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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Shutterstock Wildlife worldwide is facing a housing crisis. When land is cleared for agriculture, mining, and urbanisation, habitats and natural refuges go with it, such as tree hollows, rock piles and large logs. The ideal solution is to tackle the threats ... <a title="Artificial refuges are a popular stopgap for habitat destruction, but the science isn’t up to scratch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/artificial-refuges-are-a-popular-stopgap-for-habitat-destruction-but-the-science-isnt-up-to-scratch-164401/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial refuges are a popular stopgap for habitat destruction, but the science isn’t up to scratch">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Eversole, Professor and Director, RegionxLink, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock University study is out of reach for many people in regional Australia. Most of our universities are based in a handful of capital cities. The result is persistent educational inequity between our ... <a title="We can put city and country people on more equal footing at uni — the pandemic has shown us how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/we-can-put-city-and-country-people-on-more-equal-footing-at-uni-the-pandemic-has-shown-us-how-164492/" aria-label="Read more about We can put city and country people on more equal footing at uni — the pandemic has shown us how">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aoife Wilkinson, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland Netflix On Friday, Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. This honour sent an important message to the world: Osaka represents a diversifying Japan. Yet, some still question whether she really is Japanese. The ... <a title="Yes, Naomi Osaka is Japanese. And American. And Haitian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/yes-naomi-osaka-is-japanese-and-american-and-haitian-165011/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Naomi Osaka is Japanese. And American. And Haitian">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Wild, Senior Research Fellow, Public Health, University of Auckland www.shutterstock.com “Explore your inner beast.” That was the slogan used last year to sell the Ford Ranger. At 2.4 tonnes, that’s a lot of “light” truck, but the stakes are rising. This year, the 3.5 tonne Ram ... <a title="Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/aggressive-marketing-has-driven-the-rise-of-the-double-cab-ute-on-new-zealand-streets-time-to-hit-the-brakes-165075/" aria-label="Read more about Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has been considering whether whipping cream canisters containing nitrous oxide should be placed in Schedule 10 of the Poisons Standard. Schedule 10 is the most restrictive category within the Poisons Standard, reserved ... <a title="Whipping cream canisters have many uses beyond ‘nangs’. Banning them isn’t necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/whipping-cream-canisters-have-many-uses-beyond-nangs-banning-them-isnt-necessary-164870/" aria-label="Read more about Whipping cream canisters have many uses beyond ‘nangs’. Banning them isn’t necessary">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Nils Versemann/Shutterstock So you don’t believe the official inflation figures. Why would you? They show prices climbing at an annual rate of 1.1% On Wednesday the update for June quarter is likely to show prices ... <a title="What’s in the CPI and what does it actually measure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/whats-in-the-cpi-and-what-does-it-actually-measure-165162/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in the CPI and what does it actually measure?">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in major Australian cities at the weekend, to protest the rolling lockdowns that have ... <a title="Public protest or selfish ratbaggery? Why free speech doesn’t give you the right to endanger other people’s health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/public-protest-or-selfish-ratbaggery-why-free-speech-doesnt-give-you-the-right-to-endanger-other-peoples-health-165079/" aria-label="Read more about Public protest or selfish ratbaggery? Why free speech doesn’t give you the right to endanger other people’s health">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Meade, Research Fellow in Economics, and in Social Sciences & Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology www.shutterstock.com With governments worldwide under pressure to ease pandemic restrictions as vaccination rates rise and impatience with border restrictions grows, new threats become clearer. One of the costliest, it is ... <a title="Why governments will have to consider the costs of long COVID when easing pandemic restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/why-governments-will-have-to-consider-the-costs-of-long-covid-when-easing-pandemic-restrictions-164944/" aria-label="Read more about Why governments will have to consider the costs of long COVID when easing pandemic restrictions">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Discipline of Linguistics, The University of Western Australia Indigenous Australians experience poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous Australians. They are sick more often, die younger and are at higher risk of serious health complications, including heart disease. One way ... <a title="Yarns from the heart: the role of Aboriginal English in Indigenous health communication" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/yarns-from-the-heart-the-role-of-aboriginal-english-in-indigenous-health-communication-163892/" aria-label="Read more about Yarns from the heart: the role of Aboriginal English in Indigenous health communication">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Paterson, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of New England Javier Ortega-Hernández, Author provided Charles Darwin famously discussed the “imperfections” of the geological record in his book On The Origin of Species. He correctly pointed out that unless conditions are just right, it’s unlikely for organisms to ... <a title="Ancient brains: a look inside the extraordinary preservation of a 310-million-year-old nervous system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/ancient-brains-a-look-inside-the-extraordinary-preservation-of-a-310-million-year-old-nervous-system-164321/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient brains: a look inside the extraordinary preservation of a 310-million-year-old nervous system">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Osth, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne YouTube With roughly half of Australia in lockdown at the moment, a common experience is a warped sense of time and poor memory. What day is it? What week is it? Did I go to the supermarket yesterday, or ... <a title="How the Groundhog Day grind of lockdown scrambles your memory and sense of time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/how-the-groundhog-day-grind-of-lockdown-scrambles-your-memory-and-sense-of-time-164951/" aria-label="Read more about How the Groundhog Day grind of lockdown scrambles your memory and sense of time">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Joseph, Professor of Human Rights Law, Griffith University Despite assurances from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia was at “the front of the queue” for COVID-19 vaccines, Australia’s rate of vaccination ranks last in the OECD. Nevertheless, Australia is still ahead of scores of other nations ... <a title="How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/how-australias-fickleness-on-covid-vaccines-is-perpetuating-global-vaccine-inequity-165001/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity">Read more</a>
