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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alyson Stobo-Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Charles Darwin University Only a few decades ago, encountering a bandicoot or quoll around your campsite in the evening was a common and delightful experience across the Top End. Sadly, our campsites are now far less lively. Northern Australia’s vast uncleared savannas ... <a title="The mystery of the Top End’s vanishing wildlife, and the unexpected culprits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/the-mystery-of-the-top-ends-vanishing-wildlife-and-the-unexpected-culprits-143268/" aria-label="Read more about The mystery of the Top End’s vanishing wildlife, and the unexpected culprits">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it ... <a title="Climate explained: are we doomed if we don’t manage to curb emissions by 2030?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/climate-explained-are-we-doomed-if-we-dont-manage-to-curb-emissions-by-2030-143526/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: are we doomed if we don’t manage to curb emissions by 2030?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Day, Lecturer in Architecture, Practice and Design, Swinburne University of Technology We are entering an era of profound change in how we work, learn, socialise and live with COVID-19. Many people will adjust to this new world order and work remotely at home if they don’t ... <a title="Unused buildings will make good housing in the world of COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/unused-buildings-will-make-good-housing-in-the-world-of-covid-19-142897/" aria-label="Read more about Unused buildings will make good housing in the world of COVID-19">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Franks, Conjoint Fellow, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle In January 1788, a small floating society — eleven ships carrying crew, crooks, some military men and a few passengers — sailed into the body of water the colonisers called Port Jackson. In the ... <a title="We are what we steal: the New South Wales Police Gazette and charting histories of crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/we-are-what-we-steal-the-new-south-wales-police-gazette-and-charting-histories-of-crime-131140/" aria-label="Read more about We are what we steal: the New South Wales Police Gazette and charting histories of crime">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carole Comerton-Forde, Professor of Finance, UNSW Stocks have held up relatively well during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a steep decline in March, for example, the value of the Australian Stock has rebounded to be just 16% down on its February peak. It’s a situation that appears to ... <a title="Blue-chip, volatile, high-risk: retail investors are buying while professionals are selling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/blue-chip-volatile-high-risk-retail-investors-are-buying-while-professionals-are-selling-142985/" aria-label="Read more about Blue-chip, volatile, high-risk: retail investors are buying while professionals are selling">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison wasn’t going to be caught out twice. In Hawaii during the bushfires, the prime minister had hesitated before returning (slightly) early. On Tuesday he wasn’t on holiday but starting a tour of several days in Queensland, where there’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: Aged care crisis reflects poor preparation and a broken system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/view-from-the-hill-aged-care-crisis-reflects-poor-preparation-and-a-broken-system-143556/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Aged care crisis reflects poor preparation and a broken system">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s instruction for the military and the police to hunt down armed pro-independence rebels accused of being responsible for the 2018 Nduga massacre in Papua has led to a security crisis that has affected civilians in the region, claims the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua). The ... <a title="President’s order blamed for Nduga rights violations in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/presidents-order-blamed-for-nduga-rights-violations-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about President’s order blamed for Nduga rights violations in Papua">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia Australia’s defamation laws, so long criticised to so little avail, are finally changing. New South Wales Attorney-General Mark Speakman trumpeted this week: Nation agrees to NSW-led defamation revolution. His announcement followed July’s meeting of the Council of ... <a title="Australia’s ‘outdated’ defamation laws are changing – but there’s no ‘revolution’ yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/australias-outdated-defamation-laws-are-changing-but-theres-no-revolution-yet-143532/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘outdated’ defamation laws are changing – but there’s no ‘revolution’ yet">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
TECH NOW IS LIVE on Evening Report – EveningReport.nz has launched Tech Now. The new programme features technology commentator and ComputerWorld NZ editor, Sarah Putt, and is hosted by Selwyn Manning. The programme is the latest effort by EveningReport as it rolls out its public service webcasting programmes, produced by ER’s parent company Multimedia Investments ... <a title="VIDEO: Tech Now is now LIVE on EveningReport.nz" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/promo-eveningreport-nz-will-launch-tech-now-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Tech Now is now LIVE on EveningReport.nz">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Google for allegedly misleading millions of people after it started tracking them on non-Google apps and websites in 2016. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ... <a title="The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it out is easier than fixing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/the-accc-is-suing-google-for-misleading-millions-but-calling-it-out-is-easier-than-fixing-it-143447/" aria-label="Read more about The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it out is easier than fixing it">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW In the past week, both the US and Australia rejected large parts of China’s extensive maritime claims in the South China Sea, as well as territorial claims by any state to undersea reefs. More worryingly, the US is also pressuring ... <a title="Explainer: why is the South China Sea such a hotly contested region?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/explainer-why-is-the-south-china-sea-such-a-hotly-contested-region-143435/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why is the South China Sea such a hotly contested region?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Unite Union national director Mike Treen has welcomed the changes made by the New Zealand government in a $50 million reform package to combat migrant worker exploitation. “It will make it easiest for individual workers to access the support they need to make complaints, get support and change employers if necessary,” ... <a title="Unite union chief welcomes ‘fairness’ changes to fight migrant exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/unite-union-chief-welcomes-fairness-changes-to-fight-migrant-exploitation/" aria-label="Read more about Unite union chief welcomes ‘fairness’ changes to fight migrant exploitation">Read more</a>
