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Year: 2022

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Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Perhaps not since the marriage equality vote has the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives carried such a combination of substantive and symbolic import as the Albanese government’s climate legislation. While not actually necessary for the implementation ... <a title="Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/government-win-on-climate-legislation-leaves-opposition-looking-like-a-stranded-asset-188231/" aria-label="Read more about Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset">Read more</a>

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Australia secures 450,000 new monkeypox vaccines. What are they and who can have them?

August 4, 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 Caroline Brehman/EPA/AAP Health Minister Mark Butler today announced Australia had secured 450,000 doses of a third-generation monkeypox vaccine, 22,000 of which will arrive later this week. There are now ... <a title="Australia secures 450,000 new monkeypox vaccines. What are they and who can have them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/australia-secures-450-000-new-monkeypox-vaccines-what-are-they-and-who-can-have-them-187691/" aria-label="Read more about Australia secures 450,000 new monkeypox vaccines. What are they and who can have them?">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Is South Korea the Country to Follow?

August 4, 2022

Analysis by Keith Rankin. These three charts show pandemic and post-pandemic excess deaths by age group. I highlight South Korea in light of this RNZ piece of ‘journalism’. For Omicron-related deaths, look for the period from February to May 2022. I include Italy and New Zealand for comparison; Italy and South Korea were – in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Is South Korea the Country to Follow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-is-south-korea-the-country-to-follow/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Is South Korea the Country to Follow?">Read more</a>

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Avoiding a gas shortage is one thing, but what’s needed is action on prices

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute The Albanese government has accepted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s recommendation to “initiate the first step” to trigger the controversial Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism to avert a supply crisis in eastern Australia. What the competition watchdog hasn’t recommended ... <a title="Avoiding a gas shortage is one thing, but what’s needed is action on prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/avoiding-a-gas-shortage-is-one-thing-but-whats-needed-is-action-on-prices-187980/" aria-label="Read more about Avoiding a gas shortage is one thing, but what’s needed is action on prices">Read more</a>

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Don’t fall for the snake oil claims of ‘structured water’. A chemist explains why it’s nonsense

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Schmidt, Professor of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Yoann Boyer / Unsplash Is there a “fourth phase of water”? From time to time you might see people talking up the health benefits of so-called hexagonal water, or structured water, or exclusion-zone (EZ) water. A few weeks ago Kourtney ... <a title="Don’t fall for the snake oil claims of ‘structured water’. A chemist explains why it’s nonsense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/dont-fall-for-the-snake-oil-claims-of-structured-water-a-chemist-explains-why-its-nonsense-188159/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t fall for the snake oil claims of ‘structured water’. A chemist explains why it’s nonsense">Read more</a>

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Establishing a Voice to Parliament could be an opportunity for Indigenous Nation Building. Here’s what that means

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryle Rigney, Director, Indigenous Nations Collaborative Futures Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the wording of the referendum question to enable a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament. It would seem Albanese has made a solid ... <a title="Establishing a Voice to Parliament could be an opportunity for Indigenous Nation Building. Here’s what that means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/establishing-a-voice-to-parliament-could-be-an-opportunity-for-indigenous-nation-building-heres-what-that-means-187534/" aria-label="Read more about Establishing a Voice to Parliament could be an opportunity for Indigenous Nation Building. Here’s what that means">Read more</a>

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More than ever, it’s time to upgrade the Sydney–Melbourne railway

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong It’s 14 years since former NSW rail chief Len Harper described the rail link between Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, as “inadequate for current and future needs”. And it’s 31 years since former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam ... <a title="More than ever, it’s time to upgrade the Sydney–Melbourne railway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/more-than-ever-its-time-to-upgrade-the-sydney-melbourne-railway-187169/" aria-label="Read more about More than ever, it’s time to upgrade the Sydney–Melbourne railway">Read more</a>

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Is it ethical to allow soldiers to take performance enhancing drugs such as steroids?

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katinka van de Ven, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Rural Criminology, HASSE, University of New England & Visiting Fellow, Drug Policy Modelling Program, SPRC, University of New South Wales, University of New England Shutterstock There’s a long history and growing evidence base that the use of performance enhancing ... <a title="Is it ethical to allow soldiers to take performance enhancing drugs such as steroids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/is-it-ethical-to-allow-soldiers-to-take-performance-enhancing-drugs-such-as-steroids-180947/" aria-label="Read more about Is it ethical to allow soldiers to take performance enhancing drugs such as steroids?">Read more</a>

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‘I am Country, and Country is me!’ Indigenous ways of teaching could be beneficial for all children

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Canberra GettyImages The authors are cultural men who have undertaken learning on and through Country with Elders in NSW, Queensland, and the Northern Territory. This piece is the product of their own experience and understanding and is not intended to represent ... <a title="‘I am Country, and Country is me!’ Indigenous ways of teaching could be beneficial for all children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/i-am-country-and-country-is-me-indigenous-ways-of-teaching-could-be-beneficial-for-all-children-187424/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I am Country, and Country is me!’ Indigenous ways of teaching could be beneficial for all children">Read more</a>

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‘Decolonising’ classrooms could help keep First Nations kids in school and away from police

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aleryk Fricker, Lecturer, Indigenous Education, Deakin University GettyImages The recent decision to transport juvenile offenders into an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia shows the youth justice system is in crisis. The findings of the Don Dale Royal Commission, and the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths ... <a title="‘Decolonising’ classrooms could help keep First Nations kids in school and away from police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/decolonising-classrooms-could-help-keep-first-nations-kids-in-school-and-away-from-police-188067/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Decolonising’ classrooms could help keep First Nations kids in school and away from police">Read more</a>

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Why do some people who take Paxlovid for COVID get ‘rebound’ symptoms? Or test positive again, like President Biden?

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University For many people with COVID, their recovery isn’t linear. United States President Joe Biden is one such person – he continues to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, and has experienced the return ... <a title="Why do some people who take Paxlovid for COVID get ‘rebound’ symptoms? Or test positive again, like President Biden?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/why-do-some-people-who-take-paxlovid-for-covid-get-rebound-symptoms-or-test-positive-again-like-president-biden-188002/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some people who take Paxlovid for COVID get ‘rebound’ symptoms? Or test positive again, like President Biden?">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Calma on the Indigenous Voice to parliament

August 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has released the draft wording for enshrining an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the constitution. Anthony Albanese is making a referendum a priority but history tells us how hard these are to pass. Tom Calma, Chancellor of ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Calma on the Indigenous Voice to parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tom-calma-on-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-188164/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Calma on the Indigenous Voice to parliament">Read more</a>