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October 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Researcher, Climate Council, and Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University The Pacific Islands are at the frontline of climate change. But as rising seas threaten their very existence, these tiny nation states will not be submerged without a fight. For decades this group has ... <a title="Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses, to UN summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/glasgow-showdown-pacific-islands-demand-global-leaders-bring-action-not-excuses-to-un-summit-169649/" aria-label="Read more about Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses, to UN summit">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Dutton, Senior Lecturer, Secondary English, Macquarie University Shutterstock Generations of students sitting exams would know what Australian poet Joanne Burns means when she writes of the fear of failure when expressing ideas. they don’t come out of your mouth in smooth formation very often […] you ... <a title="Write what you know: the COVID experience is a rich resource for year 12 English exams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/write-what-you-know-the-covid-experience-is-a-rich-resource-for-year-12-english-exams-170264/" aria-label="Read more about Write what you know: the COVID experience is a rich resource for year 12 English exams">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Andy Wong/AP China’s economic momentum is slowing. Official figures published this week show GDP growth in the last quarter came in at annual rate of “just” 4.9%. This compares with 7.9% annualised GDP growth for the previous quarter. I say “just” ... <a title="Vital Signs: slower Chinese economic growth inevitable without internal reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/vital-signs-slower-chinese-economic-growth-inevitable-without-internal-reform-170277/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: slower Chinese economic growth inevitable without internal reform">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet McCalman AC, Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, The University of Melbourne John Skinner Prout’s 1849 painting of the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart, Van Dieman’s Land, where Alexandrina bore an illegitimate child. Wikimedia Commons In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. “A ... <a title="Hidden women of history: how ‘lady swindler’ Alexandrina Askew triumphed over the convict stain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/hidden-women-of-history-how-lady-swindler-alexandrina-askew-triumphed-over-the-convict-stain-169023/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: how ‘lady swindler’ Alexandrina Askew triumphed over the convict stain">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Barnaby Joyce will probably never again have so much power as he does at this moment, in his trading with Scott Morrison over support for the net zero by 2050 target. Yet it’s a negotiation forced on him, for an ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Can Barnaby Joyce sell his supporters the net zero he’s previously trashed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/grattan-on-friday-can-barnaby-joyce-sell-his-supporters-the-net-zero-hes-previously-trashed-170388/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Can Barnaby Joyce sell his supporters the net zero he’s previously trashed?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. A commentary from Melbourne – Megan Gold, Melbourne embraced zero-Covid, now isolated as world bounces back, NZ Herald 16 Oct, originally published in the UK Daily Telegraph – notes that “even high vaccine uptake may not protect the most vulnerable from Covid; let alone the other illnesses that could ravage Australia ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Debt, Community Debt, and Immunity Debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/keith-rankin-analysis-immunity-debt-a-case-of-community-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Debt, Community Debt, and Immunity Debt">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Balanzategui, Senior Lecturer in Cinema and Screen Studies, Swinburne University of Technology Noh Juhan | Netflix The dystopian South Korean horror series Squid Game has become Netflix’s most watched TV series, but it is quickly becoming as controversial as it is popular. The latest controversy to ... <a title="How the hyper-violent Squid Game has crept into digital content targeting young children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/how-the-hyper-violent-squid-game-has-crept-into-digital-content-targeting-young-children-170209/" aria-label="Read more about How the hyper-violent Squid Game has crept into digital content targeting young children">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra COVID-19 has meant international students have been unable to arrive in Australia to commence their studies, devastating one of our most profitable sectors. We’re joined in this podcast by Phil Honeywood, CEO of the International Education Association of Australia to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phil Honeywood on the challenges of getting international students back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/politics-with-michelle-grattan-phil-honeywood-on-the-challenges-of-getting-international-students-back-170367/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phil Honeywood on the challenges of getting international students back">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland On May 24 last year, mining giant Rio Tinto legally destroyed ancient and sacred Aboriginal rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia to expand an iron ore mine. Public backlash prompted ... <a title="Fixing Australia’s shocking record of Indigenous heritage destruction: Juukan inquiry offers a way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/fixing-australias-shocking-record-of-indigenous-heritage-destruction-juukan-inquiry-offers-a-way-forward-170212/" aria-label="Read more about Fixing Australia’s shocking record of Indigenous heritage destruction: Juukan inquiry offers a way forward">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how supply-chain bottlenecks, a global economic reset, and post-pandemic security are about to trigger a new era in geo-economics. Wherever you are around the world, if you haven’t yet experienced the impact of supply-chain pressures, then you soon will.
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra Shutterstock Throughout the pandemic, Australians with a sniffle or other cold and flu symptoms have been encouraged to get a PCR test – a swab of their throat and the back of their nose, taken by ... <a title="COVID tests have made pathology companies big profits, but rapid tests are set to shake up the market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/covid-tests-have-made-pathology-companies-big-profits-but-rapid-tests-are-set-to-shake-up-the-market-169260/" aria-label="Read more about COVID tests have made pathology companies big profits, but rapid tests are set to shake up the market">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat Taggart, Adjunct Fellow, UNSW Shutterstock In inland Australia, rabbits have taken a severe toll on native wildlife since they were introduced in 1859. They may be small, but today rabbits are a key threat to 322 species of Australia’s at-risk plants and animals — more than ... <a title="Don’t underestimate rabbits: these powerful pests threaten more native wildlife than cats or foxes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/21/dont-underestimate-rabbits-these-powerful-pests-threaten-more-native-wildlife-than-cats-or-foxes-168288/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t underestimate rabbits: these powerful pests threaten more native wildlife than cats or foxes">Read more</a>
