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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noam Peleg, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law and Justice; Associate, the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Shutterstock European countries have been asked to focus on “ensuring the right of children to be involved in all decisions that affect them”, in a newly released report ahead of the ... <a title="In debates about opening schools, we’re neglecting an important voice: our children’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/in-debates-about-opening-schools-were-neglecting-an-important-voice-our-childrens-167179/" aria-label="Read more about In debates about opening schools, we’re neglecting an important voice: our children’s">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Latella, Lecturer, Master of Exercise Science (Strength and Conditioning), Edith Cowan University Many people viewed the Tokyo Olympics as the pinnacle of human physical achievement. However, Paralympic performances often receive less attention despite amazing feats of strength, speed and endurance. We’ve seen this with powerlifting, which ... <a title="3 reasons why Paralympic powerlifters shift seemingly impossible weights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/3-reasons-why-paralympic-powerlifters-shift-seemingly-impossible-weights-166824/" aria-label="Read more about 3 reasons why Paralympic powerlifters shift seemingly impossible weights">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roderic Broadhurst, Chair Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock Child sexual abuse material is rampant online, despite considerable efforts by big tech companies and governments to curb it. And according to reports, it has only become more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic. This material is largely hosted on ... <a title="How the world’s biggest dark web platform spreads millions of items of child sex abuse material — and why it’s hard to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/how-the-worlds-biggest-dark-web-platform-spreads-millions-of-items-of-child-sex-abuse-material-and-why-its-hard-to-stop-167107/" aria-label="Read more about How the world’s biggest dark web platform spreads millions of items of child sex abuse material — and why it’s hard to stop">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary History, Monash University Author Kate Murphy’s grandfather, Geoff Murphy, posing with children Pete, Lynne and Mick in 1955. Author provided, Author provided Today’s Australian fathers are believed to be more “hands on” and engaged with their children than the stereotypical absent ... <a title="We studied 100 years of Australian fatherhood. Here’s how today’s dads differ from their grandfathers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/we-studied-100-years-of-australian-fatherhood-heres-how-todays-dads-differ-from-their-grandfathers-166348/" aria-label="Read more about We studied 100 years of Australian fatherhood. Here’s how today’s dads differ from their grandfathers">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Haynes, Research Officer, University of Sydney Authors supplied The design and construction of new homes in Australia may leave residents vulnerable to heatwaves and local councils can do little to fix the situation, our new research has found. Our study focused on the Jordan Springs development ... <a title="The Great Australian Dream? New homes in planned estates may not be built to withstand heatwaves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/the-great-australian-dream-new-homes-in-planned-estates-may-not-be-built-to-withstand-heatwaves-166266/" aria-label="Read more about The Great Australian Dream? New homes in planned estates may not be built to withstand heatwaves">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW superjoseph/Shutterstock Australia is in the middle of its worst COVID-19 outbreak. Our hospital system is under strain. Vulnerable communities are being hit hard. And more than half the nation is locked down. There is an understandable desire to know when we ... <a title="Introducing OzSAGE, a source of practical expert advice for how to reopen Australia from COVID safely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/introducing-ozsage-a-source-of-practical-expert-advice-for-how-to-reopen-australia-from-covid-safely-166943/" aria-label="Read more about Introducing OzSAGE, a source of practical expert advice for how to reopen Australia from COVID safely">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Palmer, Professor, School of Art, RMIT University Hoda Afshar’s exhibition Remain, The Substation, Melbourne, 2019. Photograph by Leela Schauble. Courtesy the artist and The Substation, Melbourne Australians have always loved photography exhibitions. They are consistently among the most well attended at our museums and galleries, and ... <a title="Friday essay: 10 photography exhibitions that defined Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/friday-essay-10-photography-exhibitions-that-defined-australia-166755/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: 10 photography exhibitions that defined Australia">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the Orwellian world of the pandemic, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews’s raising of the white flag on “COVID zero” was greeted positively by the Morrison government and with relief by many among the public who are at the end of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The transition to living with ‘endemic’ COVID could be rough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/grattan-on-friday-the-transition-to-living-with-endemic-covid-could-be-rough-167218/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The transition to living with ‘endemic’ COVID could be rough">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland This week the World Health Organization named a new “variant of interest” of the coronavirus, called the Mu variant. It was first found in Colombia in January 2021, and has been found in about 39 ... <a title="What’s the Mu variant? And will we keep seeing more concerning variants?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/whats-the-mu-variant-and-will-we-keep-seeing-more-concerning-variants-167183/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the Mu variant? And will we keep seeing more concerning variants?">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University Mick Tsikas/AAP Nationals MP George Christensen recently copped condemnation from federal parliament for spreading misinformation about COVID-19. The member for the central Queensland seat of Dawson falsely claimed masks and lockdowns were ineffective against the spread of COVID, ... <a title="The George Christensen formula — how do maverick MPs succeed in Australian politics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/the-george-christensen-formula-how-do-maverick-mps-succeed-in-australian-politics-166190/" aria-label="Read more about The George Christensen formula — how do maverick MPs succeed in Australian politics?">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney Shutterstock Westmead Hospital in Sydney’s west says it has treated a patient who overdosed after taking the drug ivermectin, an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment for COVID-19. The person went to hospital seeking treatment for ... <a title="Thinking of trying ivermectin for COVID? Here’s what can happen with this controversial drug" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/thinking-of-trying-ivermectin-for-covid-heres-what-can-happen-with-this-controversial-drug-167178/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of trying ivermectin for COVID? Here’s what can happen with this controversial drug">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elliott Dooley, PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s new series introducing you to Australia’s unloved animals that need our help. For many people, the term “wallaby” may describe a single species, or rather just a ... <a title="This shy little wallaby has a white moustache and shares its name with a pub meal. Yet it’s been overlooked for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/this-shy-little-wallaby-has-a-white-moustache-and-shares-its-name-with-a-pub-meal-yet-its-been-overlooked-for-decades-164326/" aria-label="Read more about This shy little wallaby has a white moustache and shares its name with a pub meal. Yet it’s been overlooked for decades">Read more</a>
