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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Carter, Senior lecturer, RMIT University The CUAVA-1 satellite departs from the International Space Station. JAXA The Australian-made space weather satellite CUAVA-1 was deployed into orbit from the International Space Station on Wednesday night. Launched to the space station in August aboard a SpaceX rocket, a major ... <a title="Forecasting space weather is hard. A new Australian satellite may help make it easier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/forecasting-space-weather-is-hard-a-new-australian-satellite-may-help-make-it-easier-169027/" aria-label="Read more about Forecasting space weather is hard. A new Australian satellite may help make it easier">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carli Kulmar, Lecturer in Law, University of Canberra Shutterstock Even before extremist group activity in Australia’s 2021 anti-lockdown protests was exposed, concern about right-wing extremism in Australia was on the rise. ASIO and the US annual threat estimate have noted right-wing extremism in Australia is on an ... <a title="Far right and extremist groups are targeting military veterans for recruitment. Does the ADF owe them a duty of care?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/far-right-and-extremist-groups-are-targeting-military-veterans-for-recruitment-does-the-adf-owe-them-a-duty-of-care-166756/" aria-label="Read more about Far right and extremist groups are targeting military veterans for recruitment. Does the ADF owe them a duty of care?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation over an investigation by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the debate about the federal government’s proposed – but weak – federal integrity commission is heating up. Stephen Charles, a former Victorian judge who is ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former judge Stephen Charles slams government’s integrity commission model" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/politics-with-michelle-grattan-former-judge-stephen-charles-slams-governments-integrity-commission-model-169460/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former judge Stephen Charles slams government’s integrity commission model">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew McLachlan, Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney Shutterstock Early in the pandemic, scientists thought “convalescent plasma” might be a way to treat COVID-19. By giving patients the plasma of people who had recovered (or convalesced) from COVID-19, the idea was this antibody-rich ... <a title="Curing with blood: the rise and fall of COVID convalescent plasma therapy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/curing-with-blood-the-rise-and-fall-of-covid-convalescent-plasma-therapy-169347/" aria-label="Read more about Curing with blood: the rise and fall of COVID convalescent plasma therapy">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University As NSW and Victoria speed toward target COVID vaccination rates and the associated relaxation of lockdown rules, many are considering a trip to the local pool in the ... <a title="Can I catch COVID from the pool? Not from the water but watch out for the change rooms and queues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/can-i-catch-covid-from-the-pool-not-from-the-water-but-watch-out-for-the-change-rooms-and-queues-169252/" aria-label="Read more about Can I catch COVID from the pool? Not from the water but watch out for the change rooms and queues">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maree Teesson, Professor & Director of The Matilda Centre, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australians’ mental health has tended to decline during COVID-19 lockdowns. Record-high calls to helplines such as Lifeline suggest many are currently suffering. Encouragingly, data from 2020 shows many Australians’ mental health improved once outbreaks ... <a title="Most of us will recover our mental health after lockdown. But some will find it harder to bounce back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/most-of-us-will-recover-our-mental-health-after-lockdown-but-some-will-find-it-harder-to-bounce-back-169029/" aria-label="Read more about Most of us will recover our mental health after lockdown. But some will find it harder to bounce back">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Abbey, Professor of Physics, La Trobe University Author provided When we look at biological cells under a microscope, they’re usually not very colourful. Normally, to visualise them we have to artificially add colour — typically by staining. By doing so, we can see their shape and ... <a title="We created a microscope slide that could improve cancer diagnosis, by revealing the ‘colour’ of cancer cells" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/we-created-a-microscope-slide-that-could-improve-cancer-diagnosis-by-revealing-the-colour-of-cancer-cells-169262/" aria-label="Read more about We created a microscope slide that could improve cancer diagnosis, by revealing the ‘colour’ of cancer cells">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard McLellan, PhD candidate, Charles Sturt University Richard McLellan, Author provided The sweet, earthy fragrance of sandalwood oil has made it immensely popular in incense sticks, candles and perfumes. But its beautiful scent may also be its downfall – Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) is facing extinction in ... <a title="Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/loved-to-death-australian-sandalwood-is-facing-extinction-in-the-wild-167281/" aria-label="Read more about Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock With nearly half of Australia’s population in lockdown, a lot of children and young people are still not attending face-to-face school. In Melbourne students in year 12 go back to the classroom this week, and there ... <a title="Parents, studies show most kids have done just fine in remote schooling. Here’s how to survive the home stretch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/parents-studies-show-most-kids-have-done-just-fine-in-remote-schooling-heres-how-to-survive-the-home-stretch-167969/" aria-label="Read more about Parents, studies show most kids have done just fine in remote schooling. Here’s how to survive the home stretch">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Mazza, Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts, Edith Cowan University Ruth Hollick collection. State Library of Victoria Recent television series Creamerie, a dark comedy from New Zealand where a pandemic quickly kills (almost) all men and male animals, revives the concept of an all-female society with a ... <a title="Guide to the classics: written in 1915, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland imagines society without men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/guide-to-the-classics-written-in-1915-charlotte-perkins-gilmans-herland-imagines-society-without-men-166962/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: written in 1915, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland imagines society without men">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sturgess, Professor of Public Service Delivery, Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Bianca de Marchi/AAP Gary Sturgess was director-general of NSW Premier Nick Greiner’s cabinet office in 1988 and the “architect” of ICAC. There has been a great deal of commentary about the NSW ... <a title="A federal ICAC must end the confusion between integrity questions and corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/a-federal-icac-must-end-the-confusion-between-integrity-questions-and-corruption-169360/" aria-label="Read more about A federal ICAC must end the confusion between integrity questions and corruption">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney On Wednesday the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority wrote to each of Australia’s home lenders asking them to make it just a little bit harder for Australians to get mortgage. The letter, addressed to so-called authorised deposit-taking institutions, asked them ... <a title="Thanks to APRA, it’s about to become harder to get a mortgage. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/thanks-to-apra-its-about-to-become-harder-to-get-a-mortgage-heres-why-169346/" aria-label="Read more about Thanks to APRA, it’s about to become harder to get a mortgage. Here’s why">Read more</a>
