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August 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra People aged 20-39, who were identified by the Doherty Institute modelling as super spreaders of COVID, will be targeted for the one million Pfizer doses the Morrison government has purchased from Poland. Of these, 530,000 doses will be sent urgently ... <a title="Pfizer from Poland directed to young super spreaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/15/pfizer-from-poland-directed-to-young-super-spreaders-166155/" aria-label="Read more about Pfizer from Poland directed to young super spreaders">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Hoadley, Associate Professor, University of Auckland The US ambassador to the USSR, George Kennan, chats with a reporter in 1952 after the Soviets told the US State Department that Kennan must be recalled immediately. Bettmann/contributor/Getty Images This piece is part of a new series in collaboration ... <a title="George Kennan urged American leadership and patience to counter the Soviets. Instead, the Cold War ensued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/george-kennan-urged-american-leadership-and-patience-to-counter-the-soviets-instead-the-cold-war-ensued-156306/" aria-label="Read more about George Kennan urged American leadership and patience to counter the Soviets. Instead, the Cold War ensued">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Green, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Author provided The Kimberley region is host to Australia’s oldest known rock paintings. But people were carving engravings into some of these rocks before they were creating paintings. Rock art sites on Balanggarra Country in the northeast Kimberley region ... <a title="Light and shade: how the natural ‘glazes’ on the walls of Kimberley rock shelters help reveal the world the artists lived in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/light-and-shade-how-the-natural-glazes-on-the-walls-of-kimberley-rock-shelters-help-reveal-the-world-the-artists-lived-in-164952/" aria-label="Read more about Light and shade: how the natural ‘glazes’ on the walls of Kimberley rock shelters help reveal the world the artists lived in">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarryd Pla, Senior Lecturer in Quantum Engineering, UNSW Serwan Asaad/UNSW, Author provided Vaccine and drug development, artificial intelligence, transport and logistics, climate science — these are all areas that stand to be transformed by the development of a full-scale quantum computer. And there has been explosive growth ... <a title="How a simple crystal could help pave the way to full-scale quantum computing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/how-a-simple-crystal-could-help-pave-the-way-to-full-scale-quantum-computing-165956/" aria-label="Read more about How a simple crystal could help pave the way to full-scale quantum computing">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. By joining the Government, the Greens promised to give Labour the spine it needed to act decisively on housing, inequality, climate change and other pressing issues. This hasn’t happened. In fact, rather than being the progressive backbone of the current government, some allege the Greens are helping to “greenwash” Jacinda Ardern’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Are the Greens just “Labour’s little helper?”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-are-the-greens-just-labours-little-helper/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Are the Greens just “Labour’s little helper?”">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In our age of unnuanced media reporting, cynicism, and political correctness, words and meanings are subject – perhaps increasingly – to an effective process of cancellation. It’s not a new process, in the past certain words might be replaced by others – eg ‘race’ replaced by ‘ethnicity’, ‘illegitimate’ replaced by ‘ex-nuptial’, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Loss of Language, and the Future of Science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/keith-rankin-essay-loss-of-language-and-the-future-of-science/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Loss of Language, and the Future of Science">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Steele, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney Chris Pizzello/AP News Britney Spears’ father has agreed to step down from her conservatorship might have you wondering how equivalent laws work in Australia. Australia doesn’t have “conservatorships” but rather guardianship and financial management laws for ... <a title="#FreeBritney has many of us wondering: do we have conservatorships in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/freebritney-has-many-of-us-wondering-do-we-have-conservatorships-in-australia-166095/" aria-label="Read more about #FreeBritney has many of us wondering: do we have conservatorships in Australia?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney Almost every day in recent months, Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Dr Omar Khorshid has appeared in the media, commenting on various issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. These include changing recommendations about the ... <a title="Media and politicians often defer to the AMA on COVID policies. But what role should the doctors’ group have in the pandemic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/media-and-politicians-often-defer-to-the-ama-on-covid-policies-but-what-role-should-the-doctors-group-have-in-the-pandemic-165074/" aria-label="Read more about Media and politicians often defer to the AMA on COVID policies. But what role should the doctors’ group have in the pandemic?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Partridge, NHMRC/National Heart Foundation Early Career Fellow, University of Sydney Shutterstock With the simple touch of a smartphone, online food delivery services conveniently offer takeaway food straight to your door. Contact-free delivery has surged in popularity as lockdowns have limited physical access to restaurants and food ... <a title="Appetite for convenience: how the surge in online food delivery could be harming our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/appetite-for-convenience-how-the-surge-in-online-food-delivery-could-be-harming-our-health-163348/" aria-label="Read more about Appetite for convenience: how the surge in online food delivery could be harming our health">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Freeland, Professorial Fellow, Bond University / Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University, Western Sydney University What do cyberspace and outer space have in common? As we make clear in a new report to the Department of Defence, both are new frontiers for national security ... <a title="Cyberspace and outer space are new frontiers for national security, according to an expert report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/cyberspace-and-outer-space-are-new-frontiers-for-national-security-according-to-an-expert-report-165988/" aria-label="Read more about Cyberspace and outer space are new frontiers for national security, according to an expert report">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When Treasurer Josh Frydenberg joined the podcast in December, the outlook was positive. While the forecast deficit was massive at nearly $200 billion, it had been revised down and the prospects for growth and employment revised up. Frydenberg said then: ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Josh Frydenberg on uncertain economic times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-josh-frydenberg-on-uncertain-economic-times-166091/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Josh Frydenberg on uncertain economic times">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neeraja Sanmuhanathan, Lecturer in Counselling, University of Notre Dame Australia from www.shutterstock.com If you are one of the millions of Australians in lockdown, you are not alone in feeling a range of emotions difficult to put into words. Lockdown days are blurry, with time lost within our ... <a title="It’s OK if you have a little cry in lockdown. You’re grieving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/its-ok-if-you-have-a-little-cry-in-lockdown-youre-grieving-165329/" aria-label="Read more about It’s OK if you have a little cry in lockdown. You’re grieving">Read more</a>
