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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University A fan at the All Blacks v Fiji test match in New Zealand, July 17. GettyImages The current serious outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Fiji is pushing already stretched health and community resources to the brink. ... <a title="Fijians harness the fundraising power of social media as their government struggles with the COVID-19 crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/fijians-harness-the-fundraising-power-of-social-media-as-their-government-struggles-with-the-covid-19-crisis-164390/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians harness the fundraising power of social media as their government struggles with the COVID-19 crisis">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Mayer, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Animal Ecology, Aarhus University Martin Mayer, Author provided Unlike many other species of amphibians, the cane toad is thriving. It was introduced to Australia (and other places, such as Hawaii) to get rid of pest insects in sugar cane plantations. It ... <a title="In the evolutionary arms race between cane toads and lungworms, skin secretions play a surprising role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/in-the-evolutionary-arms-race-between-cane-toads-and-lungworms-skin-secretions-play-a-surprising-role-163821/" aria-label="Read more about In the evolutionary arms race between cane toads and lungworms, skin secretions play a surprising role">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW Mask mandates are in place in Victoria and New South Wales as these states continue to see COVID cases in the community. And public health experts have argued face masks will continue to be an important measure in our fight against the ... <a title="We’ve become used to wearing masks during COVID. But does that mean the habit will stick?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/weve-become-used-to-wearing-masks-during-covid-but-does-that-mean-the-habit-will-stick-163971/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve become used to wearing masks during COVID. But does that mean the habit will stick?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Lee, Academic Tutor and PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Shutterstock Australia’s higher education workforce has literally been decimated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mass forced redundancies and non-renewal of casual contracts were highly stressful. And now some disciplines and academics who committed their lives ... <a title="Our uni teachers were already among the world’s most stressed. COVID and student feedback have just made things worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/our-uni-teachers-were-already-among-the-worlds-most-stressed-covid-and-student-feedback-have-just-made-things-worse-162612/" aria-label="Read more about Our uni teachers were already among the world’s most stressed. COVID and student feedback have just made things worse">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Felton, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology Tom Shannon’s Drop Flickr/.marc carpentier, CC BY-NC In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. As winter digs in ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Château La Coste, a sculpture and wine walk in Provence holds random surprises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/if-i-could-go-anywhere-chateau-la-coste-a-sculpture-and-wine-walk-in-provence-holds-random-surprises-162928/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Château La Coste, a sculpture and wine walk in Provence holds random surprises">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Support for Scott Morrison and the government have slumped in Newspoll, in a major backlash against the botched vaccine rollout. Labor has surged to a two-party lead of 53-47%, compared with 51-49% in the previous poll in late June. The ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison and Coalition sink in Newspoll on the back of rollout shambles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/view-from-the-hill-morrison-and-coalition-sink-in-newspoll-on-the-back-of-rollout-shambles-164699/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison and Coalition sink in Newspoll on the back of rollout shambles">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordana Silverstein, Historian, The University of Melbourne AAP/AP 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 helped shape the 20th century, and ... <a title="How Golda Meir, Israel’s ‘Iron Lady’, helped establish an independent Jewish state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/17/how-golda-meir-israels-iron-lady-helped-establish-an-independent-jewish-state-156374/" aria-label="Read more about How Golda Meir, Israel’s ‘Iron Lady’, helped establish an independent Jewish state">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordana Silverstein, Historian, The University of Melbourne AAP/AP 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 helped shape the 20th century, and ... <a title="How Golda Meir, Israel’s ‘Iron Lady’, helped establish an independent Jewish homeland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/17/how-golda-meir-israels-iron-lady-helped-establish-an-independent-jewish-homeland-156374/" aria-label="Read more about How Golda Meir, Israel’s ‘Iron Lady’, helped establish an independent Jewish homeland">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Lim, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University The forty-spotted pardalote is one of Australia’s rarest birds Shutterstock It’s no secret the world’s wildlife is in dire straits. New data shows a heatwave in the Pacific Northwest killed more than 1 billion sea creatures in June, ... <a title="Repeating mistakes: why the plan to protect the world’s wildlife falls short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/repeating-mistakes-why-the-plan-to-protect-the-worlds-wildlife-falls-short-164497/" aria-label="Read more about Repeating mistakes: why the plan to protect the world’s wildlife falls short">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lei Zhang, Associate Professor of Public Health, Monash University Victoria has entered a five-day lockdown to control its growing outbreak of the more infectious Delta variant. Until midnight on Tuesday restrictions mean residents are only allowed to leave home for essential reasons, can only travel five kilometres ... <a title="Victoria’s 5-day lockdown may not quash Delta. Here’s what our modelling predicts instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/victorias-5-day-lockdown-may-not-quash-delta-heres-what-our-modelling-predicts-instead-164548/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s 5-day lockdown may not quash Delta. Here’s what our modelling predicts instead">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George A. Tanewski, Professor in Accounting, Deakin University Joeahead/Shutterstock Australia’s long run of economic growth from the early 1990s to early 2020 inspired much boasting by incumbent politicians. But behind the hubris and headlines lies a less flattering story — about Australia riding a wave of dumb ... <a title="Exports and immigrants have masked Australia’s poor R&D record. Here are some simple fixes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/exports-and-immigrants-have-masked-australias-poor-randd-record-here-are-some-simple-fixes-164074/" aria-label="Read more about Exports and immigrants have masked Australia’s poor R&D record. Here are some simple fixes">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock I’m puzzled as to why the planets, stars and moons are all round (when) other large and small objects such as asteroids and meteorites are irregular shapes? — Lionel Young, age 74, Launceston, Tasmania This is a fantastic ... <a title="I’ve always wondered: why are the stars, planets and moons round, when comets and asteroids aren’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/ive-always-wondered-why-are-the-stars-planets-and-moons-round-when-comets-and-asteroids-arent-160541/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve always wondered: why are the stars, planets and moons round, when comets and asteroids aren’t?">Read more</a>
