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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss a letter of intent signed by the Australian government to ensure distribution of a possible ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a possible vaccine, Australia’s wine industry, and next week’s parliamentary sitting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/video-michelle-grattan-on-a-possible-vaccine-australias-wine-industry-and-next-weeks-parliamentary-sitting-144881/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a possible vaccine, Australia’s wine industry, and next week’s parliamentary sitting">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The headlines are grim. Alexei Navalny, a key leader of the Russian opposition, is currently fighting for his life in a coma after allegedly being poisoned in Siberia. A medical team from Germany is en route to the hospital today ... <a title="Alexei Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/alexei-navalny-has-long-been-a-fierce-critic-of-the-kremlin-if-he-was-poisoned-why-now-and-what-does-it-mean-144847/" aria-label="Read more about Alexei Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior lecturer, University of Auckland Genome sequencing — mapping the genetic sequences of the virus from confirmed COVID-19 cases in a bid to track its spread — is now an integral part of New Zealand’s coronavirus response. It is providing greater certainty in identifying clusters ... <a title="Genome sequencing tells us the Auckland outbreak is a single cluster — except for one case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/genome-sequencing-tells-us-the-auckland-outbreak-is-a-single-cluster-except-for-one-case-144721/" aria-label="Read more about Genome sequencing tells us the Auckland outbreak is a single cluster — except for one case">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kaufman, Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute This week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Australian government has signed an agreement to produce a COVID-19 vaccine under development at the University of Oxford, if safety and efficacy trials are successful. After initially saying ... <a title="5 ways we can prepare the public to accept a COVID-19 vaccine (saying it will be ‘mandatory’ isn’t one)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/5-ways-we-can-prepare-the-public-to-accept-a-covid-19-vaccine-saying-it-will-be-mandatory-isnt-one-144730/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways we can prepare the public to accept a COVID-19 vaccine (saying it will be ‘mandatory’ isn’t one)">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Parlett, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The headlines are grim. Alexei Navalny, a key leader of the Russian opposition, is currently fighting for his life in a coma after allegedly being poisoned in Siberia. A medical team from Germany is en route to the hospital today ... <a title="Alexey Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/alexey-navalny-has-long-been-a-fierce-critic-of-the-kremlin-if-he-was-poisoned-why-now-and-what-does-it-mean-144847/" aria-label="Read more about Alexey Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shauna Murray, Associate Professor; Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney Oysters are filter feeders, extracting nutrients from the water, so that makes them very susceptible to water pollution such as that from bushfires. We are trying to understand how ash from the 2019-20 bushfires has affected ... <a title="Ah shucks, how bushfires can harm and even kill our delicious oysters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/ah-shucks-how-bushfires-can-harm-and-even-kill-our-delicious-oysters-131294/" aria-label="Read more about Ah shucks, how bushfires can harm and even kill our delicious oysters">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cooper Schouten, Project Manager – Bees for Sustainable Livelihoods, Southern Cross University How do bees make honey? Finn, age 7, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Hi Finn, that’s a sweet question! Well, when we talk about “bees”, we’re usually referring to the European honey bee (its scientific name is ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do bees make honey?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/curious-kids-how-do-bees-make-honey-143450/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do bees make honey?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Freeman, Dermatologist, Associate Professor, Bond University As the pandemic progresses, we’re growing increasingly aware COVID-19 affects multiple parts of the body beyond the lungs. That includes the skin. We’ve seen reports of skin symptoms ranging from “COVID toes” to hair loss, and different types of rashes. ... <a title="8 ways the coronavirus can affect your skin, from COVID toes, to rashes and hair loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/8-ways-the-coronavirus-can-affect-your-skin-from-covid-toes-to-rashes-and-hair-loss-144483/" aria-label="Read more about 8 ways the coronavirus can affect your skin, from COVID toes, to rashes and hair loss">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University China didn’t feature prominently in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s speech last month to announce Australia’s $270 billion defence update, but it was clear this was the country on everyone’s minds. We have become very ... <a title="Australia’s strategic blind spot: China’s newfound intimacy with once-rival Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/australias-strategic-blind-spot-chinas-newfound-intimacy-with-once-rival-russia-142385/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s strategic blind spot: China’s newfound intimacy with once-rival Russia">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Sheedy, Professor – Risk governance, culture, remuneration, Macquarie University The annual chief executive pay report produced by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is a must-read for shareholders and members of superannuation funds. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors The latest report, relating to the financial year ... <a title="$37.7 million is a new Australian record. Why our corporate chiefs are paid so well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/37-7-million-is-a-new-australian-record-why-our-corporate-chiefs-are-paid-so-well-144408/" aria-label="Read more about $37.7 million is a new Australian record. Why our corporate chiefs are paid so well">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
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 Govt’s coronavirus response, border policy, political fallout Peter Dunne: Labour will be watching and checking everything and keeping its fingers crossed like never before Tim Watkin (RNZ): Test fail: Is Labour bordering on trouble? ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 21 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-21-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 21 2020">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Willis, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University Human faces are arguably the most important things we see. We are quick to detect them in any scene, and they command our attention. Faces express a wealth of important social information, such as whether another person ... <a title="Ancient faces, familiar feelings: expressions may be recognisable across time and cultures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/ancient-faces-familiar-feelings-expressions-may-be-recognisable-across-time-and-cultures-144729/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient faces, familiar feelings: expressions may be recognisable across time and cultures">Read more</a>
