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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Former Ambassador and Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland Until this week, it did not occur to most Australians to ask themselves how our nearest neighbours in Papua New Guinea were faring with coronavirus. Our minds and screens have ... <a title="‘A dam has been breached’: a COVID crisis on our doorstep shows how little we pay attention to PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/a-dam-has-been-breached-a-covid-crisis-on-our-doorstep-shows-how-little-we-pay-attention-to-png-157323/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A dam has been breached’: a COVID crisis on our doorstep shows how little we pay attention to PNG">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catriona Bradshaw, Professor, Head of Research Translation and Head of the Genital Mycoplasma and Microbiota Group, Monash University Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) with many of the hallmarks of its better-known counterpart, chlamydia. You can have MG without knowing it, or have symptoms; ... <a title="What is Mycoplasma genitalium, the common STI you’ve probably never heard of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/what-is-mycoplasma-genitalium-the-common-sti-youve-probably-never-heard-of-157318/" aria-label="Read more about What is Mycoplasma genitalium, the common STI you’ve probably never heard of">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Next week’s housing policy package to include ‘incentives’ to invest beyond property Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): The pros and ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 18 2021">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Munsie, Deputy Director – Centre for Stem Cell Systems and Head of Engagements, Ethics & Policy Program, Stem Cells Australia, The University of Melbourne Researchers have successfully grown model versions of early human embryos by “reprogramming” cells from human skin. The breakthrough potentially opens up new ... <a title="Researchers have grown ‘human embryos’ from skin cells. What does that mean, and is it ethical?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/researchers-have-grown-human-embryos-from-skin-cells-what-does-that-mean-and-is-it-ethical-157228/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers have grown ‘human embryos’ from skin cells. What does that mean, and is it ethical?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University You don’t hear much about snapback these days. Back in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, snapback was what passed for the Morrison government’s vision of where it wanted the country ... <a title="From ‘snapback’ to ‘comeback’: policy gridlock as Morrison government puts slogans over substance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/from-snapback-to-comeback-policy-gridlock-as-morrison-government-puts-slogans-over-substance-157049/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘snapback’ to ‘comeback’: policy gridlock as Morrison government puts slogans over substance">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sheena G. Sullivan, Epidemiologist, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza While the future of the pandemic remains uncertain, we’ll probably have to live with COVID-19 for some time. We face a range of possible scenarios. At the most optimistic end of the spectrum, new ... <a title="Flu vaccines are updated every year. We can learn from this process as we respond to COVID variants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/flu-vaccines-are-updated-every-year-we-can-learn-from-this-process-as-we-respond-to-covid-variants-156580/" aria-label="Read more about Flu vaccines are updated every year. We can learn from this process as we respond to COVID variants">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolás Younes Cárdenas, Postdoctoral research fellow, James Cook University Australia is home to around 2% of the world’s mangrove forests and is the fifth most mangrove-forested country on Earth. Mangroves play a crucial role in the ecosystem thanks to the dizzying array of plants, animals and birds ... <a title="Mangroves from space: 30 years of satellite images are helping us understand how climate change threatens these valuable forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/mangroves-from-space-30-years-of-satellite-images-are-helping-us-understand-how-climate-change-threatens-these-valuable-forests-156040/" aria-label="Read more about Mangroves from space: 30 years of satellite images are helping us understand how climate change threatens these valuable forests">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwilym Croucher, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne Australian universities, for better or worse, have embraced international rankings, especially those published each year such as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 (the ... <a title="Australian universities may be at a turning point in the rankings chase. So what next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/australian-universities-may-be-at-a-turning-point-in-the-rankings-chase-so-what-next-156282/" aria-label="Read more about Australian universities may be at a turning point in the rankings chase. So what next?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Koh, Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney It almost reads like a John Grisham novel. Self-employed woman contracts cancer. Claims under her income-protection insurance policy. Insurer cancels the policy after investigation reveals omission of unrelated health condition (depression) on her ... <a title="Federal Court rules insurance companies must behave decently. That’s a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/federal-court-rules-insurance-companies-must-behave-decently-thats-a-big-deal-157057/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Court rules insurance companies must behave decently. That’s a big deal">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University The recently reported decline in student performance in international tests for literacy, science and maths confirmed a view in some quarters that New Zealand’s curriculum is in need of an overhaul. Notably, the New Zealand ... <a title="Has a gap in old-school handwriting and spelling tuition contributed to NZ’s declining literacy scores?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/has-a-gap-in-old-school-handwriting-and-spelling-tuition-contributed-to-nzs-declining-literacy-scores-155371/" aria-label="Read more about Has a gap in old-school handwriting and spelling tuition contributed to NZ’s declining literacy scores?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ASIO is changing the language it uses to describe violent threats, because it says the current labels are “no longer fit for purpose.” This means terms including “left”, “right”, and “Islamic extremism” will be avoided. Announcing the update in his ... <a title="ASIO to avoid ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘Islamic’ in an overhaul of its descriptions of extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/asio-to-avoid-left-right-and-islamic-in-an-overhaul-of-its-descriptions-of-extremism-157345/" aria-label="Read more about ASIO to avoid ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘Islamic’ in an overhaul of its descriptions of extremism">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
I stayed away from the livestream that we in EMTV produced out of Port Moresby. I did watch parts of it. But it has been hard to watch a full session without becoming emotional and emotion is something that has been in abundance over the last 16 days. There are a thousand and one narratives ... <a title="Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/scott-waide-grand-chief-somare-and-the-wisdom-he-left-for-everyone/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone">Read more</a>
