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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rupert Sutherland, Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington forams We think of trees and soil as carbon sinks, but the world’s oceans hold far larger carbon stocks and are more effective at storing carbon permanently. In new research published today, ... <a title="Oceans are better at storing carbon than trees. In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/oceans-are-better-at-storing-carbon-than-trees-in-a-warmer-future-ocean-carbon-sinks-could-help-stabilise-our-planet-176154/" aria-label="Read more about Oceans are better at storing carbon than trees. In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock International students are returning to Australia after almost two years of closed borders. The number of international students in Australia increased by 29,856 in the first six weeks after the Australian government opened the border to them in ... <a title="International students are coming back and it’s not just universities sighing with relief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/international-students-are-coming-back-and-its-not-just-universities-sighing-with-relief-176530/" aria-label="Read more about International students are coming back and it’s not just universities sighing with relief">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The disruption of the COVID pandemic has led many of us to reconsider our relationship to work, as well as our spending priorities. Some are eager to return to pre-pandemic “normality”. Others have found working from ... <a title="There’s never been a better time for Australia to embrace the 4-day week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/theres-never-been-a-better-time-for-australia-to-embrace-the-4-day-week-176374/" aria-label="Read more about There’s never been a better time for Australia to embrace the 4-day week">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has said he is “devastated” by failing to deliver the religious discrimination legislation but declared he would rather lay down the attempt than see the protections compromised. He confirmed the legislation is dead for this term – the ... <a title="Morrison draws on Bible story to explain refusal to compromise on religious discrimination package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/morrison-draws-on-bible-story-to-explain-refusal-to-compromise-on-religious-discrimination-package-177043/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison draws on Bible story to explain refusal to compromise on religious discrimination package">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Steven Saphore NSW state byelections occurred Saturday in the seats of Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby. Labor gained Bega and held Strathfield, but the Nationals held Monaro. In Willoughby, the Liberals are likely to ... <a title="Mixed NSW byelection results do not imply voters in a “baseball bat” mood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/mixed-nsw-byelection-results-do-not-imply-voters-in-a-baseball-bat-mood-176879/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed NSW byelection results do not imply voters in a “baseball bat” mood">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lavina Lee, Senior lecturer, Macquarie University The stakes were high when the foreign ministers of the Quad security group met in Melbourne this week. The US has warned a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent. And Russian President Vladimir Putin had just met with his Chinese ... <a title="The Quad has a strategy to counter China and Russia: be a force for global good without ideological warfare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/12/the-quad-has-a-strategy-to-counter-china-and-russia-be-a-force-for-global-good-without-ideological-warfare-176555/" aria-label="Read more about The Quad has a strategy to counter China and Russia: be a force for global good without ideological warfare">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Unsplash/NeONBRAND A focus on pleasure in sexual health education can increase condom use and enhance positive attitudes toward safe sex, according to a new international study ... <a title="Sex ed needs to talk about pleasure and fun. Safe sex depends on it and condom use rises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/12/sex-ed-needs-to-talk-about-pleasure-and-fun-safe-sex-depends-on-it-and-condom-use-rises-176572/" aria-label="Read more about Sex ed needs to talk about pleasure and fun. Safe sex depends on it and condom use rises">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s a bad sign when a government starts eating its own. The backbench Liberal revolt that pushed a protection for transgender kids through the House of Representatives, and thereby inadvertently doomed Scott Morrison’s religious discrimination legislation, has bitten deeply with ... <a title="View from The Hill: Peter Dutton accuses Liberal rebels of breaking undertakings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/11/view-from-the-hill-peter-dutton-accuses-liberal-rebels-of-breaking-undertakings-176989/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Peter Dutton accuses Liberal rebels of breaking undertakings">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaya A R Dantas, Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of International Health, Curtin University While Omicron continues to infect people across Australia and the world, many people who’ve already had COVID will likely be re-exposed to the virus. Depending on ... <a title="Why don’t most people with COVID need to test for another 30 days, even if they’re re-exposed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/11/why-dont-most-people-with-covid-need-to-test-for-another-30-days-even-if-theyre-re-exposed-176515/" aria-label="Read more about Why don’t most people with COVID need to test for another 30 days, even if they’re re-exposed?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Cross, Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology shutterstock In the chart-topping Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, three women describe how they were defrauded by convicted conman Simon Leviev (who was born Shimon Hayut) after meeting ... <a title="First the ‘love-bomb’, then the ‘financial emergency’: 5 tactics of Tinder swindlers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/11/first-the-love-bomb-then-the-financial-emergency-5-tactics-of-tinder-swindlers-176807/" aria-label="Read more about First the ‘love-bomb’, then the ‘financial emergency’: 5 tactics of Tinder swindlers">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Yeates, Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Author provided While relaxing at the coast this summer, you might have noticed a few fellow beach goers failing to socially distance. You might even have had the unpleasant experience of one biting you and drawing blood. ... <a title="March flies prowl Australia’s beaches looking for blood – but why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/11/march-flies-prowl-australias-beaches-looking-for-blood-but-why-176469/" aria-label="Read more about March flies prowl Australia’s beaches looking for blood – but why?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Many universities, facing revenue losses due to COVID-19, announced major staff cuts over the past two years. Estimates of the job losses have ranged from 12,000 by October 2020 to as high as ... <a title="Universities had record job losses, but not as many as feared – and the worst may be over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/11/universities-had-record-job-losses-but-not-as-many-as-feared-and-the-worst-may-be-over-176883/" aria-label="Read more about Universities had record job losses, but not as many as feared – and the worst may be over">Read more</a>
