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March 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter J. Dean, Chair of Defence Studies and Director, UWA Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia Unless you have been under a political rock for the past few weeks, you could not have missed the emergence of a “khaki election”. Obviously thinking it is ... <a title="The Morrison government wants a ‘khaki’ election. How do the two major parties stack up on national security?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/the-morrison-government-wants-a-khaki-election-how-do-the-two-major-parties-stack-up-on-national-security-179472/" aria-label="Read more about The Morrison government wants a ‘khaki’ election. How do the two major parties stack up on national security?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 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 Unsplash/Annie Spratt, CC BY Far from the respiratory disease it seemed at first, COVID can impact almost all parts of the body, including the brain. For ... <a title="Post-COVID psychosis occurs in people with no prior history. The risk is low but episodes are frightening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/post-covid-psychosis-occurs-in-people-with-no-prior-history-the-risk-is-low-but-episodes-are-frightening-179193/" aria-label="Read more about Post-COVID psychosis occurs in people with no prior history. The risk is low but episodes are frightening">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin J. Richardson, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Tasmania A photo of Lake Pedder before it flooded Stefan Karpiniec/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Fifty years ago this week, the world’s first “green” political party was born in Tasmania after the state government purposefully flooded the magnificent Lake Pedder. ... <a title="The legacy of Lake Pedder: how the world’s first Green Party was born in Tasmania 50 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/the-legacy-of-lake-pedder-how-the-worlds-first-green-party-was-born-in-tasmania-50-years-ago-178546/" aria-label="Read more about The legacy of Lake Pedder: how the world’s first Green Party was born in Tasmania 50 years ago">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University, Research Associate at University of New South Wales, Curtin University WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services As coal-fired climate change makes bushfires in Australia worse, governments are ramping up hazard-reduction burning. But our new research shows the practice ... <a title="Coming of age: research shows old forests are 3 times less flammable than those just burned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/coming-of-age-research-shows-old-forests-are-3-times-less-flammable-than-those-just-burned-179571/" aria-label="Read more about Coming of age: research shows old forests are 3 times less flammable than those just burned">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney IMDB We need to talk about Bruno. The theme song from Disney’s hit movie Encanto (We don’t talk about Bruno) has become the first song from an animated movie to top the US charts for multiple ... <a title="Encanto, TikTok and the art of social storytelling: why music is not just for listening anymore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/encanto-tiktok-and-the-art-of-social-storytelling-why-music-is-not-just-for-listening-anymore-178021/" aria-label="Read more about Encanto, TikTok and the art of social storytelling: why music is not just for listening anymore">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato GettyImages New Zealand is no stranger to protest, or protest violence. But what happened in the grounds of parliament over 23 days in February and March was unique – and, in the end, extreme. A country that grinds its ... <a title="The parliament occupation is over – now New Zealand needs new laws to protect the ‘epicentre of its democracy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/the-parliament-occupation-is-over-now-new-zealand-needs-new-laws-to-protect-the-epicentre-of-its-democracy-179751/" aria-label="Read more about The parliament occupation is over – now New Zealand needs new laws to protect the ‘epicentre of its democracy’">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji’s police chief Sitiveni Qiliho looks to have dug out an old playbook that was used over a couple of years ahead of Voreqe Bainimarama’s 2006 coup. Qiliho is on a shorter game plan though, he’s got to sow uncertainty and fear in Fiji’s population quickly — before ... <a title="History repeats in Fiji?: Police chief warns of election ‘instability’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/history-repeats-in-fiji-police-chief-warns-of-election-instability/" aria-label="Read more about History repeats in Fiji?: Police chief warns of election ‘instability’">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast, Michelle and politics + society editor ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Labor will give human rights award in memory of Kitching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/word-from-the-hill-labor-will-give-human-rights-award-in-memory-of-kitching-179773/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Labor will give human rights award in memory of Kitching">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong Windmill Islands, near Casey Research Station, Antarctica Dana M Bergstrom, Author provided Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal. Heatwaves are bizarre at any time ... <a title="Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously. Here’s what’s driving them, and how they’ll impact wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/record-smashing-heatwaves-are-hitting-antarctica-and-the-arctic-simultaneously-heres-whats-driving-them-and-how-theyll-impact-wildlife-179659/" aria-label="Read more about Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously. Here’s what’s driving them, and how they’ll impact wildlife">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Lumley, Professor of Biostatistics, University of Auckland Hannah Peters/Getty Images New Zealand’s Omicron wave may be peaking, but we’ll continue to record thousands of new cases each day and most people who test positive or are hospitalised with COVID will have been vaccinated. This is exactly ... <a title="Most COVID patients in NZ’s Omicron outbreak are vaccinated, but that’s no reason to doubt vaccine benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/most-covid-patients-in-nzs-omicron-outbreak-are-vaccinated-but-thats-no-reason-to-doubt-vaccine-benefits-179648/" aria-label="Read more about Most COVID patients in NZ’s Omicron outbreak are vaccinated, but that’s no reason to doubt vaccine benefits">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University Shutterstock You don’t have to look to far to find examples of poor quality residential aged care. Most recently, residents have too often been un-vaccinated, frightened, isolated, and have died alone in aged care facilities during the pandemic. It’s tempting ... <a title="Quality costs more. Very few aged care facilities deliver high quality care while also making a profit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/quality-costs-more-very-few-aged-care-facilities-deliver-high-quality-care-while-also-making-a-profit-178022/" aria-label="Read more about Quality costs more. Very few aged care facilities deliver high quality care while also making a profit">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock The biggest question relating to the management of the economy right now has nothing to do with next week’s budget. It has everything to do with the Reserve Bank and the board meetings that ... <a title="Why Australia’s Reserve Bank won’t hike interest rates just yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/why-australias-reserve-bank-wont-hike-interest-rates-just-yet-179633/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia’s Reserve Bank won’t hike interest rates just yet">Read more</a>
