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December 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra “Casual” employment will be defined and a universal standard spelled out for casuals to convert to full or part-time employment in industrial relations legislation introduced this week. Separately, the government is making a fresh effort to take on the militant ... <a title="Government moves to quash casuals “double dipping” and takes on construction union’s John Setka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/07/government-moves-to-quash-casuals-double-dipping-and-takes-on-construction-unions-john-setka-151553/" aria-label="Read more about Government moves to quash casuals “double dipping” and takes on construction union’s John Setka">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Australia has just recorded its hottest November on record, only months after the devastating bushfires of last summer that ruined the lives and livelihoods of thousands. Climate change is doing its deadly work. Australia is already about 1.5℃ warmer than ... <a title="Australia needs a national approach to combat the health effects of climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/06/australia-needs-a-national-approach-to-combat-the-health-effects-of-climate-change-151380/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs a national approach to combat the health effects of climate change">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wes Mountain, Multimedia Editor Oceans 21 is a Conversation international series examining the history and future of the world’s ocean. Five profiles open our series on the global ocean, delving into ancient Indian Ocean trade networks, Pacific plastic pollution, Arctic light and life, Atlantic fisheries and the ... <a title="The world’s ocean is bearing the brunt of a changing climate. Explore its past and future in our new series" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/06/the-worlds-ocean-is-bearing-the-brunt-of-a-changing-climate-explore-its-past-and-future-in-our-new-series-151548/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s ocean is bearing the brunt of a changing climate. Explore its past and future in our new series">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ceridwen Fraser, Associate professor, University of Otago In 2018, a map named after an oceanographer went viral. The so-called Spilhaus projection, in which Earth is viewed from above the South Pole, was designed to show the connected nature of the ocean basins. It is a perspective that ... <a title="An ocean like no other: the Southern Ocean’s ecological richness and significance for global climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/06/an-ocean-like-no-other-the-southern-oceans-ecological-richness-and-significance-for-global-climate-151084/" aria-label="Read more about An ocean like no other: the Southern Ocean’s ecological richness and significance for global climate">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Senior Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland The three recent appearances (and two subsequent removals) of “monoliths” in Romania, Utah and California are intriguing examples of what can capture the public’s imagination. These constructions are metallic-looking structures ... <a title="Mystery monoliths: why conspiracists are ‘meh’ about the phenomenon — and how you can start a better conspiracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/05/mystery-monoliths-why-conspiracists-are-meh-about-the-phenomenon-and-how-you-can-start-a-better-conspiracy-151376/" aria-label="Read more about Mystery monoliths: why conspiracists are ‘meh’ about the phenomenon — and how you can start a better conspiracy">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland The most extensive review of Australia’s intelligence sector since the 1970s has released its public report. The Comprehensive Review of the Legal Framework of the National Intelligence Community – the “Richardson Review” – culminated ... <a title="National security review recommends complete overhaul of electronic surveillance – but will it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/national-security-review-recommends-complete-overhaul-of-electronic-surveillance-but-will-it-work-151462/" aria-label="Read more about National security review recommends complete overhaul of electronic surveillance – but will it work?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the bilateral relationship between Australia and China, including a ‘repugnant’ tweet from ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the difficult bilateral relationship between Australia and China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-difficult-bilateral-relationship-between-australia-and-china-151471/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the difficult bilateral relationship between Australia and China">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan G. Howell, Casual Academic and PhD Candidate | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle More and more threatened species are relying on captive breeding to avoid extinction. Some species on the brink only exist in captivity, and others depend on captive breeding for ... <a title="Human reproductive technologies like sperm freezing and IVF could be used to save threatened species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/human-reproductive-technologies-like-sperm-freezing-and-ivf-could-be-used-to-save-threatened-species-148637/" aria-label="Read more about Human reproductive technologies like sperm freezing and IVF could be used to save threatened species">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Wade, Lecturer in Social Inquiry, La Trobe University Review: Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, directed by Ric Burns Apropos of nothing but a bowl of jello placed before him, a stifled laugh escapes from Oliver Sacks, the famed neurologist, writer and public intellectual. “What are you ... <a title="Film review: the immoderate adventures of Oliver Sacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/film-review-the-immoderate-adventures-of-oliver-sacks-151023/" aria-label="Read more about Film review: the immoderate adventures of Oliver Sacks">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael P.H. Stumpf, Professor for Theoretical Systems Biology, University of Melbourne How do you know that something you are looking for is not there? Looking for a needle in a haystack is fundamentally easy – however laborious and tedious – if you know it’s definitely there. Looking ... <a title="Almost half a million tests, zero positives: how statistics shows we can be confident COVID-19 is gone from Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/almost-half-a-million-tests-zero-positives-how-statistics-shows-we-can-be-confident-covid-19-is-gone-from-victoria-151281/" aria-label="Read more about Almost half a million tests, zero positives: how statistics shows we can be confident COVID-19 is gone from Victoria">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Jomeen, Professor of Midwifery and Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Southern Cross University Many pregnant women worry about birth. Some, however, suffer from a much more serious condition called tokophobia: a severe and unreasoning dread of childbirth, which is sometimes accompanied by a disgust ... <a title="Tokophobia is an extreme fear of childbirth. Here’s how to recognise and treat it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/tokophobia-is-an-extreme-fear-of-childbirth-heres-how-to-recognise-and-treat-it-149264/" aria-label="Read more about Tokophobia is an extreme fear of childbirth. Here’s how to recognise and treat it">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Steer, Senior Lecturer in English, Massey University Just as writers and artists today are responding to the Anthropocene through climate fiction and eco art, earlier generations chronicled an environmental crisis that presaged humanity’s global impact. The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch that powerfully expresses the ... <a title="The forgotten environmental crisis: how 20th century settler writers foreshadowed the Anthropocene" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/the-forgotten-environmental-crisis-how-20th-century-settler-writers-foreshadowed-the-anthropocene-150727/" aria-label="Read more about The forgotten environmental crisis: how 20th century settler writers foreshadowed the Anthropocene">Read more</a>
