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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stavros Selemidis, Professor of Pharmacology, RMIT University Shutterstock Flu season has begun uncharacteristically early this year, and so far we’ve seen around 187,000 laboratory-confirmed cases, 1,323 hospitalisations, and 113 deaths. The risk of infection from either COVID or influenza this winter will be very high. The risk ... <a title="RATs for flu exist – should we be self-testing for that too?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/rats-for-flu-exist-should-we-be-self-testing-for-that-too-185602/" aria-label="Read more about RATs for flu exist – should we be self-testing for that too?">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne Overall, Australian governments managed the first two years of the COVID pandemic well. Border closures and state actions such as lockdowns averted 18,000 deaths in 2020 and ... <a title="We lost the plot on COVID messaging – now governments will have to be bold to get us back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/we-lost-the-plot-on-covid-messaging-now-governments-will-have-to-be-bold-to-get-us-back-on-track-186732/" aria-label="Read more about We lost the plot on COVID messaging – now governments will have to be bold to get us back on track">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University Shutterstock Gone are the days when the federal government would cheer on Australia’s fossil fuel exports to the exclusion of all else, while seemingly doing everything in its power to hold back the switch to renewables. Now we ... <a title="Albanese just laid out a radical new vision for Australia in the region: clean energy exporter and green manufacturer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/albanese-just-laid-out-a-radical-new-vision-for-australia-in-the-region-clean-energy-exporter-and-green-manufacturer-186815/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese just laid out a radical new vision for Australia in the region: clean energy exporter and green manufacturer">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Gray, Lecturer in Digital Cultures at The University of Sydney, University of Sydney China’s digital economy has advanced rapidly over the past two decades, with services, communications and commerce moving online. The Chinese government has generally encouraged its citizens to accept digital technologies in all aspects ... <a title="China’s big tech problem: even in a state-managed economy, digital companies grow too powerful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/chinas-big-tech-problem-even-in-a-state-managed-economy-digital-companies-grow-too-powerful-186722/" aria-label="Read more about China’s big tech problem: even in a state-managed economy, digital companies grow too powerful">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Serena Kelly, Senior Lecturer, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury NZ PM Jacinda Ardern and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after their meeting on June 30. Getty Images It’s easy to understand New Zealand’s motivation for securing a free trade agreement (FTA) ... <a title="A trade deal with the EU makes sense for NZ, but what’s in it for Europe? Symbolically, a lot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/a-trade-deal-with-the-eu-makes-sense-for-nz-but-whats-in-it-for-europe-symbolically-a-lot-186637/" aria-label="Read more about A trade deal with the EU makes sense for NZ, but what’s in it for Europe? Symbolically, a lot">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janette Young, Lecturer in Health Promotion, University of South Australia Shutterstock For you and your pooch a pet-friendly workplace may seem a no-brainer. More of us are facing pet separation anxiety than ever before. Dog ownership surged with pandemic lockdowns and working from home. Now, with the ... <a title="Paws for thought: the pros and cons of a pet-friendly office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/paws-for-thought-the-pros-and-cons-of-a-pet-friendly-office-185761/" aria-label="Read more about Paws for thought: the pros and cons of a pet-friendly office">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor of Visual Communication in the School of Design, University of Technology Sydney NASA/STScI, CC BY-SA The first task I give photography students is to create a starscape. To do this, I ask them to sweep the floor beneath them, collect the dust and ... <a title="How the James Webb deep field images reminded me the divide between science and art is artificial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/how-the-james-webb-deep-field-images-reminded-me-the-divide-between-science-and-art-is-artificial-186818/" aria-label="Read more about How the James Webb deep field images reminded me the divide between science and art is artificial">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With COVID cases surging in a new wave and half the winter still ahead, the news from Health Minister Mark Butler isn’t good. “We haven’t reached the peak of the wave yet,” he tells the podcast. “Case numbers are going ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler warns COVID wave will worsen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-health-minister-mark-butler-warns-covid-wave-will-worsen-186915/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler warns COVID wave will worsen">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karl Glazebrook, ARC Laureate Fellow & Distinguished Professor, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology NASA/JWST Today we saw the release of the first batch of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This is something we have both been waiting on for nearly ... <a title="Two experts break down the James Webb Space Telescopes’s first images, and explain what we’ve already learnt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/two-experts-break-down-the-james-webb-space-telescopess-first-images-and-explain-what-weve-already-learnt-186738/" aria-label="Read more about Two experts break down the James Webb Space Telescopes’s first images, and explain what we’ve already learnt">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prue Vines, Professor, Law Faculty, UNSW Sydney Actor Chadwick Boseman, star of Marvel’s Black Panther, died in 2020 aged 43 from colon cancer. It came to light last month his estate would be split evenly between his widow and his parents, following a legal process. Although he ... <a title="What happens if you die without a will?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/what-happens-if-you-die-without-a-will-186384/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if you die without a will?">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury plastic Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty. This initiative has ... <a title="We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/we-have-international-laws-to-stop-plastic-pollution-from-fishing-vessels-now-why-are-we-not-enforcing-them-185951/" aria-label="Read more about We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, Macquarie University Shutterstock Come on, you know you do it. Whether you’re in the trusted company of your spouse, or sneaking a quick one when you think nobody’s looking, we all pick our noses. Other primates do ... <a title="When you pick your nose, you’re jamming germs and contaminants up there too. 3 scientists on how to deal with your boogers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/when-you-pick-your-nose-youre-jamming-germs-and-contaminants-up-there-too-3-scientists-on-how-to-deal-with-your-boogers-185052/" aria-label="Read more about When you pick your nose, you’re jamming germs and contaminants up there too. 3 scientists on how to deal with your boogers">Read more</a>
