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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University There’s a new kid on the social media block, and it is making big waves. It is less than a year old, yet is already valued at US$1 billion, and has venture capitalists scrambling to invest. ... <a title="Meet Clubhouse, the voice-only social media app setting the internet abuzz" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/meet-clubhouse-the-voice-only-social-media-app-setting-the-internet-abuzz-154066/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Clubhouse, the voice-only social media app setting the internet abuzz">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia Just before the newly elected members of Myanmar’s parliament were due to be sworn in today, the military detained the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi; the president, Win Myint; and other key figures from the elected ... <a title="Myanmar’s military reverts to its old strong-arm behaviour — and the country takes a major step backwards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/myanmars-military-reverts-to-its-old-strong-arm-behaviour-and-the-country-takes-a-major-step-backwards-154368/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s military reverts to its old strong-arm behaviour — and the country takes a major step backwards">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University Last week, a German vaccine advisory committee recommended the AstraZeneca vaccine only be used in 18-64-year-olds, citing a lack of data on the efficacy of the vaccine in people over 65. Subsequently, the European ... <a title="The AstraZeneca vaccine and over-65s: we may not have all the data yet, but limiting access could be counterproductive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/the-astrazeneca-vaccine-and-over-65s-we-may-not-have-all-the-data-yet-but-limiting-access-could-be-counterproductive-154272/" aria-label="Read more about The AstraZeneca vaccine and over-65s: we may not have all the data yet, but limiting access could be counterproductive">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew S. Champion, Senior Research Fellow in Medieval Studies, Australian Catholic University It’s the time of year when we Australians start returning to our normal rhythms. The first beats of the day are often the dreaded beeps of the alarm clock or a digital symphony from a ... <a title="Wakey wakey: a history of alarm clocks and the mechanics of time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/wakey-wakey-a-history-of-alarm-clocks-and-the-mechanics-of-time-153716/" aria-label="Read more about Wakey wakey: a history of alarm clocks and the mechanics of time">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The first Newspoll of 2021 has the major parties tied at 50-50 on two-party preferred, a one-point gain for Labor since the final 2020 Newspoll in late November. The poll was conducted January 27-30 from ... <a title="Polls say Labor and Coalition in a 50-50 tie, Trump set to be acquitted by US Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/polls-say-labor-and-coalition-in-a-50-50-tie-trump-set-to-be-acquitted-by-us-senate-154370/" aria-label="Read more about Polls say Labor and Coalition in a 50-50 tie, Trump set to be acquitted by US Senate">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Fellow, Grattan Institute Political parties in Australia collectively received $168 million in donations for the financial year 2019-20. Today, Australians finally get to see where some of the money came from with the release of data from the Australian Electoral Commission. While the big donors ... <a title="More than half of funding for the major parties remains secret — and this is how they want it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/more-than-half-of-funding-for-the-major-parties-remains-secret-and-this-is-how-they-want-it-154364/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of funding for the major parties remains secret — and this is how they want it">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Romero Macau, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Global Logistics, Edith Cowan University I live in Perth. Like most people here, on Sunday I was ready for a busy week of getting the kids to school, going to work, visiting the gym and so on. ... <a title="‘Panic-buying’ events are the new normal; here’s how supply chains have adapted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/panic-buying-events-are-the-new-normal-heres-how-supply-chains-have-adapted-154362/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Panic-buying’ events are the new normal; here’s how supply chains have adapted">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney The human and environmental cost of climate change is all around us, and on the rise. The UN reports about 90% of all disasters are weather-related, and that weather and climate are major drivers of ... <a title="You can’t talk about disaster risk reduction without talking about inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/you-cant-talk-about-disaster-risk-reduction-without-talking-about-inequality-153189/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t talk about disaster risk reduction without talking about inequality">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
By RNZ Pacific The intensity of Cyclone Ana surprised many in Fiji which was hammered with 140km/hr gusts and heavy rain over the weekend. The storm developed into a Category 2 storm after initially sweeping past the Yasawas as a Category 1 system. It proceeded to cut a swathe through the northern and eastern parts ... <a title="Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/intensity-of-cyclone-ana-hammering-of-fiji-catches-many-by-surprise/" aria-label="Read more about Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven David Hitchcock, Lecturer, University of Sydney In her new book, Can’t Even, American journalist Anne Helen Peterson writes of how Millennials have become “the burnout generation”. [It’s] feeling that you’ve hit the wall exhaustion-wise, but then have to scale the wall and just keep going. There’s ... <a title="Millennials are not the only ‘burnout generation’ (just ask the rest of us)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/millennials-are-not-the-only-burnout-generation-just-ask-the-rest-of-us-147089/" aria-label="Read more about Millennials are not the only ‘burnout generation’ (just ask the rest of us)">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Karystianis, Research fellow, UNSW Rare access to almost half a million police reports of domestic violence has revealed a hidden picture of mental health issues in perpetrators and victims. This is academics’ first attempt in the world to use computers to mine the text of so ... <a title="We analysed almost 500,000 police reports of domestic violence. Mental health was an issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/we-analysed-almost-500-000-police-reports-of-domestic-violence-mental-health-was-an-issue-153649/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed almost 500,000 police reports of domestic violence. Mental health was an issue">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Grant, Palliative Medicine Physician, Research Fellow, Monash University From today (February 1), when you receive a prescription in Australia, it will list the name of the medication’s active ingredient rather than the brand name. So, for example, instead of receiving a prescription for Ventolin, your script ... <a title="Doctors must now prescribe drugs using their chemical name, not brand names. That’s good news for patients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/doctors-must-now-prescribe-drugs-using-their-chemical-name-not-brand-names-thats-good-news-for-patients-153796/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors must now prescribe drugs using their chemical name, not brand names. That’s good news for patients">Read more</a>
