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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohamad Bazzi, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Zurich Artwork by José Vitor Silva, Author provided Before humans and early primates, before dinosaurs, and even before trees, there were sharks. Sharks have been around for more than 400 million years (although how long exactly remains contested). They have ... <a title="How fussy eating and changing environments led to the diversity of sharks today (and spelled the end for megalodon)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/how-fussy-eating-and-changing-environments-led-to-the-diversity-of-sharks-today-and-spelled-the-end-for-megalodon-168851/" aria-label="Read more about How fussy eating and changing environments led to the diversity of sharks today (and spelled the end for megalodon)">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohamad Bazzi, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Zurich Artwork by José Vitor Silva, Author provided Before humans and early primates, before dinosaurs, and even before trees, there were sharks. Sharks have been around for more than 400 million years (although how long exactly remains contested). They have ... <a title="How fussy eating and changing environments led to the diversity of sharks today (and spelled the end for megaladon)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/how-fussy-eating-and-changing-environments-led-to-the-diversity-of-sharks-today-and-spelled-the-end-for-megaladon-168851/" aria-label="Read more about How fussy eating and changing environments led to the diversity of sharks today (and spelled the end for megaladon)">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renae Barker, Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, places of worship in Australia have faced significant restrictions. These have included limits on the number of people who can attend, bans on singing and closure altogether. This has impinged upon people’s freedom of ... <a title="Will COVID vaccinations be mandatory for places of worship? It could depend what state you’re in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/will-covid-vaccinations-be-mandatory-for-places-of-worship-it-could-depend-what-state-youre-in-169091/" aria-label="Read more about Will COVID vaccinations be mandatory for places of worship? It could depend what state you’re in">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Baker, Research Fellow in Statistics for Biosecurity Risk, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Unthinkable in 2019, lockdowns have been a key public health measure to reduce the impact of COVID in Australia. However, lockdowns take a toll on the population, and there is a limit to ... <a title="Tired of lockdown rules? Our analysis shows most Australians have curbed mixing and helped suppress COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/tired-of-lockdown-rules-our-analysis-shows-most-australians-have-curbed-mixing-and-helped-suppress-covid-168946/" aria-label="Read more about Tired of lockdown rules? Our analysis shows most Australians have curbed mixing and helped suppress COVID">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University Prime Minister Scott Morrison may be warming to a net-zero emissions target by 2050, but Australia is still far from adopting it – largely thanks to resistance from the National Party. Should Morrison fail to get the policy ... <a title="5 reasons why the Morrison government needs a net-zero target, not just a flimsy plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/5-reasons-why-the-morrison-government-needs-a-net-zero-target-not-just-a-flimsy-plan-169015/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons why the Morrison government needs a net-zero target, not just a flimsy plan">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fatemeh Aminpour, Associate Lecturer, School of Built Environment, UNSW Author provided (no reuse) Children account for a large proportion of new infections in Australia’s current COVID-19 outbreaks. This has raised concerns about their safe return to school. As schools in New South Wales and Victoria resume face-to-face ... <a title="Physical distancing at school is a challenge. Here are 5 ways to keep our children safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/physical-distancing-at-school-is-a-challenge-here-are-5-ways-to-keep-our-children-safer-168072/" aria-label="Read more about Physical distancing at school is a challenge. Here are 5 ways to keep our children safer">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert S. Fuller, Adjunct fellow, Western Sydney University The Black Duck Songline is named for the Pacific Black Duck. Shutterstock Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people who have died. Songlines criss-cross across Australia. They are one of the foundational ... <a title="‘Singing up Country’: reawakening the Black Duck Songline, across 300km in Australia’s southeast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/singing-up-country-reawakening-the-black-duck-songline-across-300km-in-australias-southeast-167704/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Singing up Country’: reawakening the Black Duck Songline, across 300km in Australia’s southeast">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury GettyImages The announcement today that New Zealand will introduce a vaccination certificate by November is welcome news. Whether by “carrot” or “stick”, vaccination rates must keep climbing, as it is now likely case numbers will climb under alert ... <a title="The COVID-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but New Zealand still has a vaccination advantage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/the-covid-zero-strategy-may-be-past-its-use-by-date-but-new-zealand-still-has-a-vaccination-advantage-169251/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but New Zealand still has a vaccination advantage">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has a new attack word. “Shakedown”. “Shakedown” is defined as “an illegal or deceitful attempt to get money from someone, for example by swindling or blackmailing them”. In yet another episode in the old federal-state blame game, the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Don’t play ‘shakedown’ with me, Morrison tells Queensland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/view-from-the-hill-dont-play-shakedown-with-me-morrison-tells-queensland-169283/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Don’t play ‘shakedown’ with me, Morrison tells Queensland">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Shutterstock It would have come as a surprise to Australian night owls when, at around 2:42am AEDT on Tuesday, their Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Oculus services were suddenly and inexplicably gone. This was no local ... <a title="What caused the unprecedented Facebook outage? The few clues point to a problem from within" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/what-caused-the-unprecedented-facebook-outage-the-few-clues-point-to-a-problem-from-within-169249/" aria-label="Read more about What caused the unprecedented Facebook outage? The few clues point to a problem from within">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversations’s politics ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Signs are Scott Morrison wants to avoid Glasgow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-signs-are-scott-morrison-wants-to-avoid-glasgow-169263/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Signs are Scott Morrison wants to avoid Glasgow">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giuseppe Carabetta, Senior Lecturer, Sydney University Business School, University of Sydney Daniel Pockett/AAP Racing to hit vaccination targets and lift the restrictions making Melbourne the world’s most locked-down city, the Victorian government has mandated COVID vaccinations for an estimated 1.25 million of the state’s 3.5 million workers. ... <a title="Your rights under Victoria’s ‘authorised worker’ vaccine mandate: an expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/your-rights-under-victorias-authorised-worker-vaccine-mandate-an-expert-explains-169137/" aria-label="Read more about Your rights under Victoria’s ‘authorised worker’ vaccine mandate: an expert explains">Read more</a>
