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August 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Karoly, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Chinatopix via AP On Monday, an extremely important report on the physical science of climate change will be released to the world. Produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the report will give world leaders the most up-to-date information ... <a title="Monday’s IPCC report is a really big deal for climate change. So what is it? And why should we trust it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/07/mondays-ipcc-report-is-a-really-big-deal-for-climate-change-so-what-is-it-and-why-should-we-trust-it-165614/" aria-label="Read more about Monday’s IPCC report is a really big deal for climate change. So what is it? And why should we trust it?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Deputy Director (Research), Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Wikimedia Commons, CC BY This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who ... <a title="Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/07/jawaharlal-nehrus-vision-for-a-just-and-equitable-post-colonial-world-with-india-leading-the-way-156307/" aria-label="Read more about Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney When is a cabinet not a cabinet? When it is really an intergovernmental body that is pretending to be a cabinet so it can avoid transparency? Simply calling itself a “cabinet” is not enough to trigger an exemption ... <a title="Nowhere to hide: the significance of national cabinet not being a cabinet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/nowhere-to-hide-the-significance-of-national-cabinet-not-being-a-cabinet-165671/" aria-label="Read more about Nowhere to hide: the significance of national cabinet not being a cabinet">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Shutterstock We learned this week of the tragic death of a 27-year-old man from Sydney who had COVID-19. This follows a 38-year-old woman who died from the virus last month. Throughout the current Delta ... <a title="Younger adults can get very sick and die from COVID too. Here’s what the data tell us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/younger-adults-can-get-very-sick-and-die-from-covid-too-heres-what-the-data-tell-us-165250/" aria-label="Read more about Younger adults can get very sick and die from COVID too. Here’s what the data tell us">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design, Queensland University of Technology Wacomka / Shutterstock Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the tech giant will shift from being a social media company to becoming “a metaverse company”, functioning in an “embodied internet” that blends real and virtual ... <a title="What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/what-is-the-metaverse-a-high-tech-plan-to-facebookify-the-world-165326/" aria-label="Read more about What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP On July 15, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Sydney’s COVID lockdown wouldn’t end until the number of new cases not in full isolation was zero or as close to zero ... <a title="We can’t rely solely on arbitrary vaccination levels to end lockdowns. Here are 7 ways to fix Sydney’s outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/we-cant-rely-solely-on-arbitrary-vaccination-levels-to-end-lockdowns-here-are-7-ways-to-fix-sydneys-outbreak-165658/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t rely solely on arbitrary vaccination levels to end lockdowns. Here are 7 ways to fix Sydney’s outbreak">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deirdre Howard-Wagner, Senior Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Tinnakorn jorruang / shutterstock There is a national incarceration crisis impacting First Nations women in Australia. First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population, constituting 37% of the female prison population, despite making up ... <a title="Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/increased-incarceration-of-first-nations-women-is-interwoven-with-the-experience-of-violence-and-trauma-164773/" aria-label="Read more about Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma">Read more</a>
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August 6, 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 ongoing lockdowns across the nation, and the plans released by the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Closing the Gap, National Cabinet, and an 80% vaccination rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/video-michelle-grattan-on-closing-the-gap-national-cabinet-and-an-80-vaccination-rate-165733/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Closing the Gap, National Cabinet, and an 80% vaccination rate">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW If you ask most people what economists do, they might tell you it has something to do with money. Or perhaps forecasting what the economy will look like a year from now. Most of the other comparisons would be less charitable. ... <a title="Vital Signs: If you want predictions, ask an astrologer. Economists have better things to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/vital-signs-if-you-want-predictions-ask-an-astrologer-economists-have-better-things-to-do-165616/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: If you want predictions, ask an astrologer. Economists have better things to do">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Staines, ARC DECRA Research fellow, The University of Queensland Talk of healing, care, and well-being is woven throughout the refreshed Closing the Gap agreement. These things were also central to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of the Closing the Gap implementation package this week. As part ... <a title="To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/to-enable-healing-theres-a-more-effective-way-to-close-the-gap-in-employment-in-remote-australia-165662/" aria-label="Read more about To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Conservative Christians are prominent in Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition parties. Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott are two of the most devout and theologically conservative prime ministers in Australian history. State Coalition parties ... <a title="A ‘Christian nation’ no longer: why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/a-christian-nation-no-longer-why-australias-religious-right-loses-policy-battles-even-when-it-wins-elections-165169/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘Christian nation’ no longer: why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhonda Garad, Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in Knowledge Translation, Monash University Shutterstock As we write this article, the Delta strain of COVID-19 is reminding the world the pandemic is far from over, with millions of Australians in lockdown and infection rates outpacing a global vaccination effort. ... <a title="Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than COVID. A mental health crisis is looming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/australians-are-3-times-more-worried-about-climate-change-than-covid-a-mental-health-crisis-is-looming-165470/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than COVID. A mental health crisis is looming">Read more</a>
