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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Purnendra Jain, Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies, University of Adelaide Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will finally hold a virtual summit this week after efforts to meet in person were scuttled by the bushfires and coronavirus. The meeting is significant, not just because ... <a title="ScoMosas over Zoom: what to expect from Scott Morrison’s virtual summit with India’s Narendra Modi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/scomosas-over-zoom-what-to-expect-from-scott-morrisons-virtual-summit-with-indias-narendra-modi-139851/" aria-label="Read more about ScoMosas over Zoom: what to expect from Scott Morrison’s virtual summit with India’s Narendra Modi">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Popular Entertainment Studies and Science in Fiction Studies, Australian National University Bloodsucker, leech, tick – few things have a reputation worse than parasites. But these biological hangers-on also have a comic cultural history. In biology, a parasite is an organism that ... <a title="Love the parasite you’re with – the entertaining life of unwelcome guests from flea circuses to Aliens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/love-the-parasite-youre-with-the-entertaining-life-of-unwelcome-guests-from-flea-circuses-to-aliens-137602/" aria-label="Read more about Love the parasite you’re with – the entertaining life of unwelcome guests from flea circuses to Aliens">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
By RNZ News The organisers of Black Lives Matter protests in several main centres will not be prosecuted. On Monday, thousands gathered at several events around the country for Black Lives Matter marches in solidarity with protesters in the United States after the police killing of George Floyd. The protests prompted calls from Deputy Prime ... <a title="Police rule out legal action against NZ black solidarity protest organisers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/police-rule-out-legal-action-against-nz-black-solidarity-protest-organisers/" aria-label="Read more about Police rule out legal action against NZ black solidarity protest organisers">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington One of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s favourite exhortations is that we all “be kind” to one another. It’s part of the reason she and her government ... <a title="Kindness doesn’t begin at home: Jacinda Ardern’s support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/kindness-doesnt-begin-at-home-jacinda-arderns-support-for-beneficiaries-lags-well-behind-australias-139387/" aria-label="Read more about Kindness doesn’t begin at home: Jacinda Ardern’s support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia’s">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University A go-slow on spending sent the economy backwards 0.3% in the first three months of this year, only the fourth such decline since Australia was last in recession in the early 1990s. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ... <a title="How a tightening of wallets pushed Australia into recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/how-a-tightening-of-wallets-pushed-australia-into-recession-139960/" aria-label="Read more about How a tightening of wallets pushed Australia into recession">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Clinical trials are under way around the world, including in Australia, testing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. These clinical trials largely fall into two groups. With observational studies, researchers follow a group of people to see what happens to ... <a title="The fascinating history of clinical trials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/the-fascinating-history-of-clinical-trials-139666/" aria-label="Read more about The fascinating history of clinical trials">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Zimmer, Research associate, Southern Cross University As bushfires blackened forests last summer, one tree species was protected by a specialist team of firefighters: the Wollemi pine. These trees have a deeply ancient lineage dating back to when dinosaurs walked Gondwana 100 million years ago. Back then, ... <a title="Backyard gardeners around the world are helping to save Australia’s deeply ancient Wollemi pine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/backyard-gardeners-around-the-world-are-helping-to-save-australias-deeply-ancient-wollemi-pine-138797/" aria-label="Read more about Backyard gardeners around the world are helping to save Australia’s deeply ancient Wollemi pine">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Whittaker, Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney You probably know the details of the death of George Floyd. He was a doting father and musician. He was killed when a police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes while he cried out ... <a title="Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/despite-432-indigenous-deaths-in-custody-no-one-has-ever-been-convicted-racist-silence-and-complicity-are-to-blame-139873/" aria-label="Read more about Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland Here is a line from the latest safety advisory for reporters issued by the US-based Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ): Taking into account the increased levels of violence and tactics used by both police ... <a title="When Trump attacks the press, he attacks the American people and their Constitution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/when-trump-attacks-the-press-he-attacks-the-american-people-and-their-constitution-139863/" aria-label="Read more about When Trump attacks the press, he attacks the American people and their Constitution">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Locke, Research Associate, LCT Centre for Knowledge-Building, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney Prime Scott Morrison last week outlined a plan to create jobs and revitalise the economy post COVID-19. Part of this so-called Jobmaker plan includes an overhaul of the “bewildering”, “unresponsive” ... <a title="Morrison’s VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/morrisons-vet-reforms-offer-the-same-old-promises-with-no-more-money-139761/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Willand, Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Stay-at-home orders and the economic crisis have increased the burden of energy costs on lower-income Australians. Poor housing quality and unequal access to home energy efficiency are hurting our most vulnerable households. With the next ... <a title="Stimulus that retrofits housing can reduce energy bills and inequity too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/stimulus-that-retrofits-housing-can-reduce-energy-bills-and-inequity-too-138606/" aria-label="Read more about Stimulus that retrofits housing can reduce energy bills and inequity too">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kantha Dayaram, Associate Professor, Curtin University The number of Australians working from home has soared during the COVID-19 crisis. Latest data from the Australian Bureau of Stastistics shows 46% of the workforce worked from home in late April and early May. By comparison, the bureau’s 2019 data ... <a title="Working from home remains a select privilege: it’s time to fix our national employment standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/working-from-home-remains-a-select-privilege-its-time-to-fix-our-national-employment-standards-139472/" aria-label="Read more about Working from home remains a select privilege: it’s time to fix our national employment standards">Read more</a>
