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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University Ground Picture/Shutterstock The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Australia for the first time. The shot, called Arexvy and manufactured by GSK, will be available by prescription to adults over 60. ... <a title="An RSV vaccine has been approved for people over 60. But what about young children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/an-rsv-vaccine-has-been-approved-for-people-over-60-but-what-about-young-children-221311/" aria-label="Read more about An RSV vaccine has been approved for people over 60. But what about young children?">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Mortlock, Adjunct Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Sea-level rise – along with increasing temperatures – is one of the clearest signals of man-made global warming. Yet exactly how rising water levels affect the coast is often misunderstood. A new coastal hazard assessment for Victoria’s ... <a title="How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/how-rising-sea-levels-will-affect-our-coastal-cities-and-towns-221121/" aria-label="Read more about How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University The world has been shocked by images of wanton violence, looting and destruction on the streets of Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, in the past week. Prime Minister James Marape declared a state of emergency as shops were ... <a title="More than a pay dispute: what’s really behind the Papua New Guinea riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/more-than-a-pay-dispute-whats-really-behind-the-papua-new-guinea-riots-221208/" aria-label="Read more about More than a pay dispute: what’s really behind the Papua New Guinea riots">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanne Hassett, Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, University of Sydney Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Around 4.4 million Australians, or 18% of our population, live with disability. This number is likely to rise as our population ages. Adults living with disability can experience a range of benefits from participating in community-based ... <a title="A new year means new fitness goals. But options for people with disability are few and far between" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/a-new-year-means-new-fitness-goals-but-options-for-people-with-disability-are-few-and-far-between-220143/" aria-label="Read more about A new year means new fitness goals. But options for people with disability are few and far between">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph Trancoso, Adjunct Associate Professor in Climate Change, The University of Queensland Three to five billion people – or up to two-thirds of the world’s population – are set to be affected by projected rainfall changes by the end of the century unless the world rapidly ramps ... <a title="Up to 5 billion people to be hit by rainfall changes this century if CO₂ emissions are not curbed, research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/up-to-5-billion-people-to-be-hit-by-rainfall-changes-this-century-if-co-emissions-are-not-curbed-research-shows-221004/" aria-label="Read more about Up to 5 billion people to be hit by rainfall changes this century if CO₂ emissions are not curbed, research shows">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ava Kalinauskas, Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Former President Donald Trump’s commanding, and expected, victory in this week’s Iowa caucuses has confirmed his frontrunner status in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. With his closest rivals Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley ... <a title="Why two largely white and tiny states still matter so much to the US presidential election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/why-two-largely-white-and-tiny-states-still-matter-so-much-to-the-us-presidential-election-221306/" aria-label="Read more about Why two largely white and tiny states still matter so much to the US presidential election">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felice Jacka, Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University studiostoks/Shutterstock Feeding astronauts on a long mission to Mars goes well beyond ensuring they have enough nutrients and calories to survive their multi-year journey. Providing astronauts with the right diet is also paramount in supporting their mental and cognitive health, ... <a title="Space travel taxes astronauts’ brains. But microbes on the menu could help in unexpected ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/space-travel-taxes-astronauts-brains-but-microbes-on-the-menu-could-help-in-unexpected-ways-216355/" aria-label="Read more about Space travel taxes astronauts’ brains. But microbes on the menu could help in unexpected ways">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Clifton, Associate Professor of Practice, School of Health Sciences and the Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, The Dreamer, opens with a story about meeting Jim Carrey, who, at the time, was method acting and portraying comedian Andy ... <a title="Dave Chappelle has built a reputation for ‘punching down’ on trans people – and now he’s targeting disabled people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/dave-chappelle-has-built-a-reputation-for-punching-down-on-trans-people-and-now-hes-targeting-disabled-people-220774/" aria-label="Read more about Dave Chappelle has built a reputation for ‘punching down’ on trans people – and now he’s targeting disabled people">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Colin Bednall, Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock With the new year underway employers are beginning to resume normal business activities and restart their hiring process. Similarly, many school and university graduates are beginning their job search after a well-earned break. While ... <a title="6 questions you should be ready to answer to smash that job interview" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/6-questions-you-should-be-ready-to-answer-to-smash-that-job-interview-220848/" aria-label="Read more about 6 questions you should be ready to answer to smash that job interview">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Last year, the Papua New Guinea government moved in a subtle way into the Fourth Estate. It tried to — and is still trying to — find a way to curtail and restrict your access to mainstream and social media by trying to gag media organisations. Obviously, this was an ... <a title="Post-Courier: Draconian and dangerous move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/post-courier-draconian-and-dangerous-move/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Draconian and dangerous move">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Communications Minister Timothy Masiu has announced stringent measures to control social media in the country for the next 10 days of the State of Emergency. The government’s threat drew a sharp rebuke from former prime minister Peter O’Neill who called the move a “sinister fear campaign against the people” and ... <a title="Masiu vows 10-day shutdown of PNG’s social media after capital riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/masiu-vows-10-day-shutdown-of-pngs-social-media-after-capital-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Masiu vows 10-day shutdown of PNG’s social media after capital riots">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
RNZ News Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman — a leading voice in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Parliament for human rights, an independent foreign policy, and justice for Occupied Palestine — was subject to “pretty much continuous” death threats and threats of violence, says party co-leader James Shaw. She has resigned as a Green Party MP ... <a title="Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/former-green-mp-golriz-ghahraman-faced-continuous-death-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’">Read more</a>
