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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Gerber, Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University The word “reparations” comes from the Latin verb reparāre, meaning “to repair.” However, nowadays, many people equate reparations with the payment of compensation or damages. We need to understand and embrace the true meaning of the word and ... <a title="It’s time to talk about gay reparations and how they can rectify past persecutions of LGBTQ people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/its-time-to-talk-about-gay-reparations-and-how-they-can-rectify-past-persecutions-of-lgbtq-people-162086/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to talk about gay reparations and how they can rectify past persecutions of LGBTQ people">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Isaacs, Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney CDC In 2019, before COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten greatest threats to global health. Every year, vaccination saves around 4-5 million lives, although a further 1.5 million ... <a title="From smallpox to polio, vaccine rollouts have always had doubters. But they work in the end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/from-smallpox-to-polio-vaccine-rollouts-have-always-had-doubters-but-they-work-in-the-end-161803/" aria-label="Read more about From smallpox to polio, vaccine rollouts have always had doubters. But they work in the end">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rupert Posner, Systems Lead – Sustainable Economies, ClimateWorks Australia Shutterstock Getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy might seem the end game for climate action. But what if, like Tasmania, you’ve already ticked both those goals off your list? Net-zero means emissions are still ... <a title="Tasmania’s reached net-zero emissions and 100% renewables – but climate action doesn’t stop there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/tasmanias-reached-net-zero-emissions-and-100-renewables-but-climate-action-doesnt-stop-there-160927/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania’s reached net-zero emissions and 100% renewables – but climate action doesn’t stop there">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au Why can’t I flush cat poo ... <a title="I’ve always wondered: can I flush cat poo down the toilet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/ive-always-wondered-can-i-flush-cat-poo-down-the-toilet-159340/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve always wondered: can I flush cat poo down the toilet?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sven Trenholm, Adjunct Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of South Australia Shutterstock Screen-based devices have increasingly become part of our human experience – even more so since the pandemic began. This trend includes watching more and more videos. For example, before COVID-19, the average American watched about ... <a title="Why too many recorded lecture videos may be bad for maths students’ learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/why-too-many-recorded-lecture-videos-may-be-bad-for-maths-students-learning-157407/" aria-label="Read more about Why too many recorded lecture videos may be bad for maths students’ learning">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Brown, Adjunct Research Fellow, UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia Shutterstock In May 2021 a B-double truck mounted a kerb when turning a corner in Melbourne, injuring five pedestrians. In February 2020 a drunk driver drove onto a footpath in Sydney, killing four children ... <a title="We all have to walk across roads — why aren’t pedestrians a focus of road safety?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/we-all-have-to-walk-across-roads-why-arent-pedestrians-a-focus-of-road-safety-161183/" aria-label="Read more about We all have to walk across roads — why aren’t pedestrians a focus of road safety?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martie-Louise Verreynne, Professor in Innovation and Associate DVC (Research – College of Business and Law), RMIT University RMIT, Author provided It took a chance meeting between Cameron van den Dungen, founder of a start-up mattress company, and Madhu Bhaskaran, an engineering professor at RMIT University, to see ... <a title="To become an innovation nation, we really need to think smaller" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/to-become-an-innovation-nation-we-really-need-to-think-smaller-162168/" aria-label="Read more about To become an innovation nation, we really need to think smaller">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgina Arnott, Postdoctoral Research Associate in History, The University of Melbourne A statue of James Stirling in Perth. Wikimedia Commons Today, councillors in Perth’s City of Stirling will vote to decide whether to change their city’s name. This follows a residents’ motion arguing a new name would ... <a title="WA’s first governor James Stirling had links to slavery, as well as directing a massacre. Should he be honoured?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/was-first-governor-james-stirling-had-links-to-slavery-as-well-as-directing-a-massacre-should-he-be-honoured-162078/" aria-label="Read more about WA’s first governor James Stirling had links to slavery, as well as directing a massacre. Should he be honoured?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Hocknull, Senior Curator of Geosciences, Queensland Museum, and Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Vlad Konstantinov, Scott Hocknull, Eromanga Natural History Museum, Author provided Today, a new Aussie dinosaur is being welcomed into the fold. Our study published in the journal PeerJ documents Australotitan cooperensis ... <a title="Introducing Australotitan: Australia’s largest dinosaur yet spanned the length of 2 buses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/introducing-australotitan-australias-largest-dinosaur-yet-spanned-the-length-of-2-buses-162177/" aria-label="Read more about Introducing Australotitan: Australia’s largest dinosaur yet spanned the length of 2 buses">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby It will cost the Papua New Guinea state and Australian operator Barrick Niugini Ltd K630 million (US$180 million) to reopen the Porgera gold mine. The reopening of the mine in early September will see Barrick paying out full benefits of all employees who were retrenched, including those in care ... <a title="K630m to restart Porgera mine with new deal for PNG landowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/k630m-to-restart-porgera-mine-with-new-deal-for-png-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about K630m to restart Porgera mine with new deal for PNG landowners">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The University of the South Pacific staff and student unions have condemned Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s claim that a new USP contract offer to the vice-chancellor is illegal, saying he has “misled” the Fiji public with a “baseless” statement. The unions also said he had shown “total disrespect” for the governing ... <a title="USP staff and students hit back at Sayed-Khaiyum’s ‘illegal’ claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/usp-staff-and-students-hit-back-at-sayed-khaiyums-illegal-claim/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff and students hit back at Sayed-Khaiyum’s ‘illegal’ claim">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Livingstone, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University Thomas Kelley/Unsplash Australian adults get around one-third of their energy intake from junk foods. Also known as discretionary foods, these include foods such as biscuits, cakes, sausages, sugar-sweetened ... <a title="Personalised nutrition is trendy, but can it help us eat less junk food?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/personalised-nutrition-is-trendy-but-can-it-help-us-eat-less-junk-food-161191/" aria-label="Read more about Personalised nutrition is trendy, but can it help us eat less junk food?">Read more</a>
