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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute CDC/Unsplash Anthony Albanese campaigned on better pandemic management. Giving the vaccination program a shot in the arm will be his first test. Not long ago, every shipment of vaccines was a news item and people were queuing ... <a title="To protect vulnerable Australians from COVID this winter, we need pick up the pace on third doses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/to-protect-vulnerable-australians-from-covid-this-winter-we-need-pick-up-the-pace-on-third-doses-183609/" aria-label="Read more about To protect vulnerable Australians from COVID this winter, we need pick up the pace on third doses">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago Getty Images If your next car is not electric, then it must be much smaller than your last one. Scientists have warned that the world needs to halve emissions every decade to keep global warming less than 1.5 degrees ... <a title="New Zealand must get over its obsession with big cars and go smaller or electric to cut emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/new-zealand-must-get-over-its-obsession-with-big-cars-and-go-smaller-or-electric-to-cut-emissions-183424/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand must get over its obsession with big cars and go smaller or electric to cut emissions">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
RNZ Pacific A commemoration has been held in French Polynesia to mark the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of a leading opposition politician in the Tuamotus. Boris Léontieff, who headed the Fetia Api party, was among four politicians travelling in a small plane on a campaign trip when it disappeared without a trace. The commemoration ... <a title="Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/commemoration-held-in-tahiti-for-politicians-on-a-vanished-flight/" aria-label="Read more about Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock I’m curious about what will happen if, hypothetically, someone moves with speed (that is) twice the speed of light? – Devanshi, age 13, Mumbai Hi Devanshi! Thanks for this great question. As far as we know, it’s not possible ... <a title="Curious Kids: what would happen if someone moved at twice the speed of light?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/curious-kids-what-would-happen-if-someone-moved-at-twice-the-speed-of-light-183043/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what would happen if someone moved at twice the speed of light?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Political commentators often use the idea of a political spectrum from left to right as shorthand for understanding political ideologies, parties and programs. Derived from the arrangement ... <a title="Did Australia just make a move to the left?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/did-australia-just-make-a-move-to-the-left-183611/" aria-label="Read more about Did Australia just make a move to the left?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University; Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC., Georgetown University The federal election has delivered a monumental win for Australia’s relations with the Pacific. The stunning ... <a title="On the Pacific, the new government must be bold and go big. Here’s how the repair work could begin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/on-the-pacific-the-new-government-must-be-bold-and-go-big-heres-how-the-repair-work-could-begin-183598/" aria-label="Read more about On the Pacific, the new government must be bold and go big. Here’s how the repair work could begin">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hellewell, Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University Shutterstock Loss or alteration of taste (dysgeusia) is a common symptom of COVID. It’s also a side effect of several illnesses and medications, including Paxlovid, the ... <a title="COVID made things taste weird, now ‘Paxlovid mouth’ sounds disgusting. What causes dysgeusia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/covid-made-things-taste-weird-now-paxlovid-mouth-sounds-disgusting-what-causes-dysgeusia-182755/" aria-label="Read more about COVID made things taste weird, now ‘Paxlovid mouth’ sounds disgusting. What causes dysgeusia?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Bell, Professor of Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Despite New Zealanders’ close connection with the oceans, very few will have heard of “temperate mesophotic ecosystems” (TMEs). Even fewer will appreciate their importance for coastal fisheries, and possibly climate change mitigation. TMEs ... <a title="Into the ocean twilight zone: how new technology is revealing the secrets of an under-researched undersea world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/into-the-ocean-twilight-zone-how-new-technology-is-revealing-the-secrets-of-an-under-researched-undersea-world-182280/" aria-label="Read more about Into the ocean twilight zone: how new technology is revealing the secrets of an under-researched undersea world">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Grové, Fulbright Scholar and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Educational Psychology & Counselling, Monash University Shutterstock Psychological distress is on the rise among young people in Australia. The implications of COVID-19 and the strain on the training and availability of psychologists are likely to add to ... <a title="‘It’s almost like a second home’: why students want schools to do more about mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/its-almost-like-a-second-home-why-students-want-schools-to-do-more-about-mental-health-179644/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s almost like a second home’: why students want schools to do more about mental health">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor Cowan, Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Sydney Francesco Solimena, Death of Messalina (about 1704/1712) The Getty Readers are advised this story includes depictions of domestic violence and violence against women. Domestic violence was endemic in the Roman world. Rome was a slave-owning, patriarchal, militarised culture ... <a title="Ancient Rome didn’t have specific domestic violence legislation – but the laws they had give us a window into a world of abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/24/ancient-rome-didnt-have-specific-domestic-violence-legislation-but-the-laws-they-had-give-us-a-window-into-a-world-of-abuse-179460/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient Rome didn’t have specific domestic violence legislation – but the laws they had give us a window into a world of abuse">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch With 73% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 73 of the 151 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 54 for the Coalition, 15 Others and nine in doubt. Labor is ... <a title="Why Labor is likely to win a House of Representatives majority despite a 33% primary vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/why-labor-is-likely-to-win-a-house-of-representatives-majority-despite-a-33-primary-vote-183601/" aria-label="Read more about Why Labor is likely to win a House of Representatives majority despite a 33% primary vote">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The transition from one government to another involves a democratic miracle and a physical mess. In parliament house’s ministerial wing on Monday, shredding machines were working flat out, fragments of their massive output leaving a light snowstorm on the blue ... <a title="View from The Hill: Government exits amid shredding snowstorm, Labor ministers make staged entry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/view-from-the-hill-government-exits-amid-shredding-snowstorm-labor-ministers-make-staged-entry-183653/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Government exits amid shredding snowstorm, Labor ministers make staged entry">Read more</a>