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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Bartlett, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle from www.shutterstock.com Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared to have made a “captain’s call” yesterday by encouraging people in New South Wales outbreak areas to have their AstraZeneca booster closer to eight weeks after their ... <a title="Should I have my AstraZeneca booster shot at 8 weeks rather than 12? Here’s the evidence so you can decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/should-i-have-my-astrazeneca-booster-shot-at-8-weeks-rather-than-12-heres-the-evidence-so-you-can-decide-164164/" aria-label="Read more about Should I have my AstraZeneca booster shot at 8 weeks rather than 12? Here’s the evidence so you can decide">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland With the prospect of a lengthier lockdown looming over Sydney, the idea of “living with the virus” has resurfaced. NSW’s health minister, Brad Hazzard, raised the prospect of abandoning the lockdown and accepting that “the virus has ... <a title="Why most economists continue to back lockdowns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/why-most-economists-continue-to-back-lockdowns-164239/" aria-label="Read more about Why most economists continue to back lockdowns">Read more</a>
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July 9, 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 what the government is doing to assist Syndeysiders in lockdown, the recent ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next chapter in the vaccine rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-next-chapter-in-the-vaccine-rollout-164233/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the next chapter in the vaccine rollout">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The latest excess mortality data shows all the countries of the British Isles, and the United States, have fewer excess deaths than New Zealand in the three months to the end of May 2021. England/Wales was looking particularly good in the three months to June. (Excess mortality data for the United ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United Kingdom and Herd Immunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-united-kingdom-and-herd-immunity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United Kingdom and Herd Immunity">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Mary Pollard, Associate professor, Curtin University Shutterstock There is a deafening silence regarding household food insecurity in Australia, particularly when it comes to children. Food is a basic human right and the government’s response has been dismal and could even be considered a crime. Food insecurity ... <a title="‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/im-scared-we-wont-have-money-for-food-how-children-cope-with-food-insecurity-in-australia-161671/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Logan, Lecturer of Civil Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury GettyImages The major storm surge and coastal flooding in Wellington earlier this month was another reminder that the sea is now lapping close to a lot of New Zealand’s front doors. The ominous question is: who will ... <a title="With seas rising and storms surging, who will pay for New Zealand’s most vulnerable coastal properties?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/with-seas-rising-and-storms-surging-who-will-pay-for-new-zealands-most-vulnerable-coastal-properties-163807/" aria-label="Read more about With seas rising and storms surging, who will pay for New Zealand’s most vulnerable coastal properties?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Shelling, Professor and Associate Dean (Research), University of Auckland Shutterstock Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure it’s accurate. ... <a title="Is when you lose your virginity and have your first kid really written in your genes? Not quite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/is-when-you-lose-your-virginity-and-have-your-first-kid-really-written-in-your-genes-not-quite-163895/" aria-label="Read more about Is when you lose your virginity and have your first kid really written in your genes? Not quite">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University Hundreds of dead turtles continue to wash ashore in Sri Lanka, almost two months after a newly built container ship caught fire while anchored off Colombo’s port. The X-Press Pearl was carrying 1,486 containers and burned for two weeks. It ... <a title="Could Sri Lanka’s ship fire have been avoided? Here’s what we can learn from the shocking environmental disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/could-sri-lankas-ship-fire-have-been-avoided-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-the-shocking-environmental-disaster-162770/" aria-label="Read more about Could Sri Lanka’s ship fire have been avoided? Here’s what we can learn from the shocking environmental disaster">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris James, ARC DECRA Fellow, Centre for Hypersonics, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland Blue Origin Over the next fortnight, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will take off into space, because they can, on spaceships designed by ... <a title="Branson vs Bezos: as the billionaires get ready to blast into space, who’s got the better plan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/branson-vs-bezos-as-the-billionaires-get-ready-to-blast-into-space-whos-got-the-better-plan-163898/" aria-label="Read more about Branson vs Bezos: as the billionaires get ready to blast into space, who’s got the better plan?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Research Associate, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Ritchie B Togo/EPA/AAP I have been in Taiwan since April as a visiting fellow. During this time, there are two questions I’ve been consistently asked. What’s happened to Australia’s relationship with China? And what does it ... <a title="Can Taiwan rely on Australia when it comes to China? New poll shows most Australians don’t want to send the ADF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/can-taiwan-rely-on-australia-when-it-comes-to-china-new-poll-shows-most-australians-dont-want-to-send-the-adf-164092/" aria-label="Read more about Can Taiwan rely on Australia when it comes to China? New poll shows most Australians don’t want to send the ADF">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Hosking, Senior Lecturer in Psychology. Clinical Psychologist, Victoria University Mike Labrum/Unsplash COVID-19 has affected many facets of our lives. Public health measures to stop the spread of the virus have impacted the way we work, connect with others and socialise. The pandemic has changed the way ... <a title="Loss in the pandemic: when a loved one dies, being cut off from the grieving process can make things harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/loss-in-the-pandemic-when-a-loved-one-dies-being-cut-off-from-the-grieving-process-can-make-things-harder-163975/" aria-label="Read more about Loss in the pandemic: when a loved one dies, being cut off from the grieving process can make things harder">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob N. Williams, Archaeologist & PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Shutterstock Trees have always been a point of conflict between colonisers and Indigenous people. At the very beginning of European-Indigenous interactions, skirmishes broke out because colonisers were ignorant of protocols and the desecration of important Indigenous sites ... <a title="Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/will-your-grandchildren-have-the-chance-to-visit-australias-sacred-trees-only-if-our-sick-indifference-to-aboriginal-heritage-is-cured-163581/" aria-label="Read more about Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured">Read more</a>
