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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University Wild elephants are awe-inspiring — even if they’re trying to kill you, as I discovered in 2004. At the time I was studying how poachers and loggers threaten native mammals in Africa’s Congo Basin. I was ... <a title="China’s efforts to save its wandering elephants are laudable, but let’s not forget its bloody conflicts with the giants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/chinas-efforts-to-save-its-wandering-elephants-are-laudable-but-lets-not-forget-its-bloody-conflicts-with-the-giants-162767/" aria-label="Read more about China’s efforts to save its wandering elephants are laudable, but let’s not forget its bloody conflicts with the giants">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong We have seen a succession of reviews, plans and election promises of faster and better train services for regional New South Wales, home to one third of the state’s population, in recent years. Yet little had been heard from ... <a title="NSW on a slow track to fast trains: promised regional rail upgrades are long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/nsw-on-a-slow-track-to-fast-trains-promised-regional-rail-upgrades-are-long-overdue-160932/" aria-label="Read more about NSW on a slow track to fast trains: promised regional rail upgrades are long overdue">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland Roadshow Films For cinephiles, one of the greatest blows of the initial COVID lockdown was the closure of cinemas. While we all quickly shifted to the smaller screen in our lounge rooms it just didn’t ... <a title="Bring out the popcorn: the best films set to roar into cinemas in the second half of 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/21/bring-out-the-popcorn-the-best-films-set-to-roar-into-cinemas-in-the-second-half-of-2021-161405/" aria-label="Read more about Bring out the popcorn: the best films set to roar into cinemas in the second half of 2021">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals are in fresh chaos, with Michael McCormack’s leadership under intense pressure, as the party meets on Monday at the start of parliament’s last week before the winter recess. Amid speculation about a possible challenge during what’s often dubbed ... <a title="View from The Hill: Nationals in crisis, with pressure on Michael McCormack’s leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/20/view-from-the-hill-nationals-in-crisis-with-pressure-on-michael-mccormacks-leadership-163067/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Nationals in crisis, with pressure on Michael McCormack’s leadership">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Elektronik-Zeit/Shutterstock Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back government measures to speed the transition to electric cars in order to meet emission reduction targets. An exclusive poll of 62 of Australia’s preeminent economists — selected by their ... <a title="Exclusive. Top economists call for budget measures to speed the switch to electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/20/exclusive-top-economists-call-for-budget-measures-to-speed-the-switch-to-electric-cars-162883/" aria-label="Read more about Exclusive. Top economists call for budget measures to speed the switch to electric cars">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University US President Ronald Reagan meeting with Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov in the Oval Office in 1988. White House Photographic Collection/Wikimedia Commons This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the ... <a title="How Andrei Sakharov went from Soviet hero to dissident — and forced the world to pay attention to human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/19/how-andrei-sakharov-went-from-soviet-hero-to-dissident-and-forced-the-world-to-pay-attention-to-human-rights-157688/" aria-label="Read more about How Andrei Sakharov went from Soviet hero to dissident — and forced the world to pay attention to human rights">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Yesterday’s announcement the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine would now only be recommended for the over 60s has highlighted the many ways we think about risk. The decision reflects a greater understanding of the real, but extremely low, risk of the clotting ... <a title="Concerned about the latest AstraZeneca news? These 3 graphics help you make sense of the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/concerned-about-the-latest-astrazeneca-news-these-3-graphics-help-you-make-sense-of-the-risk-162175/" aria-label="Read more about Concerned about the latest AstraZeneca news? These 3 graphics help you make sense of the risk">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin O’Connor, Professor of Cultural Economy, University of South Australia Most people with an interest in art and culture in Australia believe it is in deep crisis, and you’d be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t think the crisis predated the pandemic. COVID-19 has smashed every ... <a title="The limits of advocacy: arts sector told to stop worrying and be happy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/the-limits-of-advocacy-arts-sector-told-to-stop-worrying-and-be-happy-162860/" aria-label="Read more about The limits of advocacy: arts sector told to stop worrying and be happy">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Richardson, Researcher and Teacher, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University James Ross/AAP Last week’s storm system wreaked havoc across Victoria. Some 220,000 households and businesses lost power, and residents in the hills on Melbourne’s fringe were warned yesterday it might not be restored for three weeks. ... <a title="Three weeks without electricity? That’s the reality facing thousands of Victorians, and it will happen again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/three-weeks-without-electricity-thats-the-reality-facing-thousands-of-victorians-and-it-will-happen-again-162955/" aria-label="Read more about Three weeks without electricity? That’s the reality facing thousands of Victorians, and it will happen again">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph N. Martins, Professor and Chair in Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock A new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease was last week given accelerated approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The drug is called aducanumab, commercially known as Aduhelm, and was ... <a title="‘A slow and painful journey’: why did it take over 20 years to approve the new Alzheimer’s drug?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/a-slow-and-painful-journey-why-did-it-take-over-20-years-to-approve-the-new-alzheimers-drug-162603/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A slow and painful journey’: why did it take over 20 years to approve the new Alzheimer’s drug?">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss the outcomes of Scott Morrison’s attendance at the G7 summit in Cornwall, including a face-to-face meeting with US President Joe ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Scott Morrison’s return to Australia and a change in vaccine advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/video-michelle-grattan-on-scott-morrisons-return-to-australia-and-a-change-in-vaccine-advice-163007/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Scott Morrison’s return to Australia and a change in vaccine advice">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Alan Lambert, CC BY-SA This article contains names and images of people who have passed. On August 23 1966, Vincent Lingiari and his fellow Aboriginal stock workers walked off the Wave Hill cattle station in the Northern Territory. ... <a title="Stolen wages: Northern Territory class action will hold the Commonwealth to account" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/stolen-wages-northern-territory-class-action-will-hold-the-commonwealth-to-account-149155/" aria-label="Read more about Stolen wages: Northern Territory class action will hold the Commonwealth to account">Read more</a>
