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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Williams, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle and Program Manager, Hunter New England Local Health District, University of Newcastle To the joy of many, indoor gyms are reopening across Australia as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease. They officially reopen in New South Wales on June 13, in ... <a title="Heading back to the gym? Here’s how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/heading-back-to-the-gym-heres-how-to-avoid-injury-after-coronavirus-isolation-139975/" aria-label="Read more about Heading back to the gym? Here’s how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abbas Mohajerani, Associate Professor, RMIT University Every year, treated wastewater sludge called “biosolids” is recycled and spread over agricultural land. My recent research discovered this practice dumps thousands of tonnes of microplastics into farmlands around the world. In Australia, we estimate this amount as at least 1,241 ... <a title="At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/at-least-1-241-tonnes-of-microplastics-are-dumped-into-aussie-farmland-every-year-from-wastewater-sludge-137278/" aria-label="Read more about At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leesa Wheelahan, Professor & William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership, University of Toronto This essay is based on an episode of the University of Technology Sydney podcast series “The New Social Contract”. This audio series examines how the relationship between universities, the state and the ... <a title="University students aren’t cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on ‘skills’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/university-students-arent-cogs-in-a-market-they-need-more-than-a-narrow-focus-on-skills-140058/" aria-label="Read more about University students aren’t cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on ‘skills’">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dawson, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, University of Melbourne Motorists and cyclists are akin to ethnic groups, our research shows. This means we might want to look to multiculturalism in managing relations on the roads. As we exit lockdown, car and bicycle use will increase greatly. ... <a title="Drivers v cyclists: it’s like an ethnic conflict, which offers clues to managing ‘road wars’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/drivers-v-cyclists-its-like-an-ethnic-conflict-which-offers-clues-to-managing-road-wars-139107/" aria-label="Read more about Drivers v cyclists: it’s like an ethnic conflict, which offers clues to managing ‘road wars’">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute JobKeeper has been a lifeline for the economy. Given the ferocity of the economic hit caused by COVID-19, the government was right to prioritise speed over perfection. But the current review of the A$70 billion provides ... <a title="How to improve JobKeeper (hint: it would help not to pay businesses late)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/how-to-improve-jobkeeper-hint-it-would-help-not-to-pay-businesses-late-140435/" aria-label="Read more about How to improve JobKeeper (hint: it would help not to pay businesses late)">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch After three days of protests by hundreds of students and staff at the regional University of the South Pacific over the treatment of their popular reforming vice-chancellor, an independent New Zealand journalist has now revealed damning details of previously secret governance reports. Journalist and author Michael Field has revealed that some academics ... <a title="Journalist reports on USP payments scandal as campus backs reform VC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/journalist-reports-on-usp-payments-scandal-as-campus-backs-reform-vc/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist reports on USP payments scandal as campus backs reform VC">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts plot seven-day rolling averages. It means that the most recent death and case incidences of Covid19 is the average of new cases for the seven days ended 9 June 2020. The New Zealand data looks incomplete, but that’s because it is now zero; New Zealand is recovered, not recovering. Contrast ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Cases and Deaths over Time for Recovering and High-Incidence Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-cases-and-deaths-over-time-for-recovering-and-high-incidence-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Cases and Deaths over Time for Recovering and High-Incidence Countries">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Albert Schram This article attempts to put the current governance crisis at the Fiji-based University of the South Pacific (USP), one of only two regional universities in the world, in a broader regional perspective. If Pacific regional integration and coordination means anything, then this would be a good moment to demonstrate it values ... <a title="Albert Schram: University governance, academic freedom and institutional autonomy in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/albert-schram-university-governance-academic-freedom-and-institutional-autonomy-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Albert Schram: University governance, academic freedom and institutional autonomy in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Pat Turner, for decades a strong Aboriginal voice, is the lead convenor of the Coalition of Peaks, which brings together about 50 indigenous community peak organisations. In this role she is part of the negotiations for a new agreement on ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/politics-with-michelle-grattan-pat-turner-on-closing-the-justice-gap-140451/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University While Australians are singing the praises of the front-line workers during the COVID-19 crisis, there is a forgotten front line that has also made personal sacrifices to help us get through the pandemic: ABC ... <a title="Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/cutting-the-abc-cuts-public-trust-a-cost-no-democracy-can-afford-140438/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Cunneen, Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney Calls to “defund the police” in the wake of the death of George Floyd are leading to immediate proposals to either dismantle police departments or cut their funding in US cities like Minneapolis, New York and Los Angeles. ... <a title="Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/defunding-the-police-could-bring-positive-change-in-australia-these-communities-are-showing-the-way-140333/" aria-label="Read more about Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney The national cabinet, which was quickly set up to tackle the nation’s threats from the coronavirus pandemic, will now replace the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). For almost 30 years, COAG has been the ... <a title="The national cabinet’s in and COAG’s out. It’s a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/the-national-cabinets-in-and-coags-out-its-a-fresh-chance-to-put-health-issues-on-the-agenda-but-there-are-risks-140165/" aria-label="Read more about The national cabinet’s in and COAG’s out. It’s a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks">Read more</a>
