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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Cunneen, Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock The enormous eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, triggered a tsunami that reached countries all around the Pacific rim, even causing a disastrous oil spill along 21 beaches in Peru. In Tonga, waves about 2 ... <a title="5 ways climate change boosts tsunami threat, from collapsing ice shelves to sea level rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/5-ways-climate-change-boosts-tsunami-threat-from-collapsing-ice-shelves-to-sea-level-rise-175247/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways climate change boosts tsunami threat, from collapsing ice shelves to sea level rise">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ema Moolchand, PhD Candidate, RMIT University Australian Day barbecues are under threat as Omicron infections continue to cripple meat-processing operations. Most off the menu are chicken dishes. Australia’s biggest poultry processor Ingham’s (with a 40% market share) has had to stop producing some items and curtail production ... <a title="Where’s the meat? Employers and governments should have seen this supply crisis coming, and done something" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/wheres-the-meat-employers-and-governments-should-have-seen-this-supply-crisis-coming-and-done-something-175144/" aria-label="Read more about Where’s the meat? Employers and governments should have seen this supply crisis coming, and done something">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Schubert, Pharmacist and PhD Candidate, University of Sydney On Thursday, health minister Greg Hunt announced Australia’s drug regulator had provisionally approved two new medicines for the treatment of COVID. These are Lagevrio, made by American pharmaceutical company Merck Sharpe & Dohme, and Paxlovid, by Pfizer. With ... <a title="Australia approves two new medicines in the fight against COVID. How can you get them and are they effective against Omicron?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/australia-approves-two-new-medicines-in-the-fight-against-covid-how-can-you-get-them-and-are-they-effective-against-omicron-175321/" aria-label="Read more about Australia approves two new medicines in the fight against COVID. How can you get them and are they effective against Omicron?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Maguire-Rosier, Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, School of Literature, Art, and Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney Yaya Stempler Review: Yung Lung, choreographed by Antony Hamilton, Chunky Move The word “yung”, according to the urban language dictionary, variously means ... <a title="When humans compete with television, Yung Lung proves the liveness of bodies wins out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/when-humans-compete-with-television-yung-lung-proves-the-liveness-of-bodies-wins-out-173986/" aria-label="Read more about When humans compete with television, Yung Lung proves the liveness of bodies wins out">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Shutterstock School holidays can be a special time for extended families to gather. Children may see their grandparents at seasonal gatherings or as part of childcare arrangements to help working parents. New research suggests the biology, environment and ... <a title="Kids whose grandparents are overweight are almost twice as likely to struggle with obesity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/kids-whose-grandparents-are-overweight-are-almost-twice-as-likely-to-struggle-with-obesity-173739/" aria-label="Read more about Kids whose grandparents are overweight are almost twice as likely to struggle with obesity">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Speck, Professorial Fellow (Honorary), The University of Melbourne Ann Newmarch, born Adelaide 1945, died Adelaide 2022, Self-portrait. 1/60th of a second, 1981, Adelaide, photo-etching on paper, 26.4 x 34.7 cm (plate), Public Donations Fund 2015, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, © Ann Newmarch; and Hossein ... <a title="Australian art has lost two of its greats. Vale Ann Newmarch and Hossein Valamanesh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/australian-art-has-lost-two-of-its-greats-vale-ann-newmarch-and-hossein-valamanesh-175435/" aria-label="Read more about Australian art has lost two of its greats. Vale Ann Newmarch and Hossein Valamanesh">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury An aerial view of heavy ash fall on the Tongan island of Nomuka. GettyImages Since the catastrophic volcanic eruption on January 16, Tonga has been largely cut off from the world due to a break in the undersea cable ... <a title="Laws governing undersea cables have hardly changed since 1884 – Tonga is a reminder they need modernising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/laws-governing-undersea-cables-have-hardly-changed-since-1884-tonga-is-a-reminder-they-need-modernising-175312/" aria-label="Read more about Laws governing undersea cables have hardly changed since 1884 – Tonga is a reminder they need modernising">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Hronis, Clinical Psychologist, University of Technology Sydney GettyImages If you’ve ever tried to make new friends as an adult, you’ll probably see why loneliness is at an all-time high. Making new friends feels just plain hard. In school, making friends can be as simple as going ... <a title="Why do we find making new friends so hard as adults?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/why-do-we-find-making-new-friends-so-hard-as-adults-171740/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we find making new friends so hard as adults?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, Professor in Law and Co-Convener National Security Hub (University of Canberra), University of Canberra GettyImages A geopolitical earthquake could begin within weeks. As a string of bilateral crisis talks predictably falter, further military aggression by Russia against Ukraine seems all too probable. If this ... <a title="Ukraine might be far away, but a security crisis in Europe can still threaten Aotearoa New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/ukraine-might-be-far-away-but-a-security-crisis-in-europe-can-still-threaten-aotearoa-new-zealand-175310/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine might be far away, but a security crisis in Europe can still threaten Aotearoa New Zealand">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Zhang Kaiyv/Unsplash, CC BY Most of us are captivated by the thought of a “living fossil”, which is any organism that appeared millions of years ago in the fossil record and survives today, relatively unchanged. The maidenhair tree, ... <a title="Dinosaur food and Hiroshima bomb survivors: maidenhair trees are ‘living fossils’ and your new favourite plant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/dinosaur-food-and-hiroshima-bomb-survivors-maidenhair-trees-are-living-fossils-and-your-new-favourite-plant-164630/" aria-label="Read more about Dinosaur food and Hiroshima bomb survivors: maidenhair trees are ‘living fossils’ and your new favourite plant">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Shutterstock Given how much COVID-19 is dominating Australians’ lives, our governments should be telling us everything they know about infections, hospitalisations and deaths. So why aren’t they? Full disclosure is important for public health, and also for public confidence in government ... <a title="Vital Signs: disclosure please, we shouldn’t be playing bingo with COVID statistics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/vital-signs-disclosure-please-we-shouldnt-be-playing-bingo-with-covid-statistics-175230/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: disclosure please, we shouldn’t be playing bingo with COVID statistics">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It sounded a touch desperate – Prime Minister Scott Morrison imploring backpackers to “come on down” to Australia, as the Omicron crisis escalated. “Enjoy a holiday here”, said the one-time managing director of Tourism Australia, and “at the same time ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison’s ministerial team looks far from match-fit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/20/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrisons-ministerial-team-looks-far-from-match-fit-175343/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison’s ministerial team looks far from match-fit">Read more</a>
