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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tin Fei Sim, Senior Lecturer, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University CDC/Unsplash With Australians learning to live with COVID and resuming international travel, cases of influenza are steadily rising. Getting a flu shot reduces your chance of catching the flu caused by four flu virus strains covered by ... <a title="Which flu shot should I choose? And what are cell-based and ‘adjuvanted’ vaccines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/which-flu-shot-should-i-choose-and-what-are-cell-based-and-adjuvanted-vaccines-184325/" aria-label="Read more about Which flu shot should I choose? And what are cell-based and ‘adjuvanted’ vaccines?">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra McEwan, Lecturer: Law, CQUniversity Australia Tonia Kraakman/Unsplash, CC BY An e-petition against greyhound racing to the Tasmanian parliament reached a record number of signatures last week, with 13,519 people demanding the state government end public funding of the industry. The previous record in Tasmania was 11,699 ... <a title="Greyhound racing: despite waning public support, governments are spending big to keep the industry running" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/greyhound-racing-despite-waning-public-support-governments-are-spending-big-to-keep-the-industry-running-184849/" aria-label="Read more about Greyhound racing: despite waning public support, governments are spending big to keep the industry running">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Mitchell, Associate Professor Health and Societal Outcomes, Macquarie University Shutterstock NAPLAN scores can tell us about a child’s learning, but can they also help us to support learners who have had a serious injury or a long-term chronic illness like asthma or epilepsy? Children who spend ... <a title="Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/time-in-hospital-sets-back-tens-of-thousands-of-childrens-learning-each-year-but-targeted-support-can-help-them-catch-up-184313/" aria-label="Read more about Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Lycett, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University Since 2001 our research group has asked 2,000 Australians every year how they’re doing. Are they satisfied with their standard of living, their relationships, purpose in life, community connectedness, safety, health and ... <a title="5 charts on Australian well-being, and the surprising effects of the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/5-charts-on-australian-well-being-and-the-surprising-effects-of-the-pandemic-183537/" aria-label="Read more about 5 charts on Australian well-being, and the surprising effects of the pandemic">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony O’Donnell, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Law, La Trobe University Shutterstock When Labor leader Anthony Albanese couldn’t quote Australia’s unemployment rate in the first week of the election campaign, many said it didn’t matter: the Australian Bureau of Statistics figure was “meaningless”; “fudged”; “manipulated”; and didn’t ... <a title="How we invented ‘unemployment’ – and why we’re outgrowing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/how-we-invented-unemployment-and-why-were-outgrowing-it-183545/" aria-label="Read more about How we invented ‘unemployment’ – and why we’re outgrowing it">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Shutterstock Barely a month ago Anthony Albanese was derided as a “loose unit” for endorsing a 5.1% increase in the minimum wage. His rationale was, with 5.1% inflation, the incomes of ... <a title="This 5.2% decision on the minimum wage could shift the trajectory for all workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/this-5-2-decision-on-the-minimum-wage-could-shift-the-trajectory-for-all-workers-185117/" aria-label="Read more about This 5.2% decision on the minimum wage could shift the trajectory for all workers">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University Australia’s energy market operator has just suspended the National Electricity market. That means instead of the price for wholesale electricity being set competitively, the market operator (AEMO) sets fixed prices and will take a greater role in directing which power stations ... <a title="Australia’s National Electricity Market was just suspended. Here’s why and what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/australias-national-electricity-market-was-just-suspended-heres-why-and-what-happens-next-185136/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s National Electricity Market was just suspended. Here’s why and what happens next">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis B Desmond, Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast CC BY Once the purview of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, facial recognition is now being used to identify consumers in Australian stores. If you’ve seen the movie Minority Report, you’ll remember how Tom ... <a title="Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys say they use facial recognition for ‘loss prevention’. An expert explains what it might mean for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/bunnings-kmart-and-the-good-guys-say-they-use-facial-recognition-for-loss-prevention-an-expert-explains-what-it-might-mean-for-you-185126/" aria-label="Read more about Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys say they use facial recognition for ‘loss prevention’. An expert explains what it might mean for you">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carsten Rudolph, Associate Professor for Cybersecurity, Monash University Shutterstock Leaders of several Pacific nations met in Fiji last week to strengthen ties and promote unity in the region. The Pacific faces numerous challenges, such as the threat of climate change and major powers jostling for influence in ... <a title="Cybersecurity in the Pacific: how island nations are building their online defences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/cybersecurity-in-the-pacific-how-island-nations-are-building-their-online-defences-185046/" aria-label="Read more about Cybersecurity in the Pacific: how island nations are building their online defences">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cynthia Faye Isley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide Shutterstock If you’re feeling the cold this winter, you’re not alone. About a quarter of all Australians have trouble keeping their homes warm enough in winter. That figure is likely to soar this ... <a title="If you’re renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here’s what you can do to keep warm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/if-youre-renting-chances-are-your-home-is-cold-with-power-prices-soaring-heres-what-you-can-do-to-keep-warm-184472/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here’s what you can do to keep warm">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aileen Kennedy, Lecturer in Health Law, University of New England Pexels The Australian Capital Territory government has released a consultation draft law to protect the rights of intersex people. If passed, the bill would ban deferrable medical interventions on children with intersex traits until they’re old enough ... <a title="ACT releases Australian-first draft law to protect intersex children from irreversible medical harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/act-releases-australian-first-draft-law-to-protect-intersex-children-from-irreversible-medical-harm-184566/" aria-label="Read more about ACT releases Australian-first draft law to protect intersex children from irreversible medical harm">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dinmore, Research Fellow, University of South Australia Shutterstock Economies are forever changing and the loss of some industries or businesses is part of that transformation. But change often comes at great cost for workers, many of whom are already vulnerable. The stories of retrenched workers give ... <a title="‘I couldn’t see a future’: what ex-automotive workers told us about job loss, shutdowns, and communities on the edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/i-couldnt-see-a-future-what-ex-automotive-workers-told-us-about-job-loss-shutdowns-and-communities-on-the-edge-180884/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I couldn’t see a future’: what ex-automotive workers told us about job loss, shutdowns, and communities on the edge">Read more</a>
