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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Lewis, Research Associate at the Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology As the Israel-Palestine ceasefire agreement holds, social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram (which is owned by Facebook), continue to come under fire over the censorship of pro-Palestinian content. In times of conflict, ... <a title="Social media platforms are complicit in censoring Palestinian voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/social-media-platforms-are-complicit-in-censoring-palestinian-voices-161094/" aria-label="Read more about Social media platforms are complicit in censoring Palestinian voices">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University History shows that Labor took too much heart when Labor leader Kim Beazley unexpectedly pushed John Howard to the edge of extinction in 1998. Howard, a first-term prime minister, suffered a 4.6% swing, surrendering the popular vote but ... <a title="Upper Hunter byelection reveals the dangers that lurk for Albanese and federal Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/upper-hunter-byelection-reveals-the-dangers-that-lurk-for-albanese-and-federal-labor-161424/" aria-label="Read more about Upper Hunter byelection reveals the dangers that lurk for Albanese and federal Labor">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Last week’s ceasefire in Gaza is holding, but if history is any guide this will not be the last time the Israel-Palestine conflict flares up. In the past 12 years, Israel and Hamas have clashed seriously four times. May’s ... <a title="3 practical ways New Zealand could help with the Israel-Palestine conflict from afar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/3-practical-ways-new-zealand-could-help-with-the-israel-palestine-conflict-from-afar-161408/" aria-label="Read more about 3 practical ways New Zealand could help with the Israel-Palestine conflict from afar">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hetrick, Associate Professor of Youth Mental Health, University of Auckland Even before COVID-19 lockdowns, school closures and strict social distancing, depression was on the rise in children and teenagers around the globe. By the age of 19, around 25% of adolescents are estimated to have experienced ... <a title="Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/best-evidence-suggests-antidepressants-arent-very-effective-in-kids-and-teens-what-can-be-done-instead-160758/" aria-label="Read more about Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda van Heerwaarden, Future Fellow, The University of Melbourne Evidence of declining fertility in humans and wildlife is growing. While chemicals in our environment have been identified as a major cause, our new research shows there’s another looming threat to animal fertility: climate change. We know animals ... <a title="Fly infertility shows we’re underestimating how badly climate change harms animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/fly-infertility-shows-were-underestimating-how-badly-climate-change-harms-animals-161410/" aria-label="Read more about Fly infertility shows we’re underestimating how badly climate change harms animals">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Thomson, Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research Almost one in four (23%) Australian year 8 students were being taught maths in 2018 by teachers whose major qualification was in a field other than maths, new analysis reveals. Internationally, on average, just one in ten ... <a title="1 in 4 Australian year 8s have teachers unqualified in maths — this hits disadvantaged schools even harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/1-in-4-australian-year-8s-have-teachers-unqualified-in-maths-this-hits-disadvantaged-schools-even-harder-161100/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 4 Australian year 8s have teachers unqualified in maths — this hits disadvantaged schools even harder">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Moerman, Professor, University of Wollongong Funeral schemes come in various forms but work on the same basic idea. They promise a guaranteed payout upon death to cover funeral expenses. The idea of a scheme to provide for a funeral is not new. In 18th century Britain ... <a title="From body snatchers to dodgy marketers: the dirty history of funeral schemes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/from-body-snatchers-to-dodgy-marketers-the-dirty-history-of-funeral-schemes-160699/" aria-label="Read more about From body snatchers to dodgy marketers: the dirty history of funeral schemes">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Spacey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medieval History, The University of Queensland A total eclipse of a super blood moon will be visible in Australia for around 15 minutes tomorrow evening, and it promises to be spectacular. During a lunar eclipse, the Earth passes directly in between ... <a title="Medieval Christians saw the lunar eclipse as a sign from God — but they also understood the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/medieval-christians-saw-the-lunar-eclipse-as-a-sign-from-god-but-they-also-understood-the-science-160759/" aria-label="Read more about Medieval Christians saw the lunar eclipse as a sign from God — but they also understood the science">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Sitting Ducks – Analysis by Keith Rankin. Covid19 is far from finished in the world’s more economically developed countries. And we – who live in these countries – continue to display a restrained racism towards large culturally different nations such as India and China. For example, we kept assuming that the main Covid19 risk country ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Covid19 is far from gone, though probably not as bad in India as many believe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/keith-rankin-covid19-is-far-from-gone-though-probably-not-as-bad-in-india-as-many-believe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Covid19 is far from gone, though probably not as bad in India as many believe">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW News of four new positive cases of COVID-19 in Melbourne’s northern suburbs has prompted renewed discussion about the vaccine rollout. The Victorian department of health is urging people to get ... <a title="Four cases in Melbourne’s north as vaccine push rolls on but what if I’ve already been recently exposed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/four-cases-in-melbournes-north-as-vaccine-push-rolls-on-but-what-if-ive-already-been-recently-exposed-161417/" aria-label="Read more about Four cases in Melbourne’s north as vaccine push rolls on but what if I’ve already been recently exposed?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Baka, Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic Research Network, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University With just 60 days to go until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, there are more questions than answers about how such a massive event will take ... <a title="The Tokyo Olympics are going ahead, but they will be a much compromised and watered-down event" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/the-tokyo-olympics-are-going-ahead-but-they-will-be-a-much-compromised-and-watered-down-event-160104/" aria-label="Read more about The Tokyo Olympics are going ahead, but they will be a much compromised and watered-down event">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A recent Resolve poll of New South Wales voters for The Sydney Morning Herald has given the Coalition 44% of the primary vote, Labor 28%, the Greens 12% and the Shooters Fishers and Farmers ... <a title="Coalition has large lead in NSW as Nats easily hold Upper Hunter at byelection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/coalition-has-large-lead-in-nsw-as-nats-easily-hold-upper-hunter-at-byelection-161273/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition has large lead in NSW as Nats easily hold Upper Hunter at byelection">Read more</a>
