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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University AAP Image/Terry Trewin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article includes names and images of people who have died. I opened #Blackfulla Twitter to find my feed awash ... <a title="His spirit will return to Country. Vale David Dalaithngu, the actor who shaped Australian cinema" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/his-spirit-will-return-to-country-vale-david-dalaithngu-the-actor-who-shaped-australian-cinema-172860/" aria-label="Read more about His spirit will return to Country. Vale David Dalaithngu, the actor who shaped Australian cinema">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In a break from the usual tradition, Macquarie asked the public to choose their word of the year in advance of the committee’s decision. The pundits were betting on a COVID-19 inspired word and the shortlist certainly contained ... <a title="‘Strollout’ has gathered pace, romping home as the Macquarie word of the year. I’d have gone for ‘vax’ if on the list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/strollout-has-gathered-pace-romping-home-as-the-macquarie-word-of-the-year-id-have-gone-for-vax-if-on-the-list-172759/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Strollout’ has gathered pace, romping home as the Macquarie word of the year. I’d have gone for ‘vax’ if on the list">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP Complaints have been ringing out about how few days the federal parliament is proposed to sit in the first half of next year. The parliamentary sitting calendar for 2022 has just been released. This includes ten ... <a title="Who decides when parliament sits and what happens if it doesn’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/who-decides-when-parliament-sits-and-what-happens-if-it-doesnt-172861/" aria-label="Read more about Who decides when parliament sits and what happens if it doesn’t?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Hands up if you know anything about Christopher Luxon other than he was once CEO of Air New Zealand, he’s been hailed as the new John Key, and he’s the MP for Botany. Anyone? Luxon takes on the role of ... <a title="Luxon takes the controls – can the former Air NZ CEO make National straighten up and fly right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/luxon-takes-the-controls-can-the-former-air-nz-ceo-make-national-straighten-up-and-fly-right-172767/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon takes the controls – can the former Air NZ CEO make National straighten up and fly right?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Hall, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University Lynn Grieveson/Getty Images To understand the agreement states reached at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow earlier this month, it’s important to explore how climate activism has grown and changed since the Paris Agreement in 2015. Climate ... <a title="Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and it’s finally facing up to racism within the movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/climate-activism-has-gone-digital-and-disruptive-and-its-finally-facing-up-to-racism-within-the-movement-172481/" aria-label="Read more about Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and it’s finally facing up to racism within the movement">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Daly, Lecturer in Planetary Geoscience, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow Curtin University Water is vital for life on Earth, and some experts say we should all drink around two litres every day as part of a healthy lifestyle. But beyond the tap, ... <a title="Up to half of Earth’s water may come from solar wind and space dust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/up-to-half-of-earths-water-may-come-from-solar-wind-and-space-dust-172753/" aria-label="Read more about Up to half of Earth’s water may come from solar wind and space dust">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish McCallum, Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University AP Photo/Denis Farrell These are very early days in terms of our understanding the Omicron variant. What is known is that it has a large number of mutations, particularly in the spike protein and it ... <a title="It looks like Omicron causes milder illness – is this how COVID becomes endemic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/it-looks-like-omicron-causes-milder-illness-is-this-how-covid-becomes-endemic-172754/" aria-label="Read more about It looks like Omicron causes milder illness – is this how COVID becomes endemic?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dion O’Neale, Lecturer – Department of Physics, University of Auckland; Principal Investigator – Te Pūnaha Matatini, University of Auckland Phil Walter/Getty Images Despite the emergence of the new Omicron variant, New Zealand will move to a new COVID-19 Protection Framework this Friday, with a traffic light system ... <a title="As Aucklanders anticipate holiday trips, Māori leaders ask people to stay away from regions with lower vaccination rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/as-aucklanders-anticipate-holiday-trips-maori-leaders-ask-people-to-stay-away-from-regions-with-lower-vaccination-rates-172682/" aria-label="Read more about As Aucklanders anticipate holiday trips, Māori leaders ask people to stay away from regions with lower vaccination rates">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Corey, Adjunct Research Associate, Charles Darwin University Monjon, a small, native mammal in the tropical savanna under threat from fire David Bettini, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their ... <a title="Photos from the field: leaving habitats unburnt for longer could help save little mammals in northern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/photos-from-the-field-leaving-habitats-unburnt-for-longer-could-help-save-little-mammals-in-northern-australia-171500/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: leaving habitats unburnt for longer could help save little mammals in northern Australia">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alessandro Pelizzon, Senior Lecturer, School of Law and Justice, Southern Cross University Shutterstock To say Australian universities are in crisis is to state the obvious. A common narrative suggests the most immediate cause of the current crisis is “reduced international student revenue and income from investments, such ... <a title="2 out of 3 members of university governing bodies have no professional expertise in the sector. There’s the making of a crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/2-out-of-3-members-of-university-governing-bodies-have-no-professional-expertise-in-the-sector-theres-the-making-of-a-crisis-171952/" aria-label="Read more about 2 out of 3 members of university governing bodies have no professional expertise in the sector. There’s the making of a crisis">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians’ concern about the pandemic ebbs and flows dramatically as waves come and go, according to research that also shows that COVID has not shaken the nation’s social cohesion. The Scanlon Foundation Research Institute’s 2021 Mapping Social Cohesion Report found ... <a title="Scanlon survey shows community fears about COVID can spike quickly, as governments face Omicron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/scanlon-survey-shows-community-fears-about-covid-can-spike-quickly-as-governments-face-omicron-172769/" aria-label="Read more about Scanlon survey shows community fears about COVID can spike quickly, as governments face Omicron">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra John Mackintosh/Shutterstock The Morrison government has delayed its plan to open the international border on Wednesday to skilled workers and students, as it awaits more information about the Omicron variant of COVID. Cabinet’s national security committee on Monday night paused ... <a title="Border opening for skilled workers, students delayed a fortnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/border-opening-for-skilled-workers-students-delayed-a-fortnight-172802/" aria-label="Read more about Border opening for skilled workers, students delayed a fortnight">Read more</a>
