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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Glasziou, Professor of Medicine, Bond University Engin Akyurt/Unsplash Since Australia’s first Omicron wave after borders opened late last year, the pandemic has largely faded from the news and public perception. Gone are the daily briefings with updates on the numbers of cases, hospitalisations and deaths. But ... <a title="Flu may be back, but COVID is far from over. How do they compare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/flu-may-be-back-but-covid-is-far-from-over-how-do-they-compare-184551/" aria-label="Read more about Flu may be back, but COVID is far from over. How do they compare?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julianna Santos, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne David Mariuz/AAP About 100 of Australia’s unique land mammals face extinction. Of the many threats contributing to the crisis, certain fire regimes are among the most pervasive. In a new paper, we reveal how “inappropriate” fire patterns put 88% ... <a title="Research reveals fire is pushing 88% of Australia’s threatened land mammals closer to extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/research-reveals-fire-is-pushing-88-of-australias-threatened-land-mammals-closer-to-extinction-185965/" aria-label="Read more about Research reveals fire is pushing 88% of Australia’s threatened land mammals closer to extinction">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maryanne Macdonald, Lecturer, Indigenous Education, Edith Cowan University Floods, fires and droughts in Australia devastate lives, destroy wildlife and damage property. These disasters also cost billions of dollars through loss of agricultural and economic productivity, environmental vitality and costs to mental health. People are looking for long-term ... <a title="Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/recognising-indigenous-knowledges-is-not-just-culturally-sound-its-good-science-184444/" aria-label="Read more about Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meena Jha, Course Coordinator, Information Communications Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock While face-to-face classes are back after the COVID disruptions of the past two years, our research suggests at least some Australian universities intend to continue with fully online assessment. Students say they think cheating is easier ... <a title="If unis stick with online assessment after COVID, they’ll have do more to stop cheating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/if-unis-stick-with-online-assessment-after-covid-theyll-have-do-more-to-stop-cheating-185762/" aria-label="Read more about If unis stick with online assessment after COVID, they’ll have do more to stop cheating">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Shutterstock The dream that decentralised finance – or “DeFi” – can free the monetary system from the clutches of governments and banks has helped launch 20,000 cryptocurrencies. But with 2022 proving to be ... <a title="Cryptocurrencies are great for gambling – but lousy at liberating our money from big central banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/cryptocurrencies-are-great-for-gambling-but-lousy-at-liberating-our-money-from-big-central-banks-173901/" aria-label="Read more about Cryptocurrencies are great for gambling – but lousy at liberating our money from big central banks">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esther Suckling, Research Associate, Grattan Institute Mackay Regional Council Australia’s mining and heavy industry sectors are on the cusp of a revolution as the world shifts to net-zero. Demand for traditional industrial commodities – coal, oil, and gas – is set to slide. The International Energy Agency ... <a title="Regional towns are at risk of being wiped out by the move to net-zero. Here’s their best chance for survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/regional-towns-are-at-risk-of-being-wiped-out-by-the-move-to-net-zero-heres-their-best-chance-for-survival-186279/" aria-label="Read more about Regional towns are at risk of being wiped out by the move to net-zero. Here’s their best chance for survival">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Jorgensen, Senior lecturer in art history, The University of Western Australia Tracker Nat, holding his hat on the far left, with Paul Hasluck standing next to him, holding Nat’s shield in this picture from 1958. National Archives of Australia. NAA: A1200, L28199. Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... <a title="Rediscovering the art of Tracker Nat: ‘the Namatjira of carving’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/rediscovering-the-art-of-tracker-nat-the-namatjira-of-carving-184749/" aria-label="Read more about Rediscovering the art of Tracker Nat: ‘the Namatjira of carving’">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP Again, thousands of residents in Western Sydney face a life-threatening flood disaster. At the time of writing, evacuation orders spanned southwest and northwest Sydney and residents of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley were being ... <a title="What’s causing Sydney’s monster flood crisis – and 3 ways to stop it from happening again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/whats-causing-sydneys-monster-flood-crisis-and-3-ways-to-stop-it-from-happening-again-186285/" aria-label="Read more about What’s causing Sydney’s monster flood crisis – and 3 ways to stop it from happening again">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have the same legal or political set-up, let alone its religious cleavages and cultural conflicts. Opinion leaders in our media didn’t agree — and provoked a significant political response. Days after ... <a title="Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/controversial-roe-v-wade-ruling-triggers-intense-nz-media-reaction/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Theckla Gunga of Inside PNG Papua New Guineans, your future is in your hands, vote wisely. As the campaign trail wound up its last hours at the weekend, voters were being urged to keep their future in mind when choosing and voting this election starting tomorrow. Alvin Gia Huk, an independent candidate, and runner ... <a title="‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/vote-wisely-not-with-cargo-cult-mentality-png-election-eve-warning/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve warning">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) is welcoming the government’s health reforms as an important first step to improving Māori and Pasifika health in south Auckland. But some in the health sector say the jury is still out on what will be achieved in Counties Manukau. Under the reforms, the ... <a title="Māori authority welcomes NZ health system reform as important first step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/maori-authority-welcomes-nz-health-system-reform-as-important-first-step/" aria-label="Read more about Māori authority welcomes NZ health system reform as important first step">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea’s 2022 National General Election. Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but in politically charged PNG, anything is possible, including illegal last-minute clandestine campaigning. Polling is set to begin Tuesday, July 4, when millions will exercise their democratic right at the ... <a title="Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/titanic-power-struggle-tipped-for-pngs-game-changer-election/" aria-label="Read more about Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election">Read more</a>
