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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Sydney’s COVID outbreak has just prompted official advice on the AstraZeneca vaccine to change to encourage more people to get fully vaccinated sooner. Now, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommends people ... <a title="AstraZeneca advice has just changed (again). Here’s what you need to know if you’re in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/astrazeneca-advice-has-just-changed-again-heres-what-you-need-to-know-if-youre-in-lockdown-163422/" aria-label="Read more about AstraZeneca advice has just changed (again). Here’s what you need to know if you’re in lockdown">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Hate speech is proliferating online and governments, regulators and social media companies are struggling to keep pace with their efforts to combat it. Just this week, the racist abuse of Black English football players ... <a title="A better way to regulate online hate speech: require social media companies to bear a duty of care to users" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/a-better-way-to-regulate-online-hate-speech-require-social-media-companies-to-bear-a-duty-of-care-to-users-163808/" aria-label="Read more about A better way to regulate online hate speech: require social media companies to bear a duty of care to users">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Speaker Tony Smith – who has been battling to force better behaviour in the House of Representatives on MPs including Scott Morrison – has announced he will not contest the next election. Smith has held the Victorian seat of Casey ... <a title="View from The Hill: Speaker Tony Smith, proponent of ‘order in the House’ to retire at election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/view-from-the-hill-speaker-tony-smith-proponent-of-order-in-the-house-to-retire-at-election-164494/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Speaker Tony Smith, proponent of ‘order in the House’ to retire at election">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dicky Budiman, MD, Epidemiologist and PhD Candidate on Global Health Security, Griffith University Indonesia is currently experiencing a massive spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths, as experts (including myself) have unfortunately been predicting. The country recorded its largest single-day increase in new cases on July 13, with ... <a title="Indonesia records its highest increase in COVID cases –– and numbers are likely to rise again before they fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/indonesia-records-its-highest-increase-in-covid-cases-and-numbers-are-likely-to-rise-again-before-they-fall-164063/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia records its highest increase in COVID cases –– and numbers are likely to rise again before they fall">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Saul, Senior Principal Research Fellow (Honorary), Burnet Institute Residents in Sydney, the NSW Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong today received confirmation their lockdown would be extended to at least 30 July. But our modelling suggests it may take until the end of the year to ... <a title="A tougher 4-week lockdown could save Sydney months of stay-at-home orders, our modelling shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/a-tougher-4-week-lockdown-could-save-sydney-months-of-stay-at-home-orders-our-modelling-shows-164483/" aria-label="Read more about A tougher 4-week lockdown could save Sydney months of stay-at-home orders, our modelling shows">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barney Tan, Associate Professor, Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Mark Schiefelbein/AP Over the past few weeks, the Chinese government’s crackdown on big tech companies has intensified. The giants have all felt the brunt of heightened regulatory scrutiny. At the end of last year, Ant Group (which ... <a title="Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what’s behind China’s recent crackdown on big tech?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/facial-recognition-for-gamers-app-store-bans-for-didi-whats-behind-chinas-recent-crackdown-on-big-tech-164395/" aria-label="Read more about Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what’s behind China’s recent crackdown on big tech?">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Finch, Beamline Scientist at ANSTO, and Research Affiliate, Monash University Shutterstock Road tripping with a geologist is a little different. While you’re probably reading road signs and dodging roadkill, we’re reading road cuttings and deciphering the history of the area over the previous millions — or ... <a title="5 rocks any great Australian rock collection should have, and where to find them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/5-rocks-any-great-australian-rock-collection-should-have-and-where-to-find-them-163578/" aria-label="Read more about 5 rocks any great Australian rock collection should have, and where to find them">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Massimo Botturi/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Australian organisations are a soft target for ransomware attacks, say experts who yesterday issued a fresh warning that the government needs to do more to stop agencies and businesses falling prey to cyber-crime. ... <a title="Is Australia a sitting duck for ransomware attacks? Yes, and the danger has been growing for 30 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/is-australia-a-sitting-duck-for-ransomware-attacks-yes-and-the-danger-has-been-growing-for-30-years-161818/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia a sitting duck for ransomware attacks? Yes, and the danger has been growing for 30 years">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Afghan men bury a victim of deadly bombings near a girls’ school in May. Mariam Zuhaib/AP The imminent fall of Afghanistan is more than a national disaster. It is not just ... <a title="As the Taliban surges across Afghanistan, al-Qaeda is poised for a swift return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/as-the-taliban-surges-across-afghanistan-al-qaeda-is-poised-for-a-swift-return-164314/" aria-label="Read more about As the Taliban surges across Afghanistan, al-Qaeda is poised for a swift return">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com When was the last time you swallowed a pill, be it a tablet or capsule? This morning or sometime in the past week? Now, can you remember the very first time you had ... <a title="How do you teach a child to swallow a pill? Hint: use lollies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/how-do-you-teach-a-child-to-swallow-a-pill-hint-use-lollies-154552/" aria-label="Read more about How do you teach a child to swallow a pill? Hint: use lollies">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Ann Townsend, Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast This, if you can believe it, is part of a magpie nest. Kathy Townsend, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited ... <a title="Headphones, saw blades, coat hangers: how human trash in Australian bird nests changed over 195 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/headphones-saw-blades-coat-hangers-how-human-trash-in-australian-bird-nests-changed-over-195-years-164316/" aria-label="Read more about Headphones, saw blades, coat hangers: how human trash in Australian bird nests changed over 195 years">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Johnson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, Deakin University Shutterstock Social distancing and lockdowns have disrupted university study for the past 18 months. Students are understandably stressed as shown by a dramatic drop in student satisfaction across Australia reported in the annual Student Experience Survey. Federal Education Minister Alan ... <a title="Digital learning is real-world learning. That’s why blended on-campus and online study is best" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/14/digital-learning-is-real-world-learning-thats-why-blended-on-campus-and-online-study-is-best-163002/" aria-label="Read more about Digital learning is real-world learning. That’s why blended on-campus and online study is best">Read more</a>
