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February 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saul Karnovsky, Lecturer & Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Course Coordinator, Curtin University Shutterstock As children return to schools across the country, the outlook for teachers is bleak. The spread of Omicron will make chronic staff shortages worse and has added to teachers’ responsibilities. They must now be ... <a title="Teachers can’t keep pretending everything is OK – toxic positivity will only make them sick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/07/teachers-cant-keep-pretending-everything-is-ok-toxic-positivity-will-only-make-them-sick-175431/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers can’t keep pretending everything is OK – toxic positivity will only make them sick">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will ensure COVID tests are tax deductible for workers and exempt from fringe benefits tax for businesses when purchased for work-related purposes. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will announce on Monday that the government will remove uncertainty around the ... <a title="Australia is seeing a ‘great reshuffle’ not a ‘great resignation’ in workforce: Frydenberg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/07/australia-is-seeing-a-great-reshuffle-not-a-great-resignation-in-workforce-frydenberg-176516/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is seeing a ‘great reshuffle’ not a ‘great resignation’ in workforce: Frydenberg">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Florian Vogt, Senior Research Fellow, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Shutterstock Early in the pandemic, the COVIDSafe app was designed as a tool to improve contact tracing. And a multimedia campaign promoted it as helping to find more COVID contacts faster. Now, almost two years after its launch ... <a title="The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. We crunched the numbers to see what really happened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/the-covidsafe-app-was-designed-to-help-contact-tracers-we-crunched-the-numbers-to-see-what-really-happened-172242/" aria-label="Read more about The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. We crunched the numbers to see what really happened">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care ... <a title="View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/view-from-the-hill-aged-care-residents-are-paying-for-lessons-not-learned-fast-enough-176472/" aria-label="Read more about View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock News Corp Australia and Google have announced the creation of the Digital News Academy in partnership with the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne. It will provide digital skills training for ... <a title="News Corp’s deal with Google and the Melbourne Business School questioned by journalism academics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/news-corps-deal-with-google-and-the-melbourne-business-school-questioned-by-journalism-academics-176462/" aria-label="Read more about News Corp’s deal with Google and the Melbourne Business School questioned by journalism academics">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW shutterstock If you’re paying off a mortgage – or aspiring to – imagine if you didn’t have to worry so much about rising interest rates. That’s already the reality for US home buyers. Unlike in Australia, most mortgages in the US ... <a title="Vital Signs: What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/vital-signs-whats-wrong-with-australian-mortgages-theyre-fixed-for-shareholders-not-home-owners-176234/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Taylor, Lecturer Indigenous health, cultural studies and Indigenous Education Development Specialist, The University of Western Australia Since the Closing the Gap targets were first introduced in 2008, the number of Indigenous university enrolments have more than doubled. The numbers grew from 9,490 students in 2008 to ... <a title="First Nations students need culturally safe spaces at their universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/first-nations-students-need-culturally-safe-spaces-at-their-universities-175521/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations students need culturally safe spaces at their universities">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Adolescents aged 16-17 are now eligible to receive their Pfizer vaccine booster, following the recommendation earlier this week from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). This move has been prompted by ... <a title="16-17 year olds can now get their COVID boosters. Why not younger children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/16-17-year-olds-can-now-get-their-covid-boosters-why-not-younger-children-176359/" aria-label="Read more about 16-17 year olds can now get their COVID boosters. Why not younger children?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Associate Provost, Research Partnerships, Victoria University While Australia’s booster program of COVID vaccines is just getting going, governments overseas are evaluating the need for a fourth dose program. Earlier this year, Israel began offering a fourth dose of the Pfizer mRNA ... <a title="Israel is rolling out fourth doses of COVID vaccines. Should Australia do the same?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/israel-is-rolling-out-fourth-doses-of-covid-vaccines-should-australia-do-the-same-176145/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is rolling out fourth doses of COVID vaccines. Should Australia do the same?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Wilkinson, Professor of Construction Management, Massey University While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami on January 15, it’s clear the island nation has suffered significant damage to housing stock and infrastructure. Once initial clean-up work is done, the focus ... <a title="Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after the devastation of Cyclone Winston" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/rebuilding-post-eruption-tonga-4-key-lessons-from-fiji-after-the-devastation-of-cyclone-winston-175611/" aria-label="Read more about Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after the devastation of Cyclone Winston">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Barnes, Lecturer in Physics, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Can black holes become white holes? – Remy, age 9, Wangaratta, Victoria Hi Remy! Thank you for this great question. The short answer, unfortunately, is no. White holes are really just something scientists have imagined — they could ... <a title="Curious Kids: can black holes become white holes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/curious-kids-can-black-holes-become-white-holes-176034/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: can black holes become white holes?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Saul, Professor of International Law, Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney The remarkably successful pro-Palestinian boycott by artists of the recent Sydney Festival was a vibrant example of engaged citizens taking foreign policy into their own hands. Perhaps 35% of the festival’s participants withdrew, ... <a title="Was the Sydney Festival boycott justifiable to support Palestine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/was-the-sydney-festival-boycott-justifiable-to-support-palestine-176373/" aria-label="Read more about Was the Sydney Festival boycott justifiable to support Palestine?">Read more</a>
