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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Green, Postdoctoral Fellow In Australian Sign Languages, The University of Melbourne Some people are surprised when they first hear about Australian Indigenous sign languages. While the broader community is increasingly aware of the richness of First Nations spoken languages, sign has generally been below the radar ... <a title="Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/tradition-and-innovation-how-we-are-documenting-sign-language-in-a-gurindji-community-in-northern-australia-194524/" aria-label="Read more about Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/AAP Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong chose Human Rights Day to announce Magnitsky-style sanctions against 13 Russian and Iranian individuals and two entities, in response to egregious human rights abuses. Wong has ... <a title="Australia announces ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions against targets in Russia and Iran. What are they and will they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/11/australia-announces-magnitsky-sanctions-against-targets-in-russia-and-iran-what-are-they-and-will-they-work-196346/" aria-label="Read more about Australia announces ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions against targets in Russia and Iran. What are they and will they work?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original Dan Himbrechts/AAP The federal government will provide up to $1.5 billion – to be matched by states and territories – for “targeted and temporary” relief on power bills for low and middle income households and small businesses. Under a ... <a title="Power package: $3 billion for ‘targeted and temporary’ relief on bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/power-package-3-billion-for-targeted-and-temporary-relief-on-bills-196292/" aria-label="Read more about Power package: $3 billion for ‘targeted and temporary’ relief on bills">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney Walton, Research Fellow & Psychologist, Mental Health in Elite Sports, The University of Melbourne Throughout history, sports have been guilty of prioritising certain groups at the exclusion of others. There has been a pervasive idea that being an athlete requires the demonstration of traditionally masculine traits. ... <a title="New study reveals gender bias in sport research. It’s yet another hurdle to progress in women’s sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/new-study-reveals-gender-bias-in-sport-research-its-yet-another-hurdle-to-progress-in-womens-sport-196027/" aria-label="Read more about New study reveals gender bias in sport research. It’s yet another hurdle to progress in women’s sport">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Shutterstock In a bid to arrest escalating power prices, Australia’s federal, state and territory governments have agreed to impose caps on the wholesale price of coal and gas. Announcing the decision after National Cabinet met on Friday, Prime ... <a title="Will price caps on coal and gas bring power prices down? An expert isn’t so sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/will-price-caps-on-coal-and-gas-bring-power-prices-down-an-expert-isnt-so-sure-196277/" aria-label="Read more about Will price caps on coal and gas bring power prices down? An expert isn’t so sure">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashwin Swaminathan, Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Obrador before him, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been infected with COVID for a second time. In the middle of ... <a title="There are still good reasons to avoid catching COVID again – for one, your risk of long COVID goes up each time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/there-are-still-good-reasons-to-avoid-catching-covid-again-for-one-your-risk-of-long-covid-goes-up-each-time-196041/" aria-label="Read more about There are still good reasons to avoid catching COVID again – for one, your risk of long COVID goes up each time">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University A new view of Earth and its place. NASA A photograph taken by NASA’s Orion spacecraft has given us a new perspective on our home planet. The snap was taken during the Artemis I mission, which ... <a title="Looking back from beyond the Moon: how views from space have changed the way we see Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/looking-back-from-beyond-the-moon-how-views-from-space-have-changed-the-way-we-see-earth-195650/" aria-label="Read more about Looking back from beyond the Moon: how views from space have changed the way we see Earth">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Senior Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University Lukas Coch/AAP At the National Press Club this week, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil flagged that Labor would propose changes to Australia’s counter-terrorism laws. She cited an increase in diverse threats beyond religious fundamentalism, a ... <a title="Does Australia need new laws to combat right-wing extremism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/does-australia-need-new-laws-to-combat-right-wing-extremism-196219/" aria-label="Read more about Does Australia need new laws to combat right-wing extremism?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Thompson, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson’s announcement of planned legislation requiring big online platforms such as Google and Meta/Facebook to “pay a fair price” to New Zealand news media for their content ... <a title="Breaking news: making Google and Facebook pay NZ media for content could deliver less than bargained for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/breaking-news-making-google-and-facebook-pay-nz-media-for-content-could-deliver-less-than-bargained-for-196030/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking news: making Google and Facebook pay NZ media for content could deliver less than bargained for">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Shutterstock “Kneading” is when cats massage an object with the front paws, which extend and retract, one paw at a time. This massaging action, named for its resemblance to kneading dough, is repeated rhythmically. ... <a title="Why do cats knead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/why-do-cats-knead-192743/" aria-label="Read more about Why do cats knead?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Essay by Keith Rankin. “Antlers grow through a mechanism that is very similar to cancer. But, because deer can keep that growth in check, they are extremely resilient to cancers. … “Sardinia’s own dwarf deer, a relative of Ireland’s giant elk, was eradicated within a hundred years of human colonization, some 9,000 years ago.” Thomas ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – To Be a Good Cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/keith-rankin-essay-to-be-a-good-cancer/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – To Be a Good Cancer">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irene Gallego Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Genetics, The University of Melbourne Derek R. Audette/Shutterstock An encounter with a mysterious and extinct human relative – the Denisovans – has left a mark on the immune traits of modern Papuans, in particular those living on New Guinea Island. ... <a title="DNA from elusive human relatives the Denisovans has left a curious mark on modern people in New Guinea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/dna-from-elusive-human-relatives-the-denisovans-has-left-a-curious-mark-on-modern-people-in-new-guinea-196113/" aria-label="Read more about DNA from elusive human relatives the Denisovans has left a curious mark on modern people in New Guinea">Read more</a>
