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Month: September 2022

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If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock COVID is an exceptional disease and was at its deadliest this year, causing more deaths in Australia between June and August 2022 than at any other time. There ... <a title="If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/if-you-think-scrapping-covid-isolation-periods-will-get-us-back-to-work-and-past-the-pandemic-think-again-191670/" aria-label="Read more about If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again">Read more</a>

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So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Shutterstock AGL Energy – Australia’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases – announced this week it will shut the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley in 2035, a decade earlier than planned. This is significant for the ... <a title="So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/so-long-loy-yang-shutting-australias-dirtiest-coal-plant-a-decade-early-wont-jeopardise-our-electricity-supply-191577/" aria-label="Read more about So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply">Read more</a>

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A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney The Irawaddy, CC BY-SA Australian Sean Turnell, economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in prison since the military coup of February 2021, awaiting trial for the supposed crime of ... <a title="A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/a-sham-sentence-after-a-secret-trial-for-aung-san-suu-kyis-australian-economic-adviser-191667/" aria-label="Read more about A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser">Read more</a>

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US Democrats’ gains stall six weeks before midterm elections; UK Labour seizes huge lead after budget

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The United States midterm elections will be held in six weeks, on November 8. All 435 House of Representatives seats are up for election, as well as ... <a title="US Democrats’ gains stall six weeks before midterm elections; UK Labour seizes huge lead after budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/us-democrats-gains-stall-six-weeks-before-midterm-elections-uk-labour-seizes-huge-lead-after-budget-191068/" aria-label="Read more about US Democrats’ gains stall six weeks before midterm elections; UK Labour seizes huge lead after budget">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: national cabinet drops mandatory isolation, dumping ‘COVID exceptionalism’

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra National cabinet has agreed to lift the five day mandatory isolation period for people contracting COVID, with the Commonwealth’s chief medical officer declaring “it is time to move away from COVID exceptionalism”. In a landmark step federal, state and territory ... <a title="View from The Hill: national cabinet drops mandatory isolation, dumping ‘COVID exceptionalism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/view-from-the-hill-national-cabinet-drops-mandatory-isolation-dumping-covid-exceptionalism-191669/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: national cabinet drops mandatory isolation, dumping ‘COVID exceptionalism’">Read more</a>

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The queen’s death certificate says she died of ‘old age’. But what does that really mean?

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Trabsky, Senior research fellow, La Trobe University Queen Elizabeth’s newly released death certificate contains just two curious words under her cause of death – old age. We might talk about people dying of old age in everyday speech. But who actually dies of old age, medically ... <a title="The queen’s death certificate says she died of ‘old age’. But what does that really mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/the-queens-death-certificate-says-she-died-of-old-age-but-what-does-that-really-mean-191666/" aria-label="Read more about The queen’s death certificate says she died of ‘old age’. But what does that really mean?">Read more</a>

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Optus says it needed to keep identity data for six years. But did it really?

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Among the many questions raised by the Optus data leak – cybersecurity experts are confident it wasn’t a hack, but that may have to be decided by a court – is why the company was storing so much personal ... <a title="Optus says it needed to keep identity data for six years. But did it really?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/optus-says-it-needed-to-keep-identity-data-for-six-years-but-did-it-really-191498/" aria-label="Read more about Optus says it needed to keep identity data for six years. But did it really?">Read more</a>

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Not just a joke: we scoured TikTok for anti-Asian humour during the pandemic, and found too many disappointing memes

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media at the School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology Viviana Rishe/Unsplash We live in deeply unequal societies where certain groups, such as racial and sexual minorities, continue to experience structural oppression. Humour targeted at these groups can cause individual harm ... <a title="Not just a joke: we scoured TikTok for anti-Asian humour during the pandemic, and found too many disappointing memes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/not-just-a-joke-we-scoured-tiktok-for-anti-asian-humour-during-the-pandemic-and-found-too-many-disappointing-memes-184166/" aria-label="Read more about Not just a joke: we scoured TikTok for anti-Asian humour during the pandemic, and found too many disappointing memes">Read more</a>

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‘A long way to go’: Catholic women call for wide-ranging church reforms in new international survey

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen McPhillips, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle Catholic women across the world are calling for a wide range of reforms to the church, according to the results of our survey of more than 17,000 Catholic women from over 100 countries published ... <a title="‘A long way to go’: Catholic women call for wide-ranging church reforms in new international survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/a-long-way-to-go-catholic-women-call-for-wide-ranging-church-reforms-in-new-international-survey-191253/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A long way to go’: Catholic women call for wide-ranging church reforms in new international survey">Read more</a>

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Made in 1972, the documentary Ningla-A’Na is a powerful look at establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University Moratorium for Black rights Sydney from the film NINGLA ANA This year, we acknowledge the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, the site of the longest protest ... <a title="Made in 1972, the documentary Ningla-A’Na is a powerful look at establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/made-in-1972-the-documentary-ningla-ana-is-a-powerful-look-at-establishment-of-the-aboriginal-tent-embassy-191499/" aria-label="Read more about Made in 1972, the documentary Ningla-A’Na is a powerful look at establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy">Read more</a>

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Viral infections including COVID are among the important causes of dementia – one more reason to consider vaccination

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Donne Potter, Professor, Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images With more of us living into old age than at any other time, dementia is increasing steadily worldwide, with major individual, family, societal and economic consequences. Treatment remains largely ... <a title="Viral infections including COVID are among the important causes of dementia – one more reason to consider vaccination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/viral-infections-including-covid-are-among-the-important-causes-of-dementia-one-more-reason-to-consider-vaccination-190962/" aria-label="Read more about Viral infections including COVID are among the important causes of dementia – one more reason to consider vaccination">Read more</a>

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Eliud Kipchoge broke the men’s marathon record by 30 seconds. How close is the official sub-2 hour barrier now?

September 30, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon D Angus, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Monash University Eliud Kipchoge crosses the line to win the Berlin Marathon on September 25, 2022. Christoph Soeder/AP Sixty-nine seconds. In that time, you could reheat a cuppa in the microwave or get halfway through brushing your teeth. But ... <a title="Eliud Kipchoge broke the men’s marathon record by 30 seconds. How close is the official sub-2 hour barrier now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/30/eliud-kipchoge-broke-the-mens-marathon-record-by-30-seconds-how-close-is-the-official-sub-2-hour-barrier-now-191421/" aria-label="Read more about Eliud Kipchoge broke the men’s marathon record by 30 seconds. How close is the official sub-2 hour barrier now?">Read more</a>