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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Transmission Films Review: Buckley’s Chance, directed by Tim Brown. It’s a classic trope of Australian cinema: a foreigner comes here and discovers a wild, rugged place, replete with dangerous and surreal animals and dangerous and ... <a title="Meat pies, desert, bloody dingoes: new Australian film Buckley’s Chance brims with dated cultural cliches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/meat-pies-desert-bloody-dingoes-new-australian-film-buckleys-chance-brims-with-dated-cultural-cliches-162858/" aria-label="Read more about Meat pies, desert, bloody dingoes: new Australian film Buckley’s Chance brims with dated cultural cliches">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Three members of the Biloela Tamil family have been given bridging visas for three months, which will allow the parents work and study rights. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has granted the visas to Nades and Priya Murugappan and their elder ... <a title="Bridging visas for three months granted to Tamil family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/bridging-visas-for-three-months-granted-to-tamil-family-163285/" aria-label="Read more about Bridging visas for three months granted to Tamil family">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government’s response to the UNESCO recommendation that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as “in danger” was one of surprise and shock. The recommendation will be considered at UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meeting next month. While the proposal calls ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley and Terri Butler on the Great Barrier Reef being ‘in danger’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sussan-ley-and-terri-butler-on-the-great-barrier-reef-being-in-danger-163286/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley and Terri Butler on the Great Barrier Reef being ‘in danger’">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The international source for these data calculates the percentage increase (decrease if negative) of deaths compared to ‘expected deaths’. There is a weakness in the data, in that ‘expected deaths’ is simply the average for 2015 to 2019. Thus, it does not account for rising populations in the various age cohorts. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths by Age Cohort: New Zealand and comparator countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-excess-deaths-by-age-cohort-new-zealand-and-comparator-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths by Age Cohort: New Zealand and comparator countries">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney No one did a cost-benefit analysis before accepting Tasmania into the Commonwealth. Should the Australian Football League do the same? Tasmanians have pushed for their own AFL team since the 1980s, when the Victorian Football League ... <a title="The case for a Tasmanian AFL team, from an economist’s point of view" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/the-case-for-a-tasmanian-afl-team-from-an-economists-point-of-view-163166/" aria-label="Read more about The case for a Tasmanian AFL team, from an economist’s point of view">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Berle, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Technology Sydney ChameleonsEye/www.shutterstock.com Many of us experience at least one potentially traumatic event in our lifetime. These can include accidents, natural disasters, exposure to war and combat, or physical and sexual assault. Humans are resilient and most adjust ... <a title="What is the ‘unified protocol’ for PTSD? And how can it help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/what-is-the-unified-protocol-for-ptsd-and-how-can-it-help-162435/" aria-label="Read more about What is the ‘unified protocol’ for PTSD? And how can it help?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Archibald, Research Fellow, Conservation Science, Deakin University Shutterstock Vast, treeless paddocks and fields can be dangerous for wildlife, who encounter them as “roadblocks” between natural areas nearby. But our new research found even one lone tree in an otherwise empty paddock can make a huge difference ... <a title="A lone tree makes it easier for birds and bees to navigate farmland, like a stepping stone between habitats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/a-lone-tree-makes-it-easier-for-birds-and-bees-to-navigate-farmland-like-a-stepping-stone-between-habitats-162083/" aria-label="Read more about A lone tree makes it easier for birds and bees to navigate farmland, like a stepping stone between habitats">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland David Mariuz/AAP Australia’s current crop of COVID-19 vaccines consists of a shot by American biotechnology company Pfizer, which we import, and the vaccine by British-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca, the bulk of which we manufacture onshore in ... <a title="What is COVAX-19, the most advanced of Australia’s remaining local COVID vaccine candidates?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/what-is-covax-19-the-most-advanced-of-australias-remaining-local-covid-vaccine-candidates-162347/" aria-label="Read more about What is COVAX-19, the most advanced of Australia’s remaining local COVID vaccine candidates?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hobbs, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, University of Canterbury Sydney’s community outbreak of COVID-19 has been dominated by the delta variant. Bai Xuefei/Xinhua via Getty Images Health authorities have raised the COVID-19 alert to level 2 for Wellington, from 6pm today until midnight on Sunday, after ... <a title="Why New Zealand is more vulnerable to a new COVID-19 outbreak than ever before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/why-new-zealand-is-more-vulnerable-to-a-new-covid-19-outbreak-than-ever-before-163163/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand is more vulnerable to a new COVID-19 outbreak than ever before">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION/PR Handout The 1959 Antarctic Treaty celebrates its 60th anniversary today. Negotiated during the middle of the Cold War by 12 countries with Antarctic interests, it remains the only example of a single treaty that governs ... <a title="The Antarctic Treaty is turning 60 years old. In a changed world, is it still fit for purpose?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/the-antarctic-treaty-is-turning-60-years-old-in-a-changed-world-is-it-still-fit-for-purpose-162849/" aria-label="Read more about The Antarctic Treaty is turning 60 years old. In a changed world, is it still fit for purpose?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Eun Su Lee, Lecturer, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Australia is in the grip of a labour shortage, as pandemic border closures stem the flow of workers from other countries. At the same time, Australia has an untapped talent pool of workers: refugees who have settled here ... <a title="Amid a labour shortage, here’s how businesses could hire more refugees — and gain a strategic advantage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/amid-a-labour-shortage-heres-how-businesses-could-hire-more-refugees-and-gain-a-strategic-advantage-162997/" aria-label="Read more about Amid a labour shortage, here’s how businesses could hire more refugees — and gain a strategic advantage">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Fisher, Co-author of the Digital News Report: Australia 2020, Deputy Director of the News and Media Research Centre, and Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Canberra Shutterstock During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 150 Australian news outlets have contracted, merged, closed or suspended production due to ... <a title="Australians are not aware news outlets are in financial trouble: new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/australians-are-not-aware-news-outlets-are-in-financial-trouble-new-report-162596/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are not aware news outlets are in financial trouble: new report">Read more</a>
