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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Richards, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University Michael Emslie The federal government has opposed a recommendation by a United Nations body that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as “in danger”. But there’s no doubt the natural wonder is in dire trouble. In new research, my colleagues ... <a title="Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are ‘missing’ – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/almost-60-coral-species-around-lizard-island-are-missing-and-a-great-barrier-reef-extinction-crisis-could-be-next-163714/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are ‘missing’ – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luara Ferracioli, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney Shutterstock In recent years, Australian academics have been accused of many forms of wrongful expression including racism, transphobia and anti-Semitism. Earlier this year an African-Australian researcher’s paper was accused of being racist. The research ... <a title="If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/if-not-in-a-university-then-where-academia-must-define-harm-to-allow-open-debate-on-difficult-issues-163355/" aria-label="Read more about If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW You might have thought the “lockdown wars” in Australia were over. After all, Australia navigated the pandemic better than essentially any other country in 2020. We closed our international border in March, used an early and relative light lockdown in NSW ... <a title="Vital Signs: Australia’s anti-lockdown tribe battles on against the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/vital-signs-australias-anti-lockdown-tribe-battles-on-against-the-evidence-163648/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Australia’s anti-lockdown tribe battles on against the evidence">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Unsplash/David Clode, CC BY As tree scientist, I am fascinated by the magnificent biology of trees. I also find it enthralling and encouraging that trees are being appreciated by writers around the world right now. Three fresh books ... <a title="Friday essay: trees have many stories to tell. Is this our last chance to read them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/friday-essay-trees-have-many-stories-to-tell-is-this-our-last-chance-to-read-them-161428/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: trees have many stories to tell. Is this our last chance to read them?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jeannette Young sounded at the end of her tether on Thursday Queensland’s chief health officer attracted a storm of criticism, including the accusation she was fuelling the anti-vaxxer movement, after she challenged Scott Morrison’s opening the door for younger people ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The pandemic is now putting the ‘experts’ in their own world of pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/grattan-on-friday-the-pandemic-is-now-putting-the-experts-in-their-own-world-of-pain-163752/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The pandemic is now putting the ‘experts’ in their own world of pain">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Shutterstock We’ve been living in a COVID world for more than 18 months now. At the outset of the pandemic, government agencies and health authorities scrambled to inform people on how to identify symptoms of the ... <a title="The symptoms of the Delta variant appear to differ from traditional COVID symptoms. Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/the-symptoms-of-the-delta-variant-appear-to-differ-from-traditional-covid-symptoms-heres-what-to-look-out-for-163487/" aria-label="Read more about The symptoms of the Delta variant appear to differ from traditional COVID symptoms. Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Madden, Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Hau Dinh/AP/AAP On Monday night, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new vaccine indemnity scheme. An indemnity scheme would mean health practitioners who are found liable to pay compensation for ... <a title="What’s the new COVID vaccine indemnity scheme? Two legal experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/whats-the-new-covid-vaccine-indemnity-scheme-two-legal-experts-explain-163717/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the new COVID vaccine indemnity scheme? Two legal experts explain">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Jefferies, Affiliate, Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Rick Rycroft/AP With outbreaks of COVID-19 in most states and territories, and low rates of vaccination, concerns have arisen again about who is being permitted to exit (and re-enter) the country. Western Australia Premier ... <a title="Who’s being allowed to leave Australia during COVID? FOI data show it is murky and arbitrary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/whos-being-allowed-to-leave-australia-during-covid-foi-data-show-it-is-murky-and-arbitrary-163725/" aria-label="Read more about Who’s being allowed to leave Australia during COVID? FOI data show it is murky and arbitrary">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2021
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they analyse: How United States President Joe Biden has confirmed that US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.
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July 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University Shutterstock In case you missed it, last week the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO revealed its draft decision to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” — a decision that appeared to shock the Australian government. In an opinion ... <a title="Is Australia really doing enough for the Great Barrier Reef? Why criticisms of UNESCO’s ‘in danger’ recommendation don’t stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/is-australia-really-doing-enough-for-the-great-barrier-reef-why-criticisms-of-unescos-in-danger-recommendation-dont-stack-up-163641/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia really doing enough for the Great Barrier Reef? Why criticisms of UNESCO’s ‘in danger’ recommendation don’t stack up">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Phillip Lowe, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, gets many letters and emails from retirees complaining they can’t live on the interest from their savings when interest rates are ... <a title="Are low interest rates increasing inequality? No, says the world’s central bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/are-low-interest-rates-increasing-inequality-no-says-the-worlds-central-bank-163480/" aria-label="Read more about Are low interest rates increasing inequality? No, says the world’s central bank">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent H.S. Yap, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Last year, Australian kids hounded parents for Ooshies — character-based plastic collectibles distributed by supermarket chain Woolworths. But like the attention span of a five year old, the contentious marketing campaign quickly faded. This year, the similarly named Oodies are ... <a title="The problem with Oodies: hooded blankets are cosy but they are not great for oceans or our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/the-problem-with-oodies-hooded-blankets-are-cosy-but-they-are-not-great-for-oceans-or-our-health-163087/" aria-label="Read more about The problem with Oodies: hooded blankets are cosy but they are not great for oceans or our health">Read more</a>
