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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Speight, Foundation Director, Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Deakin University Australian Government On Sunday July 11, the federal government released two new COVID-19 campaigns. The first, shared across Australia, is a call to “arm yourself” (and others) against the virus by getting vaccinated as ... <a title="Why the federal government’s COVID-19 fear appeal to Sydney residents won’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/why-the-federal-governments-covid-19-fear-appeal-to-sydney-residents-wont-work-164317/" aria-label="Read more about Why the federal government’s COVID-19 fear appeal to Sydney residents won’t work">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP Greater Sydney is in its third week of lockdown, with no clear end in sight. The situation calls for support both for businesses and households suffering severe income loss in the weeks ahead. Greater ... <a title="As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available — and needed — for people losing income?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/as-sydneys-lockdown-continues-what-support-is-available-and-needed-for-people-losing-income-164315/" aria-label="Read more about As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available — and needed — for people losing income?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Gurrieri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University Australia’s new ‘Arm Yourself’ COVID-19 vaccination campaign advertisement. Australian Government The Australian government’s new national vaccination advertisements have been described as exciting as a bowl of leftover cereal, with all the urgency of a stubbed toe. “It will be ... <a title="Australia’s new vaccination campaign is another wasted opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/australias-new-vaccination-campaign-is-another-wasted-opportunity-162756/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new vaccination campaign is another wasted opportunity">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kalinda Griffiths, Scientia lecturer, UNSW A senior Aboriginal man is being vaccinated against COVID-19. PR Handout Image/AAP This year, just five cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. This good result is due to both significant government support measures ... <a title="First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/first-nations-people-urgently-need-to-get-vaccinated-but-are-not-being-consulted-on-the-rollout-strategy-164067/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Shutterstock Let’s say a new irrigation scheme is proposed and all the land it’ll take up needs to be cleared — trees felled, soil upturned, and habitats destroyed. Water will also have to be allocated. ... <a title="‘Environmental accounting’ could revolutionise nature conservation, but Australia has squandered its potential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/environmental-accounting-could-revolutionise-nature-conservation-but-australia-has-squandered-its-potential-163661/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Environmental accounting’ could revolutionise nature conservation, but Australia has squandered its potential">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Burton, PhD researcher, Birkbeck, University of London Shutterstock Since the early days of social media, there has been excitement about how data traces left behind by users can be exploited for the study of human behaviour. Nowadays, reseachers who were once restricted to surveys or experiments ... <a title="Studying social media can give us insight into human behaviour. It can also give us nonsense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/studying-social-media-can-give-us-insight-into-human-behaviour-it-can-also-give-us-nonsense-163000/" aria-label="Read more about Studying social media can give us insight into human behaviour. It can also give us nonsense">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Evans, Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 – strengthening democratic practice at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra David Gray/AAP Public trust is critically important during the pandemic. Without it, the changes to public behaviour that are necessary to contain and ultimately prevent the ... <a title="Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/public-trust-in-the-governments-covid-response-is-slowly-eroding-heres-how-to-get-it-back-on-track-163722/" aria-label="Read more about Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Cockfield, Professor of Government and Economics, and Deputy Dean, University of Southern Queensland Perry Duffin/AAP The return of Barnaby Joyce to the federal National Party’s top job has highlighted tensions within, and dilemmas for, the broader party – particularly on climate change policy and coal. Joyce ... <a title="Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/are-the-nationals-now-the-party-for-mining-not-farming-if-so-barnaby-joyce-must-tread-carefully-163988/" aria-label="Read more about Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Martin McDonald, Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne MIA Studio/Shutterstock At last, the government and the Reserve Bank are singing from the same song sheet. Both say they will keep supporting the economy (the government with big deficits, the Reserve Bank with ultra-low interest rates) until ... <a title="Our estimates suggest we can get Australia’s unemployment down to 3.3%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/our-estimates-suggest-we-can-get-australias-unemployment-down-to-3-3-161900/" aria-label="Read more about Our estimates suggest we can get Australia’s unemployment down to 3.3%">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Macall Polay © 2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Part of the joy of a musical is that song and dance can occur anywhere and everywhere. Not just on the stage but in ... <a title="Unpacking In The Heights’ choreographic film references, from Busby Berkley to West Side Story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/unpacking-in-the-heights-choreographic-film-references-from-busby-berkley-to-west-side-story-163420/" aria-label="Read more about Unpacking In The Heights’ choreographic film references, from Busby Berkley to West Side Story">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Pavlidis, Researcher in Sociology, Griffith University Neil Hall/EPA/AAP Over the weekend in London, the stars aligned in the most remarkable way. On the 50th anniversary of Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first Wimbledon win, Ashleigh Barty claimed her first Wimbledon title. I just hope I made Evonne proud. ... <a title="‘The stars aligned’: Ash Barty’s Wimbledon win is an historic moment for Indigenous people and women in sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/11/the-stars-aligned-ash-bartys-wimbledon-win-is-an-historic-moment-for-indigenous-people-and-women-in-sport-164305/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The stars aligned’: Ash Barty’s Wimbledon win is an historic moment for Indigenous people and women in sport">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, PhD Candidate, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Four in five primary school students eat a packed lunch every day, costing parents around A$20 a week. That’s almost 10 million lunchboxes across Australia every week. But nine in ten of these ... <a title="Swap shapes for rice crackers, chips for popcorn… parents can improve their kids’ diet with these healthier lunchbox options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/11/swap-shapes-for-rice-crackers-chips-for-popcorn-parents-can-improve-their-kids-diet-with-these-healthier-lunchbox-options-163646/" aria-label="Read more about Swap shapes for rice crackers, chips for popcorn… parents can improve their kids’ diet with these healthier lunchbox options">Read more</a>
