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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Shine, President, Australian Academy of Science; Laboratory Head, Garvan Institute The story of the past year has been the pandemic: from the first outbreaks in early 2020, the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and methods to detect it, through to lockdown and quarantine measures, vaccine development, ... <a title="Money for telescopes and vaccines is great, but the budget’s lack of basic science funding risks leaving Australia behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/money-for-telescopes-and-vaccines-is-great-but-the-budgets-lack-of-basic-science-funding-risks-leaving-australia-behind-160780/" aria-label="Read more about Money for telescopes and vaccines is great, but the budget’s lack of basic science funding risks leaving Australia behind">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silke Cleuren, PhD candidate, Monash University Few structures in nature inspire more fear and fascination than the fangs of venomous snakes. These needle-like teeth are used by snakes to pierce their prey and inject deadly venom. With more than 3000 species of snake inhabiting our world, we ... <a title="How snake fangs evolved to perfectly fit their food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/how-snake-fangs-evolved-to-perfectly-fit-their-food-159932/" aria-label="Read more about How snake fangs evolved to perfectly fit their food">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dileep Mavalankar, Vice President western region, Public Health Foundation of India India is in the grip of an unprecedented second wave of COVID-19. Official data suggests new cases have crossed 400,000 per day, and the daily death count is around 4,200. But the actual numbers may be ... <a title="How can the world help India — and where does that help need to go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/how-can-the-world-help-india-and-where-does-that-help-need-to-go-160174/" aria-label="Read more about How can the world help India — and where does that help need to go?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Harvey, Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts, University of Auckland It seems unlikely the arts will be a priority in the government’s May 20 budget. With housing affordability, climate change and child poverty all urgent issues, arts funding might not be seen as equally important. I argue ... <a title="NZ Budget 2021: we need the arts to live, but artists need to earn a living" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/nz-budget-2021-we-need-the-arts-to-live-but-artists-need-to-earn-a-living-160761/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2021: we need the arts to live, but artists need to earn a living">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Duckworth, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Deakin University In the past ten years we have seen several major reports and announcements seeking to improve and transform the way emergency management works in Australia. ... <a title="‘Top down’ disaster resilience doesn’t work. The National Recovery and Resilience Agency must have community at its heart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/top-down-disaster-resilience-doesnt-work-the-national-recovery-and-resilience-agency-must-have-community-at-its-heart-160363/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Top down’ disaster resilience doesn’t work. The National Recovery and Resilience Agency must have community at its heart">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Hill, Associate professor, University of Sydney One of the major planks of the budget was a pitch to women. This included an 80-plus page women’s budget statement — the first since 2013 — with an overall figure of A$3.4 billion for women’s safety, economic security and ... <a title="Hold the celebrations — the budget’s supposed focus on women is no game-changer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/hold-the-celebrations-the-budgets-supposed-focus-on-women-is-no-game-changer-160768/" aria-label="Read more about Hold the celebrations — the budget’s supposed focus on women is no game-changer">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Associate Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University One of the headline figures in Tuesday’s federal budget was a A$1.1 billion dollar investment in women’s safety. This came as part of a special women’s budget statement, ... <a title="How much can the budget’s $1.1 billion for women’s safety really achieve? Two experts give their verdict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/how-much-can-the-budgets-1-1-billion-for-womens-safety-really-achieve-two-experts-give-their-verdict-160764/" aria-label="Read more about How much can the budget’s $1.1 billion for women’s safety really achieve? Two experts give their verdict">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW More than a year into the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control finally changed their guidance to acknowledge SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ... <a title="The pressure is on for Australia to accept the coronavirus really can spread in the air we breathe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/the-pressure-is-on-for-australia-to-accept-the-coronavirus-really-can-spread-in-the-air-we-breathe-160641/" aria-label="Read more about The pressure is on for Australia to accept the coronavirus really can spread in the air we breathe">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Silcock, Post-doctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland As far as odds go, things don’t look promising for the slender-nerved acacia (Acacia leptoneura), a spiky plant with classic yellow-ball wattle flowers. With most of its habitat in Western Australia’s wheat belt cleared for agriculture, it was ... <a title="The 50 beautiful Australian plants at greatest risk of extinction — and how to save them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/the-50-beautiful-australian-plants-at-greatest-risk-of-extinction-and-how-to-save-them-160362/" aria-label="Read more about The 50 beautiful Australian plants at greatest risk of extinction — and how to save them">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isabel Castro, Associate Professor in Ecology and Zoology, Massey University Kiwi are moved between populations to lower the risk of inbreeding. Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust, CC BY-SA Like many endangered species, Aotearoa’s flightless and nocturnal kiwi survive only in small, fragmented and isolated populations. This leads to ... <a title="Despite major conservation efforts, populations of New Zealand’s iconic kiwi are more vulnerable than people realise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/despite-major-conservation-efforts-populations-of-new-zealands-iconic-kiwi-are-more-vulnerable-than-people-realise-160433/" aria-label="Read more about Despite major conservation efforts, populations of New Zealand’s iconic kiwi are more vulnerable than people realise">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jing Qi, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Sciences, RMIT University When Australians think of international education and China, they typically consider the country as a source of international students — Australia’s largest. But China is now one of the leading host countries of international students ... <a title="How China has been transforming international education to become a leading host of students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/how-china-has-been-transforming-international-education-to-become-a-leading-host-of-students-157241/" aria-label="Read more about How China has been transforming international education to become a leading host of students">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lois Towart, Lecturer in Property Economics, University of Technology Sydney The impacts of a closed border and recent floods have highlighted the challenges facing older Australians who live permanently in caravan parks and manufactured home estates. These properties have long provided affordable housing for retirees, particularly those ... <a title="Soaring housing costs are pushing retirees into areas where disaster risks are high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/soaring-housing-costs-are-pushing-retirees-into-areas-where-disaster-risks-are-high-158216/" aria-label="Read more about Soaring housing costs are pushing retirees into areas where disaster risks are high">Read more</a>
