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More businesses are offering online medical certificates and telehealth prescriptions. What are the pros and cons?

November 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Centaine Snoswell, Research Fellow Health Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Telehealth has played an important role during the pandemic. Telephone and online consultations have enabled social distancing and kept patients and clinicians safe from transmissible infections. Since the start of COVID in March 2020, there have ... <a title="More businesses are offering online medical certificates and telehealth prescriptions. What are the pros and cons?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/more-businesses-are-offering-online-medical-certificates-and-telehealth-prescriptions-what-are-the-pros-and-cons-194154/" aria-label="Read more about More businesses are offering online medical certificates and telehealth prescriptions. What are the pros and cons?">Read more</a>

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Don’t just bet on the metrics – personal connection is the real key to managing remote workers well

November 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Downes, Lecturer in Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Remote working has become much more common since the pandemic sent people home from their offices and into the Zoom universe. This has put the onus on managers to find new and ... <a title="Don’t just bet on the metrics – personal connection is the real key to managing remote workers well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/dont-just-bet-on-the-metrics-personal-connection-is-the-real-key-to-managing-remote-workers-well-193206/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t just bet on the metrics – personal connection is the real key to managing remote workers well">Read more</a>

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Cities, just not as we know them – get ready for NSW’s Six Cities Region

November 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Roberts, Adjunct Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Australia’s first multi-city region, the Six Cities Region, is being developed in New South Wales. A multi-city region, also known as a mega-region, establishes an integrated network of globally and locally connected cities. The Six Cities Region ... <a title="Cities, just not as we know them – get ready for NSW’s Six Cities Region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/cities-just-not-as-we-know-them-get-ready-for-nsws-six-cities-region-194058/" aria-label="Read more about Cities, just not as we know them – get ready for NSW’s Six Cities Region">Read more</a>

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COVID nasal sprays may one day prevent and treat infection. Here’s where the science is up to

November 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Shutterstock We have vaccines to boost our immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. We have medicines you can take at home (and in hospital) to treat COVID. Now researchers are trialling something new. ... <a title="COVID nasal sprays may one day prevent and treat infection. Here’s where the science is up to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/covid-nasal-sprays-may-one-day-prevent-and-treat-infection-heres-where-the-science-is-up-to-193840/" aria-label="Read more about COVID nasal sprays may one day prevent and treat infection. Here’s where the science is up to">Read more</a>

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Research suggests one way to prevent depression and anxiety is a strong sense of connection at high school

November 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monika Raniti, Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Aedrian/Unsplash About one in five young Australians will experience a mental health problem like depression or anxiety each year. The COVID pandemic has only intensified mental health concerns in young people. In Australia, decades of investment in early intervention ... <a title="Research suggests one way to prevent depression and anxiety is a strong sense of connection at high school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/research-suggests-one-way-to-prevent-depression-and-anxiety-is-a-strong-sense-of-connection-at-high-school-193939/" aria-label="Read more about Research suggests one way to prevent depression and anxiety is a strong sense of connection at high school">Read more</a>

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As NZ workers and households tighten their belts, why not a windfall tax on corporate mega-profits too?

November 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Marriott, Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Record profits reported by banks, fuel retailers, energy companies and other businesses at a time many New Zealanders are struggling to make ends meet have seen people asking whether it’s time to ... <a title="As NZ workers and households tighten their belts, why not a windfall tax on corporate mega-profits too?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/as-nz-workers-and-households-tighten-their-belts-why-not-a-windfall-tax-on-corporate-mega-profits-too-194720/" aria-label="Read more about As NZ workers and households tighten their belts, why not a windfall tax on corporate mega-profits too?">Read more</a>

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Do tenancy reforms to protect renters cause landlords to exit the market? No, but maybe they should

November 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Martin, Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney More Australians are renting their housing longer than in the past. But they have relatively little legal security against rent increases and evictions compared to tenants in other countries. When state governments suggest stronger protections for ... <a title="Do tenancy reforms to protect renters cause landlords to exit the market? No, but maybe they should" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/do-tenancy-reforms-to-protect-renters-cause-landlords-to-exit-the-market-no-but-maybe-they-should-194900/" aria-label="Read more about Do tenancy reforms to protect renters cause landlords to exit the market? No, but maybe they should">Read more</a>

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What we mean when we say ‘sovereignty was never ceded’

November 28, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi In discussing the Uluru Statement from the Heart, I will be doing something that, as a lawyer, is perhaps not best practice: I am not going to define my terms or confine my comments to ... <a title="What we mean when we say ‘sovereignty was never ceded’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/28/what-we-mean-when-we-say-sovereignty-was-never-ceded-195205/" aria-label="Read more about What we mean when we say ‘sovereignty was never ceded’">Read more</a>

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Media go for drama on Victorian election – and miss the story

November 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Joel Carrett/AAP For the best part of two weeks, Victorian voters were told by the media that the election on November 26 might result in either a hung parliament or a minority Labor government. ... <a title="Media go for drama on Victorian election – and miss the story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/27/media-go-for-drama-on-victorian-election-and-miss-the-story-195421/" aria-label="Read more about Media go for drama on Victorian election – and miss the story">Read more</a>

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How Dan Andrews pulled off one of the most remarkable victories in modern politics

November 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaun Carney, Vice-Chancellor’s professorial fellow, Monash University James Ross/AAP As the 2022 Victorian election campaign moved into its final days late last week, the consensus within the major parties, various community independent candidates, new little parties furious about lockdowns, and the mainstream media was that the election ... <a title="How Dan Andrews pulled off one of the most remarkable victories in modern politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/27/how-dan-andrews-pulled-off-one-of-the-most-remarkable-victories-in-modern-politics-194710/" aria-label="Read more about How Dan Andrews pulled off one of the most remarkable victories in modern politics">Read more</a>

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Labor easily wins Victorian election, but Greens could win eight lower house seats

November 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Joel Carrett/AAP With 53% counted in the lower house for the Victorian election, the ABC is calling 51 of the 88 seats for Labor, a clear majority. ... <a title="Labor easily wins Victorian election, but Greens could win eight lower house seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/27/labor-easily-wins-victorian-election-but-greens-could-win-eight-lower-house-seats-195108/" aria-label="Read more about Labor easily wins Victorian election, but Greens could win eight lower house seats">Read more</a>

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Monkeys’ brains are wired to read body language – just like ours

November 26, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Taubert, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic drove a surge in remote work and learning, videoconferencing apps such as Zoom saw their user numbers boom. Plenty of other options were available, but the exponential growth in videoconferencing underlines an ... <a title="Monkeys’ brains are wired to read body language – just like ours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/26/monkeys-brains-are-wired-to-read-body-language-just-like-ours-195118/" aria-label="Read more about Monkeys’ brains are wired to read body language – just like ours">Read more</a>