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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Webb, Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra This remarkable novel opens and closes in the voice of Albert Gondiwindi, the recently deceased grandfather of one of the main characters, August. Albert was born, he says in the first sentence, on Country known as Ngurambang; and he ... <a title="The Yield wins the Miles Franklin: a powerful story of violence and forms of resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/the-yield-wins-the-miles-franklin-a-powerful-story-of-violence-and-forms-of-resistance-142284/" aria-label="Read more about The Yield wins the Miles Franklin: a powerful story of violence and forms of resistance">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Stories are emerging of Victorians who have followed advice and sought a COVID-19 test, only to find they’re still waiting to hear results more than five days later. The scale of testing underway in Victoria — and Australia’s testing rates ... <a title="Got a COVID-19 test in Victoria and still haven’t got your results? Here’s what may be happening — and what to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/got-a-covid-19-test-in-victoria-and-still-havent-got-your-results-heres-what-may-be-happening-and-what-to-do-142821/" aria-label="Read more about Got a COVID-19 test in Victoria and still haven’t got your results? Here’s what may be happening — and what to do">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University The Australian government has announced a A$2 billion skills package it has dubbed JobTrainer. It follows JobKeeper, the wage subsidy program (worth about A$70 billion); Jobseeker, which doubled the A$550-a-week unemployment benefit (as well as other government income payments, ... <a title="JobTrainer explained: what is it, who qualifies, what does it pay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/jobtrainer-explained-what-is-it-who-qualifies-what-does-it-pay-142818/" aria-label="Read more about JobTrainer explained: what is it, who qualifies, what does it pay?">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University The cancellation of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s music industry hard, with reports of losses up to A$200 million. But music festivals have quickly adapted. First, they moved to live streaming. ... <a title="Drive-in music festivals allow you to social distance. But what happens when you add drugs and alcohol?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/drive-in-music-festivals-allow-you-to-social-distance-but-what-happens-when-you-add-drugs-and-alcohol-141797/" aria-label="Read more about Drive-in music festivals allow you to social distance. But what happens when you add drugs and alcohol?">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Reid, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland State and federal minsters involved in the Forum on Food Regulation will tomorrow vote on whether or not to introduce mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning labels in Australia and New Zealand. If approved, it will be an important step in ... <a title="Australia has some of the highest rates of drinking during pregnancy. It’s time to make labelling mandatory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/australia-has-some-of-the-highest-rates-of-drinking-during-pregnancy-its-time-to-make-labelling-mandatory-142645/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has some of the highest rates of drinking during pregnancy. It’s time to make labelling mandatory">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Capon, Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University The health impacts of environmental change are now squarely on the radar. Australia’s recent intense wildfires is one glaring example. Spillover of the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic from animals to humans is another. But less is known ... <a title="Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of ethics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/health-care-has-a-huge-environmental-footprint-which-then-harms-health-this-is-a-matter-of-ethics-142651/" aria-label="Read more about Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of ethics">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Representative Democracy On 26 June, I attended a zoom webinar called ‘Modern politics – 20thC to MMP’, run by Auckland Libraries and Ancestry.com. The speakers were politics’ academics Grant Duncan and Toby Boraman, from Massey University. Duncan is a well-known political scientist, and Boraman is a specialist in Labour History. (An ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Basic Income: Left, Right, and Centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-basic-income-left-right-and-centre/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Basic Income: Left, Right, and Centre">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarryd Bartle, Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University A growing number of Australians support the legalisation of cannabis, while almost three in five back the idea of pill testing, according to a new national survey. The 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey also shows Australians are drinking and smoking ... <a title="More Australians back legalising cannabis and 57% support pill testing, national survey shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/more-australians-back-legalising-cannabis-and-57-support-pill-testing-national-survey-shows-142720/" aria-label="Read more about More Australians back legalising cannabis and 57% support pill testing, national survey shows">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Mathematics, University of Canterbury Stringent border controls and mandatory quarantine give New Zealand a good chance to remain free of COVID-19 for months to come, according to our latest modelling. It’s been 76 days since New Zealand’s last reported case of community transmission, ... <a title="How New Zealand could keep eliminating coronavirus at its border for months to come, even as the global pandemic worsens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/how-new-zealand-could-keep-eliminating-coronavirus-at-its-border-for-months-to-come-even-as-the-global-pandemic-worsens-142368/" aria-label="Read more about How New Zealand could keep eliminating coronavirus at its border for months to come, even as the global pandemic worsens">Read more</a>
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July 16, 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 Nikki Kaye and Amy Adams retire from politics Audrey Young (Herald): Live: Revolt – National Party MPs Nikki Kaye, Amy Adams quit politics RNZ: Nikki Kaye announces she is quitting politics Audrey Young ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 16 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-16-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 16 2020">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Many Victorians are now being asked to wear a mask in public if they can’t socially distance. It is possible this practice may be encouraged more widely across Australia, amid a push from health ... <a title="Can Australian businesses force customers to wear a mask? Here’s what the law says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/can-australian-businesses-force-customers-to-wear-a-mask-heres-what-the-law-says-142641/" aria-label="Read more about Can Australian businesses force customers to wear a mask? Here’s what the law says">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Heywood, Associate Professor, UNSW The current surge in community transmission of COVID-19 in Victoria has brought renewed discussion of whether Australia should maintain its current “suppression” strategy, or pursue an “elimination” strategy instead. But what do these terms actually mean, and what are the differences between ... <a title="Eradication, elimination, suppression: let’s understand what they mean before debating Australia’s course" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/eradication-elimination-suppression-lets-understand-what-they-mean-before-debating-australias-course-142495/" aria-label="Read more about Eradication, elimination, suppression: let’s understand what they mean before debating Australia’s course">Read more</a>
