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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie McVernon, Professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology, University of Melbourne Melburnians are addicted to the Victorian health department’s daily tweet of the state’s new COVID-19 cases. This figure contributes to the all-important rolling 14-day average, which alongside the number of mystery cases, tells us whether we’re ... <a title="Sorry Melbourne. The chance of reaching an average 5 COVID-19 cases by mid-October is under 50%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/sorry-melbourne-the-chance-of-reaching-an-average-5-covid-19-cases-by-mid-october-is-under-50-147569/" aria-label="Read more about Sorry Melbourne. The chance of reaching an average 5 COVID-19 cases by mid-October is under 50%">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Satterley, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Facebook has announced a ban on groups and pages identified with the rapidly growing QAnon conspiracy movement, which will cover both Facebook itself and the Facebook-owned Instagram. QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that alleges, among other things, that US President ... <a title="Facebook is removing QAnon pages and groups from its sites, but critical thinking is still the best way to fight conspiracy theories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/facebook-is-removing-qanon-pages-and-groups-from-its-sites-but-critical-thinking-is-still-the-best-way-to-fight-conspiracy-theories-147668/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook is removing QAnon pages and groups from its sites, but critical thinking is still the best way to fight conspiracy theories">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hao Tan, Associate professor, University of Newcastle China’s President Xi Jinping surprised the global community recently by committing his country to net-zero emissions by 2060. Prior to this announcement, the prospect of becoming “carbon neutral” barely rated a mention in China’s national policies. China currently accounts for ... <a title="China just stunned the world with its step-up on climate action – and the implications for Australia may be huge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/china-just-stunned-the-world-with-its-step-up-on-climate-action-and-the-implications-for-australia-may-be-huge-147268/" aria-label="Read more about China just stunned the world with its step-up on climate action – and the implications for Australia may be huge">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Tonight Labor will deliver its alternative budget and promise that if it was in government it would be investing A$500 million in fast-tracking repairs to social housing, and urging state governments ... <a title="Social housing was one hell of a missed budget opportunity, but there’s time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/social-housing-was-one-hell-of-a-missed-budget-opportunity-but-theres-time-147665/" aria-label="Read more about Social housing was one hell of a missed budget opportunity, but there’s time">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piers Kelly, Linguistic anthropologist, University of New England This week, newly appointed Greens senator Lidia Thorpe entered the chamber with one fist raised. In her other hand, she carried a large message stick with 441 carefully painted marks. The lines represented each of the First Nations people ... <a title="What are message sticks? Senator Lidia Thorpe continues a long and powerful diplomatic tradition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/what-are-message-sticks-senator-lidia-thorpe-continues-a-long-and-powerful-diplomatic-tradition-147674/" aria-label="Read more about What are message sticks? Senator Lidia Thorpe continues a long and powerful diplomatic tradition">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University During the COVID-19 crisis phase, all eyes have been on childcare, but preschool is an equally important driver of well-being and economic security for children and parents — and of economic productivity. Research has found for every dollar ... <a title="Preschool benefits children and the economy. But the budget has left funding uncertain, again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/preschool-benefits-children-and-the-economy-but-the-budget-has-left-funding-uncertain-again-147737/" aria-label="Read more about Preschool benefits children and the economy. But the budget has left funding uncertain, again">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Larkins, Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Melbourne The federal budget injection of an extra A$1 billion of new money as a one-off allocation into the Research Support Program for 2021 is welcome news for the university research community. The stated goal is ... <a title="Budget’s $1bn research boost is a welcome first step. Billions more, plus policy reforms, will be needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/budgets-1bn-research-boost-is-a-welcome-first-step-billions-more-plus-policy-reforms-will-be-needed-147662/" aria-label="Read more about Budget’s $1bn research boost is a welcome first step. Billions more, plus policy reforms, will be needed">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyli Hedrick, Psychologist and PhD Candidate (submitted), Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Newly published data have revealed the number of self-harm incidents in Australia’s immigration detention centres spiked during the first seven months of this year. While rates of self-harm among detained ... <a title="Self-harm in immigration detention has risen sharply. Here are 6 ways to address this health crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/self-harm-in-immigration-detention-has-risen-sharply-here-are-6-ways-to-address-this-health-crisis-146679/" aria-label="Read more about Self-harm in immigration detention has risen sharply. Here are 6 ways to address this health crisis">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dimitri Perrin, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences yesterday awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their work on CRISPR, a method of genome editing. A genome is the full set of genetic “instructions” ... <a title="What is CRISPR? A close look at the gene editing technology that won the Chemistry Nobel prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/what-is-crispr-a-close-look-at-the-gene-editing-technology-that-won-the-chemistry-nobel-prize-147695/" aria-label="Read more about What is CRISPR? A close look at the gene editing technology that won the Chemistry Nobel prize">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Trade Minister Simon Birmingham, a leader of the Liberal moderates, will become Senate leader and finance minister following the imminent retirement of Mathias Cormann. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia will nominate Cormann as its candidate for secretary general of ... <a title="Simon Birmingham to become finance minister and Senate leader as Australia nominates Cormann for OECD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/simon-birmingham-to-become-finance-minister-and-senate-leader-as-australia-nominates-cormann-for-oecd-147742/" aria-label="Read more about Simon Birmingham to become finance minister and Senate leader as Australia nominates Cormann for OECD">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate C. Prickett, Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Despite the 2017 Labour-led government taking power with a mandate to fight Aotearoa New Zealand’s abysmally high child poverty rate, only incremental progress ... <a title="COVID-19 is predicted to make child poverty worse. Should NZ’s next government make temporary safety nets permanent?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/covid-19-is-predicted-to-make-child-poverty-worse-should-nzs-next-government-make-temporary-safety-nets-permanent-147177/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 is predicted to make child poverty worse. Should NZ’s next government make temporary safety nets permanent?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Villalba, Service Designer and Researcher (PhD), Queensland University of Technology Diabetes-related vision loss is the leading cause of blindness for working-aged Australians. Yet it’s almost entirely preventable. A recent Australian study found only half of people with diabetes get the recommended annual eye checks. We could ... <a title="We could be doing more to prevent vision loss for people with diabetes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/we-could-be-doing-more-to-prevent-vision-loss-for-people-with-diabetes-132086/" aria-label="Read more about We could be doing more to prevent vision loss for people with diabetes">Read more</a>
