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June 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathomi Gatwiri, Senior lecturer, Southern Cross University Shutterstock For Black African young people in Australia, social media can be especially fraught – a place they witness footage of anti-Black violence, contend with an “othering” gaze and encounter racist trolling, posts or comments. Despite these challenges, social media ... <a title="How young Black African Australians use social media to challenge anti-Black narratives and reclaim racial dignity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/how-young-black-african-australians-use-social-media-to-challenge-anti-black-narratives-and-reclaim-racial-dignity-185504/" aria-label="Read more about How young Black African Australians use social media to challenge anti-Black narratives and reclaim racial dignity">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock We’re now pretty used to swabbing our nose to test for COVID when we have a scratchy throat or new cough. But should we also be using ... <a title="When RAT-testing for COVID, should you also swab your throat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/when-rat-testing-for-covid-should-you-also-swab-your-throat-184732/" aria-label="Read more about When RAT-testing for COVID, should you also swab your throat?">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjorn Sturmberg, Research Leader, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Shutterstock The Black Summer bushfires devastated parts of the Eurobodalla region in New South Wales. Then earlier this year, the area was hit by floods. As climate change threatens to bring more severe and ... <a title="The clean energy revolution isn’t just a techno-fix – it’s about capturing hearts and minds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/the-clean-energy-revolution-isnt-just-a-techno-fix-its-about-capturing-hearts-and-minds-183341/" aria-label="Read more about The clean energy revolution isn’t just a techno-fix – it’s about capturing hearts and minds">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Levido, Research Fellow – Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Recent outrage surrounding a young children’s toy “vlogger” set echoes moral panics of the past, particularly when words such as children, play and digital come together. Aldi ... <a title="Relax, it’s just a ringlight for kids. Toys like the ‘vlogger set’ prepare them for a digital world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/relax-its-just-a-ringlight-for-kids-toys-like-the-vlogger-set-prepare-them-for-a-digital-world-185139/" aria-label="Read more about Relax, it’s just a ringlight for kids. Toys like the ‘vlogger set’ prepare them for a digital world">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, The University of Melbourne Australia’s new federal treasurer, Jim Chalmers, spoke regularly in opposition about a well-being budget and the need to measure more than just the traditional economic indicators. He was even mocked for it by his predecessor, Josh Frydenberg, who joked ... <a title="Beyond GDP: Jim Chalmers’ historic moment to build a well-being economy for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/beyond-gdp-jim-chalmers-historic-moment-to-build-a-well-being-economy-for-australia-184318/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond GDP: Jim Chalmers’ historic moment to build a well-being economy for Australia">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Sunter, PhD Student, University of Adelaide Cybele O’Brien/ Getty Recently screened at the Sydney Film Festival, Fire Island is a rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the film breaking traditional conventions to feature gay romance as the plot. The fact that it is streaming ... <a title="Art, freedom and drag invasions: the history of New York’s Fire Island as a gay sanctuary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/art-freedom-and-drag-invasions-the-history-of-new-yorks-fire-island-as-a-gay-sanctuary-185214/" aria-label="Read more about Art, freedom and drag invasions: the history of New York’s Fire Island as a gay sanctuary">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will be on the international road again next week. He’ll be at the NATO summit in Madrid, where the war in Ukraine will obviously dominate the discussions, which will also canvass China and climate change. Albanese, who earlier ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese has a lot on the go in the ‘back office’ of government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-has-a-lot-on-the-go-in-the-back-office-of-government-185695/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese has a lot on the go in the ‘back office’ of government">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Wealthy can buy access to power – and politicians don’t want this changed The current New Zealand First Foundation trial in the High Court continues to show why reform is required when it comes to money in politics. The juicy details coming out each day show private wealth being ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Wealthy can buy access to power – and politicians don’t want this changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-wealthy-can-buy-access-to-power-and-politicians-dont-want-this-changed/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Wealthy can buy access to power – and politicians don’t want this changed">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
The charts below are all to the same scale. Strictly speaking, they show seasonal mortality rather than excess mortality. The zero percent baseline represents low-season mortality rather than average mortality.
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne A major new climate case to stop Woodside’s controversial Scarborough gas project going ahead has been filed by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) in the federal court this week. ACF lawyers argue that the potential for the ... <a title="Why this new climate case against the high-polluting Scarborough gas project is so significant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/why-this-new-climate-case-against-the-high-polluting-scarborough-gas-project-is-so-significant-185578/" aria-label="Read more about Why this new climate case against the high-polluting Scarborough gas project is so significant">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University Steve Gale (pilot) and Gail Iles (right) next to the Marchetti jet. Kieran Blair, Author provided Last Saturday, a two-seater SIAI-Marchetti S.211 jet took off from Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne with an expert aerobatic pilot at the controls ... <a title="Australia just flew its own ‘vomit comet’. It’s a big deal for zero-gravity space research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/australia-just-flew-its-own-vomit-comet-its-a-big-deal-for-zero-gravity-space-research-185601/" aria-label="Read more about Australia just flew its own ‘vomit comet’. It’s a big deal for zero-gravity space research">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is facing extradition to the United States after this was given the green light by the British Government. Assange faces charges of espionage over the publication of classified information about US actions in the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greg Barns on the battle to free Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-greg-barns-on-the-battle-to-free-julian-assange-185690/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greg Barns on the battle to free Julian Assange">Read more</a>
