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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Lecturer – School of Art, RMIT University Sidney Nolan Kelly and Horse 1946. Enamel paint on composition board 92.1 x 122.4 cm. Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra © Canberra Museum and Gallery Review: Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise, Heide Museum of Modern Art The Sidney ... <a title="On Sidney Nolan, the painter who re-envisaged the Australian landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/on-sidney-nolan-the-painter-who-re-envisaged-the-australian-landscape-175909/" aria-label="Read more about On Sidney Nolan, the painter who re-envisaged the Australian landscape">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australian children aged six to 11 years old will be able to get the Moderna COVID vaccine at pharmacies, GP clinics and vaccination hubs from tomorrow. This follows the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s provisional ... <a title="The Moderna vaccine is now available for 6 to 11 year olds. Here’s what parents need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/the-moderna-vaccine-is-now-available-for-6-to-11-year-olds-heres-what-parents-need-to-know-177544/" aria-label="Read more about The Moderna vaccine is now available for 6 to 11 year olds. Here’s what parents need to know">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced sanctions against Russia, imposed in line with those of Australia’s major allies the United States and the United Kingdom. Morrison told a Wednesday news conference the measures were just the first, saying Russia was ... <a title="Morrison announces sanctions against Russia and warns of possible cyber retaliation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/morrison-announces-sanctions-against-russia-and-warns-of-possible-cyber-retaliation-177734/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison announces sanctions against Russia and warns of possible cyber retaliation">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Evans, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University Shutterstock A recent article in The Conversation raised unnecessary alarm about children’s flat feet. The article isn’t supported by the best evidence and may have worried parents. The most recent evidence confirms it’s normal for young, healthy and active ... <a title="Best evidence suggests most children’s flat feet will be fine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/best-evidence-suggests-most-childrens-flat-feet-will-be-fine-176673/" aria-label="Read more about Best evidence suggests most children’s flat feet will be fine">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia MGM/AP After successfully shooting the opening sequence of Boogie Nights – an elaborate steadicam shot in which the camera tracks into and around a night club, introducing the title, setting and all of the main ... <a title="Comedies in serious clothing: an introduction to the films of Paul Thomas Anderson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/comedies-in-serious-clothing-an-introduction-to-the-films-of-paul-thomas-anderson-174608/" aria-label="Read more about Comedies in serious clothing: an introduction to the films of Paul Thomas Anderson">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week I published charts for six countries showing excess deaths triggered by all seasonal and respiratory maladies, not just Covid19. The other main conditions that show up in excess deaths are epidemic influenza and the group of endemic viral infections commonly known as the ‘common cold’. Here I look at ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Respiratory Viruses: Seasonal Mortality Compared (2)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-respiratory-viruses-seasonal-mortality-compared-2/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Respiratory Viruses: Seasonal Mortality Compared (2)">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific West Papuan human rights defender Victor Yeimo has been formally indicted on charges of “treason” by Indonesian authorities at the Jayapura District Court. The authorities have been trying to get Yeimo, who is the leader of the pro-independence West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in court since May last year. In the indictment he ... <a title="West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo indicted on ‘treason’ charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/west-papuan-leader-victor-yeimo-indicted-on-treason-charges/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo indicted on ‘treason’ charges">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
RNZ News Epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson is urging New Zealanders to take omicron seriously, and certainly not to think of it as similar to the flu. The warning comes as new modelling shows omicron could peak by mid next month with about 4000 daily cases. Professor Jackson, professor of epidemiology at Auckland University, told RNZ ... <a title="‘Take omicron seriously,’ expert Rod Jackson warns New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/take-omicron-seriously-expert-rod-jackson-warns-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Take omicron seriously,’ expert Rod Jackson warns New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Parke, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Auckland What is the most important thing a scientist needs? – Lennox, age 6, Leichhardt NSW Hi Lennox! Thanks for this great question. Unfortunately, there’s not really one simple answer. So I’m going to talk about three important things. ... <a title="Curious Kids: what is the most important thing a scientist needs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/curious-kids-what-is-the-most-important-thing-a-scientist-needs-177226/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what is the most important thing a scientist needs?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Having watched Vladimir Putin’s somewhat rambling speech on Al Jazeera yesterday, I think we can be sure that he does have a clear ambition to create an empire based on the ethnic concept of the Viking ‘Rus’ (refer my recent Living with Ambiguity); a concept that would ideally (for Putin-supporting Russians) ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Russian Ambitions? Transnistria and Kaliningrad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/keith-rankin-russian-ambitions-transnistria-and-kaliningrad/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Russian Ambitions? Transnistria and Kaliningrad">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian David Longley, Principal Air Quality Scientist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Shutterstock/Annette Shaff Our complacency about indoor air contributed to our vulnerability to COVID-19, and we’ll continue to be vulnerable to COVID and other emerging threats until we re-think how we share our air. ... <a title="Air hygiene: how re-thinking air quality will help protect us from this and the next pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/air-hygiene-how-re-thinking-air-quality-will-help-protect-us-from-this-and-the-next-pandemic-177131/" aria-label="Read more about Air hygiene: how re-thinking air quality will help protect us from this and the next pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania woodleywonderworks/Flickr, CC BY-NC Most Australians have followed health advice to wear face masks and have COVID-19 vaccinations. Actions like these that benefit others are known in psychology as prosocial behaviours. In ... <a title="How sport can help young people to become better citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/how-sport-can-help-young-people-to-become-better-citizens-173733/" aria-label="Read more about How sport can help young people to become better citizens">Read more</a>
