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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tauel Harper, Lecturer, Media and Communication, UWA, University of Western Australia With a vaccine rollout impending, key groups have backed calls for the Australian government to force social media platforms to share details about popular coronavirus misinformation. An open letter was put forth by independent group Reset ... <a title="Laws making social media firms expose major COVID myths could help Australia’s vaccine rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/laws-making-social-media-firms-expose-major-covid-myths-could-help-australias-vaccine-rollout-153887/" aria-label="Read more about Laws making social media firms expose major COVID myths could help Australia’s vaccine rollout">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archa Fox, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, University of Western Australia The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today provisionally approved Australia’s first COVID vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine, paving the way for its rollout to begin in mid-to-late February among high-risk groups. Two doses will be required, ... <a title="Not sure about the Pfizer vaccine, now it’s been approved in Australia? You can scratch these 4 concerns straight off your list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/not-sure-about-the-pfizer-vaccine-now-its-been-approved-in-australia-you-can-scratch-these-4-concerns-straight-off-your-list-153719/" aria-label="Read more about Not sure about the Pfizer vaccine, now it’s been approved in Australia? You can scratch these 4 concerns straight off your list">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kirkness, Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University As government COVID updates have become a daily part of our lives over the past 12 months, so too has the sight of sign language interpreters on our screens. This has understandably had a huge impact on the lives of ... <a title="COVID has brought Auslan into the spotlight, but it would be wrong to treat the language as a hobby or fad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/covid-has-brought-auslan-into-the-spotlight-but-it-would-be-wrong-to-treat-the-language-as-a-hobby-or-fad-151667/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has brought Auslan into the spotlight, but it would be wrong to treat the language as a hobby or fad">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Dwyer, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining code, which would force the internet giants to pay news publishers for linking ... <a title="Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/is-news-worth-a-lot-or-a-little-google-and-facebook-want-to-have-it-both-ways-153787/" aria-label="Read more about Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Morag Kobez, Associate lecturer, Queensland University of Technology In this series, our writers explore how food shaped Australian history – and who we are today. The history of cheese in Australia has, until recent decades, been a rather tasteless affair. Not so long ago our choice was ... <a title="It gets better with age: a brie(f) history of cheese in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/it-gets-better-with-age-a-brie-f-history-of-cheese-in-australia-153377/" aria-label="Read more about It gets better with age: a brie(f) history of cheese in Australia">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Longden, Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Heat is more dangerous than the cold in most Australian regions. About 2% of deaths in Australia between 2006 and 2017 were associated with the heat, and the estimate increases to more than 4% in the ... <a title="As heatwaves become more extreme, which jobs are riskiest?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/as-heatwaves-become-more-extreme-which-jobs-are-riskiest-151841/" aria-label="Read more about As heatwaves become more extreme, which jobs are riskiest?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, RMIT University At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favourite colour frequently results in an answer of “blue”. Why is it that humans are so fond of blue? And why does it seem to be so rare in the ... <a title="The mystery of the blue flower: nature’s rare colour owes its existence to bee vision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/the-mystery-of-the-blue-flower-natures-rare-colour-owes-its-existence-to-bee-vision-153646/" aria-label="Read more about The mystery of the blue flower: nature’s rare colour owes its existence to bee vision">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Davis, Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous UNSW and Professor of Law, UNSW We are on the eve of the nation’s annual ritual of celebrating the arrivals, while not formally recognising the ancient peoples who were dispossessed. Each year the tensions spill over, rendering Australia Day/Invasion Day/Survival Day a ... <a title="Toxicity swirls around January 26, but we can change the nation with a Voice to parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/toxicity-swirls-around-january-26-but-we-can-change-the-nation-with-a-voice-to-parliament-153623/" aria-label="Read more about Toxicity swirls around January 26, but we can change the nation with a Voice to parliament">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University While the public focus remains on COVID vaccines, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) continues to evaluate a range of proposals around the provision of medical treatments in Australia. The regulatory body is currently considering whether psychiatrists should be ... <a title="Will Australia legalise ecstasy and magic mushrooms to treat mental illness? Here’s why it’s still too soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/will-australia-legalise-ecstasy-and-magic-mushrooms-to-treat-mental-illness-heres-why-its-still-too-soon-150448/" aria-label="Read more about Will Australia legalise ecstasy and magic mushrooms to treat mental illness? Here’s why it’s still too soon">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Wilkinson, Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney Many of us who endured lockdowns in Australia are familiar with the surge in energy bills at home. But for older Australians who depend on the Age Pension for income, lockdowns drove many deeper into ... <a title="‘I can’t save money for potential emergencies’: COVID lockdowns drove older Australians into energy poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/i-cant-save-money-for-potential-emergencies-covid-lockdowns-drove-older-australians-into-energy-poverty-153096/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I can’t save money for potential emergencies’: COVID lockdowns drove older Australians into energy poverty">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael P. Cameron, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Waikato Population growth plays a role in environmental damage and climate change. But addressing climate change through either reducing or reversing growth in population raises difficult moral questions that most people would prefer to avoid having to answer. ... <a title="Curb population growth to tackle climate change: now that’s a tough ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/curb-population-growth-to-tackle-climate-change-now-thats-a-tough-ask-153382/" aria-label="Read more about Curb population growth to tackle climate change: now that’s a tough ask">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Fellow, School Education, Grattan Institute School is back for 2021, and some students will get extra help this year. Students who fell behind in their learning during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 will be eligible for extra tutoring in Victoria and New South Wales. Governments ... <a title="Victoria and NSW are funding extra tutors to help struggling students. Here’s what parents need to know about the schemes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/victoria-and-nsw-are-funding-extra-tutors-to-help-struggling-students-heres-what-parents-need-to-know-about-the-schemes-153450/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria and NSW are funding extra tutors to help struggling students. Here’s what parents need to know about the schemes">Read more</a>
