting benefits">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Wake, Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University ABC Chair Ita Buttrose is “delighted” and Managing Director David Anderson says he now has “certainty” for planning. However, the Morrison government’s pre-election announcement it would restore the ABC’s budget to 2018 levels doesn’t come close to making up for ... <a title="The ABC’s budget hasn’t been restored – it’s still facing $1.2 billion in accumulated losses over a decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/the-abcs-budget-hasnt-been-restored-its-still-facing-1-2-billion-in-accumulated-losses-over-a-decade-176532/" aria-label="Read more about The ABC’s budget hasn’t been restored – it’s still facing $1.2 billion in accumulated losses over a decade">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maartje Sevenster, Research Scientist Climate Smart Agriculture, CSIRO Shutterstock The need to feed a rising global population means agriculture is one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonise. This is especially true for growing grains – think wheat, barley, legumes and canola. Australia is the third largest ... <a title="How Australia can boost the production of grains, while lowering its carbon footprint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/how-australia-can-boost-the-production-of-grains-while-lowering-its-carbon-footprint-176366/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia can boost the production of grains, while lowering its carbon footprint">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University Shutterstock The recent case of a Christian school in Queensland asking parents to sign a contract, stating, among other things, homosexuality is immoral and their children will only identify as their birth gender, sparked a furore across the country. ... <a title="‘I’m not going to waste my time on prayers’: how secular teachers navigate working in religious schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/im-not-going-to-waste-my-time-on-prayers-how-secular-teachers-navigate-working-in-religious-schools-176534/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not going to waste my time on prayers’: how secular teachers navigate working in religious schools">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Davina Jackson, Honorary Academic, School of Architecture and Planning, University of Kent State Library NSW Between the first and second world wars, Australia’s high-end architecture was strongly influenced by exotic scenery from Hollywood’s rapidly accelerating movie industry. Southern California’s style of seductive glamour and decadent hedonism – ... <a title="The seductive glamour and decadent hedonism of Hollywood influences on Australian architecture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/the-seductive-glamour-and-decadent-hedonism-of-hollywood-influences-on-australian-architecture-175624/" aria-label="Read more about The seductive glamour and decadent hedonism of Hollywood influences on Australian architecture">Read more</a>
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February 8, 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 Newshub-Reid Research poll Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research poll: National back in 30s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 8 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-8-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 8 2022">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhonda Garad, Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in Knowledge Translation, Monash University Unsplash, CC BY For Mary*, being told she’d entered menopause much earlier than expected was a shock … It was sort of like I’d gone from 39 […] instead of turning 40, I’d almost turned ... <a title="‘It changed who I felt I was.’ Women tell of devastation at early menopause diagnosis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/it-changed-who-i-felt-i-was-women-tell-of-devastation-at-early-menopause-diagnosis-176015/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It changed who I felt I was.’ Women tell of devastation at early menopause diagnosis">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
RNZ News After a record number of covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday, New Zealand’s prime minister believes the country’s omicron peak may be in late March. The number of omicron cases in New Zealand has not yet reached the number predicted by modellers. However, New Zealand recorded its largest ever one-day case number with ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ omicron peak could be in late March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-nz-omicron-peak-could-be-in-late-march/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ omicron peak could be in late March">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Parwinder Kaur, Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia Author provided It used to be the stuff of science fiction: bringing a long-dead species back from extinction by painstakingly piecing together its full DNA sequence, or genome. It’s not quite as straightforward ... <a title="We’ve decoded the numbat genome – and it could bring the thylacine’s resurrection a step closer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/weve-decoded-the-numbat-genome-and-it-could-bring-the-thylacines-resurrection-a-step-closer-176528/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve decoded the numbat genome – and it could bring the thylacine’s resurrection a step closer">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University Rivers, lakes and the sea frequently host scenes of death and crime. When a body is pulled from a watery grave – due to, for instance, drowning, floods, tsunamis, shipwrecks, air crashes or murder – specialist investigative techniques ... <a title="How centuries-old bones from Australia’s historic shipwrecks can help us solve crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/how-centuries-old-bones-from-australias-historic-shipwrecks-can-help-us-solve-crimes-174963/" aria-label="Read more about How centuries-old bones from Australia’s historic shipwrecks can help us solve crimes">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Bartlett, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt said last week he expects the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) to change the definition of “fully vaccinated” to three doses instead of two. It comes as ... <a title="What’s the difference in protection against Omicron between 2 doses and 3 doses of vaccine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/whats-the-difference-in-protection-against-omicron-between-2-doses-and-3-doses-of-vaccine-176447/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference in protection against Omicron between 2 doses and 3 doses of vaccine?">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Fowler, Post doctoral research fellow plant evolution, The University of Melbourne Russell Wait in his Eremophila garden Rachael Fowler, Author provided Each year, many new species of Australian plants, animals and fungi are discovered and described. It’s detailed, time-consuming work, and much of it could not ... <a title="‘Time is their secret weapon’: the hidden grey army quietly advancing species discovery in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/time-is-their-secret-weapon-the-hidden-grey-army-quietly-advancing-species-discovery-in-australia-175189/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Time is their secret weapon’: the hidden grey army quietly advancing species discovery in Australia">Read more</a>
