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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Research Fellow, RMIT University In June 2020, the Australian federal government announced a new, A$270 billion defence strategy. Part of this entailed spending $800 million on new AGM-158C long-range anti-ship missiles from the United States. The new spend formed part of a long tradition of ... <a title="The ANZUS treaty does not make Australia safer. Rather, it fuels a fear of perpetual military threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/the-anzus-treaty-does-not-make-australia-safer-rather-it-fuels-a-fear-of-perpetual-military-threat-165670/" aria-label="Read more about The ANZUS treaty does not make Australia safer. Rather, it fuels a fear of perpetual military threat">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University David Hunt/AAP The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an enormous toll on people’s mental health around the world. Even in Australia, where the numbers of those infected, hospitalised, and dying ... <a title="We asked 9,000 Australians about their mental health needs post-COVID — this is what they want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/we-asked-9-000-australians-about-their-mental-health-needs-post-covid-this-is-what-they-want-165885/" aria-label="Read more about We asked 9,000 Australians about their mental health needs post-COVID — this is what they want">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Edwards, Research fellow, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Monash University Shutterstock A number of countries including the United States and the United Kingdom are moving to make a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine available to people who are immunocompromised. But why are people with weaker immune ... <a title="Why is a third COVID-19 vaccine dose important for people who are immunocompromised?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/why-is-a-third-covid-19-vaccine-dose-important-for-people-who-are-immunocompromised-166569/" aria-label="Read more about Why is a third COVID-19 vaccine dose important for people who are immunocompromised?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trish Fleming, Professor, Murdoch University Shutterstock Odds are, if you’ve seen a cat prowling around your neighbourhood, it doesn’t have an owner. Australia is home to hordes of unowned cats, with an estimated 700,000 living without appropriate care in urban areas, around rubbish dumps or on farms. ... <a title="Street life ain’t easy for a stray cat, with most dying before they turn 1. So what’s the best way to deal with them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/street-life-aint-easy-for-a-stray-cat-with-most-dying-before-they-turn-1-so-whats-the-best-way-to-deal-with-them-164796/" aria-label="Read more about Street life ain’t easy for a stray cat, with most dying before they turn 1. So what’s the best way to deal with them?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole (Nikki) Brunker, Lecturer in Education, University of Sydney Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash We all know the challenges lockdowns are creating for our children during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, providing effective support for their social and emotional well-being may help us look beyond fears to the possibility of making ... <a title="Students’ well-being must always be the priority. Here are 5 tips to help them through lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/students-well-being-must-always-be-the-priority-here-are-5-tips-to-help-them-through-lockdown-166642/" aria-label="Read more about Students’ well-being must always be the priority. Here are 5 tips to help them through lockdown">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Wade, Lecturer in Social Inquiry, La Trobe University In a typical year there are around 21,000 mass participation sporting events across Australia, attracting 3.4 million participants. From fun runs to marathons, road cycling to bush trekking, walking with pets to obstacle courses, Australians take part in ... <a title="Australian charities are struggling with the loss of fun runs and other ‘fitness philanthropy’ events" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/australian-charities-are-struggling-with-the-loss-of-fun-runs-and-other-fitness-philanthropy-events-165955/" aria-label="Read more about Australian charities are struggling with the loss of fun runs and other ‘fitness philanthropy’ events">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra On the eve of ANZUS turning 70 on Wednesday, Scott Morrison was asked whether he had spoken to US President Joe Biden since the fall of Kabul. “No, I haven’t as yet. I anticipate doing that not too far away,” ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison yet to forge personal relationship with Biden as ANZUS turns 70" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/view-from-the-hill-morrison-yet-to-forge-personal-relationship-with-biden-as-anzus-turns-70-167054/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison yet to forge personal relationship with Biden as ANZUS turns 70">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kalinda Griffiths, Scientia lecturer, UNSW The second wave of COVID-19 in New South Wales brings concerns about vaccination rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Shutterstock On Sunday, New South Wales saw four more deaths from COVID-19. One of them was a man from Dubbo who ... <a title="The first Indigenous COVID death reminds us of the outsized risk NSW communities face" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/the-first-indigenous-covid-death-reminds-us-of-the-outsized-risk-nsw-communities-face-166888/" aria-label="Read more about The first Indigenous COVID death reminds us of the outsized risk NSW communities face">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University iQonceptShutterstock Failure is only the beginning. Thirteen of Australia’s 80 closely-regulated MySuper superannuation funds have failed the APRA performance test. There’s a one in six chance you’re in one. The results were made public on ... <a title="My super fund just failed the APRA performance test. What’s next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/my-super-fund-just-failed-the-apra-performance-test-whats-next-166956/" aria-label="Read more about My super fund just failed the APRA performance test. What’s next?">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan McMullan, Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW Shutterstock The Delta variant is more infectious and is leading to more COVID-19 cases in children than previous strains. Many parents are wondering whether Delta is making kids sicker, and how to care for their ... <a title="Got a child with COVID at home? Here’s how to look after them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/got-a-child-with-covid-at-home-heres-how-to-look-after-them-166732/" aria-label="Read more about Got a child with COVID at home? Here’s how to look after them">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Burke, Professor of Environmental Politics & International Relations, UNSW WWF Australia Scientists recently confirmed the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, due to uncontrolled burning and deforestation. It brings the crucial ecosystem closer to a tipping point that would see it ... <a title="Human progress is no excuse to destroy nature. A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime must recognise this fundamental truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/human-progress-is-no-excuse-to-destroy-nature-a-push-to-make-ecocide-a-global-crime-must-recognise-this-fundamental-truth-164594/" aria-label="Read more about Human progress is no excuse to destroy nature. A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime must recognise this fundamental truth">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Benjamin, Associate Professor in Maritime Archaeology, Flinders University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University When people arrived in Australia more than 65,000 years ago, they landed on shores that are now deep under water. The first footprints on this continent ... <a title="Australia’s coastal waters are rich in Indigenous cultural heritage, but it remains hidden and under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/australias-coastal-waters-are-rich-in-indigenous-cultural-heritage-but-it-remains-hidden-and-under-threat-166564/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s coastal waters are rich in Indigenous cultural heritage, but it remains hidden and under threat">Read more</a>
