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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bo-Huei Huang, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Shutterstock Despite the well-known links between poor sleep and poorer health, getting enough good quality sleep has become a luxury in modern society. Many of us struggle to improve our sleep, while amid the COVID pandemic and recurring lock-downs, our ... <a title="Poor sleep is really bad for your health. But we found exercise can offset some of these harms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/poor-sleep-is-really-bad-for-your-health-but-we-found-exercise-can-offset-some-of-these-harms-163270/" aria-label="Read more about Poor sleep is really bad for your health. But we found exercise can offset some of these harms">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s economy will limp along after recovering from the pandemic, failing to regain the growth it had either in the years leading up to the crisis or the much higher growth in the decades ... <a title="Economy will be weak and in need of support after pandemic, say top economists in 2021-22 survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/economy-will-be-weak-and-in-need-of-support-after-pandemic-say-top-economists-in-2021-22-survey-163433/" aria-label="Read more about Economy will be weak and in need of support after pandemic, say top economists in 2021-22 survey">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wacker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow – School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England Christine Wacker, Author provided Am I not pretty enough? This is the first article in The Conversation’s series introducing you to the unloved Australian animals that need our help When people ... <a title="Meet the broad-toothed rat: a chubby-cheeked and inquisitive Australian rodent that needs our help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/meet-the-broad-toothed-rat-a-chubby-cheeked-and-inquisitive-australian-rodent-that-needs-our-help-160929/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the broad-toothed rat: a chubby-cheeked and inquisitive Australian rodent that needs our help">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Camille Pissarro, French (born in the Danish West Indies) 1830–1903. Spring pasture, 1889. Oil on canvas, 60.0 x 73.7 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Deposited by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, Massachusetts Photography © ... <a title="An orgy of sunlight, colour and hedonism: the French Impressionists are an oasis in a gloomy Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/an-orgy-of-sunlight-colour-and-hedonism-the-french-impressionists-are-an-oasis-in-a-gloomy-australia-163268/" aria-label="Read more about An orgy of sunlight, colour and hedonism: the French Impressionists are an oasis in a gloomy Australia">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato GettyImages When Laurel Hubbard was announced as the first out transgender woman athlete to compete in an individual sport at an Olympic Games, controversy wasn’t far behind. One prominent commentator even called it a ... <a title="Why the way we talk about Olympian Laurel Hubbard has real consequences for all transgender people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/why-the-way-we-talk-about-olympian-laurel-hubbard-has-real-consequences-for-all-transgender-people-163418/" aria-label="Read more about Why the way we talk about Olympian Laurel Hubbard has real consequences for all transgender people">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury New Zealand has avoided community transmission, even though an Australian visitor tested positive for the delta variant which dominates Australia’s latest covid-19 outbreaks. New Zealand health authorities were quick to react, isolating and testing contacts and suspending travel. Of the traveller’s 2,609 contacts, 93 percent have now returned ... <a title="NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/nz-has-managed-to-dodge-the-covid-19-bullet-again-heres-why/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Steyn, Research assistant, University of Auckland New Zealand’s chief science advisor Dame Juliet Gerrard receiving her first vaccination dose. Hannah Peters/Getty Images New Zealand will have to maintain some border controls and public health measures until a high proportion of the population is vaccinated, according to ... <a title="At least four in five New Zealanders will have to be vaccinated before border controls can be fully relaxed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/at-least-four-in-five-new-zealanders-will-have-to-be-vaccinated-before-border-controls-can-be-fully-relaxed-163486/" aria-label="Read more about At least four in five New Zealanders will have to be vaccinated before border controls can be fully relaxed">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Whenever governments attempt to regulate political speech and activity, the results often end up being problematic and potentially harmful to democracy and debate. Regardless of how good the intentions, such reforms often bring complications, confusion, and unintended ill-effects. That means any laws around “hate speech” need to be extremely clear and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The confusing and concerning hate speech reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-confusing-and-concerning-hate-speech-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The confusing and concerning hate speech reforms">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Gaze, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne It’s been over a year since Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins’ report on sexual harassment in the workplace in Australia, Respect@Work, was released. After a long delay, the Morrison government published its response to the report in April, ... <a title="Can the government get its workplace harassment laws right? Its bill is a missed opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/can-the-government-get-its-workplace-harassment-laws-right-its-bill-is-a-missed-opportunity-163492/" aria-label="Read more about Can the government get its workplace harassment laws right? Its bill is a missed opportunity">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Nixon, Research officer, The University of Queensland Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND This article is part of the “Who would win?” series, where wildlife experts dream up hypothetical battles between animals (all in the name of science). Scorpions and tarantulas are two ancient arachnids that have ... <a title="Ever wondered who’d win in a fight between a scorpion and tarantula? A venom scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/ever-wondered-whod-win-in-a-fight-between-a-scorpion-and-tarantula-a-venom-scientist-explains-155138/" aria-label="Read more about Ever wondered who’d win in a fight between a scorpion and tarantula? A venom scientist explains">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock Childcare is unaffordable for more than 385,000 Australian families, a new report from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute shows. The Counting the cost to families: assessing childcare affordability in Australia report uses an international benchmark of no more than ... <a title="Nearly 40% of Australian families can’t ‘afford’ childcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/nearly-40-of-australian-families-cant-afford-childcare-163497/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 40% of Australian families can’t ‘afford’ childcare">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne Perth arts organisation ARTRAGE, which runs the annual Fringe World festival, last week announced it had accepted ongoing funding from the mining company Woodside Petroleum. Local artists have long protested ... <a title="Principles or pragmatism: does it matter where arts sponsorship comes from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/principles-or-pragmatism-does-it-matter-where-arts-sponsorship-comes-from-163430/" aria-label="Read more about Principles or pragmatism: does it matter where arts sponsorship comes from?">Read more</a>
