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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW This week provided a first tiny glimpse into the labour-market fallout from Australia’s recent lockdowns. Australian Bureau of Statistics published the wage price index for the June quarter yesterday, showing sluggish wages growth, below forecasts. The labour force figures for July, ... <a title="Vital Signs: 4.6% unemployment rate hints at what’s possible, but it’s not the real thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/vital-signs-4-6-unemployment-rate-hints-at-whats-possible-but-its-not-the-real-thing-166162/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: 4.6% unemployment rate hints at what’s possible, but it’s not the real thing">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University NBCUniversal In a new series, writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. As the lockdown continues, I find myself looking for Indigenous content to watch on TV to feel a sense of nourishment and ... <a title="Rutherford Falls: a laugh-out-loud funny TV show about colonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/rutherford-falls-a-laugh-out-loud-funny-tv-show-about-colonisation-165975/" aria-label="Read more about Rutherford Falls: a laugh-out-loud funny TV show about colonisation">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eryn Newman, Senior Lecturer, Research School of Psychology, Australian National University Over the past year, we’ve seen how dramatically misinformation can impact the lives of people, communities and entire countries. Read more: Public protest or selfish ratbaggery? Why free speech doesn’t give you the right to endanger ... <a title="Is it actually false, or do you just disagree? Why Twitter’s user-driven experiment to tackle misinformation is complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/is-it-actually-false-or-do-you-just-disagree-why-twitters-user-driven-experiment-to-tackle-misinformation-is-complicated-166335/" aria-label="Read more about Is it actually false, or do you just disagree? Why Twitter’s user-driven experiment to tackle misinformation is complicated">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Coulson, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney NSW MP Victor Dominello has said he has Bell’s palsy, after appearing at a press conference this week with what he described as a “droopy eye”. Google searches for the term “Bell’s palsy” sky-rocketed overnight. I have worked in the ... <a title="What is Bell’s palsy? A facial nerve disorder expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/what-is-bells-palsy-a-facial-nerve-disorder-expert-explains-166403/" aria-label="Read more about What is Bell’s palsy? A facial nerve disorder expert explains">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moses, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Canterbury Shutterstock “New Zealand versus the killer robots” might sound like a science fiction B-movie, but that was essentially the focus of an event at parliament earlier this month. Hosted by Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control Phil ... <a title="New Zealand could take a global lead in controlling the development of ‘killer robots’ — so why isn’t it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/new-zealand-could-take-a-global-lead-in-controlling-the-development-of-killer-robots-so-why-isnt-it-166168/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand could take a global lead in controlling the development of ‘killer robots’ — so why isn’t it?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriela Tavella, Research Officer, UNSW School of Psychiatry, UNSW Shutterstock With more than half the country in lockdown and many of the social support systems we rely on having been put on hold, it’s no wonder people are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. For some, such feelings may ... <a title="We’re all exhausted but are you experiencing burnout? Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/were-all-exhausted-but-are-you-experiencing-burnout-heres-what-to-look-out-for-164393/" aria-label="Read more about We’re all exhausted but are you experiencing burnout? Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW When BHP announced it would sell its stake in its oil and gas business to Woodside Petroleum to form a merged oil and gas business, it appeared welcome news. A big miner finally takes climate change seriously. But decisions to ... <a title="BHP is selling its dirty oil and gas assets, but hold the applause" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/bhp-is-selling-its-dirty-oil-and-gas-assets-but-hold-the-applause-166333/" aria-label="Read more about BHP is selling its dirty oil and gas assets, but hold the applause">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Peters, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Flinders University Matt Byrne/State Theatre Company South Australia Review: Hibernation by Finegan Kruckemeyer, State Theatre Company South Australia What lengths would you go to in order to save the planet from climate crisis? Stop eating meat and start composting? Recycle and ... <a title="Could sending humans to sleep for a year help solve the climate crisis? A new play, Hibernation, asks this question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/could-sending-humans-to-sleep-for-a-year-help-solve-the-climate-crisis-a-new-play-hibernation-asks-this-question-165736/" aria-label="Read more about Could sending humans to sleep for a year help solve the climate crisis? A new play, Hibernation, asks this question">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mai Sato, Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University Shutterstock On July 30 2021, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (PNG) quashed the National Court’s temporary stay of executions for all people sentenced to death. The judgment has cleared a major obstacle ... <a title="After nearly 70 years, the death penalty again becomes a real prospect in Papua New Guinea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/after-nearly-70-years-the-death-penalty-again-becomes-a-real-prospect-in-papua-new-guinea-166096/" aria-label="Read more about After nearly 70 years, the death penalty again becomes a real prospect in Papua New Guinea">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland Shutterstock/Zita We knew the Delta variant would eventually arrive in Aotearoa, but real-time sequencing, which produces full genomes from positive cases in less than 12 hours, will ensure the lockdown is as short and effective as possible. There are now ... <a title="Why rapid genome sequencing is key to finding out how long Delta has been in NZ, and how large this outbreak might be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/why-rapid-genome-sequencing-is-key-to-finding-out-how-long-delta-has-been-in-nz-and-how-large-this-outbreak-might-be-166340/" aria-label="Read more about Why rapid genome sequencing is key to finding out how long Delta has been in NZ, and how large this outbreak might be">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Foster, Associate Professor, Media Studies, Monash University Twenty years ago, Australian forces followed the US into Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks with a simple mission: to hunt down Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda leadership and remove the Taliban government that had ... <a title="Owning up: Australia must admit its involvement in Afghanistan has been an abject failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/owning-up-australia-must-admit-its-involvement-in-afghanistan-has-been-an-abject-failure-166213/" aria-label="Read more about Owning up: Australia must admit its involvement in Afghanistan has been an abject failure">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Green, Associate Professor, Investigator for Digital Grid Futures Institute, UNSW; Affiliated Investigator NHMRC Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research, Associate Investigator the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW Shutterstock The smell of hazard reduction burn smoke in Sydney this week is an ... <a title="We should install air purifiers with HEPA filters in every classroom. It could help with COVID, bushfire smoke and asthma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/we-should-install-air-purifiers-with-hepa-filters-in-every-classroom-it-could-help-with-covid-bushfire-smoke-and-asthma-166332/" aria-label="Read more about We should install air purifiers with HEPA filters in every classroom. It could help with COVID, bushfire smoke and asthma">Read more</a>
