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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jock Collins, Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Department of Defence/ AAP The shocking scenes at Kabul airport — reminiscent of the images of the fall of Saigon in 1975 — highlight the desperate situation many Afghans face following the unexpectedly quick ... <a title="We studied Afghan refugees for 3 years to find out what life is like for them in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/we-studied-afghan-refugees-for-3-years-to-find-out-what-life-is-like-for-them-in-australia-166498/" aria-label="Read more about We studied Afghan refugees for 3 years to find out what life is like for them in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Associate Provost, Research Partnerships, Victoria University Shutterstock Colder weather has long been associated with coughs, colds and other respiratory illnesses. Seasonal influenza and common colds peak throughout the winter months in both hemispheres – usually around August in Australia. Given many ... <a title="Rates of COVID might increase in winter, but it’s not necessarily because the virus thrives in the cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/rates-of-covid-might-increase-in-winter-but-its-not-necessarily-because-the-virus-thrives-in-the-cold-164776/" aria-label="Read more about Rates of COVID might increase in winter, but it’s not necessarily because the virus thrives in the cold">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Lau, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University There’s no shortage of evidence pointing to the need to act urgently on climate change. Most recently, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirmed Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since ... <a title="‘Do-gooders’, conservatives and reluctant recyclers: how personal morals can be harnessed for climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/do-gooders-conservatives-and-reluctant-recyclers-how-personal-morals-can-be-harnessed-for-climate-action-164599/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Do-gooders’, conservatives and reluctant recyclers: how personal morals can be harnessed for climate action">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Vaccine rollout Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Ministry of Health confirms another possible vaccine mistake RNZ: Bloomfield: Ministry of Health always intended ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 26 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-26-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 26 2021">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brumm, Professor, Griffith University Stone arrowheads (Maros points) and other flaked stone implements from the Toalean culture of South Sulawesi. Shahna Britton/Andrew Thomson, Author provided In 2015, archaeologists from the University of Hasanuddin in Makassar, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, uncovered the skeleton of a ... <a title="Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman’s DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/who-were-the-toaleans-ancient-womans-dna-provides-first-evidence-for-the-origin-of-a-mysterious-lost-culture-166565/" aria-label="Read more about Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman’s DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Spoiler alert: we are not winning the global war on terror. If the past 20 years of fighting terrorism by military means have shown us anything, it is that going to ... <a title="Remaining and expanding: what the Taliban’s return will mean for jihadi terrorism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/remaining-and-expanding-what-the-talibans-return-will-mean-for-jihadi-terrorism-166488/" aria-label="Read more about Remaining and expanding: what the Taliban’s return will mean for jihadi terrorism">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Josh Bowell , Author provided In just five years, greater gliders — fluffy-eared, tree-dwelling marsupials — could go from vulnerable to endangered, because Australia’s environmental laws have failed to protect them and other threatened native species. Our new research found that ... <a title="Australia has failed greater gliders: since they were listed as ‘vulnerable’ we’ve destroyed more of their habitat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/australia-has-failed-greater-gliders-since-they-were-listed-as-vulnerable-weve-destroyed-more-of-their-habitat-164872/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has failed greater gliders: since they were listed as ‘vulnerable’ we’ve destroyed more of their habitat">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Let’s face it, none of us actually enjoys wearing a mask. And it’s even harder when you’re a parent trying to get your kids masked up, as well as yourself. Victoria, New South Wales and the ... <a title="Can’t get your kid to wear a mask? Here are 5 things you can try" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/cant-get-your-kid-to-wear-a-mask-here-are-5-things-you-can-try-166648/" aria-label="Read more about Can’t get your kid to wear a mask? Here are 5 things you can try">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Buckley, Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW ESB Professional/Shutterstock There’s a revolution under way in commerce. Within five years, the consumer data right will have transformed competition and simplified the way we live. Yet most of us know little about it, or think it is restricted to ... <a title="More than banking done right, consumer data rights are set to transform our lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/more-than-banking-done-right-consumer-data-rights-are-set-to-transform-our-lives-166036/" aria-label="Read more about More than banking done right, consumer data rights are set to transform our lives">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University The Fountain Gate foxymorons with their partners and Kim’s second best friend at their movie premiere in 2012. Paul Jeffers/AAP Our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. In our household, watching comedy in ... <a title="Noice. Different. Unusual. Watching Kath and Kim as a (locked down) historian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/noice-different-unusual-watching-kath-and-kim-as-a-locked-down-historian-166261/" aria-label="Read more about Noice. Different. Unusual. Watching Kath and Kim as a (locked down) historian">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Fellow, School Education, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The early NAPLAN results for 2021 released today suggest the average impact of COVID school closures on literacy and numeracy in 2020 has been relatively small. This was the first NAPLAN test since students moved to remote learning, and ... <a title="Early NAPLAN results show promise, but we don’t know the full impact of COVID school closures yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/early-naplan-results-show-promise-but-we-dont-know-the-full-impact-of-covid-school-closures-yet-166737/" aria-label="Read more about Early NAPLAN results show promise, but we don’t know the full impact of COVID school closures yet">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
A View from Afar: In the first half of this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will be joined by Dr David Robie to examine instability in the Pacific’s Polynesian region – specifically to identify what’s going on in: New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa. In the second half, Buchanan and Manning analyse the latest on ... <a title="Live Recording: Pacific Instability + Afghanistan Deadline Looms – Buchanan + Manning + Robie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/livemidday-thursday-pacific-instability-afghanistan-deadline-looms-buchanan-manning-robie/" aria-label="Read more about Live Recording: Pacific Instability + Afghanistan Deadline Looms – Buchanan + Manning + Robie">Read more</a>
