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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Kuligowski, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University The 2001 World Trade Center disaster was the most significant high-rise evacuation in modern times, and the harrowing experiences of the thousands of survivors who successfully escaped the twin towers have had a significant influence on building codes and ... <a title="How the terrifying evacuations from the twin towers on 9/11 helped make today’s skyscrapers safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/how-the-terrifying-evacuations-from-the-twin-towers-on-9-11-helped-make-todays-skyscrapers-safer-167698/" aria-label="Read more about How the terrifying evacuations from the twin towers on 9/11 helped make today’s skyscrapers safer">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Earlier this year, the Australian Greens proposed a wealth tax on billionaires straight out of the (former US presidential candidate) Elizabeth Warren playbook. This week it added what it called a “tycoon tax” that would tax so-called super-profits made by companies ... <a title="Vital Signs: the Greens’ super-profits tax idea could end up burning muscle, not fat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/vital-signs-the-greens-super-profits-tax-idea-could-end-up-burning-muscle-not-fat-167363/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the Greens’ super-profits tax idea could end up burning muscle, not fat">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Balanzategui, Senior Lecturer in Cinema and Screen Studies, Swinburne University of Technology Australian Children’s Television Foundation Australian kids’ TV show Round the Twist gained an international following when it was first broadcast in 1989-1990. Broadcast over four seasons up until 2001, young audiences were thrilled by ... <a title="Round the Twist’s fans grew up – and their love for the show grew with them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/round-the-twists-fans-grew-up-and-their-love-for-the-show-grew-with-them-167695/" aria-label="Read more about Round the Twist’s fans grew up – and their love for the show grew with them">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ahmadi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney Many Australians are walking for their permitted fitness activity during lockdown. Some, emerging from winter hibernation, are taking part in STEPtember — a global initiative to raise money for cerebral palsy services and research. The goal for participants is ... <a title="Aiming for 10,000 steps? It turns out 7,000 could be enough to cut your risk of early death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/aiming-for-10-000-steps-it-turns-out-7-000-could-be-enough-to-cut-your-risk-of-early-death-167447/" aria-label="Read more about Aiming for 10,000 steps? It turns out 7,000 could be enough to cut your risk of early death">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Julien Christ/Unsplash When I was a child, I was intrigued by the Queensland box (Lophostemon confertus) growing in our backyard. I noticed its leaves hung vertical after lunch in summer, and were more or less horizontal by the ... <a title="The daily dance of flowers tracking the sun is more fascinating than most of us realise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/the-daily-dance-of-flowers-tracking-the-sun-is-more-fascinating-than-most-of-us-realise-167374/" aria-label="Read more about The daily dance of flowers tracking the sun is more fascinating than most of us realise">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss the National Summit on Women’s Safety, focusing on the prime minister’s opening address and the criticism it attracted. This criticism ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the ‘roadmap to freedom’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-roadmap-to-freedom-167696/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the ‘roadmap to freedom’">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Hindes, PhD Candidate – University of Melbourne, Monash University This week’s Women’s Safety Summit brought together many voices calling for the government to take substantive action to address violence against women. This is happening ahead of the finalising of the next National Plan to Reduce Violence ... <a title="LGBTQ+ people are being ignored in the national discussion on family and sexual violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/lgbtq-people-are-being-ignored-in-the-national-discussion-on-family-and-sexual-violence-167634/" aria-label="Read more about LGBTQ+ people are being ignored in the national discussion on family and sexual violence">Read more</a>
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September 10, 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 Plan for re-opening border Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Needed: A post-lockdown reopening plan Craig ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 10 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-10-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 10 2021">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Attwell, Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Even before any COVID-19 vaccines were invented, vaccine passports for participation in public activities appeared likely. Australia’s plagued vaccine rollout meant such requirements lay in a distant future — until now. Australian political leaders have begun talking ... <a title="Vaccine passports are coming to Australia. How will they work and what will you need them for?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/vaccine-passports-are-coming-to-australia-how-will-they-work-and-what-will-you-need-them-for-167531/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine passports are coming to Australia. How will they work and what will you need them for?">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kurt Iveson, Associate Professor of Urban Geography and Research Lead, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney The dull roar of traffic, the barking of dogs in backyards and the screeching of cockatoos at dusk. The shattering of early morning quiet by the first plane overhead or the ... <a title="How urban soundscapes affect humans and wildlife — and what may have changed in the hush of lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/how-urban-soundscapes-affect-humans-and-wildlife-and-what-may-have-changed-in-the-hush-of-lockdown-166517/" aria-label="Read more about How urban soundscapes affect humans and wildlife — and what may have changed in the hush of lockdown">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Fischetti, Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Victoria and New South Wales are in a scramble to plan for end-of-school exams. Vaccination targets may not be hit in time (for students or teachers), and there are other ... <a title="COVID gives us a chance to rethink traditional end-of-school exams, and move into the 21 century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/covid-gives-us-a-chance-to-rethink-traditional-end-of-school-exams-and-move-into-the-21-century-167038/" aria-label="Read more about COVID gives us a chance to rethink traditional end-of-school exams, and move into the 21 century">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yu Tao, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, The University of Western Australia Confucius at the ‘Apricot Altar’. By Kano Tan’yû (Japanese, 1602–1674). Mid-17th century Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The man widely known in the English language as Confucius was born around 551 BCE in today’s southern ... <a title="Friday Essay: an introduction to Confucius, his ideas and their lasting relevance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/10/friday-essay-an-introduction-to-confucius-his-ideas-and-their-lasting-relevance-160708/" aria-label="Read more about Friday Essay: an introduction to Confucius, his ideas and their lasting relevance">Read more</a>
