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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, University of Melbourne The Productivity Commission’s report on mental health, released earlier this week, prompted headlines emphasising the huge economic cost of mental ill-health and suicide in Australia. The commission estimated the direct economic costs at between A$43 billion and A$70 billion, with ... <a title="The Productivity Commission says mental ill-health costs Australia billions — it’s time for a proper investment in making things better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/the-productivity-commission-says-mental-ill-health-costs-australia-billions-its-time-for-a-proper-investment-in-making-things-better-150184/" aria-label="Read more about The Productivity Commission says mental ill-health costs Australia billions — it’s time for a proper investment in making things better">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manu Saunders, Lecturer, University of New England From ethereal kelp forests off the south east Australian coast to grassy woodlands and their stunning wildflowers, many ecological communities are under threat in Australia. But national environment legislation — the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act — has ... <a title="We found a huge flaw in Australia’s environment laws. Wetlands and woodlands will pay the price" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/we-found-a-huge-flaw-in-australias-environment-laws-wetlands-and-woodlands-will-pay-the-price-150083/" aria-label="Read more about We found a huge flaw in Australia’s environment laws. Wetlands and woodlands will pay the price">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian R. Camilleri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Technology Sydney Christmas is a time of celebration, relaxation and gift giving. But choosing gifts can also make it a time of stress and anxiety. The wrong gift can actually do more harm than good. Here is some ... <a title="How to choose the right Christmas gift: tips from psychological research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/how-to-choose-the-right-christmas-gift-tips-from-psychological-research-149739/" aria-label="Read more about How to choose the right Christmas gift: tips from psychological research">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University In his first overseas trip since the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has finally concluded a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) with Japan. Australia is only the second country in 60 years to reach such an arrangement ... <a title="Morrison’s Japan trip yields defence pact, but travel bubble less certain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/morrisons-japan-trip-yields-defence-pact-but-travel-bubble-less-certain-149985/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s Japan trip yields defence pact, but travel bubble less certain">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kliti Grice, John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Curtin University Chemical clues left behind by humble microbes have rewritten the timeline of one of the biggest mass extinction events in Earth’s history. The so-called “end-Triassic mass extinction”, thought to have occurred just over 200 ... <a title="How chemical clues from prehistoric microbes rewrote the story of one of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/how-chemical-clues-from-prehistoric-microbes-rewrote-the-story-of-one-of-earths-biggest-mass-extinctions-150170/" aria-label="Read more about How chemical clues from prehistoric microbes rewrote the story of one of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Pennay, Campus Visitor, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University Election polling has had a torrid time in recent years. Prominent examples of the polls performing below expectations include the United Kingdom’s 2015 general election, the 2016 Brexit referendum and the United States’ ... <a title="How can Australia reduce the risk of another ‘systemic polling failure’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/how-can-australia-reduce-the-risk-of-another-systemic-polling-failure-149984/" aria-label="Read more about How can Australia reduce the risk of another ‘systemic polling failure’?">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Mintzes, Associate professor, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney As the world continues to battle COVID-19, the prospect of a vaccine gives us hope of returning to some kind of “normal” in the not too distant future. The Australian government has signed ... <a title="You may be able to buy a COVID vaccine ahead of the government rollout. But jumping the queue comes at a price" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/you-may-be-able-to-buy-a-covid-vaccine-ahead-of-the-government-rollout-but-jumping-the-queue-comes-at-a-price-149972/" aria-label="Read more about You may be able to buy a COVID vaccine ahead of the government rollout. But jumping the queue comes at a price">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University Australian health minister Greg Hunt said recently the government is on track to deliver COVID-19 vaccines from March 2021. US biotech firm Moderna has just announced its COVID-19 vaccine has 95% efficacy, following on the heels of Pfizer’s claimed 90% ... <a title="We may have to accept a ‘good enough’ COVID-19 vaccine, at least in 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/we-may-have-to-accept-a-good-enough-covid-19-vaccine-at-least-in-2021-148168/" aria-label="Read more about We may have to accept a ‘good enough’ COVID-19 vaccine, at least in 2021">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Taylor, Lecturer, University of Sydney Last week San Francisco became the latest city to ban natural gas in new buildings. The legislation will see all new construction, other than restaurants, use electric power only from June 2021, to cut greenhouse gas emissions. San Francisco has now ... <a title="San Francisco just banned gas in all new buildings. Could it ever happen in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/san-francisco-just-banned-gas-in-all-new-buildings-could-it-ever-happen-in-australia-150171/" aria-label="Read more about San Francisco just banned gas in all new buildings. Could it ever happen in Australia?">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Shields, Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney Australian universities have come to rely heavily on revenue from onshore international students. Numbers more than doubled in the decade to 2018. But the proposition that Australia’s public universities should step back 50 years, ... <a title="Our unis do need international students and must choose between the high and low roads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/our-unis-do-need-international-students-and-must-choose-between-the-high-and-low-roads-149973/" aria-label="Read more about Our unis do need international students and must choose between the high and low roads">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide The virus that causes COVID-19 is much more likely to spread indoors rather than outdoors. Governments are right to encourage more outdoor dining and drinking, but it is important they also do everything they can to make indoor ... <a title="Many of our buildings are poorly ventilated, and that adds to COVID risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/many-of-our-buildings-are-poorly-ventilated-and-that-adds-to-covid-risks-149830/" aria-label="Read more about Many of our buildings are poorly ventilated, and that adds to COVID risks">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margot Hillel, Professor, Children’s Literature, Australian Catholic University She couldn’t get much simpler in visual terms. A white bunny cutout, dots for eyes and a little crisscross mouth. But Miffy is an enduringly endearing rabbit. Called nijntje in the author’s native Dutch, Miffy was originally created by ... <a title="Unpacking the magic of Miffy, a simply drawn, bunny-shaped friend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/unpacking-the-magic-of-miffy-a-simply-drawn-bunny-shaped-friend-149725/" aria-label="Read more about Unpacking the magic of Miffy, a simply drawn, bunny-shaped friend">Read more</a>
