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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Tormey, Professor of Politics, University of Bristol Of the many issues thrown up by Brexit, one of the most pressing is the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom. Brexit was in large measure a revolt by a certain section of English and Welsh opinion against transnational ... <a title="Many Scots want independence from the United Kingdom. How might that play out in a post-Brexit world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/many-scots-want-independence-from-the-united-kingdom-how-might-that-play-out-in-a-post-brexit-world-131776/" aria-label="Read more about Many Scots want independence from the United Kingdom. How might that play out in a post-Brexit world?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity While countries around the globe have been taking precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, it has now been reported in 37 countries outside China. As ... <a title="It’s now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we’re preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/its-now-a-matter-of-when-not-if-for-australia-this-is-how-were-preparing-for-a-jump-in-coronavirus-cases-132448/" aria-label="Read more about It’s now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we’re preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Baumgartner, Professor of Fisheries and River Management, Institute for Land, Water, and Society, Charles Sturt University As this summer draws to a close, it marks just over a year since successive fish death events at Menindee in Lower Darling River made global headlines. Two independent investigations ... <a title="Last summer’s fish carnage sparked public outrage. Here’s what has happened since" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/last-summers-fish-carnage-sparked-public-outrage-heres-what-has-happened-since-132346/" aria-label="Read more about Last summer’s fish carnage sparked public outrage. Here’s what has happened since">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Every January Larry Fink, the head of the world’s largest funds manager, BlackRock, sends a letter to the chief executives of major public companies. This year’s letter focused on climate risk. “Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term ... <a title="Vital Signs: a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/vital-signs-a-3-point-plan-to-reach-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-132436/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne The government’s financial system inquiry, on which I sat, reported five years ago. It recommended that the creators of financial products be subject to a design and distribution obligation (DDO), which would mean the products they sold had to ... <a title="Requiring firms to only sell financial products we can use is good, but not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/requiring-firms-to-only-sell-financial-products-we-can-use-is-good-but-not-enough-131887/" aria-label="Read more about Requiring firms to only sell financial products we can use is good, but not enough">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Simionato, Lecturer, RMIT University Books are always transforming. The book we hold today has arrived through a number of materials (clay, papyrus, parchment, paper, pixels) and forms (tablet, scroll, codex, kindle). The book can be a tool for communication, reading, entertainment, or learning; an object and ... <a title="Friday essay: a real life experiment illuminates the future of books and reading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/friday-essay-a-real-life-experiment-illuminates-the-future-of-books-and-reading-131832/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: a real life experiment illuminates the future of books and reading">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government would be looking for the private sector to put in four or five times as much as it invests in research and development of particular technologies to reduce emissions, Energy Minister Angus Taylor says. In a speech on ... <a title="Angus Taylor sets down ‘markers’ to measure success of government’s technology roadmap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/angus-taylor-sets-down-markers-to-measure-success-of-governments-technology-roadmap-132623/" aria-label="Read more about Angus Taylor sets down ‘markers’ to measure success of government’s technology roadmap">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Two issues are currently presenting the Morrison government with fast-moving targets. One is the fallout from the coronavirus, where the picture has been altering on a near-daily basis. The other is very different – the now rapidly changing politics of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison looks to his messaging on coronavirus and climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/grattan-on-friday-morrison-looks-to-his-messaging-on-coronavirus-and-climate-132614/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison looks to his messaging on coronavirus and climate">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has activated its emergency response plan to deal with a spread of the coronavirus locally, in anticipation of it becoming a “pandemic”. It is also considering limited assistance for those hardest hit by the economic fallout. Prime ... <a title="Government triggers emergency plan for COVID-19 pandemic, and considers economic assistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/government-triggers-emergency-plan-for-covid-19-pandemic-and-considers-economic-assistance-132610/" aria-label="Read more about Government triggers emergency plan for COVID-19 pandemic, and considers economic assistance">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Muecke, Clinical senior lecturer in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Adelaide Humans are physiologically hardwired to love and seek out sweet things. It’s an ancient survival mechanism that evolved to prepare our bodies for periods of fasting when food supplies were scarce. Like nicotine, alcohol ... <a title="Let’s ‘declare war on type 2 diabetes’ – Australian of the year James Muecke on why we need to cut back on sugar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/lets-declare-war-on-type-2-diabetes-australian-of-the-year-james-muecke-on-why-we-need-to-cut-back-on-sugar-131024/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s ‘declare war on type 2 diabetes’ – Australian of the year James Muecke on why we need to cut back on sugar">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn McMahon, Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University The NSW government has just introduced a bill that will, among other significant reforms, make it easier for a jury to be informed about the prior convictions of a person on trial for a sex offence involving a ... <a title="Juries will soon learn more about people accused of child sex crimes. Will it lead to fairer trials?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/juries-will-soon-learn-more-about-people-accused-of-child-sex-crimes-will-it-lead-to-fairer-trials-132517/" aria-label="Read more about Juries will soon learn more about people accused of child sex crimes. Will it lead to fairer trials?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn McMahon, Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University The NSW government has just introduced a bill that will, among other significant reforms, make it easier for a jury to be informed about the prior convictions of a person on trial for a sex offence involving a ... <a title="Juries will soon learn more about people accused of child sex crimes. Will it lead to trials that are more fair?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/juries-will-soon-learn-more-about-people-accused-of-child-sex-crimes-will-it-lead-to-trials-that-are-more-fair-132517/" aria-label="Read more about Juries will soon learn more about people accused of child sex crimes. Will it lead to trials that are more fair?">Read more</a>
