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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Gaze, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne It’s been over a year since Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins’ report on sexual harassment in the workplace in Australia, Respect@Work, was released. After a long delay, the Morrison government published its response to the report in April, ... <a title="Can the government get its workplace harassment laws right? Its bill is a missed opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/can-the-government-get-its-workplace-harassment-laws-right-its-bill-is-a-missed-opportunity-163492/" aria-label="Read more about Can the government get its workplace harassment laws right? Its bill is a missed opportunity">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Nixon, Research officer, The University of Queensland Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND This article is part of the “Who would win?” series, where wildlife experts dream up hypothetical battles between animals (all in the name of science). Scorpions and tarantulas are two ancient arachnids that have ... <a title="Ever wondered who’d win in a fight between a scorpion and tarantula? A venom scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/ever-wondered-whod-win-in-a-fight-between-a-scorpion-and-tarantula-a-venom-scientist-explains-155138/" aria-label="Read more about Ever wondered who’d win in a fight between a scorpion and tarantula? A venom scientist explains">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock Childcare is unaffordable for more than 385,000 Australian families, a new report from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute shows. The Counting the cost to families: assessing childcare affordability in Australia report uses an international benchmark of no more than ... <a title="Nearly 40% of Australian families can’t ‘afford’ childcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/nearly-40-of-australian-families-cant-afford-childcare-163497/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 40% of Australian families can’t ‘afford’ childcare">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne Perth arts organisation ARTRAGE, which runs the annual Fringe World festival, last week announced it had accepted ongoing funding from the mining company Woodside Petroleum. Local artists have long protested ... <a title="Principles or pragmatism: does it matter where arts sponsorship comes from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/principles-or-pragmatism-does-it-matter-where-arts-sponsorship-comes-from-163430/" aria-label="Read more about Principles or pragmatism: does it matter where arts sponsorship comes from?">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Canterbury Lynn Grieveson/Getty Images New Zealand has avoided community transmission, even though an Australian visitor tested positive for the delta variant which dominates Australia’s latest COVID-19 outbreaks. New Zealand health authorities were quick to react, isolating and ... <a title="New Zealand has managed to dodge the COVID-19 bullet, again. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/new-zealand-has-managed-to-dodge-the-covid-19-bullet-again-heres-why-163485/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand has managed to dodge the COVID-19 bullet, again. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rory Smith, Lecturer in Astrophysics, Monash University Carl Knox/OzGrav/Swinburne Univ. One of the best things about being an astronomer is being able to discover something new about the universe. In fact, maybe the only thing better is discovering it twice. And that’s exactly what my colleagues and ... <a title="‘Laws of nature turned up to 11’: astronomers spot two neutron stars being swallowed by black holes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/laws-of-nature-turned-up-to-11-astronomers-spot-two-neutron-stars-being-swallowed-by-black-holes-163575/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Laws of nature turned up to 11’: astronomers spot two neutron stars being swallowed by black holes">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra We follow the medical advice, has been a Morrison government mantra since the pandemic’s start. Well, not any more. With the rollout struggling and half the country in lockdown, Scott Morrison is now encouraging younger people to get the AstraZeneca ... <a title="View from The Hill: No, this isn’t based on the medical advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/view-from-the-hill-no-this-isnt-based-on-the-medical-advice-163588/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: No, this isn’t based on the medical advice">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Pfizer remains the “preferred” vaccine for Australians aged under 40, due to a small but real increased risk of a rare clotting disorder. But last night Prime Minister Scott Morrison said younger Australians ... <a title="Under-40s can ask their GP for an AstraZeneca shot. What’s changed? What are the risks? Are there benefits?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/under-40s-can-ask-their-gp-for-an-astrazeneca-shot-whats-changed-what-are-the-risks-are-there-benefits-163571/" aria-label="Read more about Under-40s can ask their GP for an AstraZeneca shot. What’s changed? What are the risks? Are there benefits?">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW National cabinet yesterday announced it will mandate COVID-19 vaccination for residential aged-care workers, with the aim to ensure all aged-care staff have received their first dose by mid-September. A support package worth A$11 million is intended to facilitate this, by enabling aged-care ... <a title="Evidence supports mandatory COVID vaccination for aged-care workers. But we need to make it easier too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/evidence-supports-mandatory-covid-vaccination-for-aged-care-workers-but-we-need-to-make-it-easier-too-163569/" aria-label="Read more about Evidence supports mandatory COVID vaccination for aged-care workers. But we need to make it easier too">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2021
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea and Fiji are among several countries in the region going backwards in their fight against the covid-19 pandemic and this is concerning, a New Zealand epidemiologist has warned. PNG has recorded more than 170 deaths and more than 17,000 cases of the virus. In Fiji, 17 ... <a title="PNG, Fiji situation ‘going backwards’ over covid, warns NZ health expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/png-fiji-situation-going-backwards-over-covid-warns-nz-health-expert/" aria-label="Read more about PNG, Fiji situation ‘going backwards’ over covid, warns NZ health expert">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversations’s politics team. ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: the return to lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-the-return-to-lockdown-163585/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: the return to lockdown">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rafal Chomik, Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Catarina Sousa Follow/Pexels, CC BY-SA We’ve had five intergenerational reports now, the first (IGR02) in 2002, and the most recent (IGR21) on Monday. Each has presented a startling picture of a widening ... <a title="The intergenerational report was sobering, but the reality may be worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/the-intergenerational-report-was-sobering-but-the-reality-may-be-worse-163257/" aria-label="Read more about The intergenerational report was sobering, but the reality may be worse">Read more</a>
