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February 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine (Kate) Power, Lecturer in Management, School of Business, The University of Queensland Mick Tsikas/AAP Since former Australian of the Year Grace Tame declined to smile in a photo opportunity with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, debate has raged about what counts as politeness and impoliteness in Australian ... <a title="Please excuse me, is there a place for politeness in Australian politics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/21/please-excuse-me-is-there-a-place-for-politeness-in-australian-politics-177437/" aria-label="Read more about Please excuse me, is there a place for politeness in Australian politics?">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Shutterstock GPs can now prescribe antiviral pills for some of their vulnerable COVID-19 patients to take at home. More patients are expected to have access in coming weeks and months. These drugs are given ... <a title="Taking COVID pills at home sounds great. But we need to use them wisely or risk drug resistance and new variants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/21/taking-covid-pills-at-home-sounds-great-but-we-need-to-use-them-wisely-or-risk-drug-resistance-and-new-variants-176235/" aria-label="Read more about Taking COVID pills at home sounds great. But we need to use them wisely or risk drug resistance and new variants">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Finch, Lecturer in Structural Geology and Metamorphism, James Cook University Shutterstock Two recent announcements hint at a seismic shift about to hit Australia’s coal industry. Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canada’s Brookfield put forward an extraordinary joint bid to takeover AGL Energy, Australia’s biggest emitting ... <a title="How Australia’s geology gave us an abundance of coal – and a wealth of greentech minerals to switch to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/21/how-australias-geology-gave-us-an-abundance-of-coal-and-a-wealth-of-greentech-minerals-to-switch-to-173988/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s geology gave us an abundance of coal – and a wealth of greentech minerals to switch to">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Larsen, PhD candidate, Education & Psychology, University of New England Shutterstock In Australia, around 30% of primary and 40% of secondary school children attend a private, or independent, school. School fees vary widely, depending on the type of private school and the different sectors that govern ... <a title="Going to private school won’t make a difference to your kid’s academic scores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/21/going-to-private-school-wont-make-a-difference-to-your-kids-academic-scores-175638/" aria-label="Read more about Going to private school won’t make a difference to your kid’s academic scores">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bendall, Research Fellow, Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University Attributed to Pieter Cornelisz van Rijck, Kitchen interior with the parable of the rich man and the poor Lazarus, c. 1620-20. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam In this new series, Remaking ... <a title="Remaking history: in hand-making 400-year-old corset designs, I was able to really understand how they impacted women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/21/remaking-history-in-hand-making-400-year-old-corset-designs-i-was-able-to-really-understand-how-they-impacted-women-175055/" aria-label="Read more about Remaking history: in hand-making 400-year-old corset designs, I was able to really understand how they impacted women">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tensions between Australia and China have increased further, after the Chinese shone a laser at a RAAF surveillance aircraft that was observing Chinese naval activity in Australia’s exclusive economic zone. The incident comes as the government is set on ramping ... <a title="Chinese laser incident feeds into national security debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/chinese-laser-incident-feeds-into-national-security-debate-177526/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese laser incident feeds into national security debate">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University A Chinese PLA-N guided missile frigate prepares to dock in Manila in 2019. AAP/AP/Bullit Marquez Just after midnight last Thursday, a transiting Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) vessel shone a military-grade laser at an Australian ... <a title="Explainer: what was the Chinese laser attack about and why does it matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/explainer-what-was-the-chinese-laser-attack-about-and-why-does-it-matter-177524/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what was the Chinese laser attack about and why does it matter?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s leading economists have overwhelmingly endorsed a return to the highest immigration intake on record, saying Australia should aim for at least 190,000 migrants per year as it opens its ... <a title="When we open up, let’s open up big: top economists say we need more migrants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/when-we-open-up-lets-open-up-big-top-economists-say-we-need-more-migrants-177359/" aria-label="Read more about When we open up, let’s open up big: top economists say we need more migrants">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Ward, Fellow in Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne The Australian government has decided not to establish a federal anti-corruption watchdog this parliamentary term, despite a promise in December 2018 to deliver an integrity commission with teeth, resources and proper processes that will protect the integrity ... <a title="Perceptions of corruption are growing in Australia, and it’s costing the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/perceptions-of-corruption-are-growing-in-australia-and-its-costing-the-economy-176562/" aria-label="Read more about Perceptions of corruption are growing in Australia, and it’s costing the economy">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Auckland University of Technology GettyImages You don’t have to be an economist to know New Zealand faces its highest annual inflation rate in 30 years – 5.9% as of December 2021. Visit a supermarket or petrol station and the evidence ... <a title="The pandemic exposes NZ’s supply chain vulnerability – be ready for more inflation in the year ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/the-pandemic-exposes-nzs-supply-chain-vulnerability-be-ready-for-more-inflation-in-the-year-ahead-176232/" aria-label="Read more about The pandemic exposes NZ’s supply chain vulnerability – be ready for more inflation in the year ahead">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Australia is losing its birds at an alarming rate – one in six species are now threatened with extinction, predominantly due to climate change, land clearing and worsening bushfires. Last year, when we met in a ... <a title="How our album of birdsong recordings rocketed to #2 on the ARIA charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/how-our-album-of-birdsong-recordings-rocketed-to-2-on-the-aria-charts-177070/" aria-label="Read more about How our album of birdsong recordings rocketed to #2 on the ARIA charts">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Thompson, Associate Dean (Education) – Science, Monash University Shutterstock Aahh, the Australian summer. When the temperatures top 40℃ and only the bravest or most foolhardy would venture outside in bare feet, there’s a cherished old saying: “it’s so hot outside you could fry an egg on ... <a title="Sunny side up: can you really fry an egg on the footpath on a hot day?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/sunny-side-up-can-you-really-fry-an-egg-on-the-footpath-on-a-hot-day-172616/" aria-label="Read more about Sunny side up: can you really fry an egg on the footpath on a hot day?">Read more</a>
