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March 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Haydon Manning, Adjunct Associate Professor, Politics, Policy and Global Affairs, Flinders University The combination of COVID fears and the appeal of so-called “convenience voting” will see record low numbers of South Australians attend polling booths on Saturday. As a consequence, it is a safe bet we won’t ... <a title="As South Australians head to the polls, Labor is favourite but there are many unknowns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/as-south-australians-head-to-the-polls-labor-is-favourite-but-there-are-many-unknowns-177916/" aria-label="Read more about As South Australians head to the polls, Labor is favourite but there are many unknowns">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine has already seen New Zealand break with long diplomatic tradition and introduce an “autonomous” sanctions regime outside the normal United Nations process. But as the war nears the one-month mark, there is more ... <a title="Beyond sanctions: 5 more ways New Zealand can help support Ukraine and punish Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/beyond-sanctions-5-more-ways-new-zealand-can-help-support-ukraine-and-punish-russia-179371/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond sanctions: 5 more ways New Zealand can help support Ukraine and punish Russia">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Barr, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza Shutterstock When it comes to respiratory viruses, COVID has been our greatest concern over the past two winters. So you might feel some aspects of déjà vu as winter 2022 approaches in Australia. But ... <a title="Flu, COVID and flurona: what we can and can’t expect this winter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/flu-covid-and-flurona-what-we-can-and-cant-expect-this-winter-177826/" aria-label="Read more about Flu, COVID and flurona: what we can and can’t expect this winter">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Shutterstock After the devastating floods, it’s hard to imagine only two years earlier many hard-hit communities suffered extreme heat, drought and unprecedented bushfires. Yet our report, released today, shows Australia’s ... <a title="Thanks to heavy rain, Australia’s environment scores a 7 out of 10 – but the future remains bleak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/thanks-to-heavy-rain-australias-environment-scores-a-7-out-of-10-but-the-future-remains-bleak-179085/" aria-label="Read more about Thanks to heavy rain, Australia’s environment scores a 7 out of 10 – but the future remains bleak">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Stork, Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University Johan Larson Author provided When you walk through a rainforest, you might feel like you’re missing out. You can hear birdsong and insect noises from way up high. For decades, the rainforest ... <a title="To get to the rainforest canopy, it helps to have a crane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/to-get-to-the-rainforest-canopy-it-helps-to-have-a-crane-176253/" aria-label="Read more about To get to the rainforest canopy, it helps to have a crane">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Ison, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University Shutterstock The damning findings of Change the Course, the first national report on sexual violence and harassment at Australian universities, were released in 2017. In response, universities adopted a raft of recommendations, policies and institutional changes. ... <a title="‘Change the Course’ set out to end sexual violence and harassment on campus. 5 years on, unis still have work to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/change-the-course-set-out-to-end-sexual-violence-and-harassment-on-campus-5-years-on-unis-still-have-work-to-do-179108/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Change the Course’ set out to end sexual violence and harassment on campus. 5 years on, unis still have work to do">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor at UNSW Art & Design, UNSW Sydney Barthélémy Toguo, The Generous Water Giant, 2022. Courtesy Bandjoun Station & Galerie Lelong & Co. Installation view, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, rīvus, 2022, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Phot ography: Document Photography. Review: the 23rd Biennale ... <a title="‘Rich with wonder’: the 2022 Sydney Biennale finds connection and relevance in troubled times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/rich-with-wonder-the-2022-sydney-biennale-finds-connection-and-relevance-in-troubled-times-177133/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Rich with wonder’: the 2022 Sydney Biennale finds connection and relevance in troubled times">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The big new story in the news cycle – in New Zealand but not only in New Zealand – is the rising ‘cost of living’, which is usually conflated with ‘inflation’. These topics – together and separately – are, like Covid19, devolved to ‘social science’ (macroeconomist in this case) ‘experts’; within ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Rising ‘Cost of Living’ and Inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/16/keith-rankin-essay-rising-cost-of-living-and-inflation/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Rising ‘Cost of Living’ and Inflation">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Freebairn, Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne Bianca de Marchi/AAP One government, in New Zealand, has already cut its fuel excise, by 25 cents per litre for the three months it hopes will be the worst of the oil price crisis, and in the ... <a title="What is petrol excise, and why does Australia have it anyway?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/16/what-is-petrol-excise-and-why-does-australia-have-it-anyway-179373/" aria-label="Read more about What is petrol excise, and why does Australia have it anyway?">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Inglis, Professor, Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow, IMPACCT, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The news of 52-year-old Senator Kimberley Kitching’s death from a suspected heart attack is a tragic loss that has shocked many women. At a time when the community was grappling ... <a title="How often do young women die of heart attacks and what can you do to improve your heart health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/16/how-often-do-young-women-die-of-heart-attacks-and-what-can-you-do-to-improve-your-heart-health-179292/" aria-label="Read more about How often do young women die of heart attacks and what can you do to improve your heart health?">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will unpack why the west is losing a strategic deterrence advantage against Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin. In this episode Buchanan and Manning will analyse whether deterrence, in its various forms, is an effective tool against aggressive authoritarian opponents and ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Can Deterrence be an effective tool against Putin’s offensive in Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/16/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-can-deterrence-be-an-effective-tool-against-putins-offensive-in-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Can Deterrence be an effective tool against Putin’s offensive in Ukraine?">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, Macquarie University Shutterstock You probably clean your shoes if you step in something muddy or disgusting (please pick up after your dog!). But when you get home, do you always de-shoe at the door? Plenty of Australians ... <a title="Wearing shoes in the house is just plain gross. The verdict from scientists who study indoor contaminants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/16/wearing-shoes-in-the-house-is-just-plain-gross-the-verdict-from-scientists-who-study-indoor-contaminants-177542/" aria-label="Read more about Wearing shoes in the house is just plain gross. The verdict from scientists who study indoor contaminants">Read more</a>
