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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra COVID has been spreading quickly in western NSW Indigenous communities where low vaccination rates and poor conditions make for a toxic mix. The first Indigenous death occurred in Dubbo this week. As efforts intensify to deal with the NSW outbreak ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on COVID – and god botherers – stalking Indigenous communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/politics-with-michelle-grattan-pat-turner-on-covid-and-god-botherers-stalking-indigenous-communities-167115/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on COVID – and god botherers – stalking Indigenous communities">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Over the past 25 years, the name “Google” has become synonymous with the idea of searching for anything online. In much the same way “to Hoover” means to use a vacuum cleaner, dictionaries have recognised “to ... <a title="Is Google getting worse? Increased advertising and algorithm changes may make it harder to find what you’re looking for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/is-google-getting-worse-increased-advertising-and-algorithm-changes-may-make-it-harder-to-find-what-youre-looking-for-166966/" aria-label="Read more about Is Google getting worse? Increased advertising and algorithm changes may make it harder to find what you’re looking for">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian M. Mackay, Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new viral variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It’s not a single virus but a clustering of genetically similar viruses, known as C.1.2. The ... <a title="There’s no need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, according to a virologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/theres-no-need-to-panic-about-the-new-c-1-2-variant-found-in-south-africa-according-to-a-virologist-167105/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, according to a virologist">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Australia’s economy was performing exceptionally well in the lead-up to the Delta variant lockdowns, propped up by a barrage of government spending in the three months to June and impressive household spending. The ... <a title="Four GDP graphs that show how well Australia was doing – before Delta hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/four-gdp-graphs-that-show-how-well-australia-was-doing-before-delta-hit-166817/" aria-label="Read more about Four GDP graphs that show how well Australia was doing – before Delta hit">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katina Zammit, Deputy Dean, School of Education, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Homework hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour’s worth of homework each day, mostly practising what they were taught in class. If we look internationally, ... <a title="What’s the point of homework?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/whats-the-point-of-homework-154056/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the point of homework?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University People in China under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play video games between 8pm and 9pm on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays, under new rules introduced this week. China’s state media service says ... <a title="China’s new rules allow kids on video games just 3 hours a week – but gaming addiction isn’t about time, it’s about attitude" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/chinas-new-rules-allow-kids-on-video-games-just-3-hours-a-week-but-gaming-addiction-isnt-about-time-its-about-attitude-167104/" aria-label="Read more about China’s new rules allow kids on video games just 3 hours a week – but gaming addiction isn’t about time, it’s about attitude">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frederic Kiernan, Research Fellow, Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne y Kinga Cichewicz/Unsplash How have you been passing the time during lockdown? Have you been taking an online drawing class, or did you join an online choir? Perhaps you focused on gardening, or ... <a title="What art are you engaging with in lockdown? Australians are mostly watching TV — but music, singing and dancing do more for your mood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/what-art-are-you-engaging-with-in-lockdown-australians-are-mostly-watching-tv-but-music-singing-and-dancing-do-more-for-your-mood-166823/" aria-label="Read more about What art are you engaging with in lockdown? Australians are mostly watching TV — but music, singing and dancing do more for your mood">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University People in China under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play video games between 8pm and 9pm on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays, under new rules introduced this week. China’s state media service says ... <a title="China’s new rules allow kids on video games just three hours a week – but gaming addiction isn’t about time, it’s about attitude" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/chinas-new-rules-allow-kids-on-video-games-just-three-hours-a-week-but-gaming-addiction-isnt-about-time-its-about-attitude-167104/" aria-label="Read more about China’s new rules allow kids on video games just three hours a week – but gaming addiction isn’t about time, it’s about attitude">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne An independent review has concluded that while the ABC’s recent true-crime series on the 1979 Luna Park fire makes a strong case that it was arson, the program misled its audience by suggesting a ... <a title="How Ghost Train Fire exposed remarkable police corruption, yet also failed ABC’s high journalistic standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/how-ghost-train-fire-exposed-remarkable-police-corruption-yet-also-failed-abcs-high-journalistic-standards-167042/" aria-label="Read more about How Ghost Train Fire exposed remarkable police corruption, yet also failed ABC’s high journalistic standards">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Schunker, Lecturer of Physics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Why is the Sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface? — Olivia, age 9, Canberra Hi Olivia, that’s a great question! In fact, it’s such a great question many scientists around the world are trying to answer it. The ... <a title="Curious Kids: why is the Sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/curious-kids-why-is-the-suns-atmosphere-hotter-than-its-surface-166747/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why is the Sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Research Fellow, RMIT University In June 2020, the Australian federal government announced a new, A$270 billion defence strategy. Part of this entailed spending $800 million on new AGM-158C long-range anti-ship missiles from the United States. The new spend formed part of a long tradition of ... <a title="The ANZUS treaty does not make Australia safer. Rather, it fuels a fear of perpetual military threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/the-anzus-treaty-does-not-make-australia-safer-rather-it-fuels-a-fear-of-perpetual-military-threat-165670/" aria-label="Read more about The ANZUS treaty does not make Australia safer. Rather, it fuels a fear of perpetual military threat">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University David Hunt/AAP The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an enormous toll on people’s mental health around the world. Even in Australia, where the numbers of those infected, hospitalised, and dying ... <a title="We asked 9,000 Australians about their mental health needs post-COVID — this is what they want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/we-asked-9-000-australians-about-their-mental-health-needs-post-covid-this-is-what-they-want-165885/" aria-label="Read more about We asked 9,000 Australians about their mental health needs post-COVID — this is what they want">Read more</a>
