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March 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ash Porter, Research officer, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Bird flu has been causing growing concern in recent months, with hundreds of millions of birds dying of the virus since October 2021. This is the largest global outbreak. Last week, an 11-year-old child in ... <a title="When should we worry about bird flu making us sick? When we see human-to-human transmission – and there’s no evidence of that yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/when-should-we-worry-about-bird-flu-making-us-sick-when-we-see-human-to-human-transmission-and-theres-no-evidence-of-that-yet-200710/" aria-label="Read more about When should we worry about bird flu making us sick? When we see human-to-human transmission – and there’s no evidence of that yet">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Foley, CEO of Aboriginal Carbon Foundation, Indigenous Knowledge Shutterstock The Albanese government is embarking on a suite of environmental reforms: beefing up Australia’s carbon credit scheme, and establishing a market to fund environmental restoration. These big policy changes may seek to justify colonial practices imposed on ... <a title="‘A stench of tokenism’: how environmental reforms ignore First Nations knowledge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/a-stench-of-tokenism-how-environmental-reforms-ignore-first-nations-knowledge-198393/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A stench of tokenism’: how environmental reforms ignore First Nations knowledge">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Lehmann, Honorary Lecturer, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Shutterstock There is a story doing the media rounds that international students – particularly from China – will now “flood” back to Australia. It is claimed this will push up already high rents for ... <a title="‘Are you asking us to sleep under the Harbour Bridge?’: 3 myths about international students and the housing crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/are-you-asking-us-to-sleep-under-the-harbour-bridge-3-myths-about-international-students-and-the-housing-crisis-200274/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Are you asking us to sleep under the Harbour Bridge?’: 3 myths about international students and the housing crisis">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney Shutterstock Dixi et salvavi animam meam. This Latin phrase – I have spoken and saved my soul – sits at the end of Karl Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Programme. Written in 1875, this text imagines a ... <a title="The Dark Side of the Moon at 50: how Marx, trauma and compassion all influenced Pink Floyd’s masterpiece" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/the-dark-side-of-the-moon-at-50-how-marx-trauma-and-compassion-all-influenced-pink-floyds-masterpiece-198400/" aria-label="Read more about The Dark Side of the Moon at 50: how Marx, trauma and compassion all influenced Pink Floyd’s masterpiece">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Adam Bandt aspired to power-sharing with a Labor government. That was never going to happen but, possessing the major slice of the balance of power in the Senate, the Greens have considerable potential muscle – at least in theory. In ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens leader Adam Bandt on trying to force Labor’s hand on reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/politics-with-michelle-grattan-greens-leader-adam-bandt-on-trying-to-force-labors-hand-on-reform-200833/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens leader Adam Bandt on trying to force Labor’s hand on reform">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Lukas Bato/Unsplash Queensland will become the second Australian jurisdiction to offer pill testing. While the timeline is yet to be announced, once up and running, Queenslanders who use illicit drugs can have them checked to see what they actually contain ... <a title="Pill testing is coming to Queensland. Here’s what can we learn from programs overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/pill-testing-is-coming-to-queensland-heres-what-can-we-learn-from-programs-overseas-200712/" aria-label="Read more about Pill testing is coming to Queensland. Here’s what can we learn from programs overseas">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Davies, Laboratory Head, Doherty Institute, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Group A streptococci, also known as “strep A”, has been on the rise around the world with a new strain reported in the United Kingdom and Europe. This variant has been linked with surges of scarlet ... <a title="Genomics has helped identify a new strep A strain in Australia – and what has made it dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/genomics-has-helped-identify-a-new-strep-a-strain-in-australia-and-what-has-made-it-dangerous-200815/" aria-label="Read more about Genomics has helped identify a new strep A strain in Australia – and what has made it dangerous">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abraham Gibson, Research Fellow, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University The Bureau of Meteorology released its latest climate driver update on Tuesday, saying the current La Niña has weakened and is “likely near its end”. Most climate models now point to neutral conditions – neither ... <a title="Why El Niño doesn’t mean certain drought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/why-el-nino-doesnt-mean-certain-drought-197678/" aria-label="Read more about Why El Niño doesn’t mean certain drought">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock You’d be forgiven for thinking Treasurer Jim Chalmers had done something dramatic. From 2025 he will double the tax rate on earnings from superannuation balances above A$3 million, lifting it from 15% to 30%. ... <a title="Tax-free super for the super rich is a bad deal for the rest of us – and Morrison said it first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/tax-free-super-for-the-super-rich-is-a-bad-deal-for-the-rest-of-us-and-morrison-said-it-first-200706/" aria-label="Read more about Tax-free super for the super rich is a bad deal for the rest of us – and Morrison said it first">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor emerita, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP We asked our readers what they would like to know about the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In the lead-up to the referendum, our expert authors will answer those questions. You can read the other questions and answers ... <a title="What happens if the government goes against the advice of the Voice to Parliament?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/what-happens-if-the-government-goes-against-the-advice-of-the-voice-to-parliament-200517/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if the government goes against the advice of the Voice to Parliament?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey Foster, Associate Professor in Cyber Security Studies, Macquarie University The federal government is pursuing a new cybersecurity agenda in the wake of last year’s major cyber breaches with Optus and Medibank. “For businesses these days, cybersecurity is as important as having a lock on the door”, ... <a title="Australia has a new cybersecurity agenda. Two key questions lie at its heart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/australia-has-a-new-cybersecurity-agenda-two-key-questions-lie-at-its-heart-200714/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has a new cybersecurity agenda. Two key questions lie at its heart">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aisha Malik, Casual Academic/ Research Administration Officer, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Griffin Theatre Company Review: Sex Magick, directed by Declan Greene. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl and follows her to India. Boy has a transformative tantric sexual experience and realises he might like ... <a title="Sex Magick: this gender-bending, time-travelling play invites you to detangle love and sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/28/sex-magick-this-gender-bending-time-travelling-play-invites-you-to-detangle-love-and-sex-199982/" aria-label="Read more about Sex Magick: this gender-bending, time-travelling play invites you to detangle love and sex">Read more</a>
