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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University Shutterstock Australians love to eat out, especially fast food. About a third of household food budgets are spent on food prepared outside the home, with most of us consuming it on average two or three times a week. The high level ... <a title="Combo meal deals and price discounts on fast food encourage us to eat more junk. It’s time for policy action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/combo-meal-deals-and-price-discounts-on-fast-food-encourage-us-to-eat-more-junk-its-time-for-policy-action-163882/" aria-label="Read more about Combo meal deals and price discounts on fast food encourage us to eat more junk. It’s time for policy action">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bode, Professor of Mathematics, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Tasmanian devil populations have been devastated over the past 25 years due to devil facial tumour disease, an infectious cancer. But the Tasmanian government does not support relocating uninfected wild devil populations to the Australian mainland. Wildlife ... <a title="If wildlife vigilantes smuggle Tassie devils to the Australian mainland, the animals could live in secret for 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/if-wildlife-vigilantes-smuggle-tassie-devils-to-the-australian-mainland-the-animals-could-live-in-secret-for-20-years-160274/" aria-label="Read more about If wildlife vigilantes smuggle Tassie devils to the Australian mainland, the animals could live in secret for 20 years">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romain Fathi, Senior Lecturer, History, Flinders University The Fête de la Fédération at Champ de Mars on July 14, 1790. Woodcut by Helman, from a picture by C. Monet, Painter of the King Bibliothèque nationale de France French people travelling to or living in English-speaking countries are ... <a title="What is Bastille Day and why is it celebrated?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/what-is-bastille-day-and-why-is-it-celebrated-163812/" aria-label="Read more about What is Bastille Day and why is it celebrated?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Macall Polay © 2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Part of the joy of a musical is that song and dance can occur anywhere and everywhere. Not just on the stage but in ... <a title="Unpacking In The Heights’ choreographic film references, from Busby Berkeley to West Side Story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/unpacking-in-the-heights-choreographic-film-references-from-busby-berkeley-to-west-side-story-163420/" aria-label="Read more about Unpacking In The Heights’ choreographic film references, from Busby Berkeley to West Side Story">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Speight, Foundation Director, Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Deakin University Australian Government On Sunday July 11, the federal government released two new COVID-19 campaigns. The first, shared across Australia, is a call to “arm yourself” (and others) against the virus by getting vaccinated as ... <a title="Why the federal government’s COVID-19 fear appeal to Sydney residents won’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/why-the-federal-governments-covid-19-fear-appeal-to-sydney-residents-wont-work-164317/" aria-label="Read more about Why the federal government’s COVID-19 fear appeal to Sydney residents won’t work">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP Greater Sydney is in its third week of lockdown, with no clear end in sight. The situation calls for support both for businesses and households suffering severe income loss in the weeks ahead. Greater ... <a title="As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available — and needed — for people losing income?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/as-sydneys-lockdown-continues-what-support-is-available-and-needed-for-people-losing-income-164315/" aria-label="Read more about As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available — and needed — for people losing income?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Gurrieri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University Australia’s new ‘Arm Yourself’ COVID-19 vaccination campaign advertisement. Australian Government The Australian government’s new national vaccination advertisements have been described as exciting as a bowl of leftover cereal, with all the urgency of a stubbed toe. “It will be ... <a title="Australia’s new vaccination campaign is another wasted opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/australias-new-vaccination-campaign-is-another-wasted-opportunity-162756/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new vaccination campaign is another wasted opportunity">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kalinda Griffiths, Scientia lecturer, UNSW A senior Aboriginal man is being vaccinated against COVID-19. PR Handout Image/AAP This year, just five cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. This good result is due to both significant government support measures ... <a title="First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/first-nations-people-urgently-need-to-get-vaccinated-but-are-not-being-consulted-on-the-rollout-strategy-164067/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Shutterstock Let’s say a new irrigation scheme is proposed and all the land it’ll take up needs to be cleared — trees felled, soil upturned, and habitats destroyed. Water will also have to be allocated. ... <a title="‘Environmental accounting’ could revolutionise nature conservation, but Australia has squandered its potential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/environmental-accounting-could-revolutionise-nature-conservation-but-australia-has-squandered-its-potential-163661/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Environmental accounting’ could revolutionise nature conservation, but Australia has squandered its potential">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Burton, PhD researcher, Birkbeck, University of London Shutterstock Since the early days of social media, there has been excitement about how data traces left behind by users can be exploited for the study of human behaviour. Nowadays, reseachers who were once restricted to surveys or experiments ... <a title="Studying social media can give us insight into human behaviour. It can also give us nonsense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/studying-social-media-can-give-us-insight-into-human-behaviour-it-can-also-give-us-nonsense-163000/" aria-label="Read more about Studying social media can give us insight into human behaviour. It can also give us nonsense">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Evans, Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 – strengthening democratic practice at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra David Gray/AAP Public trust is critically important during the pandemic. Without it, the changes to public behaviour that are necessary to contain and ultimately prevent the ... <a title="Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/public-trust-in-the-governments-covid-response-is-slowly-eroding-heres-how-to-get-it-back-on-track-163722/" aria-label="Read more about Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Cockfield, Professor of Government and Economics, and Deputy Dean, University of Southern Queensland Perry Duffin/AAP The return of Barnaby Joyce to the federal National Party’s top job has highlighted tensions within, and dilemmas for, the broader party – particularly on climate change policy and coal. Joyce ... <a title="Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/are-the-nationals-now-the-party-for-mining-not-farming-if-so-barnaby-joyce-must-tread-carefully-163988/" aria-label="Read more about Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully">Read more</a>
