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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Elliott, Executive Director, National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, and Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, many Australians are asking: what happens if I test positive? With no known cure and no vaccine, what are ... <a title="Tested positive for COVID-19? Here’s what happens next – and why day 5 is crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/tested-positive-for-covid-19-heres-what-happens-next-and-why-day-5-is-crucial-143687/" aria-label="Read more about Tested positive for COVID-19? Here’s what happens next – and why day 5 is crucial">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Professor Marcia Langton, Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne This is an edited transcript of the 2020 Thea Astley Address delivered by Marcia Langton at the Byron Writers Festival. It’s a longer read at 4,500 words. You can listen to the the speech here. ... <a title="Why the Black Lives Matter protests must continue: an urgent appeal by Marcia Langton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/why-the-black-lives-matter-protests-must-continue-an-urgent-appeal-by-marcia-langton-143914/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Black Lives Matter protests must continue: an urgent appeal by Marcia Langton">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Ortmann, Professor, UNSW Sweden has become something of a cautionary tale for what happens when you attempt to tackle coronavirus without lockdowns. In The Conversation last week The Grattan Institute’s Stephen Duckett and Will Mackey said its freer approach caused almost as much economic damage as ... <a title="Sweden eschewed lockdowns. It’s too early to be certain it was wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/sweden-eschewed-lockdowns-its-too-early-to-be-certain-it-was-wrong-143829/" aria-label="Read more about Sweden eschewed lockdowns. It’s too early to be certain it was wrong">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide What does a pandemic smell like? If dogs could talk, they might be able to tell us. We’re part of an international research team, led by Dominique Grandjean at France’s National Veterinary School of ... <a title="These dogs are trained to sniff out the coronavirus. Most have a 100% success rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/these-dogs-are-trained-to-sniff-out-the-coronavirus-most-have-a-100-success-rate-143756/" aria-label="Read more about These dogs are trained to sniff out the coronavirus. Most have a 100% success rate">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Americans were alarmed last week when their president suggested on Twitter that the November 3 presidential election should be delayed because mail-in ballots would be fraudulent. The president has no authority ... <a title="Trump can’t delay the election, but he can try to delegitimise it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/trump-cant-delay-the-election-but-he-can-try-to-delegitimise-it-143747/" aria-label="Read more about Trump can’t delay the election, but he can try to delegitimise it">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judy Mullan, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong According to 2016 Census data, 3.5% of Australians have limited English proficiency. When they’re receiving health care, it’s essential these Australians have access to interpreters. Research has shown professional interpreters facilitate effective communication between the patient and ... <a title="Remote interpreting services are essential for people with limited English — during COVID-19 and beyond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/remote-interpreting-services-are-essential-for-people-with-limited-english-during-covid-19-and-beyond-143531/" aria-label="Read more about Remote interpreting services are essential for people with limited English — during COVID-19 and beyond">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aliza Werner-Seidler, Senior Research Fellow in Mental Health & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW Access to mental health support has never been more important, as Melburnians are hit with a stage 4 lockdown and much of the rest of Australia braces for a potential second wave of COVID-19. This ... <a title="5 ways to get mental health help without having to talk on the phone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/5-ways-to-get-mental-health-help-without-having-to-talk-on-the-phone-143491/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways to get mental health help without having to talk on the phone">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Osman, Scientist, Energy Efficiency & Renewables, CSIRO Yesterday, Australia’s eastern states felt a vicious cold snap, and these wintry blasts make hunkering down in isolation at home a little easier. But as the temperature rises at home, so does our carbon footprint and energy bills. Heating ... <a title="After the vicious cold snap, here are our tips to warm up while keeping your environmental footprint down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/after-the-vicious-cold-snap-here-are-our-tips-to-warm-up-while-keeping-your-environmental-footprint-down-143458/" aria-label="Read more about After the vicious cold snap, here are our tips to warm up while keeping your environmental footprint down">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question ... <a title="Climate explained: could electric car batteries feed power back into the grid?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/climate-explained-could-electric-car-batteries-feed-power-back-into-the-grid-143821/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: could electric car batteries feed power back into the grid?">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Prestridge, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University In early July, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced government school students in prep to Year 10 — in Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire —would learn from home for term three. Students in Years 11 and 12, as well as those ... <a title="Victoria’s Year 12 students are learning remotely. But they won’t necessarily fall behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/victorias-year-12-students-are-learning-remotely-but-they-wont-necessarily-fall-behind-143844/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s Year 12 students are learning remotely. But they won’t necessarily fall behind">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Cervin, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia The new Netflix documentary Athlete A details how Larry Nassar, the US women’s gymnastics team doctor, was brought to justice after sexually abusing hundreds of gymnasts. Since its release, gymnasts around the world have come forward with stories ... <a title="Girls no more: why elite gymnastics competition for women should start at 18" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/girls-no-more-why-elite-gymnastics-competition-for-women-should-start-at-18-143182/" aria-label="Read more about Girls no more: why elite gymnastics competition for women should start at 18">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison says the COVID-19 crisis has created new opportunities for “like-minded economies” to work together – but warned against “solely transactional” trade approaches undermining these relationships. In a Wednesday keynote speech to the US Aspen Security Forum, delivered virtually, ... <a title="Morrison warns against ‘solely transactional’ trade approach in address to US audience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/morrison-warns-against-solely-transactional-trade-approach-in-address-to-us-audience-143937/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison warns against ‘solely transactional’ trade approach in address to US audience">Read more</a>
