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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women’s Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock We’re researching COVID-19 in a fast-paced world with new data becoming available all the time. We track which interventions work well and which ones don’t. But in 1918, during the Spanish ... <a title="People dropped whisky into their noses to treat Spanish flu. Here’s what else they took that would raise eyebrows today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/people-dropped-whisky-into-their-noses-to-treat-spanish-flu-heres-what-else-they-took-that-would-raise-eyebrows-today-167525/" aria-label="Read more about People dropped whisky into their noses to treat Spanish flu. Here’s what else they took that would raise eyebrows today">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University Shutterstock The federal government on Thursday announced a landmark defence pact with the United States and United Kingdom that involves this nation acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The question of nuclear submarines in Australia has been bubbling along for some ... <a title="Yes, Australia is buying a fleet of nuclear submarines. But nuclear-powered electricity must not come next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/yes-australia-is-buying-a-fleet-of-nuclear-submarines-but-nuclear-powered-electricity-must-not-come-next-168110/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Australia is buying a fleet of nuclear submarines. But nuclear-powered electricity must not come next">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Hunt, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Sydney Shutterstock In August this year, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published research charting the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of young people. In the first year of the pandemic, one in four ... <a title="Delayed graduations, no formals — the class of 2021 has had a hell of a year. They need mental health support, and quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/delayed-graduations-no-formals-the-class-of-2021-has-had-a-hell-of-a-year-they-need-mental-health-support-and-quickly-167187/" aria-label="Read more about Delayed graduations, no formals — the class of 2021 has had a hell of a year. They need mental health support, and quickly">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison, whose COVID face masks have the Australian flag emblazoned on them, likes to talk about “the Australian way” of doing things and Australian values. But it is not “the Australian way” to secretly plan, over a very long ... <a title="View from The Hill: For Morrison AUKUS is all about the deal, never mind the niceties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/view-from-the-hill-for-morrison-aukus-is-all-about-the-deal-never-mind-the-niceties-168248/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: For Morrison AUKUS is all about the deal, never mind the niceties">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Victoria’s roadmap out of lockdown, released today, marks an important milestone. It’s a clear commitment to delivering on the National Plan, and provides much-needed clarity on where we are heading and what the next few months will look like. It ... <a title="With a post-lockdown Victoria in sight, the more we can contain transmission now, the easier the road ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/19/with-a-post-lockdown-victoria-in-sight-the-more-we-can-contain-transmission-now-the-easier-the-road-ahead-168245/" aria-label="Read more about With a post-lockdown Victoria in sight, the more we can contain transmission now, the easier the road ahead">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra AAP/Lukas Coch Industry Minister Christian Porter has been forced to resign from cabinet after declining to seek and provide to Scott Morrison the names of the anonymous benefactors who have helped fund his legal costs. Morrison has appointed energy minister ... <a title="Christian Porter quits cabinet, refusing to find out who gave him money for legal costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/19/christian-porter-quits-cabinet-refusing-to-find-out-who-gave-him-money-for-legal-costs-168246/" aria-label="Read more about Christian Porter quits cabinet, refusing to find out who gave him money for legal costs">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Porter, Senior Fellow (Indigenous Programs), The University of Melbourne Proposals to expand police powers, to criminalise coercive control and to establish specialist women’s police stations have all occupied a prominent place in Australia’s recent debate about responses to violence against women. The proposal to establish women’s ... <a title="Women’s police stations in Australia: would they work for ‘all’ women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/womens-police-stations-in-australia-would-they-work-for-all-women-165873/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s police stations in Australia: would they work for ‘all’ women?">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Medical news is full of stories about promising new treatments for challenging conditions, or for additional health benefits of routine behaviours and habits. Who doesn’t want to feel good about drinking coffee or eating chocolate? ... <a title="Forget nose spray, good sex clears a stuffy nose just as effectively — and is a lot more fun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/forget-nose-spray-good-sex-clears-a-stuffy-nose-just-as-effectively-and-is-a-lot-more-fun-167901/" aria-label="Read more about Forget nose spray, good sex clears a stuffy nose just as effectively — and is a lot more fun">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Dalziell, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University shutterstock Recently, two native Australian birds have stolen the limelight with their impressive vocal imitations. A superb lyrebird called Echo at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo has produced a painfully realistic vocal rendition of a human baby crying. Lyrebirds ... <a title="‘Bloody fool!’: why Ripper the musk duck, and many other talkative Aussie birds, are exciting biologists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/bloody-fool-why-ripper-the-musk-duck-and-many-other-talkative-aussie-birds-are-exciting-biologists-167709/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bloody fool!’: why Ripper the musk duck, and many other talkative Aussie birds, are exciting biologists">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the revelation that anonymous donors covered some of former attorney-general Christian Porter’s ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Anglosphere’s reassertion in the Indo-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-anglospheres-reassertion-in-the-indo-pacific-168111/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Anglosphere’s reassertion in the Indo-Pacific">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vijay Sivaraman, Professor of Telecommunications and Internet Technologies, UNSW Jeshoots.com/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Of the 8.2 million homes and businesses active on Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) in July 2021, 77% are now reported to be on a broadband plan that delivers speeds of at least 50 megabits ... <a title="Why does my internet connection feel slow and jumpy, even when my internet speed is high?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/why-does-my-internet-connection-feel-slow-and-jumpy-even-when-my-internet-speed-is-high-167362/" aria-label="Read more about Why does my internet connection feel slow and jumpy, even when my internet speed is high?">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury Shutterstock In 1992 four New Zealand icons (and the queen) appeared on new banknotes. Part of creating national identity, these notable citizens were chosen to represent the pinnacles of achievement. Āpirana Ngata, Edmund Hillary, Ernest Rutherford and Kate Sheppard ... <a title="On the money: Kate Sheppard and the making of a New Zealand feminist icon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/17/on-the-money-kate-sheppard-and-the-making-of-a-new-zealand-feminist-icon-167627/" aria-label="Read more about On the money: Kate Sheppard and the making of a New Zealand feminist icon">Read more</a>
