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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne New Zealand, Australia and many countries are experiencing a further Omicron wave driven by the latest BA.4/BA.5 subvariants. Our response to this threat ... <a title="How are Australia and NZ managing the rising COVID winter wave – and is either getting it right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/how-are-australia-and-nz-managing-the-rising-covid-winter-wave-and-is-either-getting-it-right-187020/" aria-label="Read more about How are Australia and NZ managing the rising COVID winter wave – and is either getting it right?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Fernandez-Perez, Senior Research Fellow in Finance, Auckland University of Technology GettyImages Think about the last time you bought something expensive to make yourself feel better after a disappointment or when you treated yourself with a fancy and expensive dinner after some accomplishment. Emotions have a strong ... <a title="In the mood for sustainable funds? How feeling pessimistic can influence where investors put their money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/in-the-mood-for-sustainable-funds-how-feeling-pessimistic-can-influence-where-investors-put-their-money-186994/" aria-label="Read more about In the mood for sustainable funds? How feeling pessimistic can influence where investors put their money">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Senior lecturer, University of Wollongong At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government’s pandemic response struggled to include the country’s most minoritised groups, including First Nations people. Daily press conferences were broadcast, but the messages were not delivered or received equally across the ... <a title="First Nations people in rural NSW lived with more anxiety and fear about COVID-19 than non-First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/first-nations-people-in-rural-nsw-lived-with-more-anxiety-and-fear-about-covid-19-than-non-first-nations-people-186730/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations people in rural NSW lived with more anxiety and fear about COVID-19 than non-First Nations people">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Lucas-Healey, Research Fellow, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Shutterstock Rooftop solar panels and small batteries are driving Australia’s rapid shift towards renewable energy. Some 30% of detached homes on Australia’s national grid have these systems installed. By 2050, this proportion could reach ... <a title="Australians are installing rooftop solar like never before. Who is burdened with taking care of it at home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/australians-are-installing-rooftop-solar-like-never-before-who-is-burdened-with-taking-care-of-it-at-home-184840/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are installing rooftop solar like never before. Who is burdened with taking care of it at home?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University Wikidata Fellowship A particular eccentricity of the Australian sporting landscape is that, culturally, our football codes remain strongly tied to their geographic origins. Australian rules originates from Melbourne, with the southwestern states as heartlands. The rugby codes made their ... <a title="The Barassi Line: a globally unique divider splitting Australia’s footy fans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/the-barassi-line-a-globally-unique-divider-splitting-australias-footy-fans-185132/" aria-label="Read more about The Barassi Line: a globally unique divider splitting Australia’s footy fans">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Gleeson, Associate Professor of Law, Macquarie University Shutterstock Since the change of government at the May federal election, the fate of the contentious religious discrimination legislation remains unclear. There is bipartisan consensus that Commonwealth legislation should protect individuals of different faiths from discrimination in the workplace ... <a title="Australians reject discrimination that is based on religious belief: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/australians-reject-discrimination-that-is-based-on-religious-belief-new-research-186751/" aria-label="Read more about Australians reject discrimination that is based on religious belief: new research">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Feehan, Research Officer – Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University Shutterstock COVID cases are surging across Australia. The rise of the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron, and the rapid increase in COVID hospitalisations, has prompted policymakers to expand fourth dose vaccine eligibility. If you’re aged ... <a title="When can I get my next COVID booster or fourth dose? What if I’ve recently had COVID? Can I get my flu shot at the same time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/when-can-i-get-my-next-covid-booster-or-fourth-dose-what-if-ive-recently-had-covid-can-i-get-my-flu-shot-at-the-same-time-186830/" aria-label="Read more about When can I get my next COVID booster or fourth dose? What if I’ve recently had COVID? Can I get my flu shot at the same time?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Macintosh, Professor and Director of Research, ANU Law School, Australian National University Shutterstock The federal government has launched an independent review of Australia’s central climate policy, the Emissions Reduction Fund, after we and others raised serious concerns about its integrity. The review will examine, among other ... <a title="Australia’s central climate policy pays people to grow trees that already existed. Taxpayers – and the environment – deserve better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/australias-central-climate-policy-pays-people-to-grow-trees-that-already-existed-taxpayers-and-the-environment-deserve-better-186900/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s central climate policy pays people to grow trees that already existed. Taxpayers – and the environment – deserve better">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Halsey, Professor, School of Education, Flinders University Shutterstock Students in regional, rural and remote Australia have been behind their urban counterparts on almost every recognised measure of successful schooling for decades. This is unacceptable and has to change. To achieve this change, it will be vital ... <a title="Don’t expect schools to do all the heavy lifting to close the education divide between the big cities and the rest of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/dont-expect-schools-to-do-all-the-heavy-lifting-to-close-the-education-divide-between-the-big-cities-and-the-rest-of-australia-186586/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t expect schools to do all the heavy lifting to close the education divide between the big cities and the rest of Australia">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia (Lucy) Cameron, Senior Research Consultant, Data61 Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the global economy, with the total cost likely to exceed US$12.5 trillion dollars according to International Monetary Fund estimates. At the same time, the crisis has accelerated huge changes in ... <a title="6 ways governments drive innovation – and how they can help post-pandemic resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/6-ways-governments-drive-innovation-and-how-they-can-help-post-pandemic-resilience-186910/" aria-label="Read more about 6 ways governments drive innovation – and how they can help post-pandemic resilience">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ying Ian Chen, Director, ARC Research Hub for Safe and Reliable Energy, Deakin University Shutterstock In 2016, experts writing in Nature listed seven breakthroughs in how we process chemicals that could change the world for the better. We believe we’ve just ticked one of those off the ... <a title="Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/breakthrough-in-gas-separation-and-storage-could-fast-track-shift-to-green-hydrogen-and-significantly-cut-global-energy-use-186644/" aria-label="Read more about Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese received his fourth COVID jab this week. A commendable example to the community, now that eligibility for the “winter shot” has been widened. Well, commendable up to a point. Noticeably, neither Albanese nor the health worker wielding the ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese needs to step up (and mask up) to help create a new mindset to meet the COVID crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/grattan-on-friday-albanese-needs-to-step-up-and-mask-up-to-help-create-a-new-mindset-to-meet-the-covid-crisis-187023/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese needs to step up (and mask up) to help create a new mindset to meet the COVID crisis">Read more</a>
