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June 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating. While some countries such as Australia and New Zealand have managed to flatten the curve, in many other parts of the world the number of cases has continued to reach new highs. ... <a title="In many countries the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, not slowing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/in-many-countries-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-accelerating-not-slowing-141238/" aria-label="Read more about In many countries the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, not slowing">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Borg, Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University As COVID-19 restrictions start to ease, we’re unlikely to return to our previous behaviours, from our work-life balance to maintaining good hygiene. But there are downsides to this new normal, particularly when it comes ... <a title="Avoiding single-use plastic was becoming normal, until coronavirus. Here’s how we can return to good habits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/avoiding-single-use-plastic-was-becoming-normal-until-coronavirus-heres-how-we-can-return-to-good-habits-140555/" aria-label="Read more about Avoiding single-use plastic was becoming normal, until coronavirus. Here’s how we can return to good habits">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Revell, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please ... <a title="Climate Explained: what Earth would be like if we hadn’t pumped greenhouse gases into the atmosphere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/climate-explained-what-earth-would-be-like-if-we-hadnt-pumped-greenhouse-gases-into-the-atmosphere-141194/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Explained: what Earth would be like if we hadn’t pumped greenhouse gases into the atmosphere">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lorrey, Principal Scientist & Programme Leader of Climate Observations and Processes, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Brewster Glacier in New Zealand’s Southern Alps lost 13 million cubic metres of ice between March 2016 and March 2019 – almost the equivalent of the basic drinking ... <a title="Why long-term environmental observations are crucial for New Zealand’s water security challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/why-long-term-environmental-observations-are-crucial-for-new-zealands-water-security-challenges-141123/" aria-label="Read more about Why long-term environmental observations are crucial for New Zealand’s water security challenges">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Marshman, Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne One objective of the government’s recently announced funding changes for universities is to increase the number of graduates in areas of expected employment growth – such as teaching, nursing, agriculture, STEM ... <a title="The government is making ‘job-ready’ degrees cheaper for students – but cutting funding to the same courses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/the-government-is-making-job-ready-degrees-cheaper-for-students-but-cutting-funding-to-the-same-courses-141280/" aria-label="Read more about The government is making ‘job-ready’ degrees cheaper for students – but cutting funding to the same courses">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University When Disney releases a film version of the musical Hamilton on July 3, it will be 11 years since Lin-Manuel Miranda performed an early number at a White House evening hosted by the Obamas. Watching the musical ... <a title="Watching Hamilton today – musical drama can be radical, just don’t believe all the hype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/watching-hamilton-today-musical-drama-can-be-radical-just-dont-believe-all-the-hype-139322/" aria-label="Read more about Watching Hamilton today – musical drama can be radical, just don’t believe all the hype">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The July 4 byelection in the highly marginal NSW Labor seat of Eden-Monaro is shaping up to be “very close”, according to participants in focus group research conducted by the University of Canberra. Climate change, job creation, the federal government’s ... <a title="Eden-Monaro byelection will be “very close”, according to participants in focus group research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/eden-monaro-byelection-will-be-very-close-according-to-participants-in-focus-group-research-141307/" aria-label="Read more about Eden-Monaro byelection will be “very close”, according to participants in focus group research">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren O’Donovan, Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law, La Trobe University Public pressure is growing for a royal commission into the controversial robodebt scheme. After calls from the Greens this week, Labor also demanded an inquiry. As Opposition leader Anthony Albanese said: “how can we ensure that a ... <a title="The ‘problem’ is not ‘fixed’. Why we need a royal commission into robodebt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/the-problem-is-not-fixed-why-we-need-a-royal-commission-into-robodebt-141273/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘problem’ is not ‘fixed’. Why we need a royal commission into robodebt">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide Joel Schumacher, who has died aged 80 in New York, never won an Oscar. He began drinking aged nine and spent the last years of his life apologising for having made Batman and Robin (1997). He was ... <a title="Vale Joel Schumacher – the Hollywood legend who brought us brat packs, teen vampires and Falling Down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/vale-joel-schumacher-the-hollywood-legend-who-brought-us-brat-packs-teen-vampires-and-falling-down-141278/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Joel Schumacher – the Hollywood legend who brought us brat packs, teen vampires and Falling Down">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hendy, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University The recent killing of a police officer and the wounding of his colleague in West Auckland will inevitably change police attitudes to their jobs. Firstly, it will affect how they interact with the public. Such tragedies offer a direct challenge ... <a title="Trust, risk and routine arming: the killing of a frontline officer challenges New Zealand police practice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/trust-risk-and-routine-arming-the-killing-of-a-frontline-officer-challenges-new-zealand-police-practice-141191/" aria-label="Read more about Trust, risk and routine arming: the killing of a frontline officer challenges New Zealand police practice">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Two small studies published recently suggested most men hospitalised with COVID-19 are bald, generating headlines around the world. While this may sound strange, science does offer a plausible explanation. Male pattern baldness is associated ... <a title="Coronavirus and sex hormones — baldness may be a risk factor and anti-androgens a treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/coronavirus-and-sex-hormones-baldness-may-be-a-risk-factor-and-anti-androgens-a-treatment-140340/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and sex hormones — baldness may be a risk factor and anti-androgens a treatment">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Williams, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University Writing is a pastime best conducted on your own — or so common wisdom would have it. Yet writing teams exist, and in many realms they are expected. Take television, where the writers’ room is the norm. Or the academy: one ... <a title="Collaboration made easy: 6 ways to build a writing relationship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/collaboration-made-easy-6-ways-to-build-a-writing-relationship-132348/" aria-label="Read more about Collaboration made easy: 6 ways to build a writing relationship">Read more</a>
