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November 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University As our nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, struggles to contain a rampaging COVID outbreak, the question arises of how much Australia is doing to help. Is the emergency assistance Australia offers enough in a country whose health infrastructure was already ... <a title="As Papua New Guinea struggles with COVID, Australia must step up its ‘vaccine diplomacy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/as-papua-new-guinea-struggles-with-covid-australia-must-step-up-its-vaccine-diplomacy-170773/" aria-label="Read more about As Papua New Guinea struggles with COVID, Australia must step up its ‘vaccine diplomacy’">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, Assistant Professor, General Practice, Bond University Shutterstock Australia is opening up, people are mixing and mingling, and schools are back. But there’s a downside. Sharing our lives with each other again also means sharing our germs. When we look at trends of illnesses in cities ... <a title="We can expect more colds and flu as COVID restrictions lift. 5 germs to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/we-can-expect-more-colds-and-flu-as-covid-restrictions-lift-5-germs-to-look-out-for-170263/" aria-label="Read more about We can expect more colds and flu as COVID restrictions lift. 5 germs to look out for">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Holmes à Court, Senior advisor, Climate and Energy College, The University of Melbourne AP At the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow last week, more than 40 countries pledged to phase out coal-fired power. Some were big coal-using countries such as Poland, Canada and Vietnam – ... <a title="Scott Morrison is hiding behind future technologies, when we should just deploy what already exists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/scott-morrison-is-hiding-behind-future-technologies-when-we-should-just-deploy-what-already-exists-169016/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison is hiding behind future technologies, when we should just deploy what already exists">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teaghan Hogg, PhD student, Clinical Psychology, University of Canberra Feeling anxious about the ecological crises we face is entirely understandable, given the enormity of the threats. Eco-anxiety is sometimes described as a mental health problem. It’s not. Eco-anxiety is a rational psychological and emotional response to the ... <a title="Feel alone in your eco-anxiety? Don’t – it’s remarkably common to feel dread about environmental decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/feel-alone-in-your-eco-anxiety-dont-its-remarkably-common-to-feel-dread-about-environmental-decline-170789/" aria-label="Read more about Feel alone in your eco-anxiety? Don’t – it’s remarkably common to feel dread about environmental decline">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Benade, Associate Professor, School of Education, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock Some schools around Australia, and elsewhere, have replaced individual desks with circular booths and shared tables for collaborative work. But what does the evidence actually say? Do flexible learning spaces improve students’ ability to work ... <a title="Lots of schools are moving to ‘hot desking’. Is there any benefit for my child?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/lots-of-schools-are-moving-to-hot-desking-is-there-any-benefit-for-my-child-167043/" aria-label="Read more about Lots of schools are moving to ‘hot desking’. Is there any benefit for my child?">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne In 2020, for the first time in Australia, more than half the shareholders of a public company voted in support of a climate change resolution put forward by shareholders in the face of opposition from the ... <a title="Australian companies are facing more climate-focused ESG resolutions than ever before, and they are paying quiet dividends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/australian-companies-are-facing-more-climate-focused-esg-resolutions-than-ever-before-and-they-are-paying-quiet-dividends-170466/" aria-label="Read more about Australian companies are facing more climate-focused ESG resolutions than ever before, and they are paying quiet dividends">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Linda McCartney, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger, Hudson River, New York, 1966. BIFB Review: The Linda McCartney Retrospective, Ballarat International Foto Biennale The Linda McCartney Retrospective has toured the world, taking on a new life ... <a title="On the intimate and character-revealing photographs of Linda McCartney – Paul’s wife, and a stunning artist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/on-the-intimate-and-character-revealing-photographs-of-linda-mccartney-pauls-wife-and-a-stunning-artist-170957/" aria-label="Read more about On the intimate and character-revealing photographs of Linda McCartney – Paul’s wife, and a stunning artist">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgina Heydon, Associate professor in Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University With Cleo Smith safely returned to her family, and charges laid against her alleged abductor, much of the media’s focus has now turned to the question of how police can best piece together the details of ... <a title="Cleo Smith case: how ‘cognitive interviewing’ can help police compile the most reliable evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/cleo-smith-case-how-cognitive-interviewing-can-help-police-compile-the-most-reliable-evidence-171294/" aria-label="Read more about Cleo Smith case: how ‘cognitive interviewing’ can help police compile the most reliable evidence">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra RBA/The Conversation The Reserve Bank has used Friday’s quarterly assessment of the economy to declare that lockdowns have “delayed but not derailed” Australia’s recovery. It says economic activity probably contracted 2.5% ... <a title="RBA says we are in a W-shaped recovery, with housing one of the few concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/rba-says-we-are-in-a-w-shaped-recovery-with-housing-one-of-the-few-concerns-170716/" aria-label="Read more about RBA says we are in a W-shaped recovery, with housing one of the few concerns">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Rose, Research fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock The Fair Work Commission’s ruling that Australian farm workers paid piece rates to pick fruit and vegetables must now get a base wage of $25.41 an hour is long overdue and absolutely necessary. In theory, anyone working in Australia ... <a title="Closing the loophole: a minimum wage for Australia’s farm workers is long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/closing-the-loophole-a-minimum-wage-for-australias-farm-workers-is-long-overdue-171291/" aria-label="Read more about Closing the loophole: a minimum wage for Australia’s farm workers is long overdue">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maggie Walter, Commissioner, Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, University of Tasmania Mural by Matt Adnate Shutterstock There can be no Treaty without truth. This simple but powerful statement is the reason for the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission’s mandate to reveal, record and analyse the systemic injustices experienced by Victorian First ... <a title="From dispossession to massacres, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission sets a new standard for truth-telling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/from-dispossession-to-massacres-the-yoo-rrook-justice-commission-sets-a-new-standard-for-truth-telling-170632/" aria-label="Read more about From dispossession to massacres, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission sets a new standard for truth-telling">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Jivacore / Shutterstock What is energy made of? — Ela, age 8, Melbourne Hi Ela! What a great question! For scientists, energy is not really a thing and so it isn’t made of something else, in the way a house ... <a title="Curious Kids: what is energy made of?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/curious-kids-what-is-energy-made-of-169940/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what is energy made of?">Read more</a>
