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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University We know it is more than 60,000 years since the first people entered the continent of Sahul — the giant ... <a title="The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/the-first-australians-grew-to-a-population-of-millions-much-more-than-previous-estimates-142371/" aria-label="Read more about The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefani Crabtree, Assistant Professor for Social-Environmental Modeling @ Utah State University and Associate Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage and ASU-SFI Biosocial Complex Systems Fellow, Santa Fe Institute There are many hypotheses about where the Indigenous ancestors first settled in Australia tens of ... <a title="We mapped the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/we-mapped-the-super-highways-the-first-australians-used-to-cross-the-ancient-land-154263/" aria-label="Read more about We mapped the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University Australians woke up to the freelancing advice this week that “drums of war” were beating louder in their neighbourhood, according to the country’s top security official. It is hardly news that regional anxiety is rising as the countries of the ... <a title="Australia would be wise not to pound ‘war drums’ over Taiwan with so much at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/australia-would-be-wise-not-to-pound-war-drums-over-taiwan-with-so-much-at-stake-159993/" aria-label="Read more about Australia would be wise not to pound ‘war drums’ over Taiwan with so much at stake">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erick Lundgren, PhD Student, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney In the heart of the world’s deserts – some of the most expansive wild places left on Earth – roam herds of feral donkeys and horses. These are the descendants of a once-essential but now-obsolete ... <a title="Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/feral-desert-donkeys-are-digging-wells-giving-water-to-parched-wildlife-159909/" aria-label="Read more about Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Goldfeld, Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children’s Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Around one in three (36%) Australian children grow up in families experiencing adversity. These include families where parents are unemployed, in ... <a title="Starting behind: more than half of young Australian kids living in adversity don’t have the skills they need to learn to read" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/starting-behind-more-than-half-of-young-australian-kids-living-in-adversity-dont-have-the-skills-they-need-to-learn-to-read-159058/" aria-label="Read more about Starting behind: more than half of young Australian kids living in adversity don’t have the skills they need to learn to read">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW “It’s difficult to make predictions,” the saying goes, “especially about the future.” The many predictions federal budgets make about the economy over the coming four years must therefore be taken with a large grain of salt. But in the lead-up to ... <a title="Vital Signs: 3 economic facts point to a big-spending federal budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/vital-signs-3-economic-facts-point-to-a-big-spending-federal-budget-159920/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: 3 economic facts point to a big-spending federal budget">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maïa Ponsonnet, Senior lecturer, The University of Western Australia Many languages in the world allude to body parts to describe emotions and feelings, as in “broken-heart”, for instance. While some have just a few expressions like this, Australian Indigenous languages tend use a lot of them, covering ... <a title="Friday essay: my belly is angry, my throat is in love — how body parts express emotions in Indigenous languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/friday-essay-my-belly-is-angry-my-throat-is-in-love-how-body-parts-express-emotions-in-indigenous-languages-156962/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: my belly is angry, my throat is in love — how body parts express emotions in Indigenous languages">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Getting the right “balance” is one of the main challenges when framing and executing policies. The difficulties of achieving this are being exposed currently on two fronts – the repatriation of Australians and relations with China. The politics of risk ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Australians should not be left stranded in India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/grattan-on-friday-australians-should-not-be-left-stranded-in-india-160010/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Australians should not be left stranded in India">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The present wave of the Covid19 pandemic is far from evenly spread through India; indeed our news coverage is biased by most of the reporting coming from New Delhi, and from journalist assumptions labelling big outdoor events as ‘super-spreader’ events. The chart shows, that, two days ago, Delhi and Goa had ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-india/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly backed a decision by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to reset the budget strategy so that it prioritises achieving an unemployment rate of between 4% and 5% over reducing debt. Australia hasn’t ... <a title="Exclusive. Top economists back budget push for an unemployment rate beginning with ‘4’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/exclusive-top-economists-back-budget-push-for-an-unemployment-rate-beginning-with-4-159989/" aria-label="Read more about Exclusive. Top economists back budget push for an unemployment rate beginning with ‘4’">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Usha M. Rodrigues, Visiting Scholar, Deakin University As COVID-19 ravages India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is becoming increasingly draconian in its crackdown on social media, particularly when it comes to any criticism of its response. Cries of help and outbursts of anger have been spilling out ... <a title="As pressure builds on India’s Narendra Modi, is his government trying to silence its critics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/as-pressure-builds-on-indias-narendra-modi-is-his-government-trying-to-silence-its-critics-159799/" aria-label="Read more about As pressure builds on India’s Narendra Modi, is his government trying to silence its critics?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diego S. Silva, Lecturer, Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney The go-ahead for Australian Olympians to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before others the same age has led to allegations of “queue-jumping”. One of the issues at stake is whether athletes should be ... <a title="Even if Olympians are jumping the COVID vaccine queue, that’s not necessarily wrong. A bioethicist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/even-if-olympians-are-jumping-the-covid-vaccine-queue-thats-not-necessarily-wrong-a-bioethicist-explains-159907/" aria-label="Read more about Even if Olympians are jumping the COVID vaccine queue, that’s not necessarily wrong. A bioethicist explains">Read more</a>
