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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity US President Donald Trump delivered an address this week in which he threatened military action on the nation. Then he walked to the nearby St John’s Episcopal Church to pose with a Bible. ... <a title="Trump’s photo op with church and Bible was offensive, but not new" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/trumps-photo-op-with-church-and-bible-was-offensive-but-not-new-140053/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s photo op with church and Bible was offensive, but not new">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Why do we burp? We sometimes also burp before meals, why does this happen? — Ahaana, age 7 That is a really interesting question, Ahaana! There are two types of burping, but mainly we burp to ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we burp?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/curious-kids-why-do-we-burp-137493/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we burp?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Bell-James, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland After years of litigation, Australia’s highest court will today make a major decision on the fate of the controversial proposed expansion to the New Acland Coal mine in Queensland. A so-called “special leave application”, ... <a title="High Court decision today on the long legal battle over New Acland Coal mine expansion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/high-court-decision-today-on-the-long-legal-battle-over-new-acland-coal-mine-expansion-139866/" aria-label="Read more about High Court decision today on the long legal battle over New Acland Coal mine expansion">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Williams, Associate Professor in Urban Ecology and Urban Horticulture, University of Melbourne Tomorrow is the first World Green Roof Day. Cities around the world will celebrate the well-documented environmental, economic and social benefits of green roofs. New ground-level green spaces are difficult to create in high-density ... <a title="Greening our grey cities: here’s how green roofs and walls can flourish in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/greening-our-grey-cities-heres-how-green-roofs-and-walls-can-flourish-in-australia-139478/" aria-label="Read more about Greening our grey cities: here’s how green roofs and walls can flourish in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Klein, Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Robodebt isn’t the only measure the government should consider withdrawing. Late last Friday, after a long press conference from the prime minister which avoided any mention of the topic, the government conceded all points on ... <a title="After Robodebt, it’s time to address ParentsNext" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/after-robodebt-its-time-to-address-parentsnext-133222/" aria-label="Read more about After Robodebt, it’s time to address ParentsNext">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Harvard University’s Alberto Alesina died suddenly of a heart attack on May 23. He was 63. His long-time colleague and friend Larry Summers wrote that before him, “there was no academic field of political economy. Today, political economy is an important ... <a title="Vital signs. Remembering Alberto Alesina, the father of political economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/vital-signs-remembering-alberto-alesina-the-father-of-political-economy-139995/" aria-label="Read more about Vital signs. Remembering Alberto Alesina, the father of political economy">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University What keeps democracies together? As America burns, Brazilians die and Europe braces for another wave of the coronavirus, the question assumes an alarming immediacy. If the answer is complicated in one way, it is simple in another: what we ... <a title="Friday essay: the politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/friday-essay-the-politics-of-dancing-and-thinking-about-cultural-values-beyond-dollars-139839/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: the politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When Ken Wyatt, the Minister for Indigenous Australians, last week effectively pronounced dead the prospect of a referendum on indigenous recognition being put to the people this parliamentary term, the demise of his hoped-for timetable received little attention. Partly, this ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Pandemic kills Indigenous referendum, delivers likely mortal blow to religious discrimination legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/grattan-on-friday-pandemic-kills-indigenous-referendum-delivers-likely-mortal-blow-to-religious-discrimination-legislation-140079/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Pandemic kills Indigenous referendum, delivers likely mortal blow to religious discrimination legislation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will significantly strengthen its scrutiny of foreign investment to protect sensitive national security technology and information and further ring fence the nation’s critical infrastructure. It will insert a new “national security test” on bids, in a sweeping ... <a title="Morrison government toughens foreign investment scrutiny to protect ‘national security’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/morrison-government-toughens-foreign-investment-scrutiny-to-protect-national-security-140100/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government toughens foreign investment scrutiny to protect ‘national security’">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Mathematics, University of Canterbury There is now a 95% chance COVID-19 has been eliminated in New Zealand, according to our modelling, based on official Ministry of Health data. As of June 4, New Zealand has had 20 consecutive days of zero new cases, ... <a title="New Zealand hits a 95% chance of eliminating coronavirus – but we predict new cases will emerge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/new-zealand-hits-a-95-chance-of-eliminating-coronavirus-but-we-predict-new-cases-will-emerge-139973/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand hits a 95% chance of eliminating coronavirus – but we predict new cases will emerge">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Does National have any chance of winning the election in September? It’s looking very unlikely, especially after National’s change of leadership hasn’t exactly produced Mullermania in the first two weeks. Quite the opposite, in fact, as I summarised in Tuesday’s Political Roundup column: Todd Muller’s torrid start as National leader. Even ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why there’s still hope for National at the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-theres-still-hope-for-national-at-the-election/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why there’s still hope for National at the election">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne When a newspaper with the authority of The New York Times chooses to publish a party-political essay calculated to further inflame the violence wracking cities across America, serious questions arise. On June 3 the Times ... <a title="In publishing Tom Cotton, the New York Times has made a terrible error of judgment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/in-publishing-tom-cotton-the-new-york-times-has-made-a-terrible-error-of-judgment-140065/" aria-label="Read more about In publishing Tom Cotton, the New York Times has made a terrible error of judgment">Read more</a>
