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December 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Australian children aged 5-11 will start to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from January 10, after it cleared the final regulatory step and was recommended for use in this age group by the ... <a title="Safety, side effects, allergies and doses. The COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/safety-side-effects-allergies-and-doses-the-covid-19-pfizer-vaccine-for-5-11-year-olds-explained-173323/" aria-label="Read more about Safety, side effects, allergies and doses. The COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds explained">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato GettyImages The National Party’s recent call for a royal commission of inquiry into New Zealand’s pandemic response may have been part of a wider political strategy, with former leader Judith Collins highly critical of the government’s handling of the ... <a title="A century on from the 1919 influenza inquiry, NZ needs a royal commission into its COVID-19 response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/a-century-on-from-the-1919-influenza-inquiry-nz-needs-a-royal-commission-into-its-covid-19-response-173494/" aria-label="Read more about A century on from the 1919 influenza inquiry, NZ needs a royal commission into its COVID-19 response">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Omid Rezaei, PhD Candidate, Edith Cowan University Department of Defence/ AAP In recent months we have seen images of Afghan people, fleeing their country and seeking refuge in Australia. But people from Afghanistan have a long history in Australia. From the 1860s to the 1930s, they helped ... <a title="‘I say Tajikistan or Uzbekistan’: why Afghan refugees feel unwelcome in Australia, even after becoming citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/i-say-tajikistan-or-uzbekistan-why-afghan-refugees-feel-unwelcome-in-australia-even-after-becoming-citizens-170557/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I say Tajikistan or Uzbekistan’: why Afghan refugees feel unwelcome in Australia, even after becoming citizens">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell McGregor, Adjunct Professor of History, James Cook University Mitchell Library Exactly 100 years ago tomorrow, a bird that had been relegated to extinction made a comeback. The exquisitely beautiful paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a grazier from Gayndah in Queensland’s Burnett district, on December ... <a title="100 years ago, this man discovered an exquisite parrot thought to be extinct. What came next is a tragedy we must not repeat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/100-years-ago-this-man-discovered-an-exquisite-parrot-thought-to-be-extinct-what-came-next-is-a-tragedy-we-must-not-repeat-171939/" aria-label="Read more about 100 years ago, this man discovered an exquisite parrot thought to be extinct. What came next is a tragedy we must not repeat">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Baré, Honorary Fellow, LH Martin Institute, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Twenty years’ experience of casual conversion clauses in Australian universities’ employment agreements shows these have not reduced the number of casual staff they employ. No one should be surprised at how few offers of conversion ... <a title="Unis offered as few as 1 in 100 casuals permanent status in 2021. Why aren’t conversion rules working for these staff?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/unis-offered-as-few-as-1-in-100-casuals-permanent-status-in-2021-why-arent-conversion-rules-working-for-these-staff-172046/" aria-label="Read more about Unis offered as few as 1 in 100 casuals permanent status in 2021. Why aren’t conversion rules working for these staff?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW shutterstock If you are worried about inequality you probably lament the end of death duties. At first in Queensland and then in the rest of the country, Australia became one of the first nations in the world to abolish death duties ... <a title="Vital Signs: the case against death duties just got stronger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/vital-signs-the-case-against-death-duties-just-got-stronger-173409/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the case against death duties just got stronger">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney Gabrielle Chanel, photograph by Henry Clarke, published in Vogue France, 1954. Paris Musées. © Henry Clarke, Paris Musées / Palais Galliera / ADAGP. Copyright Agency, 2021 Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, friend of artist Jean Cocteau and ... <a title="Friday essay: Chanel’s complex legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/friday-essay-chanels-complex-legacy-172761/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: Chanel’s complex legacy">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A week after Anthony Albanese announced his climate blueprint, Labor has every reason to believe the most difficult policy it will launch for the coming election has parachuted to a safe landing. The government has brought out the predictable attacks, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese is ending the year well but has plenty of challenges ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/grattan-on-friday-albanese-is-ending-the-year-well-but-has-plenty-of-challenges-ahead-173503/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese is ending the year well but has plenty of challenges ahead">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cyra Patel, Senior Research Officer, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance; PhD candidate, Australian National University CDC/Unsplash If it’s been six months since you got the second COVID vaccine dose, it’s time to book in for your booster shot. This will provide additional protection against COVID, ... <a title="Should I get my COVID vaccine booster? Yes, it increases protection against COVID, including Omicron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/should-i-get-my-covid-vaccine-booster-yes-it-increases-protection-against-covid-including-omicron-172965/" aria-label="Read more about Should I get my COVID vaccine booster? Yes, it increases protection against COVID, including Omicron">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University Andy Brownbill/AP Novak Djokovic told the media last week “you will know very soon” if he is going to play in the Australian Open in January, for a chance to win a tenth title. He ... <a title="Vaccinated or not, Novak Djokovic should be able to play at the Australian Open" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/vaccinated-or-not-novak-djokovic-should-be-able-to-play-at-the-australian-open-173060/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccinated or not, Novak Djokovic should be able to play at the Australian Open">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Kriegman et al./PNAS In 2020, scientists made global headlines by creating “xenobots” – tiny “programmable” living things made of several thousand frog stem ... <a title="Will self-replicating ‘xenobots’ cure diseases, yield new bioweapons, or simply turn the whole world into grey goo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/will-self-replicating-xenobots-cure-diseases-yield-new-bioweapons-or-simply-turn-the-whole-world-into-grey-goo-173244/" aria-label="Read more about Will self-replicating ‘xenobots’ cure diseases, yield new bioweapons, or simply turn the whole world into grey goo?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock Not many more sleeps until Christmas, and all those long lunches and get-togethers with family and friends. If you’re hosting a gathering and want to avoid a ... <a title="Planning a Christmas get-together? 8 tips to avoid a super-spreader event" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/planning-a-christmas-get-together-8-tips-to-avoid-a-super-spreader-event-172857/" aria-label="Read more about Planning a Christmas get-together? 8 tips to avoid a super-spreader event">Read more</a>
