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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Sutton, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock To seek “respite” is to look for a break from strenuous effort to recharge and regroup. In the context of aged care, subsidised respite care provides temporary support to older people, which gives their carers a ... <a title="‘Respite care’ can give carers a much-needed break, but many find accessing it difficult" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/respite-care-can-give-carers-a-much-needed-break-but-many-find-accessing-it-difficult-183976/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Respite care’ can give carers a much-needed break, but many find accessing it difficult">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University This year’s Pacific Islands Forum marked the beginning of a more dangerous era as Pacific leaders tried to find common responses to both the climate crisis and sharpening geostrategic competition. There was unprecedented interest in this year’s forum, ... <a title="Pacific Islands are back on the map, and climate action is non-negotiable for would-be allies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/pacific-islands-are-back-on-the-map-and-climate-action-is-non-negotiable-for-would-be-allies-187086/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands are back on the map, and climate action is non-negotiable for would-be allies">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology Universities throughout the country have obligations to ensure their graduates leave with the knowledge and skills necessary to interact in a culturally safe way with Indigenous people. T.J. Thomson, Author provided Content warning: this ... <a title="University journalism courses need to teach about cultural safety before students enter the workforce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/university-journalism-courses-need-to-teach-about-cultural-safety-before-students-enter-the-workforce-185497/" aria-label="Read more about University journalism courses need to teach about cultural safety before students enter the workforce">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images We hear the phrase “digital transformation” a lot these days. It’s often used to describe the process of replacing functions and services that were once done face-to-face by human beings with online interactions ... <a title="The downside of digital transformation: why organisations must allow for those who can’t or won’t move online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/the-downside-of-digital-transformation-why-organisations-must-allow-for-those-who-cant-or-wont-move-online-186905/" aria-label="Read more about The downside of digital transformation: why organisations must allow for those who can’t or won’t move online">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Covid has now killed around 1700 people in New Zealand, but much of our news reporting and commentary has focused on how we’re moving on from the pandemic. Why is there such a mismatch between that media coverage, and the reality of a virus that’s inflicting more suffering and death than ever before? ... <a title="Sick and tired of the sickness – some media try to downplay the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/sick-and-tired-of-the-sickness-some-media-try-to-downplay-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Sick and tired of the sickness – some media try to downplay the pandemic">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller Joe Biden’s controversial fist-bump with Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the Saudi crown prince, may help New Zealand to forge its own new direction in the Middle East. The US president’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia showed that despite real concerns over human rights, the Middle East’s strategic importance in the ... <a title="Political Roundup: Resetting NZ’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and the Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/political-roundup-resetting-nzs-relationship-with-saudi-arabia-and-the-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Political Roundup: Resetting NZ’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and the Middle East">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology NASA/JWST It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Images such as the one below give us a chance ... <a title="A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/a-cosmic-time-machine-how-the-james-webb-space-telescope-lets-us-see-the-first-galaxies-in-the-universe-187015/" aria-label="Read more about A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yen Ying Lim, Associate Professor, Monash University Shutterstock As part of a series on cycles of disadvantage, supported by a philanthropic grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, we’re publishing three articles on the social determinants of health. They look at how factors like income, where you live ... <a title="How your status, where you live and your family background affect your risk of dementia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/how-your-status-where-you-live-and-your-family-background-affect-your-risk-of-dementia-183922/" aria-label="Read more about How your status, where you live and your family background affect your risk of dementia">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Lewis, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University www.shutterstock.com Apple products are already a central part of our lives in so many ways. We use them to work, socialise, monitor our heart rates, pay for things and watch TV. But did you know they are also involved ... <a title="Why is tech giant Apple trying to teach our teachers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/why-is-tech-giant-apple-trying-to-teach-our-teachers-186752/" aria-label="Read more about Why is tech giant Apple trying to teach our teachers?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Dolgopolov, Senior Lecturer in Film, UNSW Sydney When 13 Ukrainian soldiers were defending Snake Island in March, Russian forces told them to lay down their weapons. In response, the Ukrainians said “Russian warship, go fuck yourself!”. This maritime call sign has its precursor in the naval ... <a title="U311 Cherkasy, the little minesweeper of a Ukrainian film that gave the finger to the Russian Navy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/u311-cherkasy-the-little-minesweeper-of-a-ukrainian-film-that-gave-the-finger-to-the-russian-navy-186559/" aria-label="Read more about U311 Cherkasy, the little minesweeper of a Ukrainian film that gave the finger to the Russian Navy">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Handing out a cushy job to a political mate might seem harmless – after all, everyone does it, right? – but the politicisation of public appointments has real, pervasive consequences for Australian democracy. Increasingly, many government boards, tribunals and ... <a title="Here’s a simple way to stop governments giving jobs to mates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/heres-a-simple-way-to-stop-governments-giving-jobs-to-mates-186816/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s a simple way to stop governments giving jobs to mates">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will reinstate the pandemic leave payment for workers who have to isolate but do not have sick leave, after earlier vigorously defending its ending on budgetary grounds. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the decision after a national ... <a title="Albanese government restores pandemic leave payment until September 30, saying COVID wave will peak in August" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/16/albanese-government-restores-pandemic-leave-payment-until-september-30-saying-covid-wave-will-peak-in-august-187146/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government restores pandemic leave payment until September 30, saying COVID wave will peak in August">Read more</a>
