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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Scenes of protesters clad in hi-vis jackets and shouting anti-vaccination slogans have dominated the news this week. As the ABC reported: Some of those gathered held a banner reading ‘freedom’, while others sang the national anthem and chanted ‘f*** the ... <a title="‘It’s almost like grooming’: how anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and the far-right came together over COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/its-almost-like-grooming-how-anti-vaxxers-conspiracy-theorists-and-the-far-right-came-together-over-covid-168383/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s almost like grooming’: how anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and the far-right came together over COVID">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn C. Savage, Associate Professor of Education Policy, The University of Western Australia Over the past two decades, Australian governments have committed exorbitant energy and resources to transform our nation’s schools. The driving force behind many reforms has been a narrative of panic and failure, often centred ... <a title="Want to improve our education system? Stop seeking advice from far-off gurus and encourage expertise in schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/want-to-improve-our-education-system-stop-seeking-advice-from-far-off-gurus-and-encourage-expertise-in-schools-165320/" aria-label="Read more about Want to improve our education system? Stop seeking advice from far-off gurus and encourage expertise in schools">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Sarvasy, Research Fellow in Linguistics, Western Sydney University Binoora Bhultse demonstrates the two-handed _moyzé_ whistling technique used in the Oyda district of southwest Ethiopia. Azeb Amha, Author provided 36-year-old Binoora Bhultse lives in Garda village in the Oyda district of southwest Ethiopia. While he could share ... <a title="If you were called by a melody, how would it sound? Communities in Ethiopia and PNG name people with unique individual tunes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/if-you-were-called-by-a-melody-how-would-it-sound-communities-in-ethiopia-and-png-name-people-with-unique-individual-tunes-165969/" aria-label="Read more about If you were called by a melody, how would it sound? Communities in Ethiopia and PNG name people with unique individual tunes">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriele Suder, Professor. Dean, New Business Acceleration, Federation University Australia AAP/EPA/Focke Strangmann With Chancellor Angela Merkel departing as one of the most significant politicians in a generation, the German elections of September 26 will be very closely watched. This is the first time since 2005 that national ... <a title="From ‘Mädchen’ to ‘Mutti’: as Angela Merkel departs, she leaves a great legacy of leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/from-madchen-to-mutti-as-angela-merkel-departs-she-leaves-a-great-legacy-of-leadership-168187/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘Mädchen’ to ‘Mutti’: as Angela Merkel departs, she leaves a great legacy of leadership">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milan Andrejević, PhD Candidate in Psychology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Disputes over fairness can create conflict. Families squabble over inheritances, societies polarise around the question of how to distribute wealth fairly, and nations become mired in territorial quarrels. Many of these disputes stem from different perspectives ... <a title="Personality traits may drive our ideas about fairness and sharing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/personality-traits-may-drive-our-ideas-about-fairness-and-sharing-168194/" aria-label="Read more about Personality traits may drive our ideas about fairness and sharing">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Collin Tukuitonga, Associate Dean Pacific and Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Auckland GettyImages Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national COVID-19 elimination strategy has failed or is even being abandoned. While the government denies it, others clearly ... <a title="New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/new-zealand-cannot-abandon-its-covid-elimination-strategy-while-maori-and-pasifika-vaccination-rates-are-too-low-168278/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shazia Sadiq, Professor, The University of Queensland Headway/Unsplash.com, CC BY-SA Digital technologies are now at the heart of our everyday lives, as anyone who has swapped their office for a videoconferencing screen, or downloaded a contact-tracing app, knows only too well. This trend is set to continue ... <a title="Digital tech is the future, but a new report shows Australia risks being left in the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/digital-tech-is-the-future-but-a-new-report-shows-australia-risks-being-left-in-the-past-168250/" aria-label="Read more about Digital tech is the future, but a new report shows Australia risks being left in the past">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Scanlon, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University Mick Tsikas/AAP Which federal MP spends the most on Facebook advertising? If you guessed Prime Minister Scott Morrison or Labor leader Anthony Albanese — or even headline-grabbing backbenchers Craig Kelly or Andrew Laming — you would be wrong. Way ... <a title="Which federal MP is spending the most on Facebook advertising? (Hint: it is not Craig Kelly)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/which-federal-mp-is-spending-the-most-on-facebook-advertising-hint-it-is-not-craig-kelly-168197/" aria-label="Read more about Which federal MP is spending the most on Facebook advertising? (Hint: it is not Craig Kelly)">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock A therapy for infants showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of the child meeting diagnostic criteria for autism at three years of age. That’s according to our new research, published ... <a title="Therapy for babies showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of clinical diagnosis at age 3" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/therapy-for-babies-showing-early-signs-of-autism-reduces-the-chance-of-clinical-diagnosis-at-age-3-167146/" aria-label="Read more about Therapy for babies showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of clinical diagnosis at age 3">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Croucher, Professor and Head of School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing, Massey University Fiona Goodall/Getty Images After five weeks in the strictest lockdown, Auckland will move to level 3 restrictions from midnight on Tuesday, for at least two weeks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the decision ... <a title="New Zealand has ramped up vaccination rates, but too many people remain concerned about vaccine safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/new-zealand-has-ramped-up-vaccination-rates-but-too-many-people-remain-concerned-about-vaccine-safety-167984/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand has ramped up vaccination rates, but too many people remain concerned about vaccine safety">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Helene Nolan, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University One year following the 2019/20 fires, this forest has been slow to recover. Rachael Nolan, CC BY-NC-ND Green shoots emerging from black tree trunks is an iconic image in the days following bushfires, thanks to the remarkable ability ... <a title="Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea lilies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/climate-change-is-testing-the-resilience-of-native-plants-to-fire-from-ash-forests-to-gymea-lilies-167367/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea lilies">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chen Zhao, Research associate, University of Tasmania The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest mass of ice in the world, holding around 60% of the world’s fresh water. If it all melted, global average sea levels would rise by 58 metres. But scientists are grappling with exactly ... <a title="Scientists still don’t know how far melting in Antarctica will go – or the sea level rise it will unleash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/scientists-still-dont-know-how-far-melting-in-antarctica-will-go-or-the-sea-level-rise-it-will-unleash-166677/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists still don’t know how far melting in Antarctica will go – or the sea level rise it will unleash">Read more</a>
