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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison Government is in the painful throes of a climate policy shift to embrace a target of net zero by 2050, ahead of next month’s Glasgow conference. This requires a deal with the divided, noisy, fractious Nationals. We’re joined ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood on managing the shift in climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-grattan-institutes-tony-wood-on-managing-the-shift-in-climate-policy-169838/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood on managing the shift in climate policy">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney Melton, PhD Candidate in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Paul McDonald, Author provided Noisy miners are familiar to many of us on Australia’s east coast as plucky grey birds relentlessly harassing other birds, ... <a title="Should we cull noisy miners? After decades of research, these aggressive honeyeaters are still outsmarting us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/should-we-cull-noisy-miners-after-decades-of-research-these-aggressive-honeyeaters-are-still-outsmarting-us-169524/" aria-label="Read more about Should we cull noisy miners? After decades of research, these aggressive honeyeaters are still outsmarting us">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney Shutterstock As Australia opens up and we learn to live with COVID-19, rapid antigen tests are likely to play an increasingly important role in limiting the spread of the virus. So we can expect ... <a title="Home rapid antigen testing is on its way. But we need to make sure everyone has access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/home-rapid-antigen-testing-is-on-its-way-but-we-need-to-make-sure-everyone-has-access-169362/" aria-label="Read more about Home rapid antigen testing is on its way. But we need to make sure everyone has access">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart M Bender, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University Valentin Flauraud/ EPA/AAP The French government has just announced a trial using virtual reality to try to prevent domestic violence. There has been considerable excitement about this, with claims the virtual reality experience is an “empathy machine” that enhances the ... <a title="‘Empathy machine’ or false hope? How virtual reality is being used to try to stop domestic violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/empathy-machine-or-false-hope-how-virtual-reality-is-being-used-to-try-to-stop-domestic-violence-168862/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Empathy machine’ or false hope? How virtual reality is being used to try to stop domestic violence">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Rychert, Senior Researcher in Drug Policy, Massey University Shutterstock The recent approval of two domestically produced cannabidiol (CBD) oil products – non-intoxicating cannabis compounds – may have provided new optimism to patients on cannabis prescriptions. Slow progress with product approvals had meant some patients had feared ... <a title="Why it’s time to treat medicinal cannabis as an alternative therapy, not a pharmaceutical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/why-its-time-to-treat-medicinal-cannabis-as-an-alternative-therapy-not-a-pharmaceutical-169458/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s time to treat medicinal cannabis as an alternative therapy, not a pharmaceutical">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Fenton-Smith, International Director, Arts, Education and Law, Griffith University Shutterstock It is rarely appreciated that Australia makes money not just from what it digs out of the earth but also from what comes out of its mouth: English. The Australian government released a draft strategy for ... <a title="Australia’s multilingual identity is an asset for selling our English-language teaching to the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/australias-multilingual-identity-is-an-asset-for-selling-our-english-language-teaching-to-the-world-168185/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s multilingual identity is an asset for selling our English-language teaching to the world">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Murray, Professor and Director, Centre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock When I wake at 3am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this. A friend of mine calls ... <a title="Why do we wake around 3am and dwell on our fears and shortcomings?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/why-do-we-wake-around-3am-and-dwell-on-our-fears-and-shortcomings-169635/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we wake around 3am and dwell on our fears and shortcomings?">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bean, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland What secret alchemical knowledge could be so important it required sophisticated encryption? The setting was Amsterdam, 2019. A conference organised by the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry had just concluded at the Embassy of the Free ... <a title="Deciphering the Philosophers’ Stone: how we cracked a 400-year-old alchemical cipher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/deciphering-the-philosophers-stone-how-we-cracked-a-400-year-old-alchemical-cipher-167900/" aria-label="Read more about Deciphering the Philosophers’ Stone: how we cracked a 400-year-old alchemical cipher">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sacha Reid, Associate Professor, Griffith University Shutterstock Buying property is the largest personal investment decision most Australians will ever make. With pricing for standalone houses rising dramatically in many capital cities, more people are looking to buy apartments. Buying an off the plan apartment can be one ... <a title="Considering buying property off the plan? Here are 6 crucial steps to protect yourself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/considering-buying-property-off-the-plan-here-are-6-crucial-steps-to-protect-yourself-168856/" aria-label="Read more about Considering buying property off the plan? Here are 6 crucial steps to protect yourself">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wise, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland Shutterstock Some women are holding off on being vaccinated against COVID-19 because of concerns the jab could affect their fertility, at times taking to social media to voice their concerns. Anti-vaccination campaigners appear to be ... <a title="No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t affect women’s fertility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/no-covid-19-vaccines-dont-affect-womens-fertility-168568/" aria-label="Read more about No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t affect women’s fertility">Read more</a>
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October 13, 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 Govt Covid strategy, expert warnings Michael Morrah (Newshub): Government rules don’t require negative ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 13 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-13-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 13 2021">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ziteng Wang, PhD researcher, University of Sydney Sebastian Zentilomo/University of Sydney, Author provided In early 2020, we detected an unusual radio signal coming from somewhere near the centre of our galaxy. The signal blinked on and off, growing 100 times brighter and dimmer over time. What’s more, ... <a title="We found a mysterious flashing radio signal from near the centre of the galaxy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/13/we-found-a-mysterious-flashing-radio-signal-from-near-the-centre-of-the-galaxy-167802/" aria-label="Read more about We found a mysterious flashing radio signal from near the centre of the galaxy">Read more</a>
