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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry/Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. A church, an ancient ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: the ‘cathedral’ at Blythburgh that rises from the marshes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/if-i-could-go-anywhere-the-cathedral-at-blythburgh-that-rises-from-the-marshes-161659/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: the ‘cathedral’ at Blythburgh that rises from the marshes">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Hill, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong Australia’s Great Barrier Reef made the international headlines this week. It was not good news for the reef, described by David Attenborough as “one of the greatest and most splendid natural treasures that ... <a title="UNESCO has always been mired in politics and squabbling, but this shouldn’t detract from its work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/unesco-has-always-been-mired-in-politics-and-squabbling-but-this-shouldnt-detract-from-its-work-163353/" aria-label="Read more about UNESCO has always been mired in politics and squabbling, but this shouldn’t detract from its work">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurien Beane, Course Coordinator, Queensland Undergraduate Early Childhood, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock A Coalition party room meeting this week debated the A$1.7 billion childcare package announced in the budget, which would increase subsidies for families with more than one child in care and remove a cap on ... <a title="It takes a village: why sending your kid to childcare isn’t ‘outsourcing parenting’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/it-takes-a-village-why-sending-your-kid-to-childcare-isnt-outsourcing-parenting-163264/" aria-label="Read more about It takes a village: why sending your kid to childcare isn’t ‘outsourcing parenting’">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elena Zavala, PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Collection of sediment DNA samples in the Main Chamber of Denisova Cave. Bert Roberts, Author provided In the foothills of the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia lies Denisova Cave. It is the only site in the world ... <a title="Dirty secrets: sediment DNA reveals a 300,000-year timeline of ancient and modern humans living in Siberia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/dirty-secrets-sediment-dna-reveals-a-300-000-year-timeline-of-ancient-and-modern-humans-living-in-siberia-161585/" aria-label="Read more about Dirty secrets: sediment DNA reveals a 300,000-year timeline of ancient and modern humans living in Siberia">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia As Aung San Suu Kyi finally faced court last week to defend herself against a litany of politically motivated charges, Myanmar is continuing its downward spiral into state failure. Suu Kyi was arrested following the February 1 coup by ... <a title="With Aung San Suu Kyi facing prison, Myanmar’s opposition is leaderless, desperate and ready to fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/with-aung-san-suu-kyi-facing-prison-myanmars-opposition-is-leaderless-desperate-and-ready-to-fight-162428/" aria-label="Read more about With Aung San Suu Kyi facing prison, Myanmar’s opposition is leaderless, desperate and ready to fight">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Associate Provost, Research Partnerships, Victoria University Shutterstock While widespread vaccination is key in our fight against COVID-19, people who are infected still need better treatment to improve their chance of survival and making a full recovery. Early on, the world had ... <a title="Stopping, blocking and dampening – how Aussie drugs in the pipeline could treat COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/stopping-blocking-and-dampening-how-aussie-drugs-in-the-pipeline-could-treat-covid-19-162349/" aria-label="Read more about Stopping, blocking and dampening – how Aussie drugs in the pipeline could treat COVID-19">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martine Maron, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland A growing global push to halt biodiversity decline, most recently agreed at the G7 on Sunday, leaves Australia out in the cold as the federal government walks away from critical reforms needed to ... <a title="The government’s idea of ‘national environment standards’ would entrench Australia’s global pariah status" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/the-governments-idea-of-national-environment-standards-would-entrench-australias-global-pariah-status-163082/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s idea of ‘national environment standards’ would entrench Australia’s global pariah status">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip D. Parker, Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence. But it’s hard to know if these beliefs are helpful ... <a title="‘You’re the best!’ Your belief in your kids’ academic ability can actually improve their grades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/youre-the-best-your-belief-in-your-kids-academic-ability-can-actually-improve-their-grades-161881/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You’re the best!’ Your belief in your kids’ academic ability can actually improve their grades">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Transmission Films Review: Buckley’s Chance, directed by Tim Brown. It’s a classic trope of Australian cinema: a foreigner comes here and discovers a wild, rugged place, replete with dangerous and surreal animals and dangerous and ... <a title="Meat pies, desert, bloody dingoes: new Australian film Buckley’s Chance brims with dated cultural cliches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/meat-pies-desert-bloody-dingoes-new-australian-film-buckleys-chance-brims-with-dated-cultural-cliches-162858/" aria-label="Read more about Meat pies, desert, bloody dingoes: new Australian film Buckley’s Chance brims with dated cultural cliches">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji has reported its highest daily total of positive covid-19 infections with 279 cases reported as of 8am today as the outbreak continues to soar. The ministry has also reported four deaths attributed to the virus. Health Secretary Dr James Fong announced these figures in the covid-19 update this evening. ... <a title="Covid infections in Fiji soar with record 279 cases – four deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/covid-infections-in-fiji-soar-with-record-279-cases-four-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Covid infections in Fiji soar with record 279 cases – four deaths">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
RNZ News The Wellington region moved to alert level 2 at 6pm today after an Australian tourist who visited the New Zealand capital on the weekend tested positive for covid-19 on his return to Sydney. Wellington, Wairarapa and Kāpiti Coast are now at alert level 2 until 11.59pm on Sunday but the rest of the ... <a title="NZ’s capital moves to covid alert level 2 after Sydney tourist scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/nzs-capital-moves-to-covid-alert-level-2-after-sydney-tourist-scare/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s capital moves to covid alert level 2 after Sydney tourist scare">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji’s covid19 case count broke records again yesterday as medical authorities recorded another two deaths at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWM) in the capital Suva. Two men, a 68-year-old and a 42-year-old are the latest certified covid deaths. The CWM Hospital is investigating another two covid-positive ... <a title="Fiji records two covid deaths amid record 180 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/fiji-records-two-covid-deaths-amid-record-180-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji records two covid deaths amid record 180 new cases">Read more</a>
