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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Nolan, Associate Professor – Communication and Media, University of Canberra Everyone knows 2020 was a weird year. But was news coverage atypical too, or did it perform as per usual? To find out, researchers at the University of Canberra worked with media monitoring company Streem to ... <a title="Australian media showed their best in covering the COVID pandemic — at least for the first few months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/australian-media-showed-their-best-in-covering-the-covid-pandemic-at-least-for-the-first-few-months-164772/" aria-label="Read more about Australian media showed their best in covering the COVID pandemic — at least for the first few months">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, Assistant Professor, General Practice, Bond University Shutterstock If you are 18 or older, and in an area where there is a COVID-19 outbreak, the best vaccine for you is the one you can get right now. That possibly means you should get the AstraZeneca vaccine, ... <a title="Over 18 and considering the AstraZeneca vaccine? This may help you decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/over-18-and-considering-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-this-may-help-you-decide-165085/" aria-label="Read more about Over 18 and considering the AstraZeneca vaccine? This may help you decide">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, UNSW, Australian Museum Green Tree Frog Jodi Rowley, Author provided Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a flurry of emails from concerned people who’ve seen sick and dead frogs across eastern Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. One ... <a title="Dead, shrivelled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia. We need your help to find out why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/dead-shrivelled-frogs-are-unexpectedly-turning-up-across-eastern-australia-we-need-your-help-to-find-out-why-165176/" aria-label="Read more about Dead, shrivelled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia. We need your help to find out why">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole (Nikki) Brunker, Lecturer in Education, University of Sydney Shutterstock Adding to the clamour of argument over whether schools should be open to all during lockdown is confusion in terminology. Using the term “home schooling” to describe schooling during lockdown is disrespectful to both teachers and home ... <a title="Schooling in lockdown isn’t home schooling – but we can learn from the real thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/schooling-in-lockdown-isnt-home-schooling-but-we-can-learn-from-the-real-thing-165004/" aria-label="Read more about Schooling in lockdown isn’t home schooling – but we can learn from the real thing">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neal Hughes, Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) PETER LORIMER/AAP Australian farmers have proven their resilience, rebounding from drought and withstanding a global pandemic to produce record-breaking output in 2020-21. But while the pain of drought is fading from view for ... <a title="Australian farmers are adapting well to climate change, but there’s work ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/australian-farmers-are-adapting-well-to-climate-change-but-theres-work-ahead-164860/" aria-label="Read more about Australian farmers are adapting well to climate change, but there’s work ahead">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Toland, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, University of Technology Sydney alice kang/Unsplash In 2014, a Florida real estate group began advertising its latest in a series of luxury condominiums designed by global “starchitects”. The ads featured photorealistic computer-generated imagery inhabited by rich and beautiful people lounging ... <a title="‘I don’t want realism. I want magic’: behind the fantasy fueling our real estate voyeurism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/i-dont-want-realism-i-want-magic-behind-the-fantasy-fueling-our-real-estate-voyeurism-164708/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I don’t want realism. I want magic’: behind the fantasy fueling our real estate voyeurism">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra BlueSnap/Shutterstock As NSW on Wednesday extended its lockdown for another month and the federal government shelled out more money, it was as if we were back in 2020 and Victoria’s long incarceration. Thankfully, one big difference is that the Sydney ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison shakes money tree again in bid to avoid second recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/view-from-the-hill-morrison-shakes-money-tree-again-in-bid-to-avoid-second-recession-165245/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison shakes money tree again in bid to avoid second recession">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra ABS/Shutterstock Suddenly, Australia’s annual inflation rate is 3.8%, having jumped from 1.1% for the twelve months to March. The June quarter jump follows a jump in the United States to 5.4% ... <a title="Now that Australia’s inflation rate is 3.8%, is it time to worry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/now-that-australias-inflation-rate-is-3-8-is-it-time-to-worry-165098/" aria-label="Read more about Now that Australia’s inflation rate is 3.8%, is it time to worry?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gapps, Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images of deceased people. Images of mounted police contending with anti-lockdown protesters on the weekend have now gone viral around the world. In fact, mounted police have ... <a title="From colonial cavalry to mounted police: a short history of the Australian police horse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/from-colonial-cavalry-to-mounted-police-a-short-history-of-the-australian-police-horse-165087/" aria-label="Read more about From colonial cavalry to mounted police: a short history of the Australian police horse">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Shutterstock We all know the burning sensation we get when eating chillies. Some can tolerate the heat, while others may be reaching for the milk carton. Some people even actively choose to participate in chilli-eating competitions, seeking ... <a title="Can eating hot chilli peppers actually hurt you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/can-eating-hot-chilli-peppers-actually-hurt-you-163489/" aria-label="Read more about Can eating hot chilli peppers actually hurt you?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University The acrobatic handsprings, somersaults and twists performed by world-class gymnasts at the Tokyo Olympics are among the most complex skills humans can perform. But at their heart is an instinctive process that can help teach us mere mortals how ... <a title="What Olympic gymnasts can teach us about improving our balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/what-olympic-gymnasts-can-teach-us-about-improving-our-balance-165171/" aria-label="Read more about What Olympic gymnasts can teach us about improving our balance">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacci Brady, PhD Candidate, School of Political and Social Sciences, The University of Melbourne Screenshot/YouTube Changes to Australian defamation laws that came into effect this month in several states could provide some respite for political satire as a mode of political communication. In recent years, the defamation ... <a title="The policing of Australian satire: why defamation is still no joke, despite recent law changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/the-policing-of-australian-satire-why-defamation-is-still-no-joke-despite-recent-law-changes-164076/" aria-label="Read more about The policing of Australian satire: why defamation is still no joke, despite recent law changes">Read more</a>
