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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute As monkeypox vaccination programs roll out and health authorities release information about how to reduce the spread of the virus, progress on another aspect of the outbreak is lagging: its name. On June 14, the Director-General of the World ... <a title="Why doesn’t monkeypox have a new name yet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/why-doesnt-monkeypox-have-a-new-name-yet-188280/" aria-label="Read more about Why doesn’t monkeypox have a new name yet?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Marc Pell/Unsplash, CC BY The world’s focus is sharply fixed on achieving net-zero emissions, yet surprisingly little thought has been given to what comes afterwards. In our new paper, published today in Nature Climate Change, we ... <a title="Beyond net-zero: we should, if we can, cool the planet back to pre-industrial levels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/beyond-net-zero-we-should-if-we-can-cool-the-planet-back-to-pre-industrial-levels-187781/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond net-zero: we should, if we can, cool the planet back to pre-industrial levels">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Alders, Honorary Professor, Australian National University Foot-and-mouth disease now poses a high threat to Australia. This highly contagious livestock virus is sweeping Indonesia – the closest it’s been to Australia since the 1980s. A large outbreak here could cause decimate the livestock industry and cause A$80 ... <a title="To lock out foot-and-mouth disease, Australia must help our neighbour countries bolster their biosecurity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/to-lock-out-foot-and-mouth-disease-australia-must-help-our-neighbour-countries-bolster-their-biosecurity-188010/" aria-label="Read more about To lock out foot-and-mouth disease, Australia must help our neighbour countries bolster their biosecurity">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Wreford, Professor Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images New Zealand’s national adaptation plan, launched last week, offers the first comprehensive approach to how communities can prepare for the inevitable impacts of a changing climate. Having a plan is critical. Reactive and ... <a title="NZ’s first climate adaptation plan is a good start, but crucial questions about cost and timing must be answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/nzs-first-climate-adaptation-plan-is-a-good-start-but-crucial-questions-about-cost-and-timing-must-be-answered-188216/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s first climate adaptation plan is a good start, but crucial questions about cost and timing must be answered">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa McLean Davies, Professor of Teacher Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Today, state and federal education ministers will meet in Canberra to discuss the teacher shortage. In their first in-person meeting for more than a year, they will also speak to principals, teachers and education experts ... <a title="Australia’s teacher shortage won’t be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, not a trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/australias-teacher-shortage-wont-be-solved-until-we-treat-teaching-as-a-profession-not-a-trade-188441/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s teacher shortage won’t be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, not a trade">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury HBO HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones dominated television and pop culture discourse for much of a decade. Its upcoming prequel series, House of the Dragon, is similarly generating conversation, although not in ways the ... <a title="Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon confirms there will be no sexual violence on screen. Here’s why that’s important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/game-of-thrones-prequel-house-of-the-dragon-confirms-there-will-be-no-sexual-violence-on-screen-heres-why-thats-important-188521/" aria-label="Read more about Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon confirms there will be no sexual violence on screen. Here’s why that’s important">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal Liberals are in a parlous state, after an election that was not just lost to Labor but where “teals” stripped them of a batch of traditional seats. In coming months the Liberal Party faces fresh assaults, in state ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Will ‘teals’ strike Liberals another blow in Victorian and NSW elections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/grattan-on-friday-will-teals-strike-liberals-another-blow-in-victorian-and-nsw-elections-188596/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Will ‘teals’ strike Liberals another blow in Victorian and NSW elections?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Sims, Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Public interest journalism is essential to a well-functioning society, even for those who do not watch or read it. It holds the powerful to account, provides a ... <a title="Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code led the world. It’s time to finish what we started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/australias-news-media-bargaining-code-led-the-world-its-time-to-finish-what-we-started-188586/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code led the world. It’s time to finish what we started">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cleo Hansen-Lohrey, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania GettyImages Last week, independent MP Andrew Wilkie reintroduced to federal parliament the Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2022. This bill gives Australia the chance to bring its immigration detention regime in line with basic international ... <a title="New immigration detention bill could give Australia a fresh chance to comply with international law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/new-immigration-detention-bill-could-give-australia-a-fresh-chance-to-comply-with-international-law-188519/" aria-label="Read more about New immigration detention bill could give Australia a fresh chance to comply with international law">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Sydney Daniel Boud/ STC Review: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, directed by Kip Williams for Sydney Theatre Company With their new production, Kip Williams and the Sydney Theatre Company have revisited the artistic and box ... <a title="A production to satisfy Sydney’s darkest imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/a-production-to-satisfy-sydneys-darkest-imaginings-sydney-theatre-companys-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-185596/" aria-label="Read more about A production to satisfy Sydney’s darkest imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University A record number of female Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander athletes represented Australia at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. While embracing their role model status, it is worth considering the weighty expectations and costs that accompany this ... <a title="You can’t be what you can’t see: the benefits for and the pressures on First Nations sportswomen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/you-cant-be-what-you-cant-see-the-benefits-for-and-the-pressures-on-first-nations-sportswomen-188224/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t be what you can’t see: the benefits for and the pressures on First Nations sportswomen">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnie Blewitt, Head, Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute leah hetteberg/unsplash What if we could inherit more than our parents’ genes? What if we could inherit the ability to turn genes on and off? These possibilities have come to light after our recent study, published ... <a title="Surprise discovery shows you may inherit more from your mum than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/surprise-discovery-shows-you-may-inherit-more-from-your-mum-than-you-think-188293/" aria-label="Read more about Surprise discovery shows you may inherit more from your mum than you think">Read more</a>
