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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After government pressure, Chief of the Australian Defence Force Angus Campbell has publicly retreated in the dispute over revoking the Meritorious Unit Citation for the Special Operations Task Group serving in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2013. When he released the ... <a title="ADF Chief Angus Campbell retreats after government’s sortie over citation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/adf-chief-angus-campbell-retreats-after-governments-sortie-over-citation-151116/" aria-label="Read more about ADF Chief Angus Campbell retreats after government’s sortie over citation">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Tyers, Winthrop Professor of Economics, University of Western Australia China accounts for more than a third of export dollars earned by Australia. The figures, for the 12 months to October, cover the period of coronavirus disruptions and disputes over trade. They apply to physical exports rather ... <a title="An all-out trade war with China would cost Australia 6% of GDP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/an-all-out-trade-war-with-china-would-cost-australia-6-of-gdp-151070/" aria-label="Read more about An all-out trade war with China would cost Australia 6% of GDP">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jude McCulloch, Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University Few stories have rocked Victoria as much as the so-called “lawyer X” scandal, which revealed that high-profile criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo had been used by police as an informant. It triggered a royal commission into the affair, which after ... <a title="Lawyer X inquiry calls for sweeping change to Victoria Police, but is it enough to bring real accountability?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/lawyer-x-inquiry-calls-for-sweeping-change-to-victoria-police-but-is-it-enough-to-bring-real-accountability-147836/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyer X inquiry calls for sweeping change to Victoria Police, but is it enough to bring real accountability?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl McPhee, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Bond University As summer descends, sharks may be at the forefront of the minds of many beach goers and reef adventurers. Globally, the number of shark bites is on the rise, with a threefold increase since 1982. White sharks, bull ... <a title="Fatal shark attacks are at a record high. ‘Deterrent’ devices can help, but some may be nothing but snake oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/fatal-shark-attacks-are-at-a-record-high-deterrent-devices-can-help-but-some-may-be-nothing-but-snake-oil-150845/" aria-label="Read more about Fatal shark attacks are at a record high. ‘Deterrent’ devices can help, but some may be nothing but snake oil">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Freeland, Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University In 2019, US President Donald Trump declared “space is the new war-fighting domain”. This followed the creation of the US Space Force and a commitment to “American dominance” in outer space. Other space-faring nations, and those who fear ... <a title="‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/war-in-space-would-be-a-catastrophe-a-return-to-rules-based-cooperation-is-the-only-way-to-keep-space-peaceful-150947/" aria-label="Read more about ‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has demanded China apologise for – and Twitter remove – a highly offensive tweet depicting an Australian soldier with a knife to the throat of a child. Morrison described the tweet as disgusting and utterly outrageous. ... <a title="Australia demands apology from China over ‘repugnant’ slur on Twitter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/australia-demands-apology-from-china-over-repugnant-slur-on-twitter-151099/" aria-label="Read more about Australia demands apology from China over ‘repugnant’ slur on Twitter">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona McGaughey, Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law, University of Western Australia From “fast fashion” to tinned tuna to the components in your mobile phone, what guarantee do you have the goods you buy are slave-free? The Australian government has taken a step forward by just ... <a title="Australia’s world-first repository of ‘modern slavery statements’ a step in the right direction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/australias-world-first-repository-of-modern-slavery-statements-a-step-in-the-right-direction-151029/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s world-first repository of ‘modern slavery statements’ a step in the right direction">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olga Kokshagina, Researcher – Innovation & Entrepreneurship, RMIT University How well we distribute and administer a COVID-19 vaccine will have massive health, social and economic ramifications. So attention is turning to vaccine supply chains and logistics. Designing how best to vaccinate billions of people worldwide is complex. ... <a title="We modelled how a COVID vaccine roll-out would work. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/we-modelled-how-a-covid-vaccine-roll-out-would-work-heres-what-we-found-150544/" aria-label="Read more about We modelled how a COVID vaccine roll-out would work. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Sydney Review: Sydney Theatre Company’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Kip Williams Australian theatres are slowly coming back to life. And, with Kip Williams’ exuberantly inventive adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel, The Picture of Dorian ... <a title="The Picture of Dorian Grey review: Eryn Jean Norvill stuns in all 26 roles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/the-picture-of-dorian-grey-review-eryn-jean-norvill-stuns-in-all-26-roles-150165/" aria-label="Read more about The Picture of Dorian Grey review: Eryn Jean Norvill stuns in all 26 roles">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mubashar Hasan, Adjunct Research Fellow, Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative, Western Sydney University Australian academic Kylie-Moore Gilbert is finally free and back home. The Melbourne university academic was unjustly deprived of her liberties for 804 days for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She ... <a title="Kylie Moore-Gilbert is one of hundreds of victims of state attacks on academic freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/kylie-moore-gilbert-is-one-of-hundreds-of-victims-of-state-attacks-on-academic-freedom-151088/" aria-label="Read more about Kylie Moore-Gilbert is one of hundreds of victims of state attacks on academic freedom">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll will presumably be the final one for 2020. It gives the Coalition a 51-49% two-party-preferred lead, unchanged from three weeks ago. Primary votes were 43% Coalition (steady), 36% Labor (up one), 11% ... <a title="Morrison remains very popular in Newspoll as the Coalition easily retains Groom in byelection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/morrison-remains-very-popular-in-newspoll-as-the-coalition-easily-retains-groom-in-byelection-151094/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison remains very popular in Newspoll as the Coalition easily retains Groom in byelection">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University The recurring metaphor of New Zealand as “experiment” or “social laboratory” might go back to the 1890s, but it continues to resonate in the 21st century. Australian political journalist Laura Tingle has revived the venerable ... <a title="What Australia can learn from New Zealand: a new perspective on that tricky trans-Tasman relationship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/what-australia-can-learn-from-new-zealand-a-new-perspective-on-that-tricky-trans-tasman-relationship-151017/" aria-label="Read more about What Australia can learn from New Zealand: a new perspective on that tricky trans-Tasman relationship">Read more</a>
