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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francisco Perales, Associate Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Shutterstock New research shows having a greater number of older brothers increases the probability of a person entering a same-sex union at some point in their lives. This finding, detailed in our paper published today ... <a title="Research confirms men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, suggesting same-sex attraction has a biological basis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/research-confirms-men-with-older-brothers-are-more-likely-to-be-gay-suggesting-same-sex-attraction-has-a-biological-basis-172396/" aria-label="Read more about Research confirms men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, suggesting same-sex attraction has a biological basis">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, VC Fellow LaTrobe University, La Trobe University Chris Jackson/AP/AAP The Australian Republic Movement has just released their preferred model for a republic. It would see Australia’s parliaments nominate candidates for head of state, who would be put to a popular vote of all Australian voters. ... <a title="The republic debate is back (again) but we need more than a model to capture Australians’ imagination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/the-republic-debate-is-back-again-but-we-need-more-than-a-model-to-capture-australians-imagination-175058/" aria-label="Read more about The republic debate is back (again) but we need more than a model to capture Australians’ imagination">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University Shutterstock For many of us, catching COVID and isolating at home can be a lonely, scary and distressing experience. For those with a pre-existing mental illness, it can be even more difficult. The following strategies ... <a title="How to look after your mental health if you’re at home with COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/how-to-look-after-your-mental-health-if-youre-at-home-with-covid-174536/" aria-label="Read more about How to look after your mental health if you’re at home with COVID">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Nikitopoulos, Associate professor, Finance Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Last year saw Australians install rooftop solar like never before, with 40% more installed in 2021 than in 2020. Solar system installations now make up 7% of the energy going into the national electricity grid. ... <a title="4 ways to stop Australia’s surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/4-ways-to-stop-australias-surge-in-rooftop-solar-from-destabilising-electricity-prices-173592/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to stop Australia’s surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor in Education, University of Sydney Shutterstock The Omicron wave is likely to exacerbate Australia’s existing teacher shortages and demanding workloads. As school starts at the end of January and beginning of February across the country, many teachers will be at risk of contracting ... <a title="COVID and schools: Australia is about to feel the full brunt of its teacher shortage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/covid-and-schools-australia-is-about-to-feel-the-full-brunt-of-its-teacher-shortage-174885/" aria-label="Read more about COVID and schools: Australia is about to feel the full brunt of its teacher shortage">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Rusak, Senior Lecturer, Arts Management, Edith Cowan University Hailey Kean/Unsplash 92% of performing artists experienced significant changes to their work during early stages of the pandemic – and at least half experienced depression. These shocking figures comes from new research talking to hundreds of performing artists ... <a title="63.5% of Australia’s performing artists reported worsening mental health during COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/63-5-of-australias-performing-artists-reported-worsening-mental-health-during-covid-174610/" aria-label="Read more about 63.5% of Australia’s performing artists reported worsening mental health during COVID">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
RNZ News Two New Zealand naval ships are being sent to Tonga to provide support, carrying fresh water, emergency provisions, and diving teams. It comes as ashfall on the Nuku’alofa airport runway means one of the aircraft readied yesterday — a C-130 Hercules, to supply aid — would be unable to land. The official death ... <a title="Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/tonga-eruption-new-zealand-sends-two-navy-ships-with-supplies-water/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
By Kalino Latu and Philip Cass in Auckland Lack of backup satellite and cable links in the wake of Tonga’s volcanic eruption at the weekend reignites debate over the government’s plans to secure communications. Communication with Tonga remains intermittent after the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption and tsunami severed the kingdom’s undersea cable connection with the ... <a title="Eruption renews debate on lack of backup for Tongan communications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/eruption-renews-debate-on-lack-of-backup-for-tongan-communications/" aria-label="Read more about Eruption renews debate on lack of backup for Tongan communications">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
By Luke Nacei in Suva Fiji’s Department of Mineral Resources needs time to liaise with a number of agencies before emergency warnings or alerts are issued, says acting Prime Minister and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. He made the comment after being quizzed on the delay in issuing a tsunami warning in Fiji following the underwater volcanic ... <a title="Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/fijis-ag-blames-tongan-tsunami-warning-delay-on-agency-liaison/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist It could be weeks before Tonga’s crucial undersea communications cable – which connects it to the world – is back online. The cable carries nearly all digital information including the internet and phone communications in and out of Tonga. It was damaged after the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic ... <a title="Tonga’s undersea communications cable could take weeks to repair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/tongas-undersea-communications-cable-could-take-weeks-to-repair/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga’s undersea communications cable could take weeks to repair">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Dale Dominey-Howes, University of Sydney In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the islands remains at a standstill. In our modern, highly-connected world, more than 95 percent of global data transfer occurs along fibre-optic cables that criss-cross through the world’s oceans. Breakage or ... <a title="Tongan volcanic eruption reveals the vulnerabilities in global telecommunications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/tongan-volcanic-eruption-reveals-the-vulnerabilities-in-global-telecommunications/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan volcanic eruption reveals the vulnerabilities in global telecommunications">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Langi Fatanitavake’s wife and son live on one of the islands flanking Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano, but his repeated calls home since the violent eruption and tsunami have gone unanswered. The South Island seasonal worker last spoke to his family on Ha’apai on Saturday afternoon, shortly before ... <a title="Anxious Tongans in NZ await volcano news from home: ‘It’s painful, you just feel hopeless’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/anxious-tongans-in-nz-await-volcano-news-from-home-its-painful-you-just-feel-hopeless/" aria-label="Read more about Anxious Tongans in NZ await volcano news from home: ‘It’s painful, you just feel hopeless’">Read more</a>
