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September 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra AAP/Lukas Coch Industry Minister Christian Porter has been forced to resign from cabinet after declining to seek and provide to Scott Morrison the names of the anonymous benefactors who have helped fund his legal costs. Morrison has appointed energy minister ... <a title="Christian Porter quits cabinet, refusing to find out who gave him money for legal costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/19/christian-porter-quits-cabinet-refusing-to-find-out-who-gave-him-money-for-legal-costs-168246/" aria-label="Read more about Christian Porter quits cabinet, refusing to find out who gave him money for legal costs">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Porter, Senior Fellow (Indigenous Programs), The University of Melbourne Proposals to expand police powers, to criminalise coercive control and to establish specialist women’s police stations have all occupied a prominent place in Australia’s recent debate about responses to violence against women. The proposal to establish women’s ... <a title="Women’s police stations in Australia: would they work for ‘all’ women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/womens-police-stations-in-australia-would-they-work-for-all-women-165873/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s police stations in Australia: would they work for ‘all’ women?">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Medical news is full of stories about promising new treatments for challenging conditions, or for additional health benefits of routine behaviours and habits. Who doesn’t want to feel good about drinking coffee or eating chocolate? ... <a title="Forget nose spray, good sex clears a stuffy nose just as effectively — and is a lot more fun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/forget-nose-spray-good-sex-clears-a-stuffy-nose-just-as-effectively-and-is-a-lot-more-fun-167901/" aria-label="Read more about Forget nose spray, good sex clears a stuffy nose just as effectively — and is a lot more fun">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Dalziell, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University shutterstock Recently, two native Australian birds have stolen the limelight with their impressive vocal imitations. A superb lyrebird called Echo at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo has produced a painfully realistic vocal rendition of a human baby crying. Lyrebirds ... <a title="‘Bloody fool!’: why Ripper the musk duck, and many other talkative Aussie birds, are exciting biologists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/bloody-fool-why-ripper-the-musk-duck-and-many-other-talkative-aussie-birds-are-exciting-biologists-167709/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bloody fool!’: why Ripper the musk duck, and many other talkative Aussie birds, are exciting biologists">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the revelation that anonymous donors covered some of former attorney-general Christian Porter’s ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Anglosphere’s reassertion in the Indo-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-anglospheres-reassertion-in-the-indo-pacific-168111/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Anglosphere’s reassertion in the Indo-Pacific">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vijay Sivaraman, Professor of Telecommunications and Internet Technologies, UNSW Jeshoots.com/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Of the 8.2 million homes and businesses active on Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) in July 2021, 77% are now reported to be on a broadband plan that delivers speeds of at least 50 megabits ... <a title="Why does my internet connection feel slow and jumpy, even when my internet speed is high?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/why-does-my-internet-connection-feel-slow-and-jumpy-even-when-my-internet-speed-is-high-167362/" aria-label="Read more about Why does my internet connection feel slow and jumpy, even when my internet speed is high?">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury Shutterstock In 1992 four New Zealand icons (and the queen) appeared on new banknotes. Part of creating national identity, these notable citizens were chosen to represent the pinnacles of achievement. Āpirana Ngata, Edmund Hillary, Ernest Rutherford and Kate Sheppard ... <a title="On the money: Kate Sheppard and the making of a New Zealand feminist icon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/on-the-money-kate-sheppard-and-the-making-of-a-new-zealand-feminist-icon-167627/" aria-label="Read more about On the money: Kate Sheppard and the making of a New Zealand feminist icon">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romain Fathi, Senior Lecturer, History, Flinders University YOAN VALAT/EPA French diplomatic language can be subtle. When Canberra announced its abrupt foreign policy change and unilateral decision to walk away from its contract with French submarine builder Naval Group, the French foreign affairs and defence ministers released a ... <a title="C’est fini: can the Australia-France relationship be salvaged after scrapping the sub deal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/cest-fini-can-the-australia-france-relationship-be-salvaged-after-scrapping-the-sub-deal-168090/" aria-label="Read more about C’est fini: can the Australia-France relationship be salvaged after scrapping the sub deal?">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Joel Fitzgibbon and Anthony Albanese in parliament in 2018. Mick Tsikas/AAP One imagines the retirement of Joel Fitzgibbon at the next election simplifies things for Anthony Albanese, as he crafts a climate change formula more in sync with ... <a title="Fitzgibbon is quitting politics but this doesn’t mean Albanese can party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/fitzgibbon-is-quitting-politics-but-this-doesnt-mean-albanese-can-party-168184/" aria-label="Read more about Fitzgibbon is quitting politics but this doesn’t mean Albanese can party">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deb Massey, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, School of Nursing, Southern Cross University Shutterstock The current wave of COVID cases is leading to more hospital and intensive care (ICU) admissions. Frontline health workers and experts use the term “intubation” for the extra breathing support some patients need ... <a title="When COVID patients are intubated in ICU, the trauma can stay with them long after this breathing emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/when-covid-patients-are-intubated-in-icu-the-trauma-can-stay-with-them-long-after-this-breathing-emergency-167361/" aria-label="Read more about When COVID patients are intubated in ICU, the trauma can stay with them long after this breathing emergency">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland Brook Rushton/Amazon Prime Soap operas have been around since television was invented. Often involving outlandish plots, exaggerated storylines and hyperbolic characters and dialogue, they labour each moment on screen for ultimate dramatic effect. The women ... <a title="Back to the Rafters review: series reboot is full of heart and reflects changing times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/back-to-the-rafters-review-series-reboot-is-full-of-heart-and-reflects-changing-times-167702/" aria-label="Read more about Back to the Rafters review: series reboot is full of heart and reflects changing times">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Biddle, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Shutterstock COVID-19 has upended so many aspects of our lives in Australia, it can be hard to remember what life was like before the pandemic. It’s also hard to ... <a title="Do you think most people are trustworthy and helpful? How we measured ‘social cohesion’ and why its recent dip matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/do-you-think-most-people-are-trustworthy-and-helpful-how-we-measured-social-cohesion-and-why-its-recent-dip-matters-168069/" aria-label="Read more about Do you think most people are trustworthy and helpful? How we measured ‘social cohesion’ and why its recent dip matters">Read more</a>
