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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australian children aged six to 11 years old will be able to get the Moderna COVID vaccine at pharmacies, GP clinics and vaccination hubs from tomorrow. This follows the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s provisional ... <a title="The Moderna vaccine is now available for 6 to 11 year olds. Here’s what parents need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/the-moderna-vaccine-is-now-available-for-6-to-11-year-olds-heres-what-parents-need-to-know-177544/" aria-label="Read more about The Moderna vaccine is now available for 6 to 11 year olds. Here’s what parents need to know">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced sanctions against Russia, imposed in line with those of Australia’s major allies the United States and the United Kingdom. Morrison told a Wednesday news conference the measures were just the first, saying Russia was ... <a title="Morrison announces sanctions against Russia and warns of possible cyber retaliation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/morrison-announces-sanctions-against-russia-and-warns-of-possible-cyber-retaliation-177734/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison announces sanctions against Russia and warns of possible cyber retaliation">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Evans, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University Shutterstock A recent article in The Conversation raised unnecessary alarm about children’s flat feet. The article isn’t supported by the best evidence and may have worried parents. The most recent evidence confirms it’s normal for young, healthy and active ... <a title="Best evidence suggests most children’s flat feet will be fine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/best-evidence-suggests-most-childrens-flat-feet-will-be-fine-176673/" aria-label="Read more about Best evidence suggests most children’s flat feet will be fine">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia MGM/AP After successfully shooting the opening sequence of Boogie Nights – an elaborate steadicam shot in which the camera tracks into and around a night club, introducing the title, setting and all of the main ... <a title="Comedies in serious clothing: an introduction to the films of Paul Thomas Anderson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/comedies-in-serious-clothing-an-introduction-to-the-films-of-paul-thomas-anderson-174608/" aria-label="Read more about Comedies in serious clothing: an introduction to the films of Paul Thomas Anderson">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week I published charts for six countries showing excess deaths triggered by all seasonal and respiratory maladies, not just Covid19. The other main conditions that show up in excess deaths are epidemic influenza and the group of endemic viral infections commonly known as the ‘common cold’. Here I look at ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Respiratory Viruses: Seasonal Mortality Compared (2)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-respiratory-viruses-seasonal-mortality-compared-2/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Respiratory Viruses: Seasonal Mortality Compared (2)">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Parke, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Auckland What is the most important thing a scientist needs? – Lennox, age 6, Leichhardt NSW Hi Lennox! Thanks for this great question. Unfortunately, there’s not really one simple answer. So I’m going to talk about three important things. ... <a title="Curious Kids: what is the most important thing a scientist needs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/curious-kids-what-is-the-most-important-thing-a-scientist-needs-177226/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what is the most important thing a scientist needs?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Having watched Vladimir Putin’s somewhat rambling speech on Al Jazeera yesterday, I think we can be sure that he does have a clear ambition to create an empire based on the ethnic concept of the Viking ‘Rus’ (refer my recent Living with Ambiguity); a concept that would ideally (for Putin-supporting Russians) ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Russian Ambitions? Transnistria and Kaliningrad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/keith-rankin-russian-ambitions-transnistria-and-kaliningrad/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Russian Ambitions? Transnistria and Kaliningrad">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian David Longley, Principal Air Quality Scientist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Shutterstock/Annette Shaff Our complacency about indoor air contributed to our vulnerability to COVID-19, and we’ll continue to be vulnerable to COVID and other emerging threats until we re-think how we share our air. ... <a title="Air hygiene: how re-thinking air quality will help protect us from this and the next pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/air-hygiene-how-re-thinking-air-quality-will-help-protect-us-from-this-and-the-next-pandemic-177131/" aria-label="Read more about Air hygiene: how re-thinking air quality will help protect us from this and the next pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania woodleywonderworks/Flickr, CC BY-NC Most Australians have followed health advice to wear face masks and have COVID-19 vaccinations. Actions like these that benefit others are known in psychology as prosocial behaviours. In ... <a title="How sport can help young people to become better citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/how-sport-can-help-young-people-to-become-better-citizens-173733/" aria-label="Read more about How sport can help young people to become better citizens">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alessandro Antonello, Senior Research Fellow in History, Flinders University Shutterstock The federal government’s major package of new funding for Australia’s Antarctic program, announced on Tuesday, promises an additional A$804.4 million over the next decade. The government has also released an update to its 2016 Australian Antarctic Strategy ... <a title="A krill aquarium, climate research, and geopolitics: how Australia’s $800 million Antarctic funding will be spent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/a-krill-aquarium-climate-research-and-geopolitics-how-australias-800-million-antarctic-funding-will-be-spent-177609/" aria-label="Read more about A krill aquarium, climate research, and geopolitics: how Australia’s $800 million Antarctic funding will be spent">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University The early morning action on Monday to cordon off the occupation of Parliament grounds and prevent it growing might go some way to restoring public confidence in the police, which has appeared to be eroding since the protests began a fortnight ago. So far, police have pursued a ... <a title="The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance – are there lessons from Canada’s crackdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/the-nz-parliament-protest-is-testing-police-independence-and-public-tolerance-are-there-lessons-from-canadas-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance – are there lessons from Canada’s crackdown?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Nicholson, Lecturer in Law, Flinders University Vadim Ghirda/AP Before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, it “recognised” two parts of eastern Ukraine as sovereign states: the so-called people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. That recognition is now central to what both Russia and the West are ... <a title="How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/how-russias-recognition-of-breakaway-parts-of-ukraine-breached-international-law-and-set-the-stage-for-invasion-177623/" aria-label="Read more about How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion">Read more</a>
