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August 6, 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 Election John Armstrong (1News): To win, Judith Collins needs to pull off NZ’s biggest upset since politics began Claire Trevett (Herald): The light at the end of National’s tunnel moves further away (paywalled) Ben ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 06 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-06-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 06 2020">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huaiyu Yuan, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University Far beneath the city of Dongshen in northern China, we have discovered what may be the 2 billion-year-old birthmarks of Earth’s first supercontinent. An ancient dipping structure in the planet’s crust appears to be ... <a title="In northern China, scientists have found what may be the 2 billion-year-old birthmarks of Earth’s first supercontinent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/in-northern-china-scientists-have-found-what-may-be-the-2-billion-year-old-birthmarks-of-earths-first-supercontinent-143846/" aria-label="Read more about In northern China, scientists have found what may be the 2 billion-year-old birthmarks of Earth’s first supercontinent">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Smith, Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University With new rules restricting Victorians’ activities and movements to try and stem the second wave of coronavirus cases comes the question of whether people will actually stick to them. There are at least two ways to answer ... <a title="Can Victorians stick to the stage 4 rules? Our perception of what others are doing might be the key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/can-victorians-stick-to-the-stage-4-rules-our-perception-of-what-others-are-doing-might-be-the-key-143252/" aria-label="Read more about Can Victorians stick to the stage 4 rules? Our perception of what others are doing might be the key">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elin Charles-Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Population Geography, The University of Queensland In the early stages of COVID-19, much of the focus of demographers – who study populations – has understandably been on mortality and morbidity. But as the pandemic rolls on, attention is also now turning to ... <a title="1.4 million less than projected: how coronavirus could hit Australia’s population in the next 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/1-4-million-less-than-projected-how-coronavirus-could-hit-australias-population-in-the-next-20-years-143544/" aria-label="Read more about 1.4 million less than projected: how coronavirus could hit Australia’s population in the next 20 years">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato With COVID-19 vaccine developers reporting promising results, it is probable we will one day face a major public health question: can the government compel New Zealanders to be vaccinated? Just as inevitably, some people will refuse a vaccine. As ... <a title="Should a COVID-19 vaccine be compulsory — and what would this mean for anti-vaxxers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/should-a-covid-19-vaccine-be-compulsory-and-what-would-this-mean-for-anti-vaxxers-143742/" aria-label="Read more about Should a COVID-19 vaccine be compulsory — and what would this mean for anti-vaxxers?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University Melburnians have now been wearing mandatory face coverings in public for two weeks. Yet Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday announced another grim milestone in Victoria’s second wave of COVID-19 infections: ... <a title="Two weeks of mandatory masks, but a record 725 new cases: why are Melbourne’s COVID-19 numbers so stubbornly high?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/two-weeks-of-mandatory-masks-but-a-record-725-new-cases-why-are-melbournes-covid-19-numbers-so-stubbornly-high-143898/" aria-label="Read more about Two weeks of mandatory masks, but a record 725 new cases: why are Melbourne’s COVID-19 numbers so stubbornly high?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell McGregor, Adjunct Professor of History, James Cook University Under the first coronavirus lockdowns, birdwatching increased tenfold in Australia, with much of it done in and near the watchers’ own backyards. And as Melbourne settles into stage 4 restrictions, we’ll likely see this rise again. The increase ... <a title="What ‘The Birdman of Wahroonga’ and other historic birdwatchers can teach us about cherishing wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/what-the-birdman-of-wahroonga-and-other-historic-birdwatchers-can-teach-us-about-cherishing-wildlife-143189/" aria-label="Read more about What ‘The Birdman of Wahroonga’ and other historic birdwatchers can teach us about cherishing wildlife">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Garcia, Lecturer in Student Learning and Communication Development, University of Sydney University life comes with its share of challenges. One of these is writing longer assignments that require higher information, communication and critical thinking skills than what you might have been used to in high school. ... <a title="5 tips on writing better university assignments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/5-tips-on-writing-better-university-assignments-130541/" aria-label="Read more about 5 tips on writing better university assignments">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theodore Connell-Variy, Lecturer, School of Property, RMIT University We’ve heard a lot about what the present crisis will do to home prices, less about what it will do to commercial property prices. Commercial properties include office buildings, shopping centres, hotels and warehouses. They account for 8% of ... <a title="Warning: what COVID is doing to commercial property it is about to do to super funds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/warning-what-covid-is-doing-to-commercial-property-it-is-about-to-do-to-super-funds-143824/" aria-label="Read more about Warning: what COVID is doing to commercial property it is about to do to super funds">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dawn LaValle Norman, Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University Phil: What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered? Stage 4 lockdown is upon Melbourne for the ... <a title="What Groundhog Day (and my time in a monastery) taught me about lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/what-groundhog-day-and-my-time-in-a-monastery-taught-me-about-lockdown-143452/" aria-label="Read more about What Groundhog Day (and my time in a monastery) taught me about lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will unveil on Thursday a cyber security package to give greater protection to critical Australian infrastructure and bolster the powers of the Australian Federal Police to pursue criminal networks on the dark web. The Australian Signals Directorate would ... <a title="Morrison pursues tougher powers in fight against cyber attacks and criminals’ activity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/morrison-pursues-tougher-powers-in-fight-against-cyber-attacks-and-criminals-activity-144027/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison pursues tougher powers in fight against cyber attacks and criminals’ activity">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A rumour that Victoria’s high profile chief health officer Brett Sutton was quitting caused a flurry in state government circles on Wednesday afternoon. Sutton has been one of the medical hardliners during the pandemic, at times an irritant in the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Rumour, contagion and yet more bad Victorian records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/view-from-the-hill-rumour-contagion-and-yet-more-bad-victorian-records-144024/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Rumour, contagion and yet more bad Victorian records">Read more</a>
