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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney The human and environmental cost of climate change is all around us, and on the rise. The UN reports about 90% of all disasters are weather-related, and that weather and climate are major drivers of ... <a title="You can’t talk about disaster risk reduction without talking about inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/you-cant-talk-about-disaster-risk-reduction-without-talking-about-inequality-153189/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t talk about disaster risk reduction without talking about inequality">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven David Hitchcock, Lecturer, University of Sydney In her new book, Can’t Even, American journalist Anne Helen Peterson writes of how Millennials have become “the burnout generation”. [It’s] feeling that you’ve hit the wall exhaustion-wise, but then have to scale the wall and just keep going. There’s ... <a title="Millennials are not the only ‘burnout generation’ (just ask the rest of us)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/millennials-are-not-the-only-burnout-generation-just-ask-the-rest-of-us-147089/" aria-label="Read more about Millennials are not the only ‘burnout generation’ (just ask the rest of us)">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Karystianis, Research fellow, UNSW Rare access to almost half a million police reports of domestic violence has revealed a hidden picture of mental health issues in perpetrators and victims. This is academics’ first attempt in the world to use computers to mine the text of so ... <a title="We analysed almost 500,000 police reports of domestic violence. Mental health was an issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/we-analysed-almost-500-000-police-reports-of-domestic-violence-mental-health-was-an-issue-153649/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed almost 500,000 police reports of domestic violence. Mental health was an issue">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Grant, Palliative Medicine Physician, Research Fellow, Monash University From today (February 1), when you receive a prescription in Australia, it will list the name of the medication’s active ingredient rather than the brand name. So, for example, instead of receiving a prescription for Ventolin, your script ... <a title="Doctors must now prescribe drugs using their chemical name, not brand names. That’s good news for patients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/doctors-must-now-prescribe-drugs-using-their-chemical-name-not-brand-names-thats-good-news-for-patients-153796/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors must now prescribe drugs using their chemical name, not brand names. That’s good news for patients">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Gore, Laureate Professor of Education, University of Newcastle There have been some reports students fell behind during the remote learning period in 2020. For instance, a report by the NSW education department found NSW students in year 3 were up to four months behind in reading ... <a title="Remote learning didn’t affect most NSW primary students in our study academically. But well-being suffered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/remote-learning-didnt-affect-most-nsw-primary-students-in-our-study-academically-but-well-being-suffered-154171/" aria-label="Read more about Remote learning didn’t affect most NSW primary students in our study academically. But well-being suffered">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Doyle, Associate Professor of Media, Macquarie University In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on the page and on screen. I’ve always preferred my fictional detectives on the weirder side. Like the sour-tempered narrator of Derek Raymond’s Factory Series. Everyone hates the bloke. ... <a title="My favourite detective: Claire DeWitt’s personal loss and blackout hours make her weirdly compelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/my-favourite-detective-claire-dewitts-personal-loss-and-blackout-hours-make-her-weirdly-compelling-149622/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: Claire DeWitt’s personal loss and blackout hours make her weirdly compelling">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison on Monday will announce $1.9 billion initial investment in the massive vaccine rollout which is due to start late this month. This comes as new economic disruption looms from the Western Australian government’s shock five-day lockdown of Perth ... <a title="Australia Polls – Morrison to announce $1.9 billion for vaccine rollout, as Coalition and Labor level in Newspoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/morrison-to-announce-1-9-billion-for-vaccine-rollout-as-coalition-and-labor-level-in-newspoll-154350/" aria-label="Read more about Australia Polls – Morrison to announce $1.9 billion for vaccine rollout, as Coalition and Labor level in Newspoll">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University Perth and the Peel and South West regions of Western Australia will go into a five-day hard lockdown from 6pm local time on Sunday, after one new local COVID-19 ... <a title="Perth’s 5-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown isn’t an overreaction to a single case — it’s basic common sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/perths-5-day-circuit-breaker-lockdown-isnt-an-overreaction-to-a-single-case-its-basic-common-sense-154348/" aria-label="Read more about Perth’s 5-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown isn’t an overreaction to a single case — it’s basic common sense">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Right-wing Liberal backbencher Kevin Andrews – the father of the House of Representatives – has lost preselection to a barrister and former special forces veteran who served in Afghanistan. Keith Wolahan, 43, defeated Andrews, 65, who held a number of ... <a title="Liberal right-winger Kevin Andrews defeated in preselection by Afghanistan veteran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/liberal-right-winger-kevin-andrews-defeated-in-preselection-by-afghanistan-veteran-154349/" aria-label="Read more about Liberal right-winger Kevin Andrews defeated in preselection by Afghanistan veteran">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Suddenly, economic forecasters are optimistic. Six months ago the forecasting team assembled by The Conversation was expecting Australia’s recession to continue into 2021, sending the economy backwards a further 4.6% throughout the year. This morning, ... <a title="A little ray of sunshine as 2021 economic survey points to brighter times ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/a-little-ray-of-sunshine-as-2021-economic-survey-points-to-brighter-times-ahead-154157/" aria-label="Read more about A little ray of sunshine as 2021 economic survey points to brighter times ahead">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission today released its long-anticipated advice to the government on how to reshape the economy to meet the country’s domestic and international climate change obligations. The document sets ... <a title="Climate Change Commission calls on New Zealand government to take ‘immediate and decisive action’ to cut emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/climate-change-commission-calls-on-new-zealand-government-to-take-immediate-and-decisive-action-to-cut-emissions-154264/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Change Commission calls on New Zealand government to take ‘immediate and decisive action’ to cut emissions">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University On January 31, 1961, an intrepid chimpanzee called Ham was launched on a rocket from Cape Canaveral in the United States, and returned to Earth alive. In this process, he became the first hominin in space. ... <a title="Apes, robots and men: the life and death of the first space chimp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/apes-robots-and-men-the-life-and-death-of-the-first-space-chimp-153644/" aria-label="Read more about Apes, robots and men: the life and death of the first space chimp">Read more</a>
