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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock From time to time, I’m contacted by people who have a favourite garden tree that seems suddenly to be in serious decline and lacking healthy foliage. Often the decline has been occurring over many months, but when ... <a title="Why sweet-toothed possums graze on stressed, sickly-looking trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/why-sweet-toothed-possums-graze-on-stressed-sickly-looking-trees-169241/" aria-label="Read more about Why sweet-toothed possums graze on stressed, sickly-looking trees">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne On September 17, the first day of Russia’s parliamentary elections, Apple and Google agreed to demands from the Russian government to remove a strategic voting app developed by opposition leader Alexei Navalny from the iOS and Android app stores. ... <a title="Russia is building its own kind of sovereign internet — with help from Apple and Google" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/russia-is-building-its-own-kind-of-sovereign-internet-with-help-from-apple-and-google-169115/" aria-label="Read more about Russia is building its own kind of sovereign internet — with help from Apple and Google">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margie Danchin, Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute As Australia works towards getting 80% of over-16s fully vaccinated against COVID and higher, there’s more pressure to mandate vaccination across a range of ... <a title="Who can’t have a COVID vaccine and how do I get a medical exemption?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/who-cant-have-a-covid-vaccine-and-how-do-i-get-a-medical-exemption-168371/" aria-label="Read more about Who can’t have a COVID vaccine and how do I get a medical exemption?">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Crosby, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Does anything beat the experience of finding a wild mulberry tree and stuffing a handful of fresh juicy berries in your mouth? Have you ever roasted potatoes with a sprig of rosemary taken from an overgrown nature strip? ... <a title="Rosemary in roundabouts, lemons over the fence: how to go urban foraging safely, respectfully and cleverly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/rosemary-in-roundabouts-lemons-over-the-fence-how-to-go-urban-foraging-safely-respectfully-and-cleverly-167883/" aria-label="Read more about Rosemary in roundabouts, lemons over the fence: how to go urban foraging safely, respectfully and cleverly">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser – Public Health Genomics, Monash University Shutterstock Genomic testing — the ability to read an individual’s genetic code and identify their risk of conditions such as cancer — has opened up huge possibilities in personalised medicine. But it has also ... <a title="Australians need more protection against genetic discrimination: health experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/australians-need-more-protection-against-genetic-discrimination-health-experts-168563/" aria-label="Read more about Australians need more protection against genetic discrimination: health experts">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catharine Coleborne, Dean of Arts/Head of School Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle Gilmore Girls brought university life, including the student newspaper. to our screens. Dorothy Parker Drank Here ProductionsHofflund/PoloneWarner Bros. Television A new campus novel suggests the story of the university in Australia might be ... <a title="Beyond Oxbridge and Yale: popular stories bring universities to life — we need more of them in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/beyond-oxbridge-and-yale-popular-stories-bring-universities-to-life-we-need-more-of-them-in-australia-168943/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond Oxbridge and Yale: popular stories bring universities to life — we need more of them in Australia">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Severine Lamon, Associate professor, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Deakin University Shutterstock Women and girls account for 50% of the population, yet most health and physiology research is conducted in males. This is especially true for fundamental research (which builds knowledge but doesn’t have an application yet) and ... <a title="Why are males still the default subjects in medical research?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/why-are-males-still-the-default-subjects-in-medical-research-167545/" aria-label="Read more about Why are males still the default subjects in medical research?">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong In many ways, this is the worst possible time for a new premier to take the helm in New South Wales. The resignation of John Barilaro as deputy premier creates an even greater mood of ... <a title="Dominic Perrottet is set to become the next premier of NSW. Who is he?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/dominic-perrottet-is-set-to-become-the-next-premier-of-nsw-who-is-he-169138/" aria-label="Read more about Dominic Perrottet is set to become the next premier of NSW. Who is he?">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Wing Drone delivery company Wing recently celebrated 100,000 deliveries with an unusual burst of media fanfare. Australia is at the forefront of Wing’s plans, with the company’s two biggest trial sites running in Canberra and Logan in Queensland. Wing tells a ... <a title="Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/privatising-the-sky-drone-delivery-promises-comfort-and-speed-but-at-a-cost-to-workers-and-communities-166960/" aria-label="Read more about Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Dan Himbrechts This week’s Newspoll, conducted September 29 to October 3 from a sample of 1,545, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last fortnight’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 37% Coalition (steady), 37% Labor ... <a title="Labor retains clear Newspoll lead with voters approving of AUKUS; Perrottet set to be next NSW premier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/labor-retains-clear-newspoll-lead-with-voters-approving-of-aukus-perrottet-set-to-be-next-nsw-premier-169152/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains clear Newspoll lead with voters approving of AUKUS; Perrottet set to be next NSW premier">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Jackson, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Auckland GettyImages With vaccination rates still too low in Auckland and around Aotearoa New Zealand, and with unexpected cases still showing up, there are few options ahead of today’s government decision on alert levels. Until there are high levels ... <a title="NZ needs a more urgent vaccination plan — with nearly 80% now single-dosed, the majority will support it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/nz-needs-a-more-urgent-vaccination-plan-with-nearly-80-now-single-dosed-the-majority-will-support-it-168926/" aria-label="Read more about NZ needs a more urgent vaccination plan — with nearly 80% now single-dosed, the majority will support it">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Savitri Taylor, Associate Professor, Law School, La Trobe University Shutterstock Late last month, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews and the president of Nauru, Lionel Aingimea, quietly announced they had signed a new agreement to establish an “enduring form” of offshore processing for asylum seekers taken to the ... <a title="Multibillion-dollar strategy with no end in sight: Australia’s ‘enduring’ offshore processing deal with Nauru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/multibillion-dollar-strategy-with-no-end-in-sight-australias-enduring-offshore-processing-deal-with-nauru-168941/" aria-label="Read more about Multibillion-dollar strategy with no end in sight: Australia’s ‘enduring’ offshore processing deal with Nauru">Read more</a>
