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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny van Oosterzee, Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University We know the virus that causes COVID-19 is linked to very similar viruses in bats, possibly passed to humans via an intermediate species such as pangolins. The chance of ... <a title="The next global health pandemic could easily erupt in your backyard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/the-next-global-health-pandemic-could-easily-erupt-in-your-backyard-138861/" aria-label="Read more about The next global health pandemic could easily erupt in your backyard">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cait Storr, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Last weekend, NASA launched US astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time in a decade, in a rocket designed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Under President Donald Trump, the US mission to reassert itself as ... <a title="Could corporations control territory in space? Under new US rules, it might be possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/could-corporations-control-territory-in-space-under-new-us-rules-it-might-be-possible-138939/" aria-label="Read more about Could corporations control territory in space? Under new US rules, it might be possible">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacinta Koolmatrie, Lecturer in Archaeology, Flinders University A day before Reconciliation Week and the day Australia was meant to be acknowledging and remembering the Stolen Generations, news came of something that seemed to put Australia back a few decades in their journey towards “Reconciliation”. Rio Tinto had ... <a title="Destruction of Juukan Gorge: we need to know the history of artefacts, but it is more important to keep them in place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/destruction-of-juukan-gorge-we-need-to-know-the-history-of-artefacts-but-it-is-more-important-to-keep-them-in-place-139650/" aria-label="Read more about Destruction of Juukan Gorge: we need to know the history of artefacts, but it is more important to keep them in place">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
By RNZ News Thousands of New Zealanders have joined large numbers of Americans in protesting following the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd. In Auckland, Aotea Square overflowed yesterday with people before thousands marched down Queen Street towards the US consulate building. Organisers said the aim was simple,”we want to put pressure on our government ... <a title="Thousands march in NZ solidarity rallies with Black Lives Matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/thousands-march-in-nz-solidarity-rallies-with-black-lives-matter/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands march in NZ solidarity rallies with Black Lives Matter">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party Tim Watkin (Pundit): Todd Muller: National’s new Dad who forgot to build the cot Andrea Vance (Stuff): Could middle-of-the road Muller come out a winner? Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Todd Muller’s first ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 2 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-2-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 2 2020">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Steer, Lecturer, ANU Center for International and Public Law; Mission Specialist, ANU Institute for Space, Australian National University At the weekend, Elon Musk’s commercial giant SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts in a spacecraft named Crew Dragon which, from the inside, looked like a souped-up Tesla. The ... <a title="SpaceX’s historic launch gives Australia’s booming space industry more room to fly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/spacexs-historic-launch-gives-australias-booming-space-industry-more-room-to-fly-139760/" aria-label="Read more about SpaceX’s historic launch gives Australia’s booming space industry more room to fly">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blair Williams, Political Scientist, Australian National University The Conversation is running a series of pieces on key figures in Australian political history, examining how they changed the country and political debate. When Julia Gillard was sworn into office as Australia’s first female prime minister on a chilly ... <a title="How Julia Gillard forever changed Australian politics – especially for women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/how-julia-gillard-forever-changed-australian-politics-especially-for-women-138528/" aria-label="Read more about How Julia Gillard forever changed Australian politics – especially for women">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor, Deakin University The protests that have engulfed American cities in the past week are rooted in decades of frustrations. Racist policing, legal and extra-legal discrimination, exclusion from the major avenues of wealth creation and vicious stereotyping have long histories and endure today. African ... <a title="The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/the-fury-in-us-cities-is-rooted-in-a-long-history-of-racist-policing-violence-and-inequality-139752/" aria-label="Read more about The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University As coronavirus restrictions continue to ease, one of the key challenges we face is how to deal with people moving around a lot more. In particular, as more of us start to head back to school and the office in ... <a title="As coronavirus restrictions ease, here’s how you can navigate public transport as safely as possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/as-coronavirus-restrictions-ease-heres-how-you-can-navigate-public-transport-as-safely-as-possible-138845/" aria-label="Read more about As coronavirus restrictions ease, here’s how you can navigate public transport as safely as possible">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Dehm, Lecturer, La Trobe University The Federal Court last week ruled that VicForests – a timber company owned by the Victorian government – breached environmental laws when they razed the habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum and the vulnerable greater glider. Environmentalists welcomed the judge’s ... <a title="The Leadbeater’s possum finally had its day in court. It may change the future of logging in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/the-leadbeaters-possum-finally-had-its-day-in-court-it-may-change-the-future-of-logging-in-australia-139652/" aria-label="Read more about The Leadbeater’s possum finally had its day in court. It may change the future of logging in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Tucker, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, University of Newcastle As we’ve been living more closely with families and house mates through COVID-19, the more intensive ways we’ve used our houses has perhaps exposed some of their shortcomings. Households have had relative freedom to interact with each other, ... <a title="Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/life-in-lockdown-has-shown-us-our-houses-need-to-work-harder-for-us-138307/" aria-label="Read more about Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for us">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Geczy, Senior Lecture, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney In 1995, after the fall of the Wall, Berlin had started to be rebuilt, but was still in a state of disrepair. There, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, two of the world’s most important land artists, wrapped ... <a title="In remembering Christo, we remember what art once was" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/01/in-remembering-christo-we-remember-what-art-once-was-139766/" aria-label="Read more about In remembering Christo, we remember what art once was">Read more</a>
