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August 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Principal Advisor Education, Grattan Institute www.shutterestock.com This Friday, state and federal education ministers will meet for the first time since the federal election. The stakes are high. Ministers meet as teacher shortages and workload pressures are dominating education headlines and severely stressing schools. We need ... <a title="Australia spends $5 billion a year on teaching assistants in schools but we don’t know what they do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/08/australia-spends-5-billion-a-year-on-teaching-assistants-in-schools-but-we-dont-know-what-they-do-187918/" aria-label="Read more about Australia spends $5 billion a year on teaching assistants in schools but we don’t know what they do">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Simpson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Macquarie University Crown Resorts’ striking new A$2 billion casino on Sydney’s Barangaroo Point opens its doors to gamblers for the first time this week. But only if they are “VIPs”. Its licence to operate remains conditional, after being found unfit to ... <a title="Crown Sydney casino opens – another beacon for criminals looking to launder dirty money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/08/crown-sydney-casino-opens-another-beacon-for-criminals-looking-to-launder-dirty-money-184253/" aria-label="Read more about Crown Sydney casino opens – another beacon for criminals looking to launder dirty money">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Judith Durham, one of Australia’s most recognisable voices, has passed away at 79. An icon of the Australian music industry as lead singer for The Seekers and a solo artist, hers was an enduring female voice in ... <a title="Vale Judith Durham, the cuddly Aussie ‘girl-next-door’ whose soaring voice found international fame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/07/vale-judith-durham-the-cuddly-aussie-girl-next-door-whose-soaring-voice-found-international-fame-188343/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Judith Durham, the cuddly Aussie ‘girl-next-door’ whose soaring voice found international fame">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock People who flee domestic violence desperately need safe, affordable and secure housing. Our study of people on housing waiting lists in New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland found private rental housing isn’t an ... <a title="‘I left with the kids and ended up homeless with them’: the nightmare of housing wait lists for people fleeing domestic violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/i-left-with-the-kids-and-ended-up-homeless-with-them-the-nightmare-of-housing-wait-lists-for-people-fleeing-domestic-violence-187687/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I left with the kids and ended up homeless with them’: the nightmare of housing wait lists for people fleeing domestic violence">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Micah DJ Peters, Senior Research Fellow / Director – Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) National Policy Research Unit (Federal Office), University of South Australia Shutterstock Former Health Department Chief Martin Bowles has reportedly proposed “virtual nurses” could help address the shortage of nurses in aged care. ... <a title="Could ‘virtual nurses’ be the answer to aged care staffing woes? Dream on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/could-virtual-nurses-be-the-answer-to-aged-care-staffing-woes-dream-on-188215/" aria-label="Read more about Could ‘virtual nurses’ be the answer to aged care staffing woes? Dream on">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Munsie, Professor Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells), The University of Melbourne Mouse emobryo model in the lab from day 1 to 8. The Wizemann Institute of Science In what’s reported as a world-first achievement, biologists have grown mouse embryo models in the lab without the need for ... <a title="World’s first ‘synthetic embryo’: why this research is more important than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/worlds-first-synthetic-embryo-why-this-research-is-more-important-than-you-think-188217/" aria-label="Read more about World’s first ‘synthetic embryo’: why this research is more important than you think">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. Michelle and Caroline discuss the first fortnight sitting of the new parliament, with the government’s emissions reduction bill passing on ... <a title="VIDEO: Government’s climate win, Plibersek says no to coal mine, Albanese moves forward on referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/video-governments-climate-win-plibersek-says-no-to-coal-mine-albanese-moves-forward-on-referendum-188281/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Government’s climate win, Plibersek says no to coal mine, Albanese moves forward on referendum">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt King, Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Atomic clocks, combined with precise astronomical measurements, have revealed that the length of a day is suddenly getting longer, and scientists don’t know why. This has critical impacts not just ... <a title="The length of Earth’s days has been mysteriously increasing, and scientists don’t know why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/the-length-of-earths-days-has-been-mysteriously-increasing-and-scientists-dont-know-why-188147/" aria-label="Read more about The length of Earth’s days has been mysteriously increasing, and scientists don’t know why">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Shutterstock The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID, originated from bats and then, probably after passing through an intermediary host, gained the ability to infect humans. Many new viruses that emerge in this way, like SARS-CoV-2, maintain the ability to infect ... <a title="Should we be worried about our pet cats and dogs getting COVID?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/should-we-be-worried-about-our-pet-cats-and-dogs-getting-covid-186486/" aria-label="Read more about Should we be worried about our pet cats and dogs getting COVID?">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Richards, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock In what seems like excellent news, coral cover in parts of the Great Barrier Reef is at a record high, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. But this doesn’t necessarily mean our beloved reef ... <a title="Record coral cover doesn’t necessarily mean the Great Barrier Reef is in good health (despite what you may have heard)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/record-coral-cover-doesnt-necessarily-mean-the-great-barrier-reef-is-in-good-health-despite-what-you-may-have-heard-188233/" aria-label="Read more about Record coral cover doesn’t necessarily mean the Great Barrier Reef is in good health (despite what you may have heard)">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. Michelle and Caroline discuss the first fortnight sitting of the new parliament, with the government’s emissions reduction bill passing on ... <a title="VIDEO: On the first week of the new parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/video-on-the-first-week-of-the-new-parliament-188281/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: On the first week of the new parliament">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorinda Cramer, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australian Catholic University The question of what counts as professional dress for Australia’s politicians loomed large again this week. New Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather rose to speak in question time. He wore a neat navy suit and a crisp cotton shirt, intending ... <a title="‘This is not a barbeque’: a short history of neckties in the Australian parliament and at work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/this-is-not-a-barbeque-a-short-history-of-neckties-in-the-australian-parliament-and-at-work-188213/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is not a barbeque’: a short history of neckties in the Australian parliament and at work">Read more</a>
