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Australia’s Adblue shortage is serious, but there are ways to avoid the crisis going critical

December 12, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean Teaching & Learning, Edith Cowan University shutterstock Australia is going through another supply chain crisis. Stocks of AdBlue, an exhaust fluid used in newer diesel cars and trucks to reduce pollution, is getting dangerously low. The culprit is a shortage of synthesised urea, ... <a title="Australia’s Adblue shortage is serious, but there are ways to avoid the crisis going critical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/12/australias-adblue-shortage-is-serious-but-there-are-ways-to-avoid-the-crisis-going-critical-173588/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Adblue shortage is serious, but there are ways to avoid the crisis going critical">Read more</a>

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Unpaid leave and toxic cultures: new research shows workplaces must do better on family violence

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Associate Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University Shutterstock Brittany Higgins’s disclosure of an alleged rape in our nation’s most prominent workplace put all Australian employers on notice – they too must act to end violence ... <a title="Unpaid leave and toxic cultures: new research shows workplaces must do better on family violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/unpaid-leave-and-toxic-cultures-new-research-shows-workplaces-must-do-better-on-family-violence-173583/" aria-label="Read more about Unpaid leave and toxic cultures: new research shows workplaces must do better on family violence">Read more</a>

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The uninvited Christmas guest: Is New Zealand prepared for omicron’s inevitable arrival?

December 10, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Matthew Hobbs, University of Canterbury and Lukas Marek, University of Canterbury As New Zealand gets ready for the festive season under the new traffic light system, the emergence of the omicron variant is a reminder this pandemic is far from over. The new variant of concern is already fuelling a new wave of ... <a title="The uninvited Christmas guest: Is New Zealand prepared for omicron’s inevitable arrival?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/the-uninvited-christmas-guest-is-new-zealand-prepared-for-omicrons-inevitable-arrival/" aria-label="Read more about The uninvited Christmas guest: Is New Zealand prepared for omicron’s inevitable arrival?">Read more</a>

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COVID kilos: why now is the best time to shed them

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hoi Lun Cheng, Marie Bashir Clinical Research Fellow in Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock If your clothes are feeling snug after lockdown, you’re not alone. A survey of more than 22,000 people across 30 countries found almost one-third of respondents gained weight during the COVID pandemic. ... <a title="COVID kilos: why now is the best time to shed them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/covid-kilos-why-now-is-the-best-time-to-shed-them-171933/" aria-label="Read more about COVID kilos: why now is the best time to shed them">Read more</a>

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Solar curtailment is emerging as a new challenge to overcome as Australia dashes for rooftop solar

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Adams, Research Fellow, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW Shutterstock Almost a third of Australia’s estimated ten million households now have solar on the roof. But as the nation moving fastest to produce energy on our homes, we are also encountering teething problems, such as “curtailment” ... <a title="Solar curtailment is emerging as a new challenge to overcome as Australia dashes for rooftop solar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/solar-curtailment-is-emerging-as-a-new-challenge-to-overcome-as-australia-dashes-for-rooftop-solar-172152/" aria-label="Read more about Solar curtailment is emerging as a new challenge to overcome as Australia dashes for rooftop solar">Read more</a>

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Circus Oz is to close after 44 years. They irrevocably changed Australian circus, and brought it to the world

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne In 1980, I was in London and working at the Roundhouse performing arts centre. Thelma Holt, the legendary director of the Roundhouse, told me she had booked an Australian circus ... <a title="Circus Oz is to close after 44 years. They irrevocably changed Australian circus, and brought it to the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/circus-oz-is-to-close-after-44-years-they-irrevocably-changed-australian-circus-and-brought-it-to-the-world-173586/" aria-label="Read more about Circus Oz is to close after 44 years. They irrevocably changed Australian circus, and brought it to the world">Read more</a>

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Sydney Theatre Company’s Death of a Salesman understands how our lives are defined by dreams and delusions

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Sydney Prudence Upton Review: Death of a Salesman directed by Paige Rattray, Sydney Theatre Company Director Paige Rattray has made an interesting choice in the opening moments of Sydney Theatre Company’s new production of Arthur Miller’s Death of ... <a title="Sydney Theatre Company’s Death of a Salesman understands how our lives are defined by dreams and delusions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/sydney-theatre-companys-death-of-a-salesman-understands-how-our-lives-are-defined-by-dreams-and-delusions-173415/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Theatre Company’s Death of a Salesman understands how our lives are defined by dreams and delusions">Read more</a>

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Safety, side effects, allergies and doses. The COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds explained

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australian children aged 5-11 will start to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from January 10, after it cleared the final regulatory step and was recommended for use in this age group by the ... <a title="Safety, side effects, allergies and doses. The COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/safety-side-effects-allergies-and-doses-the-covid-19-pfizer-vaccine-for-5-11-year-olds-explained-173323/" aria-label="Read more about Safety, side effects, allergies and doses. The COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds explained">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2021

December 10, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Foreign affairs, defence, trade Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): China strategy dominates New Zealand’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-10-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 10 2021">Read more</a>

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A century on from the 1919 influenza inquiry, NZ needs a royal commission into its COVID-19 response

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato GettyImages The National Party’s recent call for a royal commission of inquiry into New Zealand’s pandemic response may have been part of a wider political strategy, with former leader Judith Collins highly critical of the government’s handling of the ... <a title="A century on from the 1919 influenza inquiry, NZ needs a royal commission into its COVID-19 response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/a-century-on-from-the-1919-influenza-inquiry-nz-needs-a-royal-commission-into-its-covid-19-response-173494/" aria-label="Read more about A century on from the 1919 influenza inquiry, NZ needs a royal commission into its COVID-19 response">Read more</a>

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‘I say Tajikistan or Uzbekistan’: why Afghan refugees feel unwelcome in Australia, even after becoming citizens

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Omid Rezaei, PhD Candidate, Edith Cowan University Department of Defence/ AAP In recent months we have seen images of Afghan people, fleeing their country and seeking refuge in Australia. But people from Afghanistan have a long history in Australia. From the 1860s to the 1930s, they helped ... <a title="‘I say Tajikistan or Uzbekistan’: why Afghan refugees feel unwelcome in Australia, even after becoming citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/i-say-tajikistan-or-uzbekistan-why-afghan-refugees-feel-unwelcome-in-australia-even-after-becoming-citizens-170557/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I say Tajikistan or Uzbekistan’: why Afghan refugees feel unwelcome in Australia, even after becoming citizens">Read more</a>

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100 years ago, this man discovered an exquisite parrot thought to be extinct. What came next is a tragedy we must not repeat

December 10, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell McGregor, Adjunct Professor of History, James Cook University Mitchell Library Exactly 100 years ago tomorrow, a bird that had been relegated to extinction made a comeback. The exquisitely beautiful paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a grazier from Gayndah in Queensland’s Burnett district, on December ... <a title="100 years ago, this man discovered an exquisite parrot thought to be extinct. What came next is a tragedy we must not repeat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/100-years-ago-this-man-discovered-an-exquisite-parrot-thought-to-be-extinct-what-came-next-is-a-tragedy-we-must-not-repeat-171939/" aria-label="Read more about 100 years ago, this man discovered an exquisite parrot thought to be extinct. What came next is a tragedy we must not repeat">Read more</a>