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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Gettler, PhD, RMIT University Shutterstock Australia’s regional news outlets are dying a not-so-slow death, and COVID-19 has accelerated their decline. Over the past two years more than a hundred of the 435 regional and community newspapers that existed in 2019 ceased printing, continuing as digital-only publications ... <a title="Regional journalism is dying: advertising subsidies won’t help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/regional-journalism-is-dying-advertising-subsidies-wont-help-181255/" aria-label="Read more about Regional journalism is dying: advertising subsidies won’t help">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zara Mansoor, Clinical Psychologist and PhD Candidate, University of Otago GettyImages The transition from childhood to adolescence is a vulnerable time for the development of mental health difficulties and brings a marked increase in anxiety and depression. The push away from family to peers at this age ... <a title="The transition into adolescence can be brutal for kids’ mental health – but parents can help reduce the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/the-transition-into-adolescence-can-be-brutal-for-kids-mental-health-but-parents-can-help-reduce-the-risk-180487/" aria-label="Read more about The transition into adolescence can be brutal for kids’ mental health – but parents can help reduce the risk">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Shutterstock Close contacts of people with COVID in New South Wales and Victoria will soon no longer need to isolate for seven days. Other states and territories, including Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, are considering ... <a title="Isolation rules for close contacts are changing. What happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/isolation-rules-for-close-contacts-are-changing-what-happens-next-181592/" aria-label="Read more about Isolation rules for close contacts are changing. What happens next?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Steer, Deputy Director, Institute for Space (InSpace), Australian National University When United States Vice-President Kamala Harris was at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California earlier this week she said the US would not conduct tests of destructive, direct ascent anti-satellite missiles. This is the first ... <a title="Anti-satellite weapons: the US has sworn off tests, and Australia should follow suit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/anti-satellite-weapons-the-us-has-sworn-off-tests-and-australia-should-follow-suit-181613/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-satellite weapons: the US has sworn off tests, and Australia should follow suit">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato GettyImages During the global COVID-19 pandemic, women have carried much of the unpaid emotional and domestic burden of caring for their families and communities, often simultaneously holding down paid jobs, many on reduced hours ... <a title="The pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women is derailing decades of progress on gender equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/the-pandemics-disproportionate-impact-on-women-is-derailing-decades-of-progress-on-gender-equality-180941/" aria-label="Read more about The pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women is derailing decades of progress on gender equality">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Foster, Postdoctoral Research Associate, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In his 1989 book Wonderful Life, evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould famously argued that, if we could “replay the tape”, life on Earth would evolve to be fundamentally different each time. Wings and flight evolved differently, and independently, in ... <a title="There’s more than one way to grow a baby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/theres-more-than-one-way-to-grow-a-baby-181593/" aria-label="Read more about There’s more than one way to grow a baby">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne AAP/AP/Mikhail Klimentyev As the war in Ukraine drags on and sanctions start to bite, key questions are being asked. How long can President Vladimir Putin remain in power? Will he be overthrown in a palace coup, as recent rumours ... <a title="How long can Vladimir Putin hold on to power?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/how-long-can-vladimir-putin-hold-on-to-power-181500/" aria-label="Read more about How long can Vladimir Putin hold on to power?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Fisher, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Canberra James Ross/AAP During the federal election, politicians of all persuasions will use a range of campaigning and spin tactics. But there is a difference between “gilding the lily” and lying with strategic intent, a trend that is growing ... <a title="‘This worked much better than I thought.’ Why you need to watch out for strategic lies in the federal election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/this-worked-much-better-than-i-thought-why-you-need-to-watch-out-for-strategic-lies-in-the-federal-election-177449/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This worked much better than I thought.’ Why you need to watch out for strategic lies in the federal election">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Given what’s happening in some places in the world right now, we should take a moment to appreciate how lucky we are to live in a peaceful democracy. We all have a vote and a say in who should lead ... <a title="Don’t bring COVID home on election day. Plan your vote to stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/dont-bring-covid-home-on-election-day-plan-your-vote-to-stay-safe-181067/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t bring COVID home on election day. Plan your vote to stay safe">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jorrit Gosens, Research Fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock China’s plans to boost energy security and cut carbon emissions mean this year’s sudden boom for Australian coal exporters is just a blip. Our new research explores the double pressures of China’s plans to bolster energy security in the ... <a title="China’s demand for seaborne coal is set to drop fast and far. Australia should take note." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/chinas-demand-for-seaborne-coal-is-set-to-drop-fast-and-far-australia-should-take-note-181552/" aria-label="Read more about China’s demand for seaborne coal is set to drop fast and far. Australia should take note.">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Ollerhead, Senior Lecturer: Language and Literacy Education, Macquarie University Shutterstock Proposed changes to the New South Wales English syllabus reinforce the misguided idea that the teaching of language and literacy skills should fall chiefly to English teachers, leaving other teachers to focus more on their subject ... <a title="All teachers need to teach language and literacy, not just English teachers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/all-teachers-need-to-teach-language-and-literacy-not-just-english-teachers-180498/" aria-label="Read more about All teachers need to teach language and literacy, not just English teachers">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merve Küçük, PhD Candidate, Deakin University original Understanding the true cost of natural disasters is critical for governments to develop policies to deal with them. Historically, calculations have been based on toting up insurance claims and government aid. But these don’t account for intangible social costs such ... <a title="Natural disasters cost the nation: we’ve calculated the income tax revenue lost in their wake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/natural-disasters-cost-the-nation-weve-calculated-the-income-tax-revenue-lost-in-their-wake-180505/" aria-label="Read more about Natural disasters cost the nation: we’ve calculated the income tax revenue lost in their wake">Read more</a>
