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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Australia’s economy was performing exceptionally well in the lead-up to the Delta variant lockdowns, propped up by a barrage of government spending in the three months to June and impressive household spending. The ... <a title="Four GDP graphs that show how well Australia was doing – before Delta hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/four-gdp-graphs-that-show-how-well-australia-was-doing-before-delta-hit-166817/" aria-label="Read more about Four GDP graphs that show how well Australia was doing – before Delta hit">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katina Zammit, Deputy Dean, School of Education, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Homework hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour’s worth of homework each day, mostly practising what they were taught in class. If we look internationally, ... <a title="What’s the point of homework?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/whats-the-point-of-homework-154056/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the point of homework?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University People in China under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play video games between 8pm and 9pm on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays, under new rules introduced this week. China’s state media service says ... <a title="China’s new rules allow kids on video games just 3 hours a week – but gaming addiction isn’t about time, it’s about attitude" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/chinas-new-rules-allow-kids-on-video-games-just-3-hours-a-week-but-gaming-addiction-isnt-about-time-its-about-attitude-167104/" aria-label="Read more about China’s new rules allow kids on video games just 3 hours a week – but gaming addiction isn’t about time, it’s about attitude">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frederic Kiernan, Research Fellow, Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne y Kinga Cichewicz/Unsplash How have you been passing the time during lockdown? Have you been taking an online drawing class, or did you join an online choir? Perhaps you focused on gardening, or ... <a title="What art are you engaging with in lockdown? Australians are mostly watching TV — but music, singing and dancing do more for your mood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/what-art-are-you-engaging-with-in-lockdown-australians-are-mostly-watching-tv-but-music-singing-and-dancing-do-more-for-your-mood-166823/" aria-label="Read more about What art are you engaging with in lockdown? Australians are mostly watching TV — but music, singing and dancing do more for your mood">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University People in China under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play video games between 8pm and 9pm on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays, under new rules introduced this week. China’s state media service says ... <a title="China’s new rules allow kids on video games just three hours a week – but gaming addiction isn’t about time, it’s about attitude" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/chinas-new-rules-allow-kids-on-video-games-just-three-hours-a-week-but-gaming-addiction-isnt-about-time-its-about-attitude-167104/" aria-label="Read more about China’s new rules allow kids on video games just three hours a week – but gaming addiction isn’t about time, it’s about attitude">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne An independent review has concluded that while the ABC’s recent true-crime series on the 1979 Luna Park fire makes a strong case that it was arson, the program misled its audience by suggesting a ... <a title="How Ghost Train Fire exposed remarkable police corruption, yet also failed ABC’s high journalistic standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/how-ghost-train-fire-exposed-remarkable-police-corruption-yet-also-failed-abcs-high-journalistic-standards-167042/" aria-label="Read more about How Ghost Train Fire exposed remarkable police corruption, yet also failed ABC’s high journalistic standards">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first two charts show official case numbers and deaths, for all countries, including the little countries that tend to dominate in the peak of the northern summer holiday season. Chart 1 shows the countries with the highest case numbers per person – from French Polynesia (Tahiti) to Greece, plus four ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: State of the World at the end of August 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-state-of-the-world-at-the-end-of-august-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: State of the World at the end of August 2021">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Afghanistan Tim Watkin (Pundit): After 20 Years In Afghanistan, ‘A Little Revenge’ Has Done Immeasurable Damage Kurt Bayer (Herald): Military ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 01 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-01-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 01 2021">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Schunker, Lecturer of Physics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Why is the Sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface? — Olivia, age 9, Canberra Hi Olivia, that’s a great question! In fact, it’s such a great question many scientists around the world are trying to answer it. The ... <a title="Curious Kids: why is the Sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/curious-kids-why-is-the-suns-atmosphere-hotter-than-its-surface-166747/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why is the Sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Research Fellow, RMIT University In June 2020, the Australian federal government announced a new, A$270 billion defence strategy. Part of this entailed spending $800 million on new AGM-158C long-range anti-ship missiles from the United States. The new spend formed part of a long tradition of ... <a title="The ANZUS treaty does not make Australia safer. Rather, it fuels a fear of perpetual military threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/the-anzus-treaty-does-not-make-australia-safer-rather-it-fuels-a-fear-of-perpetual-military-threat-165670/" aria-label="Read more about The ANZUS treaty does not make Australia safer. Rather, it fuels a fear of perpetual military threat">Read more</a>
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September 1, 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 David Hunt/AAP The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an enormous toll on people’s mental health around the world. Even in Australia, where the numbers of those infected, hospitalised, and dying ... <a title="We asked 9,000 Australians about their mental health needs post-COVID — this is what they want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/we-asked-9-000-australians-about-their-mental-health-needs-post-covid-this-is-what-they-want-165885/" aria-label="Read more about We asked 9,000 Australians about their mental health needs post-COVID — this is what they want">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Edwards, Research fellow, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Monash University Shutterstock A number of countries including the United States and the United Kingdom are moving to make a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine available to people who are immunocompromised. But why are people with weaker immune ... <a title="Why is a third COVID-19 vaccine dose important for people who are immunocompromised?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/why-is-a-third-covid-19-vaccine-dose-important-for-people-who-are-immunocompromised-166569/" aria-label="Read more about Why is a third COVID-19 vaccine dose important for people who are immunocompromised?">Read more</a>
