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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francisco Perales, Associate Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Shutterstock New research shows having a greater number of older brothers increases the probability of a person entering a same-sex union at some point in their lives. This finding, detailed in our paper published today ... <a title="Research confirms men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, suggesting same-sex attraction has a biological basis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/research-confirms-men-with-older-brothers-are-more-likely-to-be-gay-suggesting-same-sex-attraction-has-a-biological-basis-172396/" aria-label="Read more about Research confirms men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, suggesting same-sex attraction has a biological basis">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, VC Fellow LaTrobe University, La Trobe University Chris Jackson/AP/AAP The Australian Republic Movement has just released their preferred model for a republic. It would see Australia’s parliaments nominate candidates for head of state, who would be put to a popular vote of all Australian voters. ... <a title="The republic debate is back (again) but we need more than a model to capture Australians’ imagination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/the-republic-debate-is-back-again-but-we-need-more-than-a-model-to-capture-australians-imagination-175058/" aria-label="Read more about The republic debate is back (again) but we need more than a model to capture Australians’ imagination">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University Shutterstock For many of us, catching COVID and isolating at home can be a lonely, scary and distressing experience. For those with a pre-existing mental illness, it can be even more difficult. The following strategies ... <a title="How to look after your mental health if you’re at home with COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/how-to-look-after-your-mental-health-if-youre-at-home-with-covid-174536/" aria-label="Read more about How to look after your mental health if you’re at home with COVID">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Nikitopoulos, Associate professor, Finance Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Last year saw Australians install rooftop solar like never before, with 40% more installed in 2021 than in 2020. Solar system installations now make up 7% of the energy going into the national electricity grid. ... <a title="4 ways to stop Australia’s surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/4-ways-to-stop-australias-surge-in-rooftop-solar-from-destabilising-electricity-prices-173592/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to stop Australia’s surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor in Education, University of Sydney Shutterstock The Omicron wave is likely to exacerbate Australia’s existing teacher shortages and demanding workloads. As school starts at the end of January and beginning of February across the country, many teachers will be at risk of contracting ... <a title="COVID and schools: Australia is about to feel the full brunt of its teacher shortage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/covid-and-schools-australia-is-about-to-feel-the-full-brunt-of-its-teacher-shortage-174885/" aria-label="Read more about COVID and schools: Australia is about to feel the full brunt of its teacher shortage">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Rusak, Senior Lecturer, Arts Management, Edith Cowan University Hailey Kean/Unsplash 92% of performing artists experienced significant changes to their work during early stages of the pandemic – and at least half experienced depression. These shocking figures comes from new research talking to hundreds of performing artists ... <a title="63.5% of Australia’s performing artists reported worsening mental health during COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/63-5-of-australias-performing-artists-reported-worsening-mental-health-during-covid-174610/" aria-label="Read more about 63.5% of Australia’s performing artists reported worsening mental health during COVID">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University More than a year after the High Court’s decision in the “Palace letters” case, which said the queen’s correspondence with Governor-General Sir John Kerr is not “personal”, more letters have now been made public. The letters between a further six governors-general ... <a title="New, exclusive letters between the queen and 6 governors-general show the evolution of a relationship of equals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/new-exclusive-letters-between-the-queen-and-6-governors-general-show-the-evolution-of-a-relationship-of-equals-174965/" aria-label="Read more about New, exclusive letters between the queen and 6 governors-general show the evolution of a relationship of equals">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne In the first national poll of the new year, a Resolve survey for the Nine newspapers, Labor had 35% of the primary vote (up three percentage points since November), the Coalition 34% (down five), ... <a title="Coalition slumps in first poll of 2022 as voters lose confidence in Morrison’s handling of pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/coalition-slumps-in-first-poll-of-2022-as-voters-lose-confidence-in-morrisons-handling-of-pandemic-175138/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition slumps in first poll of 2022 as voters lose confidence in Morrison’s handling of pandemic">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiannuala Morgan, PhD Candidate, Australian National University Australia’s Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 wreaked destruction across South-Eastern Australia. Images of flames crowned trees, engulfed fire trucks and people crowded on beaches and packed in boats were broadcast into our homes. For European colonists in 19th ... <a title="Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia’s bushfire reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/mythologised-memorialised-then-forgotten-a-history-of-australias-bushfire-reporting-170778/" aria-label="Read more about Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia’s bushfire reporting">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Whitby, Postgraduate Lead in the School of Natural Sciences and Associate Professor in Chemistry, Massey University Shutterstock Every year thousands of students enrol in PhD degrees at universities in New Zealand. The government funds their degrees because the advanced knowledge and innovations they develop benefit our ... <a title="Pandemic disruption to PhD research is bad for society and the economy – but there are solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/pandemic-disruption-to-phd-research-is-bad-for-society-and-the-economy-but-there-are-solutions-173982/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic disruption to PhD research is bad for society and the economy – but there are solutions">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Deuchar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Australia India Institute and Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock As Australia welcomes back international students, it’s a time for education providers to re-imagine how they cater to these students. Our research shows helping them to build strong connections ... <a title="As international students return, let’s not return to the status quo of isolation and exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/as-international-students-return-lets-not-return-to-the-status-quo-of-isolation-and-exploitation-173489/" aria-label="Read more about As international students return, let’s not return to the status quo of isolation and exploitation">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leyla Asadi, PhD candidate and infectious diseases doctor, University of Alberta Shutterstock With the rapid spread of Omicron, many countries are rethinking their COVID mask advice for the community. Respirators have been mandatory in public places in Austria for a year. Now, the United States Centers for ... <a title="Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/time-to-upgrade-from-cloth-and-surgical-masks-to-respirators-your-questions-answered-174877/" aria-label="Read more about Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered">Read more</a>
