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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Adolescence and early adulthood is a time for people to become more independent, complete their education, enter the workforce, form key relationships and develop lifelong health habits. It’s also a period where mental health problems often first appear, ... <a title="Headspace services for early psychosis have some benefits but aren’t cost-effective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/headspace-services-for-early-psychosis-have-some-benefits-but-arent-cost-effective-172980/" aria-label="Read more about Headspace services for early psychosis have some benefits but aren’t cost-effective">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. United States of America The first United States chart shows both recorded covid deaths and excess deaths. (For all countries more recent ‘recorded covid deaths’ data is available.) Generally we see a broad match between the two series in terms of timing, though for the first two United States covid waves ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United States and South Korea as the pandemic approaches two years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-united-states-and-south-korea-as-the-pandemic-approaches-two-years/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United States and South Korea as the pandemic approaches two years">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Young, Professor, The University of Melbourne Suzanne Plunkett/AP One success from this year’s United Nations climate conference in Glasgow was an agreement to halt forest loss by 2030. The Morrison government signed the agreement, and this commitment is now being put to the test as it ... <a title="Weakening Australia’s illegal logging laws would undermine the global push to halt forest loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/weakening-australias-illegal-logging-laws-would-undermine-the-global-push-to-halt-forest-loss-172770/" aria-label="Read more about Weakening Australia’s illegal logging laws would undermine the global push to halt forest loss">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Soong, Senior Lecturer and Socio-cultural researcher, UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia Shutterstock Refugees struggle to find meaningful employment in Australia. In 2010, the Refugee Council of Australia found people who came to Australia on refugee or humanitarian visas remained “the worst off of the ... <a title="‘They’re really keen for us to do better than they did’: how refugee parents motivate their kids’ learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/theyre-really-keen-for-us-to-do-better-than-they-did-how-refugee-parents-motivate-their-kids-learning-172308/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They’re really keen for us to do better than they did’: how refugee parents motivate their kids’ learning">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Smith, Lecturer in Sociology, Federation University Australia Have you ever checked your Twitter timeline and wondered what on Earth everyone was talking about? You step away for a few hours and suddenly your timeline is filled with people swapping memes about an event you’ve completely missed. ... <a title="30–50 feral hogs? Why Twitter memes are more positive (and much faster) than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/30-50-feral-hogs-why-twitter-memes-are-more-positive-and-much-faster-than-you-might-think-173582/" aria-label="Read more about 30–50 feral hogs? Why Twitter memes are more positive (and much faster) than you might think">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Jeffrey Smart, Margaret Olley in the Louvre Museum 1994–95 Tuscany, Italy. Oil on canvas 67 x 110 cm Art Gallery of ... <a title="On the elegance and wry observations of Jeffrey Smart, one of Australia’s favourite painters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/on-the-elegance-and-wry-observations-of-jeffrey-smart-one-of-australias-favourite-painters-171109/" aria-label="Read more about On the elegance and wry observations of Jeffrey Smart, one of Australia’s favourite painters">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Auckland border, testing, summer travel Jordan Bond (RNZ): Auckland border testing may only catch ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 15 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-15-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 15 2021">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe McInerney, PhD Candidate in Avian Palaeontology, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University Phoebe McInerney/@phoebyornis, Author provided Until around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to Genyornis newtoni, a fearsomely huge bird weighing roughly 230kg – almost six times as much as an emu – and standing 2 ... <a title="Fossil find reveals giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ were riddled with bone disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/fossil-find-reveals-giant-prehistoric-thunder-birds-were-riddled-with-bone-disease-173745/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil find reveals giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ were riddled with bone disease">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock In the past two decades there has been a significant rise in IVF clinics worldwide offering costly testing of embryos to make sure they have the right number ... <a title="Testing embryos before IVF doesn’t increase the chance of a baby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/testing-embryos-before-ivf-doesnt-increase-the-chance-of-a-baby-172981/" aria-label="Read more about Testing embryos before IVF doesn’t increase the chance of a baby">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock We all know how hot and damaging the summer sun can be in Australia and most of us are only too willing to take sensible precautions, and slop on sunscreen. It’s not only humans that suffer from ... <a title="Trees get sunburnt too – but there are easy ways to protect them, from tree ‘sunscreen’ to hydration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/trees-get-sunburnt-too-but-there-are-easy-ways-to-protect-them-from-tree-sunscreen-to-hydration-172953/" aria-label="Read more about Trees get sunburnt too – but there are easy ways to protect them, from tree ‘sunscreen’ to hydration">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Ross, Lecturer, Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock For the last 18 months, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) have been revising the foundation to year 10 curriculum. A draft version of the document released in April, sparked fierce debate about ... <a title="First, it’s not an instruction manual: 3 things education ministers need to know about the Australian Curriculum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/first-its-not-an-instruction-manual-3-things-education-ministers-need-to-know-about-the-australian-curriculum-173058/" aria-label="Read more about First, it’s not an instruction manual: 3 things education ministers need to know about the Australian Curriculum">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock The deeply partisan report of the Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity, tabled on December 9, is a disappointment. The main report by the Greens and Labor endorsed the campaign by former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and ... <a title="Forget calls for a royal commission into Australia’s big media players – this is the inquiry we really need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/forget-calls-for-a-royal-commission-into-australias-big-media-players-this-is-the-inquiry-we-really-need-171842/" aria-label="Read more about Forget calls for a royal commission into Australia’s big media players – this is the inquiry we really need">Read more</a>
