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A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care

May 5, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Willis, Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University Shutterstock Throughout the pandemic, we’ve heard much about health-care worker burnout. But what we haven’t heard much about is its effects on patients. Even before the pandemic, health workers were grappling with long hours, high workplace demands, staff ... <a title="A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/a-burnt-out-health-workforce-impacts-patient-care-180021/" aria-label="Read more about A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care">Read more</a>

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Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis

May 5, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Shutterstock Australia’s remarkable animals, plants and ecosystems are world-renowned, and rightly so. Unfortunately, our famous ecosystems are not OK. Many are hurtling towards collapse, threatening even iconic ... <a title="Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/australias-next-government-must-tackle-our-collapsing-ecosystems-and-extinction-crisis-182048/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis">Read more</a>

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Australia is missing 500,000 migrants, but we don’t need visa changes to lure them back

May 5, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Mackey, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute COVID-19 travel restrictions brought migration to Australia to a virtual standstill, and over the course of the pandemic about 500,000 temporary migrants have left our shores. Now many Australian businesses are screaming out for more workers. So, who are Australia’s missing ... <a title="Australia is missing 500,000 migrants, but we don’t need visa changes to lure them back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/australia-is-missing-500-000-migrants-but-we-dont-need-visa-changes-to-lure-them-back-182322/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is missing 500,000 migrants, but we don’t need visa changes to lure them back">Read more</a>

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The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can’t have both

May 5, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP In the midst of Labor’s campaign about the cost of living, the Coalition has zeroed in on one of those costs – taxes – and guaranteed to stop them rising. Its Lower Tax ... <a title="The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can’t have both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/05/the-coalition-is-guaranteeing-essential-services-and-lower-tax-we-cant-have-both-182240/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can’t have both">Read more</a>

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Elon Musk claims his Neuralink brain chip could ‘cure’ tinnitus in 5 years. But don’t hold your breath

May 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Shutterstock The human brain is said to be the most complex biological structure ever to have existed. And while science doesn’t fully understand the brain yet, researchers in the expanding field of neuroscience have been making ... <a title="Elon Musk claims his Neuralink brain chip could ‘cure’ tinnitus in 5 years. But don’t hold your breath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/elon-musk-claims-his-neuralink-brain-chip-could-cure-tinnitus-in-5years-but-dont-hold-your-breath-182156/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk claims his Neuralink brain chip could ‘cure’ tinnitus in 5 years. But don’t hold your breath">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Dave Sharma, Allegra Spender, and Kerryn Phelps on the contest for Wentworth

May 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Allegra Spender/Facebook; Dave Sharma/Facebook In the Wentworth Project, sponsored by the University of Canberra’s Centre for Change Governance and The Conversation, we are tapping into voters’ opinions in this seat, which appears to be on a knife edge. In this ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Dave Sharma, Allegra Spender, and Kerryn Phelps on the contest for Wentworth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-dave-sharma-allegra-spender-and-kerryn-phelps-on-the-contest-for-wentworth-182422/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Dave Sharma, Allegra Spender, and Kerryn Phelps on the contest for Wentworth">Read more</a>

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The end of Roe v. Wade would likely embolden global anti-abortion activists and politicians

May 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University AP Photo/Jason DeCrow A leaked United States Supreme Court draft opinion reveals it is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion as a constitutional ... <a title="The end of Roe v. Wade would likely embolden global anti-abortion activists and politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/the-end-of-roe-v-wade-would-likely-embolden-global-anti-abortion-activists-and-politicians-182345/" aria-label="Read more about The end of Roe v. Wade would likely embolden global anti-abortion activists and politicians">Read more</a>

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India planned to eliminate TB by 2025, but it’s estimated half a million Indians are still dying from it every year

May 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajib Dasgupta, Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University In India in 2021, an estimated 504,000 people died from tuberculosis, or TB. That’s almost one per minute. More than a quarter of the estimated TB cases worldwide are in India. In 2018, the ... <a title="India planned to eliminate TB by 2025, but it’s estimated half a million Indians are still dying from it every year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/india-planned-to-eliminate-tb-by-2025-but-its-estimated-half-a-million-indians-are-still-dying-from-it-every-year-180029/" aria-label="Read more about India planned to eliminate TB by 2025, but it’s estimated half a million Indians are still dying from it every year">Read more</a>

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Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Marilyn moment shows how good she is at her job: being famous

May 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harriette Richards, Research Associate, Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne Getty Images/Jeff Kravitz In the course of her Met Gala attendances, Kim Kardashian has worn floral Givenchy (attending for the first time in 2013, pregnant with her first child), silver Balmain, gold Versace and latex “wet look” ... <a title="Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Marilyn moment shows how good she is at her job: being famous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/kim-kardashians-met-gala-marilyn-moment-shows-how-good-she-is-at-her-job-being-famous-182332/" aria-label="Read more about Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Marilyn moment shows how good she is at her job: being famous">Read more</a>

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Labels like ‘psycho’ or ‘schizo’ can hurt. We’ve workshopped alternative clinical terms

May 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Polari, Clinical Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Unsplash/Jonathan Rados, CC BY It is common to hear people use stigmatising, discriminatory and hurtful labels such as “psycho”, “schizo” or “totally bipolar”. Others might minimise conditions by saying they too are “a bit OCD” because they value ... <a title="Labels like ‘psycho’ or ‘schizo’ can hurt. We’ve workshopped alternative clinical terms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/labels-like-psycho-or-schizo-can-hurt-weve-workshopped-alternative-clinical-terms-179756/" aria-label="Read more about Labels like ‘psycho’ or ‘schizo’ can hurt. We’ve workshopped alternative clinical terms">Read more</a>

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Brands can be rewarded for social activism – but they also risk losing customers to apolitical rivals

May 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Vredenburg, Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology GettyImages From Nike to Ben & Jerry’s to Airbnb, more and more brands are taking a stand on sociopolitical issues (often called brand activism), to the point it’s arguably become a component of any brand’s ... <a title="Brands can be rewarded for social activism – but they also risk losing customers to apolitical rivals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/brands-can-be-rewarded-for-social-activism-but-they-also-risk-losing-customers-to-apolitical-rivals-181468/" aria-label="Read more about Brands can be rewarded for social activism – but they also risk losing customers to apolitical rivals">Read more</a>

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The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is set to light up the skies. Here’s how to get the best seat in the house

May 4, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland There’s something wonderful about sitting under the night sky, watching a meteor shower play out overhead. However, observers in the southern hemisphere usually get the short end of the stick, with most of the best showers strongly favouring those ... <a title="The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is set to light up the skies. Here’s how to get the best seat in the house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/04/the-eta-aquariid-meteor-shower-is-set-to-light-up-the-skies-heres-how-to-get-the-best-seat-in-the-house-181727/" aria-label="Read more about The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is set to light up the skies. Here’s how to get the best seat in the house">Read more</a>