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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Berry, Professor of Viral Immunology, Murdoch University Novavax recently released excellent results from phase 3 clinical trials, finding its COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 90.4% efficacy overall after two doses given three weeks apart. The results, from close to 30,000 people in the United States and Mexico, found ... <a title="Novavax is absent from Australia’s 2021 vaccination schedule. But it could be a useful booster later on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/novavax-is-absent-from-australias-2021-vaccination-schedule-but-it-could-be-a-useful-booster-later-on-163014/" aria-label="Read more about Novavax is absent from Australia’s 2021 vaccination schedule. But it could be a useful booster later on">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Simmons, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England Shutterstock Soil carbon is in the spotlight in Australia. A key plank in the Morrison government’s technology-led emissions reduction policy, it involves changing farming techniques so soils store more carbon from the atmosphere. Farmers can encourage and ... <a title="US scheme used by Australian farmers reveals the dangers of trading soil carbon to tackle climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/us-scheme-used-by-australian-farmers-reveals-the-dangers-of-trading-soil-carbon-to-tackle-climate-change-161358/" aria-label="Read more about US scheme used by Australian farmers reveals the dangers of trading soil carbon to tackle climate change">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mim Fox, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Podcasting is helping to revolutionise tertiary education. Universities have found themselves caught between shrinking budgets and an official insistence that they make graduates job-ready. Academics have had to be creative and flexible about how they engage ... <a title="Podcasting overcomes hurdles facing unis to immerse students in the world of workers’ experiences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/podcasting-overcomes-hurdles-facing-unis-to-immerse-students-in-the-world-of-workers-experiences-161274/" aria-label="Read more about Podcasting overcomes hurdles facing unis to immerse students in the world of workers’ experiences">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Byrne, Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania Blaine O’Neill/Flickr, CC BY-NC Since the 1950s, the world has experienced a sixfold increase in the number of people living in cities. City dwellers now outnumber rural residents globally and in many individual countries. But the ... <a title="COVID has disrupted our big cities, and regional planning has to catch up fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/covid-has-disrupted-our-big-cities-and-regional-planning-has-to-catch-up-fast-139969/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has disrupted our big cities, and regional planning has to catch up fast">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Shutterstock Teenage drivers are a risky bunch. They are inexperienced and don’t always drive carefully, sometimes with tragic consequences. Various studies indicate 15-30% of teens have an accident in their first year of driving. In many countries driving fatalities are the ... <a title="Vital Signs: how to halve serious injuries and deaths from teenage driving accidents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/vital-signs-how-to-halve-serious-injuries-and-deaths-from-teenage-driving-accidents-163351/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: how to halve serious injuries and deaths from teenage driving accidents">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Stewart, Professor, The University of Melbourne Governments worldwide spent more than US$14 trillion fighting the health and economic effects of the coronavirus in 2020, much of it very quickly. Among other things the timing of budgets was changed, procedural requirements bypassed, parliaments not consulted, and information ... <a title="Australia’s handling of the pandemic ranked more accountable than most, but not perfect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/australias-handling-of-the-pandemic-ranked-more-accountable-than-most-but-not-perfect-163081/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s handling of the pandemic ranked more accountable than most, but not perfect">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marguerite Johnson, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne, made between 1622 and 1625. Stefano Chiacchiarini/Shutterstock Ancient Greek myths and folktales are shaping popular culture, from big-budget films to television series to novels. You can even find advice on how to look ... <a title="Friday essay: rethinking the myth of Daphne, a woman who chooses eternal silence over sexual assault" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/friday-essay-rethinking-the-myth-of-daphne-a-woman-who-chooses-eternal-silence-over-sexual-assault-162521/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: rethinking the myth of Daphne, a woman who chooses eternal silence over sexual assault">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is fond of telling his troops they’re in a boat. On Thursday he said Barnaby Joyce was “a wind in the sails”. Perhaps better described as a gale hitting the craft, some nervous Liberals would think. Political life ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Blowin’ in the wind with Barnaby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/grattan-on-friday-blowin-in-the-wind-with-barnaby-163381/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Blowin’ in the wind with Barnaby">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji could face around 600 covid-19 deaths within about eight weeks, and 50,000 active cases, unless decisive government-led action is taken quickly on controlling the epidemic. Diplomatic sources have told Pacific Newsroom that increasing alarm in Australia and New Zealand has prompted their Suva diplomats to urge Prime ... <a title="Fiji may be facing heavy covid disaster within month, warns health official" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/fiji-may-be-facing-heavy-covid-disaster-within-month-warns-health-official/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji may be facing heavy covid disaster within month, warns health official">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Apple Daily has announced its imminent closure in a dark day for Hong Kong’s press freedom and democracy, sparking condemnation by global media freedom watchdogs. The Australian-based Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom, Reporters Without Borders in Paris and the Committee to Protect Journalists were among the watchdogs that issued statements criticised the ... <a title="AJF, RSF and other media freedom watchdogs condemn China’s ‘suffocation’ of free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/ajf-rsf-and-other-media-freedom-watchdogs-condemn-chinas-suffocation-of-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about AJF, RSF and other media freedom watchdogs condemn China’s ‘suffocation’ of free press">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Orchard, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centenary Institute; and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Wolfgang Rattay/AP/AAP On June 12, 16,000 spectators at Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium and millions of viewers around the world watched in shock as Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen’s heart stopped. Late in the first half of ... <a title="Cardiac arrests in young people — what causes them and can they be prevented or treated? A heart expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/cardiac-arrests-in-young-people-what-causes-them-and-can-they-be-prevented-or-treated-a-heart-expert-explains-163276/" aria-label="Read more about Cardiac arrests in young people — what causes them and can they be prevented or treated? A heart expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock During a heated exchange in a Coalition party room meeting about childcare subsidies, a male MP stated working women are “outsourcing parenting”. The notion that working mothers are failing their ... <a title="Politicians criticising women for ‘outsourcing’ parenting need a reality check. Here it is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/politicians-criticising-women-for-outsourcing-parenting-need-a-reality-check-here-it-is-163357/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians criticising women for ‘outsourcing’ parenting need a reality check. Here it is">Read more</a>
