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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Ward, Chair of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, University of Sydney Shutterstock Foot and mouth disease – usually referred to by its acronym FMD – is the most feared livestock disease in the world. It can cripple the livestock sector, cause immense animal suffering, destroy ... <a title="What is foot and mouth disease? Why farmers fear ‘apocalyptic bonfires of burning carcasses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/what-is-foot-and-mouth-disease-why-farmers-fear-apocalyptic-bonfires-of-burning-carcasses-186741/" aria-label="Read more about What is foot and mouth disease? Why farmers fear ‘apocalyptic bonfires of burning carcasses’">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland James Caan, right, with Al Pacino in The Godfather. Paramount Pictures via AP James Caan, who died last week at 82, was one of those actors who wouldn’t attract mass audiences to a movie just ... <a title="James Caan was rarely a star. But he was a remarkable actor’s actor who could hold his own among the greats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/james-caan-was-rarely-a-star-but-he-was-a-remarkable-actors-actor-who-could-hold-his-own-among-the-greats-186635/" aria-label="Read more about James Caan was rarely a star. But he was a remarkable actor’s actor who could hold his own among the greats">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Spencer Zifcak, Allan Myers Chair of Law/Professor of Law, Australian Catholic University Last week Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus put an end to Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery’s criminal prosecution. Collaery was prosecuted in 2018 and was facing five charges, including allegedly conspiring with his client, “Witness K”, to disclose ... <a title="The unconscionable prosecution of Bernard Collaery was an assault on the values Australia holds dear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/the-unconscionable-prosecution-of-bernard-collaery-was-an-assault-on-the-values-australia-holds-dear-186560/" aria-label="Read more about The unconscionable prosecution of Bernard Collaery was an assault on the values Australia holds dear">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
New Zealanders, and many others, are at present immunity-compromised. Influenzas and 'common colds' are being experienced more severely than usual; and we are seriously short of data about cases of these illnesses, and deaths of people with these illnesses.
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angelique Nairn, Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved When it was first revealed that Natalie Portman was to become the “female Thor” in Marvel’s latest superhero instalment, Thor: Love and Thunder, fans were quick to condemn the decision ... <a title="For the love of Thor! Why it’s so hard for Marvel to get its female superheroes right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/for-the-love-of-thor-why-its-so-hard-for-marvel-to-get-its-female-superheroes-right-186639/" aria-label="Read more about For the love of Thor! Why it’s so hard for Marvel to get its female superheroes right">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Killingsworth, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Tasmania Under pressure: the ICC headquarters in The Hague. Shutterstock When the International Criminal Court began operating 20 years ago this month, its existence reflected a unique historical and political epoch. Buoyed by the successful creation of war-crimes ... <a title="Twenty years on, the International Criminal Court is doing more good than its critics claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/twenty-years-on-the-international-criminal-court-is-doing-more-good-than-its-critics-claim-186382/" aria-label="Read more about Twenty years on, the International Criminal Court is doing more good than its critics claim">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Cameron, Associate Lecturer/Researcher, The University of Western Australia Getty Home ownership among young people is falling sharply, while renters face worrying insecurity. Nowhere is this more pronounced than for the 4.4 million Australians living with a disability and, in particular, the 660,000 plus Australians with an ... <a title="Not just ramps and doorways – disability housing is about choosing where, how and who you live with" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/not-just-ramps-and-doorways-disability-housing-is-about-choosing-where-how-and-who-you-live-with-183523/" aria-label="Read more about Not just ramps and doorways – disability housing is about choosing where, how and who you live with">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hespos, Psychology Department at Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, USA and Professor of Infant Studies at MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University Shutterstock In a world rife with opposing views, let’s draw attention to something we can all agree on: if I show you my pen, and then ... <a title="Researchers trained an AI model to ‘think’ like a baby, and it suddenly excelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/researchers-trained-an-ai-model-to-think-like-a-baby-and-it-suddenly-excelled-186563/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers trained an AI model to ‘think’ like a baby, and it suddenly excelled">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University Sinister terminology: Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin last month.AP Photo/, Pool) READ LESS Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AP No concept is more central to Vladimir Putin’s propaganda today than “Russophobia”. Internationally and on the home front, his propagandists claim they are ... <a title="Is Vladimir Putin the greatest Russophobe of all?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/is-vladimir-putin-the-greatest-russophobe-of-all-186642/" aria-label="Read more about Is Vladimir Putin the greatest Russophobe of all?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Carey, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock Silica dust is a very fine dust produced when products such as bricks, concrete and pavers are cut or drilled. Artificial stone, which is used mainly for kitchen benchtops, is a particularly potent source of silica dust. Breathing this ... <a title="Banning artificial stone could prevent 100 lung cancers and 1,000 cases of silicosis, where dust scars the lungs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/banning-artificial-stone-could-prevent-100-lung-cancers-and-1-000-cases-of-silicosis-where-dust-scars-the-lungs-182420/" aria-label="Read more about Banning artificial stone could prevent 100 lung cancers and 1,000 cases of silicosis, where dust scars the lungs">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Fitz-Henry, Deputy Coordinator – Anthropology, Development Studies & Social Theory, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock “Climate change is racist”. So reads the title of a recent book by British journalist Jeremy Williams. While this title might seem provocative, it’s long been recognised that people of colour ... <a title="Climate change is white colonisation of the atmosphere. It’s time to tackle this entrenched racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/climate-change-is-white-colonisation-of-the-atmosphere-its-time-to-tackle-this-entrenched-racism-185579/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is white colonisation of the atmosphere. It’s time to tackle this entrenched racism">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anabela Malpique, Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University www.shutterstock.com Learning how to be a confident and communicative writer is one of the most important skills students learn at school. But NAPLAN results show a significant decline in Australian students’ writing performance. Research for the period to 2018, shows ... <a title="From shopping lists to jokes on the fridge – 6 ways parents can help their primary kids learn to write well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/12/from-shopping-lists-to-jokes-on-the-fridge-6-ways-parents-can-help-their-primary-kids-learn-to-write-well-186216/" aria-label="Read more about From shopping lists to jokes on the fridge – 6 ways parents can help their primary kids learn to write well">Read more</a>
