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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Irwin, Emeritus professor, Murdoch University While we continue to be occupied with the COVID pandemic, another life-threatening disease has emerged in northern Australia, one that’s cause for considerable alarm for the millions of dog owners around the country. This disease — canine ehrlichiosis — is transmitted ... <a title="Protect your dog from this new deadly disease outbreak. We still don’t know how it got here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/protect-your-dog-from-this-new-deadly-disease-outbreak-we-still-dont-know-how-it-got-here-153794/" aria-label="Read more about Protect your dog from this new deadly disease outbreak. We still don’t know how it got here">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cath Ferguson, Academic, Edith Cowan University Almost half of Australian adults struggle with reading. Similar levels of struggling readers are reported in the United Kingdom and United States. This does not mean all struggling readers are illiterate. It means they often struggle to understand writing in a ... <a title="Most government information on COVID-19 is too hard for the average Australian to understand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/most-government-information-on-covid-19-is-too-hard-for-the-average-australian-to-understand-153878/" aria-label="Read more about Most government information on COVID-19 is too hard for the average Australian to understand">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abbas Shieh, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Islamic Azad University The industrial revolution transformed cities, resulting in places of residence and work becoming more distant than ever before. This spatial segregation is still largely embedded in the design of our cities today. But the COVID-19 ... <a title="COVID is keeping us in our homes, but what makes working there a success or failure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/covid-is-keeping-us-in-our-homes-but-what-makes-working-there-a-success-or-failure-151566/" aria-label="Read more about COVID is keeping us in our homes, but what makes working there a success or failure?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Review: Occupation: Rainfall, written and directed by Luke Sparke Historically, when a sequel to a film was greenlit, you could rest assured this was because the first film made a tidy profit for its investors. ... <a title="Occupation: Rainfall review: Australia is primed for a well-made alien invasion film. This is not it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/occupation-rainfall-review-australia-is-primed-for-a-well-made-alien-invasion-film-this-is-not-it-153379/" aria-label="Read more about Occupation: Rainfall review: Australia is primed for a well-made alien invasion film. This is not it">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Covid: Vaccine Tova O’Brien (Newshub): New Zealand catching up to allies on COVID-19 vaccines but mass roll-out won’t begin until mid-year Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Not much time for DHBs to get ready to administer Covid vaccines, vendor ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-27-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2021">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Nationals who attend Thursday’s memorial service in Tweed Heads for Doug Anthony, who died last month aged 90, may muse on the contrast between the state of their party when he led it and now. Anthony took over the then ... <a title="View from The Hill: Coal push from Nationals is a challenge for Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/view-from-the-hill-coal-push-from-nationals-is-a-challenge-for-scott-morrison-154078/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Coal push from Nationals is a challenge for Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, PhD Candidate, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney This summer’s wetter conditions have created great conditions for flowering plants. Flowers provide sweet nectar and protein-rich pollen, attracting many insects, including bees. Commercial honey bees are also thriving: the New South Wales population ... <a title="It’s bee season. To avoid getting stung, just stay calm and don’t swat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/its-bee-season-to-avoid-getting-stung-just-stay-calm-and-dont-swat-153625/" aria-label="Read more about It’s bee season. To avoid getting stung, just stay calm and don’t swat">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Dean Christopher Bicknell, Post-doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology , University of New England Shell-crushing predation was already in full swing half a billion years ago, as our new research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals. A hyena devouring an antelope carcass, a bonnethead ... <a title="More than half a billion years ago, the first shell-crushing predators ground up their prey between their legs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/more-than-half-a-billion-years-ago-the-first-shell-crushing-predators-ground-up-their-prey-between-their-legs-153381/" aria-label="Read more about More than half a billion years ago, the first shell-crushing predators ground up their prey between their legs">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland When a COVID-19 case was found in Northland last Sunday, Aotearoa’s second-longest period with no detected community case came to an end. ESR scientists worked late into Sunday night to obtain a whole genome sequence and reported Monday morning it ... <a title="COVID-19: Northland case is a reminder NZ’s ‘dumb good luck’ may run out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/covid-19-northland-case-is-a-reminder-nzs-dumb-good-luck-may-run-out-153963/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19: Northland case is a reminder NZ’s ‘dumb good luck’ may run out">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University There’s a common assumption men take longer than women to poo. People say so on Twitter, in memes, and elsewhere online. But is that right? What could explain it? And if some people are really taking ... <a title="Do men really take longer to poo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/do-men-really-take-longer-to-poo-152233/" aria-label="Read more about Do men really take longer to poo?">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Alex Baumann, Western Sydney University and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne Among the many hard truths exposed by covid-19 is the huge disparity between the world’s rich and poor. As economies went into freefall, the world’s billionaires increased their already huge fortunes by 27.5 percent. And as many ordinary people lost their jobs ... <a title="We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/we-are-the-1-the-wealth-of-many-australians-puts-them-in-an-elite-club-wrecking-the-planet/" aria-label="Read more about We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology As we know, getting into New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult. There are practicalities, such as high airfare and managed isolation costs. And there are legal requirements, including pre-flight testing, mandatory quarantine and visa restrictions. Even ... <a title="If border restrictions increase to combat new COVID-19 strains, what rights do returning New Zealanders have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/if-border-restrictions-increase-to-combat-new-covid-19-strains-what-rights-do-returning-new-zealanders-have-153962/" aria-label="Read more about If border restrictions increase to combat new COVID-19 strains, what rights do returning New Zealanders have?">Read more</a>
