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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristy Hess, Professor (Communication), Deakin University Shutterstock As residents in the small Victorian city of Portland voiced concerns about the loss of vital healthcare services in their area, the local newspaper – The Portland Observer – was there to cover the story. It produced a series of ... <a title="Local newspapers are vital for disadvantaged communities, but they’re struggling too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/local-newspapers-are-vital-for-disadvantaged-communities-but-theyre-struggling-too-194540/" aria-label="Read more about Local newspapers are vital for disadvantaged communities, but they’re struggling too">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design, Queensland University of Technology What’s the message between the lines of Tuvalu’s proposal to move to the metaverse? Scott Van Hoy/Unsplash, FAL The Pacific nation of Tuvalu is planning to create a version of itself in the metaverse, as a ... <a title="An entire Pacific country will upload itself to the metaverse. It’s a desperate plan – with a hidden message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/an-entire-pacific-country-will-upload-itself-to-the-metaverse-its-a-desperate-plan-with-a-hidden-message-194728/" aria-label="Read more about An entire Pacific country will upload itself to the metaverse. It’s a desperate plan – with a hidden message">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eleanor K. Sansom, Research Associate, Curtin University Sarah McMullan / UKFN / Global Fireball Observatory At about 10 o’clock on the night of February 28 2021, a fireball streaked through the sky over England. The blazing extraterrestrial visitor was seen by more than 1,000 people, and its ... <a title="A pristine chunk of space rock found within hours of hitting Earth can tell us about the birth of the Solar System" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/a-pristine-chunk-of-space-rock-found-within-hours-of-hitting-earth-can-tell-us-about-the-birth-of-the-solar-system-194725/" aria-label="Read more about A pristine chunk of space rock found within hours of hitting Earth can tell us about the birth of the Solar System">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Martiniuk, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Sydney Shutterstock The latest COVID wave is with us, with its viral subvariants BQ.1 and XBB. Once again, our health system will be stretched. That’s not just hospitals. A stretched health system affects the interaction between you and your GP, ... <a title="Our health system is like a ‘worn pair of shorts’. This latest COVID wave will stretch it even thinner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/our-health-system-is-like-a-worn-pair-of-shorts-this-latest-covid-wave-will-stretch-it-even-thinner-194253/" aria-label="Read more about Our health system is like a ‘worn pair of shorts’. This latest COVID wave will stretch it even thinner">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anya Phelan, Lecturer, The University of Queensland Dustan Woodhouse/Unsplash, CC BY This week the federal government joined an international agreement to recycle or reuse 100% of plastic waste by 2040, putting an end to plastic pollution. But major obstacles stand in the way. The most recent is ... <a title="REDcycle’s collapse is more proof that plastic recycling is a broken system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/redcycles-collapse-is-more-proof-that-plastic-recycling-is-a-broken-system-194528/" aria-label="Read more about REDcycle’s collapse is more proof that plastic recycling is a broken system">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Goodwin, Lecturer, The University of Melbourne National Museum of Warsaw In 1997, consulting firm McKinsey & Company coined the term “the war for talent” to define increasing labour shortages that had significant potential to impact organisational performance. The war for talent significantly impacted corporations at the ... <a title="Junior staff are finding better contracts, senior staff are burning out: the arts are losing the war for talent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/junior-staff-are-finding-better-contracts-senior-staff-are-burning-out-the-arts-are-losing-the-war-for-talent-194174/" aria-label="Read more about Junior staff are finding better contracts, senior staff are burning out: the arts are losing the war for talent">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew S. Flies, Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, University of Tasmania Julie Gaia/Shutterstock Tasmanian devils are tough little creatures with a ferocious reputation. Tragically, each year thousands of Tasmanian devils suffer and die from contagious cancers – devil facial tumours. We have discovered that a modified virus, ... <a title="Thousands of Tasmanian devils are dying from cancer – but a new vaccine approach could help us save them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/thousands-of-tasmanian-devils-are-dying-from-cancer-but-a-new-vaccine-approach-could-help-us-save-them-194536/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of Tasmanian devils are dying from cancer – but a new vaccine approach could help us save them">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Kingham, Professor of Human Geography, University of Canterbury Getty Images It seems New Zealand is about to slow down, with proposals to reduce urban speed limits right across the country, as well as on state highways. And while there has been some resistance, the evidence suggests ... <a title="Lower speed limits don’t just save lives – they make NZ towns and cities better places to live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/lower-speed-limits-dont-just-save-lives-they-make-nz-towns-and-cities-better-places-to-live-194448/" aria-label="Read more about Lower speed limits don’t just save lives – they make NZ towns and cities better places to live">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Peel, Senior Research Fellow in Wildlife Disease Ecology, Griffith University Grey headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) Vivien Jones, Author provided Bats have lived with coronaviruses for millennia. Details are still hazy about how one of these viruses evolved into SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID in humans. Did ... <a title="To stop new viruses jumping across to humans, we must protect and restore flying fox habitat. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/to-stop-new-viruses-jumping-across-to-humans-we-must-protect-and-restore-flying-fox-habitat-heres-why-194634/" aria-label="Read more about To stop new viruses jumping across to humans, we must protect and restore flying fox habitat. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwilym Croucher, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne Education Minister Jason Clare with members of the Universities Accord panel. Fiona Nash (L) and panel chair Mary O’Kane (R). Dean Lewins/AAP On Wednesday evening, Education Minister Jason Clare announced key details for ... <a title="The universities accord could see the most significant changes to Australian unis in a generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/the-universities-accord-could-see-the-most-significant-changes-to-australian-unis-in-a-generation-194738/" aria-label="Read more about The universities accord could see the most significant changes to Australian unis in a generation">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Andrew Harnik/AP/AAP No politician, journalist or media critic has ever been heard to utter the phrase “as subtle as a Murdoch tabloid”. So, when Murdoch’s New York Post responded to the Republicans’ unexpectedly meagre ... <a title="Trump announces he’ll run for president again as Murdoch turns on him – and it could be politically expensive for both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/trump-announces-hell-run-for-president-again-as-murdoch-turns-on-him-and-it-could-be-politically-expensive-for-both-194709/" aria-label="Read more about Trump announces he’ll run for president again as Murdoch turns on him – and it could be politically expensive for both">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 6pm USEST – In this, the 22nd episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will deep dive into the consequences of the United States midterm elections. In particular Paul and Selwyn will examine how an historically strong performance by the Democrats ... <a title="Live@Midday Thurs – Trumpism’s Election Failures and Trump’s Bid to Win Back the Whitehouse – Buchanan and Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/livemidday-thurs-trumpisms-election-failures-and-trumps-bid-to-win-back-the-whitehouse-buchanan-and-manning/" aria-label="Read more about Live@Midday Thurs – Trumpism’s Election Failures and Trump’s Bid to Win Back the Whitehouse – Buchanan and Manning">Read more</a>
