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I live in an apartment. How can I cut my risk of getting COVID?

October 15, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Honorary Professional Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Governments are pressing ahead with home quarantine for returning travellers and people are isolating at home due to COVID-19. So now is a good time to think about what you can ... <a title="I live in an apartment. How can I cut my risk of getting COVID?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/i-live-in-an-apartment-how-can-i-cut-my-risk-of-getting-covid-169364/" aria-label="Read more about I live in an apartment. How can I cut my risk of getting COVID?">Read more</a>

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Videogames or homework? Why not both, as ACMI has 75 game lessons for you to try

October 15, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amber McLeod, Lecturer in Education, Monash University Shutterstock Despite the growth of technology in our daily lives, the integration of digital technologies into education has been slower than anticipated. There seem to be a number of factors at work here, including problems with access to technology and ... <a title="Videogames or homework? Why not both, as ACMI has 75 game lessons for you to try" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/videogames-or-homework-why-not-both-as-acmi-has-75-game-lessons-for-you-to-try-169359/" aria-label="Read more about Videogames or homework? Why not both, as ACMI has 75 game lessons for you to try">Read more</a>

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Vital Signs: JobKeeper delivered what was needed to save the patient

October 15, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND To the critics, the Treasury has just marked “its own homework”. It has produced a 60-page report entitled Insights from the first six months of JobKeeper. Commonwealth Treasury, October 11, 2021 And it finds the A$89 ... <a title="Vital Signs: JobKeeper delivered what was needed to save the patient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/vital-signs-jobkeeper-delivered-what-was-needed-to-save-the-patient-169821/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: JobKeeper delivered what was needed to save the patient">Read more</a>

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How many days a week in the office are enough? You shouldn’t need to ask

October 15, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University Shutterstock COVID-19 has fundamentally changed our relationship with the office. After the enforced experiment of lockdowns pushing about 40% of the labour force into working from home, few of us want to return to ... <a title="How many days a week in the office are enough? You shouldn’t need to ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/how-many-days-a-week-in-the-office-are-enough-you-shouldnt-need-to-ask-166418/" aria-label="Read more about How many days a week in the office are enough? You shouldn’t need to ask">Read more</a>

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Friday essay: invisible no more – putting the first women archaeologists of the Pacific back on the map

October 15, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emilie Dotte-Sarout, ARC DECRA research fellow, The University of Western Australia Mary Elizabeth Shutler in Vanuatu, in the1960s. Permitted to join the first archaeological expedition to New Caledonia in 1952 as a ‘voluntary assistant’, she was the only French speaker and chief interlocuter with the Kanak people. ... <a title="Friday essay: invisible no more – putting the first women archaeologists of the Pacific back on the map" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/friday-essay-invisible-no-more-putting-the-first-women-archaeologists-of-the-pacific-back-on-the-map-167886/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: invisible no more – putting the first women archaeologists of the Pacific back on the map">Read more</a>

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Anniversary of a landslide: new research reveals what really swung New Zealand’s 2020 ‘COVID election’

October 15, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Van Veen, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland GettyImages Nine months out from the 2020 election, opinion polls suggested it would be a close race between Labour and National. But that all changed with the arrival of the global pandemic. COVID came to dominate ... <a title="Anniversary of a landslide: new research reveals what really swung New Zealand’s 2020 ‘COVID election’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/anniversary-of-a-landslide-new-research-reveals-what-really-swung-new-zealands-2020-covid-election-169351/" aria-label="Read more about Anniversary of a landslide: new research reveals what really swung New Zealand’s 2020 ‘COVID election’">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese needed to walk the talk on Labor integrity issue

October 15, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has diminished his own, and Labor’s, credibility on integrity issues by declining to act immediately against MP Anthony Byrne, who this week admitted to participating extensively in branch stacking. Byrne’s evidence to Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission was ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese needed to walk the talk on Labor integrity issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-needed-to-walk-the-talk-on-labor-integrity-issue-169957/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese needed to walk the talk on Labor integrity issue">Read more</a>

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Why Sydney’s COVID numbers didn’t get as bad as the modelling suggested

October 14, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Triccas, Professor of Medical Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney Last Monday, Sydney emerged from a lockdown of more than 100 days after reaching the milestone of having 70% of the over-16 population fully vaccinated. Modelling predicted New South ... <a title="Why Sydney’s COVID numbers didn’t get as bad as the modelling suggested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/why-sydneys-covid-numbers-didnt-get-as-bad-as-the-modelling-suggested-169368/" aria-label="Read more about Why Sydney’s COVID numbers didn’t get as bad as the modelling suggested">Read more</a>

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Squid Game and the “untranslatable”: the debate around subtitles explained

October 14, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jinhyun Cho, Senior Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at Macquarie University, Macquarie University Netflix There is no question that Squid Game has become a global sensation. Since its release, the nine-episode survival drama has topped Netflix’s charts in 90 countries and is poised to become the most-watched ... <a title="Squid Game and the “untranslatable”: the debate around subtitles explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/squid-game-and-the-untranslatable-the-debate-around-subtitles-explained-169931/" aria-label="Read more about Squid Game and the “untranslatable”: the debate around subtitles explained">Read more</a>

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Why hasn’t my parcel arrived yet? Delivery and supply chain problems are multiplying – and yes, it’ll probably affect Christmas

October 14, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean Teaching & Learning, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Does it feel lately like your parcels are taking forever to arrive? You might have seen online retailers warning customers to expect delays, thanks to COVID-related pressures on the postal system and other delivery services. We ... <a title="Why hasn’t my parcel arrived yet? Delivery and supply chain problems are multiplying – and yes, it’ll probably affect Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/why-hasnt-my-parcel-arrived-yet-delivery-and-supply-chain-problems-are-multiplying-and-yes-itll-probably-affect-christmas-169259/" aria-label="Read more about Why hasn’t my parcel arrived yet? Delivery and supply chain problems are multiplying – and yes, it’ll probably affect Christmas">Read more</a>

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What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth, and Australia’s prosperity, depend on it?

October 14, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Researcher, Climate Council, and Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Shutterstock In just over two weeks, more than 100 world leaders will gather in the Scottish industrial city of Glasgow for United Nations climate change negotiations known as COP26. Their task, no less, is ... <a title="What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth, and Australia’s prosperity, depend on it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/what-is-cop26-and-why-does-the-fate-of-earth-and-australias-prosperity-depend-on-it-169648/" aria-label="Read more about What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth, and Australia’s prosperity, depend on it?">Read more</a>

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Anorexia spiked during the pandemic, as adolescents felt the impact of COVID restrictions

October 14, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriella Springall, PhD candidate, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, go to school or work, and socialise. It has also increased mental health concerns, with a rise in levels of distress, anxiety and depression. Adolescents have been particularly affected. ... <a title="Anorexia spiked during the pandemic, as adolescents felt the impact of COVID restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/anorexia-spiked-during-the-pandemic-as-adolescents-felt-the-impact-of-covid-restrictions-169466/" aria-label="Read more about Anorexia spiked during the pandemic, as adolescents felt the impact of COVID restrictions">Read more</a>