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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversations’s politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: a four-stage plan and a $300 payment to get vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-a-four-stage-plan-and-a-300-payment-to-get-vaccinated-165542/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: a four-stage plan and a $300 payment to get vaccinated">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand is sending 100,000 vaccine doses and additional financial support to Fiji for nursing staff as the country’s covid-19 death toll passed 250. Fiji reported 1100 new cases and 13 more deaths today, bringing the total death toll to 254. Of the deaths, 252 of them have come from the April outbreak ... <a title="NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/nz-sends-100000-vaccine-doses-to-fiji-as-covid-deaths-top-250/" aria-label="Read more about NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lien Duong, Senior Lecturer in School Accounting of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University The A$39 billion (US$29 billion) that Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s digital payments company Square is paying to acquire Australian upstart payments outfit Afterpay is the biggest takeover deal in Australian corporate history. It ... <a title="Why Jack Dorsey’s Square paid a record $39 billion for Afterpay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/why-jack-dorseys-square-paid-a-record-39-billion-for-afterpay-165528/" aria-label="Read more about Why Jack Dorsey’s Square paid a record $39 billion for Afterpay">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geraldine Moses, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland Shutterstock One reason dietary supplements are so popular is the perception they’re harmless. But like all drugs, there are many potential dangers from taking vitamins and minerals. The problem is that, unlike conventional medicines, dietary ... <a title="Vitamins and minerals aren’t risk-free. Here are 6 ways they can cause harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/vitamins-and-minerals-arent-risk-free-here-are-6-ways-they-can-cause-harm-165399/" aria-label="Read more about Vitamins and minerals aren’t risk-free. Here are 6 ways they can cause harm">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugo Temby, Doctoral Researcher, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Even after A$4,000 in repairs, Heather’s $18,000 rooftop solar and battery system is still not working. Heather worked as a nurse until a workplace accident caused her to leave the workforce. She put most ... <a title="Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/complicated-costly-and-downright-frustrating-aussies-keen-to-cut-emissions-with-clean-energy-at-home-get-little-support-161682/" aria-label="Read more about Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Dimitris Barletis/Shutterstock I reckon Albo’s on the right track. The opposition leader wants to pay A$300 to every Australian who is fully vaccinated by December 1. The Grattan Institute is on a similar theme. It ... <a title="Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/paying-australians-300-to-get-fully-vaccinated-would-be-value-for-money-165520/" aria-label="Read more about Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, PhD Candidate/Data Archivist, Australian National University Joel Carrett/AAP The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since compulsory voting was introduced in 1924. Only 91% of Australians voted, amid reports young people “turned their back on democracy”. In some seats, less than three-quarters of ... <a title="Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/young-australians-are-supposedly-turning-their-backs-on-democracy-but-are-they-any-different-from-older-voters-163891/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji police have warned that any attempts to destabilise and cause instability will be investigated and dealt with, reports The Fiji Times. The warning came from Acting Commissioner Police Rusiate Tudravu yesterday in the wake of two major fires in Ba and Raiwai at the weekend. He claimed some Fijians were ... <a title="Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/fiji-police-warn-public-against-violence-and-fake-profiles-after-two-fires/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two fires">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University Shutterstock Facebook recently announced significant changes to Instagram for users aged under 16. New accounts will be private by default, and advertisers will be limited in how they can reach young people. The new changes are long overdue and ... <a title="Instagram’s privacy updates for kids are positive. But plans for an under-13s app means profits still take precedence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/instagrams-privacy-updates-for-kids-are-positive-but-plans-for-an-under-13s-app-means-profits-still-take-precedence-165323/" aria-label="Read more about Instagram’s privacy updates for kids are positive. But plans for an under-13s app means profits still take precedence">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Lord Mountbatten, Ghandi and Lady Mountbatten in New Delhi in 1947. AP/AAP An immense trove of the most important royal historical material for decades has quietly been released in the United Kingdom. These are the diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten and ... <a title="Secret history: the release of the Mountbatten archives and the fight to access royal diaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/secret-history-the-release-of-the-mountbatten-archives-and-the-fight-to-access-royal-diaries-165380/" aria-label="Read more about Secret history: the release of the Mountbatten archives and the fight to access royal diaries">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Have you had a knock on the door or perhaps a card in your letterbox telling you the trees in your garden are dangerous and need urgent work? Maybe you’ve been a bit worried about the trees, ... <a title="Dodgy tree loppers are scamming elderly homeowners and hacking up healthy trees. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/dodgy-tree-loppers-are-scamming-elderly-homeowners-and-hacking-up-healthy-trees-heres-what-you-need-to-know-164629/" aria-label="Read more about Dodgy tree loppers are scamming elderly homeowners and hacking up healthy trees. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Ward, Fellow in Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne The COVID crisis has laid bare a crisis of trust. In many Western nations there’s a small but significant minority refusing to follow distancing guidelines, wear masks or get a vaccination. Protests in recent weeks have demonstrated ... <a title="Equality and fairness: vaccines against this pandemic of mistrust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/equality-and-fairness-vaccines-against-this-pandemic-of-mistrust-160100/" aria-label="Read more about Equality and fairness: vaccines against this pandemic of mistrust">Read more</a>
