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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Imagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in country X note an expanding cluster of individuals with severe respiratory disease. Rapid whole-genome sequencing identifies the disease-causing agent as a novel coronavirus. Epidemiological investigations suggest ... <a title="The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/the-costly-lesson-from-covid-why-elimination-should-be-the-default-global-strategy-for-future-pandemics-197806/" aria-label="Read more about The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney For the first time in a long time, a year can begin with a realistic assessment that Australia-China relations are on an upward trajectory again. After winning last May’s federal election, the new Albanese ... <a title="Bring on the Year of the Rabbit: why there’s new hope and prosperity tipped for Australia-China relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/bring-on-the-year-of-the-rabbit-why-theres-new-hope-and-prosperity-tipped-for-australia-china-relations-197892/" aria-label="Read more about Bring on the Year of the Rabbit: why there’s new hope and prosperity tipped for Australia-China relations">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Lack, Professor of Psychology, Flinders University Shutterstock People describe the sound of a dripping tap in the middle of the night as anything from annoying to torture. Others sleep through, seemingly oblivious. But if this common sound is keeping you awake, you can do something about ... <a title="Drip, drip, drip. Why is my leaking tap keeping me awake at night?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/drip-drip-drip-why-is-my-leaking-tap-keeping-me-awake-at-night-194733/" aria-label="Read more about Drip, drip, drip. Why is my leaking tap keeping me awake at night?">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasim Saman, Emeritus Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of South Australia Shutterstock Soaring electricity prices have made 15% of Aussies think about installing solar panels, a recent survey found. Another 6% were already weighing up the move, on top of the 28% who had panels. With ... <a title="How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/how-to-maximise-savings-from-your-home-solar-system-and-slash-your-power-bills-197415/" aria-label="Read more about How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy W. Jones, Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University ACT Up NY Recently, a number of people have questioned or critiqued the use of the word “queer” to describe LGBTIQA+ folk. One writer to the Guardian claimed that the “q-word” was as derogatory and offensive as ... <a title="Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/19/reviled-reclaimed-and-respected-the-history-of-the-word-queer-197533/" aria-label="Read more about Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne After three soggy years of La Niña in a row, Australia has endured record-breaking floods, the latest of which has inundated the Kimberley in Western Australia and across north and central Queensland. While the rains may ... <a title="From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/from-floods-to-fire-a-climate-scientist-on-the-chances-el-nino-will-hit-australia-this-year-197408/" aria-label="Read more about From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney AAP Renée Geyer’s name is often in histories of Australian music. A pioneering artist, her iconic soul sound opened up the local conversation about what “sounding Australian” meant. Go-Betweens icon and industry legend Lindy Morrison simply said: ... <a title="‘A voice like cigarettes rolled in honey’: celebrating Renée Geyer, Australia’s queen of soul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/a-voice-like-cigarettes-rolled-in-honey-celebrating-renee-geyer-australias-queen-of-soul-197991/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A voice like cigarettes rolled in honey’: celebrating Renée Geyer, Australia’s queen of soul">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Di Winkler, Adjunct Associate Professor, La Trobe University Unsplash/Jon Tyson, CC BY The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to be a market-based system that would shift power from government and providers to consumers. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s Own Motion Inquiry report demonstrates that ... <a title="People with disabilities in group homes are suffering shocking abuse. New housing models could prevent harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/people-with-disabilities-in-group-homes-are-suffering-shocking-abuse-new-housing-models-could-prevent-harm-197989/" aria-label="Read more about People with disabilities in group homes are suffering shocking abuse. New housing models could prevent harm">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute Over the weekend, Peking University released a study that estimated 900 million Chinese had been infected with COVID up until January 11, representing 64% of the population. This compares with 43% of Australians testing positive, although antibody studies indicate ... <a title="China’s COVID cases may have hit 900 million. What’s headed our way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/chinas-covid-cases-may-have-hit-900-million-whats-headed-our-way-197896/" aria-label="Read more about China’s COVID cases may have hit 900 million. What’s headed our way?">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gissing, CEO, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation’s bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people were injured and more than ... <a title="20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra’s suburbs – and bushfire science was never the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/20-years-ago-vast-bushfires-razed-canberras-suburbs-and-bushfire-science-was-never-the-same-197899/" aria-label="Read more about 20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra’s suburbs – and bushfire science was never the same">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s “tax gap” – the gap between what is collected and what would be collected if the law was applied properly – amounts to A$33 billion per year according to Tax Office calculations, which is 7% of ... <a title="9 in 10 landlord tax returns are wrong. Does this make landlords champion tax dodgers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/9-in-10-landlord-tax-returns-are-wrong-does-this-make-landlords-champion-tax-dodgers-195914/" aria-label="Read more about 9 in 10 landlord tax returns are wrong. Does this make landlords champion tax dodgers?">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Where there’s water, you’ll find mosquitoes – including some that transmit viruses that can make us seriously ill. Authorities have been on alert after an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis last summer which resulted in 45 ... <a title="Murray Valley encephalitis has been detected in mozzies in NSW and Victoria. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/17/murray-valley-encephalitis-has-been-detected-in-mozzies-in-nsw-and-victoria-heres-what-you-need-to-know-197894/" aria-label="Read more about Murray Valley encephalitis has been detected in mozzies in NSW and Victoria. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
