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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish McManus, Biostatistician, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock From today, eligible people who were in the United Kingdom in the 80s and 90s will be able to donate blood in Australia again. That’s because the risk of acquiring variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) from blood transfusions in Australia ... <a title="People who lived in the UK in the ‘mad cow disease’ years may now be able to give blood. The risk of vCJD is tiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/people-who-lived-in-the-uk-in-the-mad-cow-disease-years-may-now-be-able-to-give-blood-the-risk-of-vcjd-is-tiny-183521/" aria-label="Read more about People who lived in the UK in the ‘mad cow disease’ years may now be able to give blood. The risk of vCJD is tiny">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Foerster, Associate professor, Monash University Shutterstock As the new parliament sits for the first time this week, one issue will be in sharpest focus: enshrining a climate target into law. The Albanese government’s pre-election promise was to cut Australia’s emissions 43% on 2005 levels, by 2030. ... <a title="4 lessons for the Albanese government in making its climate targets law. We can’t afford to get this wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/4-lessons-for-the-albanese-government-in-making-its-climate-targets-law-we-cant-afford-to-get-this-wrong-187423/" aria-label="Read more about 4 lessons for the Albanese government in making its climate targets law. We can’t afford to get this wrong">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government this week will take the first step in killing off the controversial Australian Building and Construction Commission by stripping back its powers “to the bare legal minimum”. The government promised before the election that it would scrap the ... <a title="Government pulls teeth of Australian Building and Construction Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/government-pulls-teeth-of-australian-building-and-construction-commission-187593/" aria-label="Read more about Government pulls teeth of Australian Building and Construction Commission">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Shutterstock Imagine this fictitious scenario. The federal environment minister announces government approval for a large-scale penguin farm near Alice Springs. It will produce 300,000 penguins each year for the high-end feather market in Europe. ... <a title="A penguin farm in the Australian desert: a thought experiment that reveals the flaws our in environment laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/a-penguin-farm-in-the-australian-desert-a-thought-experiment-that-reveals-the-flaws-our-in-environment-laws-187142/" aria-label="Read more about A penguin farm in the Australian desert: a thought experiment that reveals the flaws our in environment laws">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adriana Errico, Computer engineer, MSc Bioinformatics, University of Southern Queensland kevinmgill/flickr, CC BY If you close your eyes and imagine a system of planets orbiting a distant star, what do you see? For most people, such thoughts conjure up systems that mirror the Solar System: planets orbiting ... <a title="A cosmic tango: this distant planet’s very strange orbit points to a violent and chaotic past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/a-cosmic-tango-this-distant-planets-very-strange-orbit-points-to-a-violent-and-chaotic-past-185703/" aria-label="Read more about A cosmic tango: this distant planet’s very strange orbit points to a violent and chaotic past">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Speck, Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, University of Adelaide Tyr Liang/Illuminate Adelaide On cold nights in July, Adelaide audiences are flocking to an extraordinary festival of light and sound. The top bill of the Illuminate festival is Wisdom of AI Light, an immersive digital performance ... <a title="In a cold July, Adelaide comes to life with art of light, sound and movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/in-a-cold-july-adelaide-comes-to-life-with-art-of-light-sound-and-movement-186045/" aria-label="Read more about In a cold July, Adelaide comes to life with art of light, sound and movement">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Boris Johnson has declared his time as United Kingdom prime minister was “mission largely accomplished”. How does that self-diagnosed legacy stack up? Nothing is inevitable in politics, but Johnson’s political demise in July 2022 might be ... <a title="Boris Johnson says his time as UK PM was ‘mission largely accomplished’. How does that actually stack up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/boris-johnson-says-his-time-as-uk-pm-was-mission-largely-accomplished-how-does-that-actually-stack-up-187273/" aria-label="Read more about Boris Johnson says his time as UK PM was ‘mission largely accomplished’. How does that actually stack up?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Dew, Associate Professor, Deakin University Getty/Alia Youssef People with disability and their family members from non-English speaking refugee backgrounds come up against language and communication barriers when they try to access services, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Some of these barriers are experienced by ... <a title="Small changes could bridge communication and cultural gaps for people from refugee backgrounds who need disability support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/small-changes-could-bridge-communication-and-cultural-gaps-for-people-from-refugee-backgrounds-who-need-disability-support-185405/" aria-label="Read more about Small changes could bridge communication and cultural gaps for people from refugee backgrounds who need disability support">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University In the past fortnight, former prime minister Scott Morrison has reemerged as a subject of public discussion. First, there was rumour about his interest in securing work with the Australian Rugby League Commission, ... <a title="Even in the political afterlife, Morrison departs from the norm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/even-in-the-political-afterlife-morrison-departs-from-the-norm-187346/" aria-label="Read more about Even in the political afterlife, Morrison departs from the norm">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania One of the conclusions of this week’s shocking State of the Environment report is that climate change is lengthening Australia’s bushfire seasons and raising the number of days with a fire danger rating of “very high” ... <a title="New research in Arnhem Land reveals why institutional fire management is inferior to cultural burning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/new-research-in-arnhem-land-reveals-why-institutional-fire-management-is-inferior-to-cultural-burning-184562/" aria-label="Read more about New research in Arnhem Land reveals why institutional fire management is inferior to cultural burning">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The recent assertion by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s security council (and former president), that the invasion of Ukraine will “achieve all its goals” and that peace will be “on our terms” raises an obvious question: ... <a title="Russia says peace in Ukraine will be ‘on our terms’ – but what can the West accept and at what cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/russia-says-peace-in-ukraine-will-be-on-our-terms-but-what-can-the-west-accept-and-at-what-cost-187349/" aria-label="Read more about Russia says peace in Ukraine will be ‘on our terms’ – but what can the West accept and at what cost?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Have you heard? Barry Crocker’s having a … well, Barry Crocker (“shocker”) of a time with those Reg Grundies (“undies”) people. Karens everywhere can relate – they know it’s Jeffed up when your Danned ... <a title="Is Australian rhyming slang in a bit of froth and bubble? Let’s take a Captain Cook (spoiler: the billy lids may hold the key)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/is-australian-rhyming-slang-in-a-bit-of-froth-and-bubble-lets-take-a-captain-cook-spoiler-the-billy-lids-may-hold-the-key-186731/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australian rhyming slang in a bit of froth and bubble? Let’s take a Captain Cook (spoiler: the billy lids may hold the key)">Read more</a>
