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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Davidson, Vice-Chancellor, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Demand for health care is soaring as the population ages, medical treatments become more widely available and more people live with chronic and complex illnesses. However, there is global shortage of health professionals – and the pandemic has only accentuated ... <a title="Getting more men into nursing means a rethink of gender roles, pay and recognition. But we need them urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/getting-more-men-into-nursing-means-a-rethink-of-gender-roles-pay-and-recognition-but-we-need-them-urgently-184829/" aria-label="Read more about Getting more men into nursing means a rethink of gender roles, pay and recognition. But we need them urgently">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myles Menz, Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology, James Cook University Christian Ziegler Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Author provided Migratory insects number in the trillions. They’re a major part of global ecosystems, helping to transport nutrients and pollen across continents – and often travelling thousands of kilometres ... <a title="These unusual moths migrate over thousands of kilometres. We tracked them to reveal their secret navigational skills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/these-unusual-moths-migrate-over-thousands-of-kilometres-we-tracked-them-to-reveal-their-secret-navigational-skills-188451/" aria-label="Read more about These unusual moths migrate over thousands of kilometres. We tracked them to reveal their secret navigational skills">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute As monkeypox vaccination programs roll out and health authorities release information about how to reduce the spread of the virus, progress on another aspect of the outbreak is lagging: its name. On June 14, the Director-General of the World ... <a title="Why doesn’t monkeypox have a new name yet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/why-doesnt-monkeypox-have-a-new-name-yet-188280/" aria-label="Read more about Why doesn’t monkeypox have a new name yet?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Marc Pell/Unsplash, CC BY The world’s focus is sharply fixed on achieving net-zero emissions, yet surprisingly little thought has been given to what comes afterwards. In our new paper, published today in Nature Climate Change, we ... <a title="Beyond net-zero: we should, if we can, cool the planet back to pre-industrial levels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/beyond-net-zero-we-should-if-we-can-cool-the-planet-back-to-pre-industrial-levels-187781/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond net-zero: we should, if we can, cool the planet back to pre-industrial levels">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Alders, Honorary Professor, Australian National University Foot-and-mouth disease now poses a high threat to Australia. This highly contagious livestock virus is sweeping Indonesia – the closest it’s been to Australia since the 1980s. A large outbreak here could cause decimate the livestock industry and cause A$80 ... <a title="To lock out foot-and-mouth disease, Australia must help our neighbour countries bolster their biosecurity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/to-lock-out-foot-and-mouth-disease-australia-must-help-our-neighbour-countries-bolster-their-biosecurity-188010/" aria-label="Read more about To lock out foot-and-mouth disease, Australia must help our neighbour countries bolster their biosecurity">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Wreford, Professor Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images New Zealand’s national adaptation plan, launched last week, offers the first comprehensive approach to how communities can prepare for the inevitable impacts of a changing climate. Having a plan is critical. Reactive and ... <a title="NZ’s first climate adaptation plan is a good start, but crucial questions about cost and timing must be answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/nzs-first-climate-adaptation-plan-is-a-good-start-but-crucial-questions-about-cost-and-timing-must-be-answered-188216/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s first climate adaptation plan is a good start, but crucial questions about cost and timing must be answered">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa McLean Davies, Professor of Teacher Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Today, state and federal education ministers will meet in Canberra to discuss the teacher shortage. In their first in-person meeting for more than a year, they will also speak to principals, teachers and education experts ... <a title="Australia’s teacher shortage won’t be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, not a trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/australias-teacher-shortage-wont-be-solved-until-we-treat-teaching-as-a-profession-not-a-trade-188441/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s teacher shortage won’t be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, not a trade">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury HBO HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones dominated television and pop culture discourse for much of a decade. Its upcoming prequel series, House of the Dragon, is similarly generating conversation, although not in ways the ... <a title="Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon confirms there will be no sexual violence on screen. Here’s why that’s important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/game-of-thrones-prequel-house-of-the-dragon-confirms-there-will-be-no-sexual-violence-on-screen-heres-why-thats-important-188521/" aria-label="Read more about Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon confirms there will be no sexual violence on screen. Here’s why that’s important">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal Liberals are in a parlous state, after an election that was not just lost to Labor but where “teals” stripped them of a batch of traditional seats. In coming months the Liberal Party faces fresh assaults, in state ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Will ‘teals’ strike Liberals another blow in Victorian and NSW elections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/grattan-on-friday-will-teals-strike-liberals-another-blow-in-victorian-and-nsw-elections-188596/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Will ‘teals’ strike Liberals another blow in Victorian and NSW elections?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter A number of Māori wāhine have put their hat in the ring to become mayor at this year’s Aotearoa New Zealand local body election across the motu in October. Georgina Beyer is believed to be the first and only Māori woman ever elected as mayor in New Zealand’s history ... <a title="‘Face of democracy is going to change’ in NZ, say Māori wāhine candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/face-of-democracy-is-going-to-change-in-nz-say-maori-wahine-candidates/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Face of democracy is going to change’ in NZ, say Māori wāhine candidates">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
By Concy Simon of the PNG Post-Courier Leadership of Papua New Guinea has “gone to the dogs” represented by a rapid increase in prices of goods and services and the “worst national election” ever, says a lawyer. Lawyer Goiye Kondago made the crtiticism during the official declaration of Kerenga Kua as MP-elect for Sinasina-Yongomugl in ... <a title="PNG has ‘gone to the dogs’, says lawyer calling on new MPs to step up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/png-has-gone-to-the-dogs-says-lawyer-calling-on-new-mps-to-step-up/" aria-label="Read more about PNG has ‘gone to the dogs’, says lawyer calling on new MPs to step up">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent Even from the grainy black and white footage of American soldiers wading towards shore while under fire, you can see and sense the fear, resignation and determination in that moment. The Battle of Midway in World War II may have been won, but on August 7, 1942, the ... <a title="Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/uneasy-pacific-makes-wartime-memories-more-important-than-ever/" aria-label="Read more about Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever">Read more</a>
