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April 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University As Russian forces withdraw from parts of Ukraine, reports have emerged of thousands dead and mass graves holding unknown numbers of bodies. After many people die in human-made or natural “mass disasters”, the work of identifying the victims ... <a title="Identifying the dead after mass disasters is a crucial part of grieving. Here’s how forensic experts do it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/identifying-the-dead-after-mass-disasters-is-a-crucial-part-of-grieving-heres-how-forensic-experts-do-it-180616/" aria-label="Read more about Identifying the dead after mass disasters is a crucial part of grieving. Here’s how forensic experts do it">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arunima Malik, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability, University of Sydney Shutterstock The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — which one of us (Arunima) contributed to — has emphasised the need for enormous change if we are to keep within the 1.5℃ warming limit. ... <a title="Emerging tech in the food, transport and energy sector can help counter the effects of climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/emerging-tech-in-the-food-transport-and-energy-sector-can-help-counter-the-effects-of-climate-change-180126/" aria-label="Read more about Emerging tech in the food, transport and energy sector can help counter the effects of climate change">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie H Li, Senior Clinical Research Manager and Clinical Psychologist, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Depending on where you live, you may have been warned to brace for the next COVID wave, driven by the new Omicron subvariant, more of us being out and about, and fewer people wearing ... <a title="The next COVID wave is here. Why for some of us it’s OMG and for others it’s meh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/the-next-covid-wave-is-here-why-for-some-of-us-its-omg-and-for-others-its-meh-180338/" aria-label="Read more about The next COVID wave is here. Why for some of us it’s OMG and for others it’s meh">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yogi Vidyattama, Associate Professor, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra Only 5,532 of the 101,233 new cars sold in Australia last month were all-electric. While that number is an improvement on previous months, it is tiny compared to the 25% to 85% of ... <a title="What would it take to get Australians to buy electric cars? Canberra provides a guide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/what-would-it-take-to-get-australians-to-buy-electric-cars-canberra-provides-a-guide-178778/" aria-label="Read more about What would it take to get Australians to buy electric cars? Canberra provides a guide">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daiane Scaraboto, Associate Professor of Marketing, The University of Melbourne Vaclav Salek/AP As desirable vacation destinations go, war-torn Ukraine must surely rate low. But in the first month of Russia’s invasion, Airbnb bookings in Ukraine boomed, as people around the world used the accommodation platform to channel ... <a title="Airbnb’s Ukraine moment is a reminder of what the sharing economy can be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/airbnbs-ukraine-moment-is-a-reminder-of-what-the-sharing-economy-can-be-180506/" aria-label="Read more about Airbnb’s Ukraine moment is a reminder of what the sharing economy can be">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland IMDB The phrases “Tell him he’s dreamin’”, “That’s going straight to the pool room”, “How’s the serenity?” and “It’s the vibe” have become Aussie staples. These now-classic quotes all come from The Castle – voted ... <a title="Straight to the pool room: a love letter to The Castle on its 25th anniversary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/straight-to-the-pool-room-a-love-letter-to-the-castle-on-its-25th-anniversary-176361/" aria-label="Read more about Straight to the pool room: a love letter to The Castle on its 25th anniversary">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby Vodafone has made its entry back into the Papua New Guinea market as Digitec-Vodafone to operate as the third mobile operator company. In the next two weeks the PNG market will see the new look Vodafone operate in 25 different locations of the country, selling mobile phones and SIM ... <a title="Vodafone in new ‘price cutting’ bid for PNG’s mobile phone market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/vodafone-in-new-price-cutting-bid-for-pngs-mobile-phone-market/" aria-label="Read more about Vodafone in new ‘price cutting’ bid for PNG’s mobile phone market">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Health workers in Aotearoa New Zealand are thanking Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield for his work stopping the ailing health system from collapsing in the covid-19 pandemic — and for saving lives. They say they can relate to him needing a rest. Dr Bloomfield leaves his job ... <a title="Health chief’s resignation: ‘He felt the pressure along with the rest of us’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/health-chiefs-resignation-he-felt-the-pressure-along-with-the-rest-of-us/" aria-label="Read more about Health chief’s resignation: ‘He felt the pressure along with the rest of us’">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy reporter A leading epidemiologist says Aotearoa New Zealand has no idea how many community cases of covid-19 there are in the country because so many people are not recording their rapid antigen test (RAT) results. LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING University of Auckland Professor Rod Jackson said an upgrade of the testing ... <a title="Leaked memo raises questions over NZ Health Ministry’s daily covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/leaked-memo-raises-questions-over-nz-health-ministrys-daily-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked memo raises questions over NZ Health Ministry’s daily covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With a change of government a real prospect according to the opinion polls, public servants are starting to gossip about what an Albanese administration would mean for them. For Canberra’s bureaucrats, it’s been a cold climate in the Morrison years. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: A new government would bring changes for the bureaucrats in the Canberra ‘bubble’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/grattan-on-friday-a-new-government-would-bring-changes-for-the-bureaucrats-in-the-canberra-bubble-180863/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: A new government would bring changes for the bureaucrats in the Canberra ‘bubble’">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Young, Collaborative Research Fellow, Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University Sydney is bracing for flash floods and landslides as the city yet again endures a disastrous downpour, with a month’s worth of rain falling in just 24 hours and evacuation orders issued. The rain ... <a title="Another day, another flood: preparing for more climate disasters means taking more personal responsibility for risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/another-day-another-flood-preparing-for-more-climate-disasters-means-taking-more-personal-responsibility-for-risk-180034/" aria-label="Read more about Another day, another flood: preparing for more climate disasters means taking more personal responsibility for risk">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Kelly, Professor of Education, Deakin University Shutterstock In youth policy and service delivery the idea of youth voice and participation is an uncontested “good thing”. But which youth voices? Who is heard and who is left out? Our recent research in Melbourne’s inner northern suburbs and ... <a title="Climate change, mental health services, a better education system: what marginalised young people told us needs to be fixed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/climate-change-mental-health-services-a-better-education-system-what-marginalised-young-people-told-us-needs-to-be-fixed-180492/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change, mental health services, a better education system: what marginalised young people told us needs to be fixed">Read more</a>