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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Feehan, Research Officer – Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University Shutterstock COVID cases are surging across Australia. The rise of the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron, and the rapid increase in COVID hospitalisations, has prompted policymakers to expand fourth dose vaccine eligibility. If you’re aged ... <a title="When can I get my next COVID booster or fourth dose? What if I’ve recently had COVID? Can I get my flu shot at the same time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/when-can-i-get-my-next-covid-booster-or-fourth-dose-what-if-ive-recently-had-covid-can-i-get-my-flu-shot-at-the-same-time-186830/" aria-label="Read more about When can I get my next COVID booster or fourth dose? What if I’ve recently had COVID? Can I get my flu shot at the same time?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Macintosh, Professor and Director of Research, ANU Law School, Australian National University Shutterstock The federal government has launched an independent review of Australia’s central climate policy, the Emissions Reduction Fund, after we and others raised serious concerns about its integrity. The review will examine, among other ... <a title="Australia’s central climate policy pays people to grow trees that already existed. Taxpayers – and the environment – deserve better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/australias-central-climate-policy-pays-people-to-grow-trees-that-already-existed-taxpayers-and-the-environment-deserve-better-186900/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s central climate policy pays people to grow trees that already existed. Taxpayers – and the environment – deserve better">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Halsey, Professor, School of Education, Flinders University Shutterstock Students in regional, rural and remote Australia have been behind their urban counterparts on almost every recognised measure of successful schooling for decades. This is unacceptable and has to change. To achieve this change, it will be vital ... <a title="Don’t expect schools to do all the heavy lifting to close the education divide between the big cities and the rest of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/dont-expect-schools-to-do-all-the-heavy-lifting-to-close-the-education-divide-between-the-big-cities-and-the-rest-of-australia-186586/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t expect schools to do all the heavy lifting to close the education divide between the big cities and the rest of Australia">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia (Lucy) Cameron, Senior Research Consultant, Data61 Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the global economy, with the total cost likely to exceed US$12.5 trillion dollars according to International Monetary Fund estimates. At the same time, the crisis has accelerated huge changes in ... <a title="6 ways governments drive innovation – and how they can help post-pandemic resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/6-ways-governments-drive-innovation-and-how-they-can-help-post-pandemic-resilience-186910/" aria-label="Read more about 6 ways governments drive innovation – and how they can help post-pandemic resilience">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ying Ian Chen, Director, ARC Research Hub for Safe and Reliable Energy, Deakin University Shutterstock In 2016, experts writing in Nature listed seven breakthroughs in how we process chemicals that could change the world for the better. We believe we’ve just ticked one of those off the ... <a title="Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/breakthrough-in-gas-separation-and-storage-could-fast-track-shift-to-green-hydrogen-and-significantly-cut-global-energy-use-186644/" aria-label="Read more about Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese received his fourth COVID jab this week. A commendable example to the community, now that eligibility for the “winter shot” has been widened. Well, commendable up to a point. Noticeably, neither Albanese nor the health worker wielding the ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese needs to step up (and mask up) to help create a new mindset to meet the COVID crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/grattan-on-friday-albanese-needs-to-step-up-and-mask-up-to-help-create-a-new-mindset-to-meet-the-covid-crisis-187023/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese needs to step up (and mask up) to help create a new mindset to meet the COVID crisis">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niro Kandasamy, Lecturer in History, University of Sydney Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. In a remarkable display of anger on Saturday, thousands of protesters disregarded government curfews, rampant military and police presence to storm the presidential palace and the ... <a title="Sri Lanka’s crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/sri-lankas-crisis-is-not-just-about-the-economy-but-a-long-history-of-discrimination-against-minority-groups-186747/" aria-label="Read more about Sri Lanka’s crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock It’s not an academic way to start an article about Australia’s latest jobs numbers, but all I can think is “wow”. The official unemployment rate in June fell to 3.5%. It’s almost 50 years – August 1974, ... <a title="3.5% unemployment: Australia’s jobless rate at its lowest since 1974" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/3-5-unemployment-australias-jobless-rate-at-its-lowest-since-1974-186917/" aria-label="Read more about 3.5% unemployment: Australia’s jobless rate at its lowest since 1974">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia McGrady, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney shutterstock For First Nations people, land is the most important aspect of life and well-being. Successful land rights claims for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the result of years of protest and advocacy. This success led to ... <a title="In NSW there have been significant wins for First Nations land rights. But unprocessed claims still outnumber the successes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/in-nsw-there-have-been-significant-wins-for-first-nations-land-rights-but-unprocessed-claims-still-outnumber-the-successes-186121/" aria-label="Read more about In NSW there have been significant wins for First Nations land rights. But unprocessed claims still outnumber the successes">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland Shutterstock It’s hard to get through a winter without suffering sore throat, but luckily they normally get better within a few days. Sore throat is a common symptom of COVID and its newer variants. And of ... <a title="Sore throats suck. Do throat lozenges help at all?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/sore-throats-suck-do-throat-lozenges-help-at-all-184454/" aria-label="Read more about Sore throats suck. Do throat lozenges help at all?">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Nelson, Honorary Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne shutterstock How high should you put the heating up over winter? If you don’t mind the bills and ecological impact, you have the encouragement of the World Health Organization to keep the house warm. They recommend an indoor ... <a title="Heat yourself, not your house: how to survive winter with a 15℃ indoor temperature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/heat-yourself-not-your-house-how-to-survive-winter-with-a-15-indoor-temperature-185587/" aria-label="Read more about Heat yourself, not your house: how to survive winter with a 15℃ indoor temperature">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexia Maddox, Research Fellow, Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT, RMIT University Shutterstock Have you ever told a stranger a secret about yourself online? Did you feel a certain kind of freedom doing so, specifically because the context was removed from your everyday life? Personal disclosure and anonymity have ... <a title="Sendit, Yolo, NGL: anonymous social apps are taking over once more, but they aren’t without risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/sendit-yolo-ngl-anonymous-social-apps-are-taking-over-once-more-but-they-arent-without-risks-186647/" aria-label="Read more about Sendit, Yolo, NGL: anonymous social apps are taking over once more, but they aren’t without risks">Read more</a>
