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July 16, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. It is true that New Zealand – and the rest of the world – now faces substantial inflation pressure. As the 2020s unfold, the biggest macroeconomic story – as in the 1920s after World War 1 – is likely to be about how we address these pressures in a context of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Inflation Fears, Bullshit Costs, and Inappropriate Policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/keith-rankin-analysis-inflation-fears-bullshit-costs-and-inappropriate-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Inflation Fears, Bullshit Costs, and Inappropriate Policy">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lei Zhang, Associate Professor of Public Health, Monash University Victoria has entered a five-day lockdown to control its growing outbreak of the more infectious Delta variant. Until midnight on Tuesday restrictions mean residents are only allowed to leave home for essential reasons, can only travel five kilometres ... <a title="Victoria’s 5-day lockdown may not quash Delta. Here’s what our modelling predicts instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/victorias-5-day-lockdown-may-not-quash-delta-heres-what-our-modelling-predicts-instead-164548/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s 5-day lockdown may not quash Delta. Here’s what our modelling predicts instead">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George A. Tanewski, Professor in Accounting, Deakin University Joeahead/Shutterstock Australia’s long run of economic growth from the early 1990s to early 2020 inspired much boasting by incumbent politicians. But behind the hubris and headlines lies a less flattering story — about Australia riding a wave of dumb ... <a title="Exports and immigrants have masked Australia’s poor R&D record. Here are some simple fixes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/exports-and-immigrants-have-masked-australias-poor-randd-record-here-are-some-simple-fixes-164074/" aria-label="Read more about Exports and immigrants have masked Australia’s poor R&D record. Here are some simple fixes">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock I’m puzzled as to why the planets, stars and moons are all round (when) other large and small objects such as asteroids and meteorites are irregular shapes? — Lionel Young, age 74, Launceston, Tasmania This is a fantastic ... <a title="I’ve always wondered: why are the stars, planets and moons round, when comets and asteroids aren’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/ive-always-wondered-why-are-the-stars-planets-and-moons-round-when-comets-and-asteroids-arent-160541/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve always wondered: why are the stars, planets and moons round, when comets and asteroids aren’t?">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meead Saberi, Senior lecturer, UNSW Indigenous inequality in Australia has long been known to the public and policy makers. Yet, successive local, state, and federal governments have failed to effectively make a noticeable change in Indigenous health and wellbeing. These inequalities include shorter life expectancy, poorer general ... <a title="In search of walking equality: 70% of Indigenous people in Sydney live in neighbourhoods with low walkability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/in-search-of-walking-equality-70-of-indigenous-people-in-sydney-live-in-neighbourhoods-with-low-walkability-163806/" aria-label="Read more about In search of walking equality: 70% of Indigenous people in Sydney live in neighbourhoods with low walkability">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University An 1880s illustration of the village at Parihaka, sitting beneath Mt Taranaki. GettyImages Whenever I visit my mother in New Plymouth we drive out around the Taranaki coast to visit the old family farms, chugging along the South Road that ... <a title="From Parihaka to He Puapua: it’s time Pākehā New Zealanders faced their personal connections to the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/from-parihaka-to-he-puapua-its-time-pakeha-new-zealanders-faced-their-personal-connections-to-the-past-164553/" aria-label="Read more about From Parihaka to He Puapua: it’s time Pākehā New Zealanders faced their personal connections to the past">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology This weekend, participants in the Kokoda Challenge will complete a gruelling 96-kilometre overnight trek to raise money for youth programs. And every year, thousands of Australians undertake long-distance runs or challenging bike rides, go a ... <a title="The ‘martyrdom effect’: why your pain boosts a charity’s gain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/the-martyrdom-effect-why-your-pain-boosts-a-charitys-gain-164486/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘martyrdom effect’: why your pain boosts a charity’s gain">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Daisuke Tomita/AP If you believe the hype from the International Olympic Committee, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be a “landmark in gender equality” and the “first gender-balanced games in history”. The Olympics do not have a good ... <a title="The Tokyo Olympics are supposed to be a ‘landmark in gender equality’ — are the Games really a win for women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/the-tokyo-olympics-are-supposed-to-be-a-landmark-in-gender-equality-are-the-games-really-a-win-for-women-164234/" aria-label="Read more about The Tokyo Olympics are supposed to be a ‘landmark in gender equality’ — are the Games really a win for women?">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle from www.shutterstock.com Fears of “viral shedding” and other concerns after the COVID vaccine has led some businesses to ban vaccinated customers from the premises, believing vaccination poses a health risk to others. We’ve seen ... <a title="Can ‘viral shedding’ after the COVID vaccine infect others? That’s a big ‘no’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/can-viral-shedding-after-the-covid-vaccine-infect-others-thats-a-big-no-162940/" aria-label="Read more about Can ‘viral shedding’ after the COVID vaccine infect others? That’s a big ‘no’">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fraser, Marine Ecologist, University of Tasmania Shutterstock This week, international ambassadors will take a snorkelling trip to the Great Barrier Reef as part of the Australian government’s efforts to stop the reef getting on the world heritage “in danger” list. The World Heritage Centre of UNESCO ... <a title="When coral dies, tiny invertebrates boom. This could dramatically change the food web on the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/when-coral-dies-tiny-invertebrates-boom-this-could-dramatically-change-the-food-web-on-the-great-barrier-reef-164318/" aria-label="Read more about When coral dies, tiny invertebrates boom. This could dramatically change the food web on the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By S. Travis Waller, Professor and Head of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW The recent apartment building collapse in Miami, Florida, is a tragic reminder of the huge impacts engineering can have on our lives. Disasters such as this force engineers to reflect on their ... <a title="Why we need engineers who study ethics as much as maths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/why-we-need-engineers-who-study-ethics-as-much-as-maths-161356/" aria-label="Read more about Why we need engineers who study ethics as much as maths">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In other circumstances Treasurer Josh Frydenberg might be dancing a jig. But the pall of the Greater Sydney lockdown, which has now spilled over to Melbourne declaring its fifth lockdown, meant there was no room for smiling yesterday about the latest ... <a title="Vital Signs: amid the lockdown gloom, Australia’s jobless rate hits decade low of 4.9%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/vital-signs-amid-the-lockdown-gloom-australias-jobless-rate-hits-decade-low-of-4-9-164487/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: amid the lockdown gloom, Australia’s jobless rate hits decade low of 4.9%">Read more</a>
