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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rochelle Wynne, Director, Western Sydney Nursing & Midwifery Research Centre, Western Sydney University Over the past week, we’ve seen a spike in the number of COVID-19 infections among health-care workers in Victoria. This includes a doctor at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital, one staff member at Brunswick Private ... <a title="Rising coronavirus cases among Victorian health workers could threaten our pandemic response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/rising-coronavirus-cases-among-victorian-health-workers-could-threaten-our-pandemic-response-142375/" aria-label="Read more about Rising coronavirus cases among Victorian health workers could threaten our pandemic response">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including the return to lockdown in Victoria, National Cabinet setting to slow the flow of Australian’s returning from overseas, the Prime ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the return to lockdown and Eden-Monaro" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-return-to-lockdown-and-eden-monaro-142490/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the return to lockdown and Eden-Monaro">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ou Yang, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Donald Trump has ordered US federal agencies to bypass environmental protection laws and fast-track pipeline, highway and other infrastructure projects. Signing the executive order last month, the US president declared regulatory delays would hinder “our economic recovery from the national ... <a title="Actually, Mr Trump, it’s stronger environmental regulation that makes economic winners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/actually-mr-trump-its-stronger-environmental-regulation-that-makes-economic-winners-132185/" aria-label="Read more about Actually, Mr Trump, it’s stronger environmental regulation that makes economic winners">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts look at Covid19 incidence in China (the most important first-wave country, with a limited second wave), Italy (the lead second-wave country), and USA and Australia (second-wave countries – drawing their caseload from Europe – with limited first-wave exposure from Asia in January and February). Chart 1 shows the first-wave in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing China, Italy, USA and Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-comparing-china-italy-usa-and-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing China, Italy, USA and Australia">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University Earlier this week, 150 high-profile authors, commentators and scholars signed an open letter in Harper’s magazine claiming that “open debate and ... <a title="Is cancel culture silencing open debate? There are risks to shutting down opinions we disagree with" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/is-cancel-culture-silencing-open-debate-there-are-risks-to-shutting-down-opinions-we-disagree-with-142377/" aria-label="Read more about Is cancel culture silencing open debate? There are risks to shutting down opinions we disagree with">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Connor, Lecturer, James Cook University While many people may enjoy a game of backyard cricket, only a few go on to become elite professional batsmen in Australia. Cricket batting is example of what human skills can achieve. The fastest bowling delivery speeds can exceed 150km/h. That ... <a title="Howzat! We can all learn from elite batsmen, and not just about cricket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/howzat-we-can-all-learn-from-elite-batsmen-and-not-just-about-cricket-142280/" aria-label="Read more about Howzat! We can all learn from elite batsmen, and not just about cricket">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Baumgartner, Professor of Fisheries and River Management, Institute for Land, Water, and Society, Charles Sturt University This article is a preview of Flora, Fauna, Fire, a multimedia project launching on Monday July 13. The project tracks the recovery of Australia’s native plants and animals after last ... <a title="Before and after: see how bushfire and rain turned the Macquarie perch’s home to sludge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/before-and-after-see-how-bushfire-and-rain-turned-the-macquarie-perchs-home-to-sludge-139919/" aria-label="Read more about Before and after: see how bushfire and rain turned the Macquarie perch’s home to sludge">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University In Hidden Hand, China scholars Clive Hamilton and Marieke Ohlberg examine the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in Europe and North America in a similar way to how Hamilton dissected the CCP’s influence in Australia in his 2018 ... <a title="Book Review: Hidden Hand – Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/book-review-hidden-hand-exposing-how-the-chinese-communist-party-is-reshaping-the-world-142058/" aria-label="Read more about Book Review: Hidden Hand – Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Sixty press freedom groups and civil society organisations, journalism institutions, filmmakers, and other supporters have formed a coalition in support of Maria Ressa and independent media in the Philippines, united around the call to #HoldTheLine. Today the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), and Reporters Without ... <a title="#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/holdtheline-campaign-launched-to-back-maria-ressa-independent-media/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media ">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
By RNZ News Opposition National list MP Dr Jian Yang has announced his retirement from New Zealand politics and says he will not stand in the 2020 general election after three terms in the party caucus. He said politics was “demanding” and he wanted to spend more time with his family. “Accordingly, I have informed ... <a title="National MP Jian Yang, who admitted training Chinese spies, quits politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/national-mp-jian-yang-who-admitted-training-chinese-spies-quits-politics/" aria-label="Read more about National MP Jian Yang, who admitted training Chinese spies, quits politics">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luciano Beheregaray, Professor in Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University As the global climate shifts, it’s important to know which species have adaptations to survive. Our research published today in PNAS found it largely depends on where they evolved. We looked at the capacity of life to respond to ... <a title="Which species will win and lose in a warmer climate? It depends where they evolved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/which-species-will-win-and-lose-in-a-warmer-climate-it-depends-where-they-evolved-141659/" aria-label="Read more about Which species will win and lose in a warmer climate? It depends where they evolved">Read more</a>
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July 10, 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 Tiwai Point to close Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Government subsidising practically everything plays hardball with Rio Tinto (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Sudden closure of aluminium smelter worst outcome for jobs, consumers and the environment Brian ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 10 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-10-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 10 2020">Read more</a>
