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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan J Carr, Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales; Adjunct Professor, Monash University, UNSW The COVID-19 pandemic has opened fault lines in social, economic and health-care policy in Australia. One area in which all three converge is homelessness. It’s almost impossible to practise self-isolation and ... <a title="If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/if-australia-really-wants-to-tackle-mental-health-after-coronavirus-we-must-take-action-on-homelessness-139840/" aria-label="Read more about If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph Sims, Professor, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University 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, ... <a title="Climate explained: does your driving speed make any difference to your car’s emissions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/climate-explained-does-your-driving-speed-make-any-difference-to-your-cars-emissions-140246/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: does your driving speed make any difference to your car’s emissions?">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid Magner, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, RMIT University The Black Summer bushfires may have ended, but the cultural cost has yet to be counted. Thousands of Aboriginal sites were likely destroyed in the 2019 bushfires. But at present, there is no clarity about the numbers of ... <a title="Kylie’s hut: bushfires destroyed the writing retreat of an Aussie literary icon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/kylies-hut-bushfires-destroyed-the-writing-retreat-of-an-aussie-literary-icon-136386/" aria-label="Read more about Kylie’s hut: bushfires destroyed the writing retreat of an Aussie literary icon">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Redento B. Recio, Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Informal Urbanism (InfUr-) Hub, University of Melbourne – Ricky sits at one of half-a-dozen entrances to the San Roque settlement in Metro Manila’s North Triangle district. Ricky (not his real name) is part of a large team that guards the ... <a title="‘Forced’ evictions eat away at a Manila community as developer spares the golf course next door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/forced-evictions-eat-away-at-a-manila-community-as-developer-spares-the-golf-course-next-door-138297/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forced’ evictions eat away at a Manila community as developer spares the golf course next door">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shelley Marshall, Associate Professor and Director of the RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre, RMIT University As many of us gingerly return to our workplaces, we are relying on cleaners to keep us safe. Employers have extra concerns. High quality cleaning is the key to shielding them ... <a title="You better hope your work cleaner is one of the few who has time to do a thorough job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/you-better-hope-your-work-cleaner-is-one-of-the-few-who-has-time-to-do-a-thorough-job-139998/" aria-label="Read more about You better hope your work cleaner is one of the few who has time to do a thorough job">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University We have seen many changes in Australian’s consumption of media during isolation. There has been an increase in television viewing; cinemas were forced to close (although some have crafted a new approach); Hollywood release dates were postponed or ... <a title="Australia’s drive-ins: where you can wear slippers, crack peanuts, and knit ‘to your heart’s content’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/australias-drive-ins-where-you-can-wear-slippers-crack-peanuts-and-knit-to-your-hearts-content-139876/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s drive-ins: where you can wear slippers, crack peanuts, and knit ‘to your heart’s content’">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has accused a “small group” of Fiji officials of “hijacking” the 12-country regional University of the South Pacific and suspending the vice-chancellor. He has called for an urgent meeting of the University Council to reverse the “illegitimate” action against vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia, which he described as a ... <a title="Nauru president accuses Fiji group of ‘hijacking’ USP in vendetta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/nauru-president-accuses-fiji-group-of-hijacking-usp-in-vendetta/" aria-label="Read more about Nauru president accuses Fiji group of ‘hijacking’ USP in vendetta">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By Wansolwara staff A “fight for justice and good governance” at the University of the South Pacific has continued as staff and students have echoed strong calls for members of the USP Council to allow the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, to carry out his work without interference. Hundreds of protesting staff and students rallied outside ... <a title="Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/staff-students-back-usp-academic-chief-amid-tension-over-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By RNZ News Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced today that Armed Response Teams will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future. A trial of the teams of police carrying firearms (ARTs) were launched in Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury last year and ended in April. In recent days, mass protests ... <a title="NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says Commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/nz-police-scrapping-armed-response-teams-after-trial-says-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says Commissioner">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. How many current pandemics? The word ‘pandemic’ is not entirely defined on narrow public health criteria. (Likewise, an economic depression has no technical definition.) In an important sense it is a word of history, a word to describe significant health events of the past that had substantial diffusion beyond any particular locality. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – A Plague of Pandemics, including a Pandemic of Plague" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/keith-rankin-analysis-a-plague-of-pandemics-including-a-pandemic-of-plague/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – A Plague of Pandemics, including a Pandemic of Plague">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Moore, Professor/Deputy Dean Research, School of Engineering and Technology, CQUniversity Australia How would they bring the International Space Station back down to earth? Grace, age 7, Watson, ACT. Hi Grace! The good news is we can bring the International Space Station back to Earth. The bad ... <a title="Curious Kids: how would they bring the International Space Station back down to Earth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/curious-kids-how-would-they-bring-the-international-space-station-back-down-to-earth-140066/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how would they bring the International Space Station back down to Earth?">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Petterson, Assistant Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Australia The protests against systemic racism and police violence sweeping the globe highlight the intersection between two pandemics: COVID-19 and racism. Researchers are pointing out that structural inequalities mean people of colour are hit harder by the coronavirus. ... <a title="Coronavirus weekly: racism, COVID-19, and the inequality that fuels these parallel pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/coronavirus-weekly-racism-covid-19-and-the-inequality-that-fuels-these-parallel-pandemics-140255/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus weekly: racism, COVID-19, and the inequality that fuels these parallel pandemics">Read more</a>
