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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has dissociated himself from the views of his maverick backbencher George Christensen, who on Tuesday flatly rejected measures to contain COVID and played down the seriousness of the disease. “I don’t agree with him,” Joyce said. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce repudiates Christensen’s COVID misinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/view-from-the-hill-barnaby-joyce-repudiates-christensens-covid-misinformation-165889/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce repudiates Christensen’s COVID misinformation">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP I remember the acute frustration of watching one of the US news feeds on September 11, 2001 — 20 years ago next month. With the stricken twin towers smoking away in the background, the news anchors ... <a title="With the release of a terrifying IPCC report, Australia must face its wilful political blindness on climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/with-the-release-of-a-terrifying-ipcc-report-australia-must-face-its-wilful-political-blindness-on-climate-165868/" aria-label="Read more about With the release of a terrifying IPCC report, Australia must face its wilful political blindness on climate">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archa Fox, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia Australia’s medical regulator has provisionally approved another COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna, for use in Australia. One million doses of Moderna are due in the second half of September and three million doses a month will ... <a title="What do I need to know about the Moderna vaccine? And how does it compare with Pfizer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-moderna-vaccine-and-how-does-it-compare-with-pfizer-165537/" aria-label="Read more about What do I need to know about the Moderna vaccine? And how does it compare with Pfizer?">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John P. de New, Professorial Fellow (Professor of Economics), The University of Melbourne The COVID-19 Delta variant has changed the vaccination game in Australia. With outbreaks resulting in a prolonged lockdown for Sydney as well as shorter periods for other states, the proportion of Australians vaccinated has ... <a title="Our survey results show incentives aren’t enough to reach a 80% vaccination rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/our-survey-results-show-incentives-arent-enough-to-reach-a-80-vaccination-rate-165728/" aria-label="Read more about Our survey results show incentives aren’t enough to reach a 80% vaccination rate">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Thomson, Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research Shutterstock One-on-one online tutoring for disadvantaged students has proved highly effective in helping them overcome their struggles with literacy and numeracy. The Smith Family, the national children’s education charity, recently completed a small pilot of the program, ... <a title="‘I was astonished at how quickly they made gains’: online tutoring helps struggling students catch up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/i-was-astonished-at-how-quickly-they-made-gains-online-tutoring-helps-struggling-students-catch-up-165821/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I was astonished at how quickly they made gains’: online tutoring helps struggling students catch up">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Kaitlyn Baker/Unsplash, CC BY-SA As the appointed hour for tonight’s census approaches, the question on many lips is: will it go smoothly, or will it be a repeat of the infamous 2016 #Censusfail? Australians may remember ... <a title="Why it’s unlikely there will be another #Censusfail tonight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/why-its-unlikely-there-will-be-another-censusfail-tonight-165806/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s unlikely there will be another #Censusfail tonight">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Stephenson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University “Do you know how many LGBTIQ+ folks live in Australia? It turns out no one does, and we’re not about to find out in the upcoming census.” Courtney Act, an Australian drag queen and television ... <a title="LGBTIQ+ people are being ignored in the census again. Not only is this discriminatory, it’s bad public policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/lgbtiq-people-are-being-ignored-in-the-census-again-not-only-is-this-discriminatory-its-bad-public-policy-165800/" aria-label="Read more about LGBTIQ+ people are being ignored in the census again. Not only is this discriminatory, it’s bad public policy">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny Hills, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean, Federation University Australia Shutterstock If you or a loved one is unlucky enough to be in hospital, you might think the best thing to do is rest in bed as much as possible. But while rest is important, lying or sitting ... <a title="Bed rest in hospital can be bad for you. Here’s what nurses say would help get patients moving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/bed-rest-in-hospital-can-be-bad-for-you-heres-what-nurses-say-would-help-get-patients-moving-165664/" aria-label="Read more about Bed rest in hospital can be bad for you. Here’s what nurses say would help get patients moving">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Trauer, Associate Professor, Monash University from www.shutterstock.com During the pandemic, infectious disease modelling has come to prominence as never before. A plethora of models have been used to guide policy. The models use computer programs to predict, for example, how COVID outbreaks develop and which public ... <a title="When will Sydney’s lockdown end? Well, it depends who you ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/when-will-sydneys-lockdown-end-well-it-depends-who-you-ask-165459/" aria-label="Read more about When will Sydney’s lockdown end? Well, it depends who you ask">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Lansbury Hall, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland Torres Strait Islander peoples intend to live on their traditional country long-term. Living on the northernmost islands of Queensland allows these “saltwater people” to maintain their cultural responsibilities, identity and kinship connections. Caring for ... <a title="Torres Strait Islanders face more than their fair share of health impacts from climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/torres-strait-islanders-face-more-than-their-fair-share-of-health-impacts-from-climate-change-165388/" aria-label="Read more about Torres Strait Islanders face more than their fair share of health impacts from climate change">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeana Kriewaldt, Senior Lecturer, Geography and Sustainability Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock With Greater Sydney in extended lockdown and south-east Queensland and Victoria plunged back into lockdown, remote schooling is part of life for many students in Australia. Teachers make valiant efforts to maintain excellent schooling ... <a title="Let’s face it — children miss valuable ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ learning moments during remote schooling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/lets-face-it-children-miss-valuable-shoulder-to-shoulder-learning-moments-during-remote-schooling-165536/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s face it — children miss valuable ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ learning moments during remote schooling">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Hurd, Head of Department, International Business, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Auckland University of Technology www.shutterstock.com The revelations last week of toxic workplace behaviour and a “boys’ club” culture at MediaWorks raise questions about organisational policies and processes that go well beyond a single company. The Mediaworks review ... <a title="MediaWorks and NZ’s problem with toxic work cultures — why HR can’t fix everything" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/mediaworks-and-nzs-problem-with-toxic-work-cultures-why-hr-cant-fix-everything-165741/" aria-label="Read more about MediaWorks and NZ’s problem with toxic work cultures — why HR can’t fix everything">Read more</a>
