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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathalie Collins, Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock A Melbourne bookshop worker shoved down an escalator. Another scalded by a cup of hot coffee thrown at them. A trolley thrown at yet another. These are three of the more shocking incidents in what Australian retailers and unions ... <a title="Content from confrontation: how the attention economy helps stoke aggression towards retail workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/content-from-confrontation-how-the-attention-economy-helps-stoke-aggression-towards-retail-workers-173062/" aria-label="Read more about Content from confrontation: how the attention economy helps stoke aggression towards retail workers">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
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 Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND This article is part of the “Who would win?” series, where wildlife experts dream up hypothetical battles between predators (all in the ... <a title="Ever wondered who would win in a fight between a dingo and a wolf? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/ever-wondered-who-would-win-in-a-fight-between-a-dingo-and-a-wolf-an-expert-explains-158312/" aria-label="Read more about Ever wondered who would win in a fight between a dingo and a wolf? An expert explains">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University Much has been written about why Indigenous recognition is important. Such recognition would be a legal change to address the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands and rights, and the widescale damage to Indigenous lives and culture. At the ... <a title="Our research shows public support for a First Nations Voice is not only high, it’s deeply entrenched" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/our-research-shows-public-support-for-a-first-nations-voice-is-not-only-high-its-deeply-entrenched-172851/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows public support for a First Nations Voice is not only high, it’s deeply entrenched">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Martin, Professor of Medicine and Chair of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle Shutterstock The rise of Omicron, the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, reminds us how quickly things can change during the pandemic. Only a few weeks ago, we were hearing about a range of potential ... <a title="Can Prozac treat COVID? Perhaps, but a related drug may be better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/can-prozac-treat-covid-perhaps-but-a-related-drug-may-be-better-172608/" aria-label="Read more about Can Prozac treat COVID? Perhaps, but a related drug may be better">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Áine Kelly-Costello, University of Gothenburg Christopher Furlong/Getty Images During last month’s COP26 summit, climate change was a ubiquitous story. News hooks abounded, from unpacking the flurry of non-binding pledges to reporting on the failure of rich nations to honour demands of countries at the frontline, criticising the ... <a title="Why climate change must stay on the news agenda beyond global summits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/why-climate-change-must-stay-on-the-news-agenda-beyond-global-summits-171845/" aria-label="Read more about Why climate change must stay on the news agenda beyond global summits">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Fairman, Future Fire Risk Analyst, The University of Melbourne Severely burned forest following the devastating fire season of 2019 and 2020 T Fairman Eucalypt forests are well known for bouncing back after fire, and the green shoots that emerge from eucalypts stems as they begin their ... <a title="Australian forests will store less carbon as climate change worsens and severe fires become more common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/australian-forests-will-store-less-carbon-as-climate-change-worsens-and-severe-fires-become-more-common-173233/" aria-label="Read more about Australian forests will store less carbon as climate change worsens and severe fires become more common">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Marshman, Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Two years into the pandemic, what impacts have COVID-19 really had on Australian university finances and staffing in 2020 and in 2021? Our recently published research shows the impacts ... <a title="After 2 years of COVID, how bad has it really been for university finances and staff?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/after-2-years-of-covid-how-bad-has-it-really-been-for-university-finances-and-staff-172405/" aria-label="Read more about After 2 years of COVID, how bad has it really been for university finances and staff?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By M.W. Shores, Lecturer in Japanese, University of Sydney Rakugo is among Japan’s more humble performing arts: a solo performer, dressed in traditional kimono, sits on a plush cushion and narrates stories lasting twenty or thirty minutes, assuming the roles of every character. A simple folding fan and ... <a title="Meet Katsura Niyō: the young female rising star in the traditionally male Japanese art form, rakugo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/meet-katsura-niyo-the-young-female-rising-star-in-the-traditionally-male-japanese-art-form-rakugo-173236/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Katsura Niyō: the young female rising star in the traditionally male Japanese art form, rakugo">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Greens leader Adam Bandt is hopeful his party could have 12 senators in the next parliament. Only three of the party’s nine senators are up for re-election (in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania). So, assuming they hold their seats, with ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on hopes for a dozen Greens senators and a ‘power-sharing’ parliament." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-adam-bandt-on-hopes-for-a-dozen-greens-senators-and-a-power-sharing-parliament-173430/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on hopes for a dozen Greens senators and a ‘power-sharing’ parliament.">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Senior Lecturer of art history, Griffith University Yuma Taru The spiral of life – the tongue of the cloth (yan pal ana hmali) – a mutual dialogue 2021 Ramie suspended from metal threads / 500 x 250cm (diam.); installed dimensions variable / Commissioned for APT10 ... <a title="Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art shows how our local differences demand curiosity and care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/asia-pacific-triennial-of-contemporary-art-shows-how-our-local-differences-demand-curiosity-and-care-173241/" aria-label="Read more about Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art shows how our local differences demand curiosity and care">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Roger, Citizen Science Program Lead, CSIRO Shutterstock Thanks to technological advances, citizen science has experienced unprecedented global growth over the past decade. It’s enabled millions of people to get involved in science, whether by gathering data, sharing health information or helping to map galaxies. And just ... <a title="Nature is hiding in every nook of Australia’s cities – just look a little closer and you’ll find it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/nature-is-hiding-in-every-nook-of-australias-cities-just-look-a-little-closer-and-youll-find-it-168256/" aria-label="Read more about Nature is hiding in every nook of Australia’s cities – just look a little closer and you’ll find it">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Baka, Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic Research Network, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University AAP/AP/Koki Kataoka Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics in Beijing in February. This means that while athletes will still ... <a title="Why Australia’s ‘diplomatic boycott’ of the Beijing Winter Olympics is important, but unlikely to have any significant impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/why-australias-diplomatic-boycott-of-the-beijing-winter-olympics-is-important-but-unlikely-to-have-any-significant-impact-173422/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia’s ‘diplomatic boycott’ of the Beijing Winter Olympics is important, but unlikely to have any significant impact">Read more</a>
