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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taimoor Sohail, Postdoctoral research associate, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Fresh water cycles from ocean to air to clouds to rivers and back to the oceans. This constant shuttling can give us the illusion of certainty. Fresh water will always come from the tap. Won’t it? Unfortunately, that’s not ... <a title="Climate change is warping our fresh water cycle – and much faster than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/climate-change-is-warping-our-fresh-water-cycle-and-much-faster-than-we-thought-177453/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is warping our fresh water cycle – and much faster than we thought">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Galea, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Construction is one of Australia’s fastest growing industries. It employs around 1,143,600 people, which accounts for 8.7% of the total workforce. Over the past five years, employment in the industry has increased 7.3%. The median weekly earnings for ... <a title="‘I would not be respected’: senior school girls told us why they weren’t interested in a construction career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/i-would-not-be-respected-senior-school-girls-told-us-why-they-werent-interested-in-a-construction-career-173910/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I would not be respected’: senior school girls told us why they weren’t interested in a construction career">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vlado Vivoda, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies (Australian War College), Deakin University Petrol prices Wednesday morning. Ellen Duffy/The Conversation, CC BY Global crude oil prices have already reached their highest levels since 2014 in response to Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine. With Russia being the world’s second-largest ... <a title="What Russia’s war means for Australian petrol prices: $2.10 a litre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/what-russias-war-means-for-australian-petrol-prices-2-10-a-litre-177719/" aria-label="Read more about What Russia’s war means for Australian petrol prices: $2.10 a litre">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abul Rizvi, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne shutterstock As a senior official in Australia’s Immigration Department in the late 1990s, I frequently met counterparts in Europe and North America who were exasperated by their inability to make headway against the exploitation and abuse of hundreds of ... <a title="Australia is creating an underclass of exploited farm workers, unable to speak up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/australia-is-creating-an-underclass-of-exploited-farm-workers-unable-to-speak-up-177063/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is creating an underclass of exploited farm workers, unable to speak up">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Lecturer – School of Art, RMIT University Sidney Nolan Kelly and Horse 1946. Enamel paint on composition board 92.1 x 122.4 cm. Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra © Canberra Museum and Gallery Review: Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise, Heide Museum of Modern Art The Sidney ... <a title="On Sidney Nolan, the painter who re-envisaged the Australian landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/on-sidney-nolan-the-painter-who-re-envisaged-the-australian-landscape-175909/" aria-label="Read more about On Sidney Nolan, the painter who re-envisaged the Australian landscape">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australian children aged six to 11 years old will be able to get the Moderna COVID vaccine at pharmacies, GP clinics and vaccination hubs from tomorrow. This follows the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s provisional ... <a title="The Moderna vaccine is now available for 6 to 11 year olds. Here’s what parents need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/the-moderna-vaccine-is-now-available-for-6-to-11-year-olds-heres-what-parents-need-to-know-177544/" aria-label="Read more about The Moderna vaccine is now available for 6 to 11 year olds. Here’s what parents need to know">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced sanctions against Russia, imposed in line with those of Australia’s major allies the United States and the United Kingdom. Morrison told a Wednesday news conference the measures were just the first, saying Russia was ... <a title="Morrison announces sanctions against Russia and warns of possible cyber retaliation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/morrison-announces-sanctions-against-russia-and-warns-of-possible-cyber-retaliation-177734/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison announces sanctions against Russia and warns of possible cyber retaliation">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Evans, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University Shutterstock A recent article in The Conversation raised unnecessary alarm about children’s flat feet. The article isn’t supported by the best evidence and may have worried parents. The most recent evidence confirms it’s normal for young, healthy and active ... <a title="Best evidence suggests most children’s flat feet will be fine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/best-evidence-suggests-most-childrens-flat-feet-will-be-fine-176673/" aria-label="Read more about Best evidence suggests most children’s flat feet will be fine">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia MGM/AP After successfully shooting the opening sequence of Boogie Nights – an elaborate steadicam shot in which the camera tracks into and around a night club, introducing the title, setting and all of the main ... <a title="Comedies in serious clothing: an introduction to the films of Paul Thomas Anderson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/comedies-in-serious-clothing-an-introduction-to-the-films-of-paul-thomas-anderson-174608/" aria-label="Read more about Comedies in serious clothing: an introduction to the films of Paul Thomas Anderson">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week I published charts for six countries showing excess deaths triggered by all seasonal and respiratory maladies, not just Covid19. The other main conditions that show up in excess deaths are epidemic influenza and the group of endemic viral infections commonly known as the ‘common cold’. Here I look at ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Respiratory Viruses: Seasonal Mortality Compared (2)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-respiratory-viruses-seasonal-mortality-compared-2/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Respiratory Viruses: Seasonal Mortality Compared (2)">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific West Papuan human rights defender Victor Yeimo has been formally indicted on charges of “treason” by Indonesian authorities at the Jayapura District Court. The authorities have been trying to get Yeimo, who is the leader of the pro-independence West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in court since May last year. In the indictment he ... <a title="West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo indicted on ‘treason’ charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/west-papuan-leader-victor-yeimo-indicted-on-treason-charges/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo indicted on ‘treason’ charges">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
RNZ News Epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson is urging New Zealanders to take omicron seriously, and certainly not to think of it as similar to the flu. The warning comes as new modelling shows omicron could peak by mid next month with about 4000 daily cases. Professor Jackson, professor of epidemiology at Auckland University, told RNZ ... <a title="‘Take omicron seriously,’ expert Rod Jackson warns New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/take-omicron-seriously-expert-rod-jackson-warns-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Take omicron seriously,’ expert Rod Jackson warns New Zealand">Read more</a>
