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September 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Sanger, Research Associate, University of Tasmania Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this new series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. Tasmania’s native forests are home to some of the tallest, most beautiful ... <a title="Photos from the field: capturing the grandeur and heartbreak of Tasmania’s giant trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/photos-from-the-field-capturing-the-grandeur-and-heartbreak-of-tasmanias-giant-trees-144743/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: capturing the grandeur and heartbreak of Tasmania’s giant trees">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yannick Thoraval, Lecturer, RMIT University Some of my students have been assaulted. Others have been homeless, jobless or broke, some suffer from depression, anxiety or grief. Some fight addiction, cancer or for custody. Many are in pain and they want to write about it. Opening wounds in ... <a title="‘Lit therapy’ in the classroom: writing about trauma can be valuable, if done right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/lit-therapy-in-the-classroom-writing-about-trauma-can-be-valuable-if-done-right-145379/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lit therapy’ in the classroom: writing about trauma can be valuable, if done right">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Felton, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology The reopening of cafes has been one of the highlights of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for many Australians. During lockdowns, long queues for takeaway coffee were testimony to caffeine’s relevance to our lives. Yet the precarious ... <a title="A dark brew: coffee, COVID and colonialism have left millions struggling to make a living" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/a-dark-brew-coffee-covid-and-colonialism-have-left-millions-struggling-to-make-a-living-143274/" aria-label="Read more about A dark brew: coffee, COVID and colonialism have left millions struggling to make a living">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute The prime minister wants the states to open their wallets. Although he has warned them not to “make whoopee”, his message is blunt: “The Commonwealth cannot do all the fiscal heavy lifting on its own”. The Reserve Bank governor is ... <a title="Morrison is right. All governments will need to spend more to get us out of the crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/morrison-is-right-all-governments-will-need-to-spend-more-to-get-us-out-of-the-crisis-145449/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison is right. All governments will need to spend more to get us out of the crisis">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has nailed down two possible vaccine sources with supply and production agreements with pharmaceutical companies worth $1.7 billion. The agreements mean the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca and the University of Queensland/CSL would provide more than 84.8 million vaccine ... <a title="Morrison government secures two possible vaccine supplies with agreements worth $1.7 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/morrison-government-secures-two-possible-vaccine-supplies-with-agreements-worth-1-7-billion-145678/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government secures two possible vaccine supplies with agreements worth $1.7 billion">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Victoria’s ultra-cautious roadmap out of its lockdown, outlined by Daniel Andrews on Sunday, reinforced the strong message that came from Friday’s national cabinet. Premiers are in the driving seat of exiting COVID restrictions, and they are imposing the strictest speed ... <a title="View from The Hill: Daniel Andrews frustrates Scott Morrison with a slow-pace lockdown exit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/06/view-from-the-hill-daniel-andrews-frustrates-scott-morrison-with-a-slow-pace-lockdown-exit-145676/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Daniel Andrews frustrates Scott Morrison with a slow-pace lockdown exit">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laxman Bablani, Research Fellow, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne The Victorian government today announced the eagerly anticipated roadmap out of COVID-19 lockdown. It features several steps that reflect a much slower relaxing of restrictions ... <a title="‘Slow and steady’ exit from lockdown as Victorian government sets sights on ‘COVID-normal’ Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/06/slow-and-steady-exit-from-lockdown-as-victorian-government-sets-sights-on-covid-normal-christmas-145558/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Slow and steady’ exit from lockdown as Victorian government sets sights on ‘COVID-normal’ Christmas">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Hopkin, Editor, Science + Technology, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton on Sunday announced steps to slowly ease COVID-19 restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. There are four steps before Victoria totally opens up – a ... <a title="Victoria’s path out of COVID-19 lockdown – quick reference guides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/06/victorias-path-out-of-covid-19-lockdown-quick-reference-guides-145674/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s path out of COVID-19 lockdown – quick reference guides">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The national cabinet, created to impose maximum unity on Australia’s response to COVID, has formally fractured. It hasn’t broken altogether, but the rubber band holding it together has been stretched too far and has now dramatically slackened. Scott Morrison, who ... <a title="The wild west channels those old secessionist dreams by refusing to get on Scott Morrison’s COVID bus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/the-wild-west-channels-those-old-secessionist-dreams-by-refusing-to-get-on-scott-morrisons-covid-bus-145630/" aria-label="Read more about The wild west channels those old secessionist dreams by refusing to get on Scott Morrison’s COVID bus">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richelle Mychasiuk, Associate Professor (Research), Department of Neuroscience, Monash University News emerged this week former AFL footballer Danny Frawley was suffering from a brain disease called CTE when he died last year, according to reports received by the Victorian Coroner. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, refers to ... <a title="Here’s what we know about CTE, the brain condition that affected Danny Frawley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/heres-what-we-know-about-cte-the-brain-condition-that-affected-danny-frawley-145395/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what we know about CTE, the brain condition that affected Danny Frawley">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Bloomer, Associate Professor, Nursing, Deakin University While the number of new COVID-19 cases in Victoria continues to trend downwards, we’re still seeing a significant number of deaths from the disease. The ongoing outbreaks in aged care, and the fact community transmission is continuing to occur, mean ... <a title="Patients with COVID-19 shouldn’t have to die alone. Here’s how a loved one could be there at the end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/patients-with-covid-19-shouldnt-have-to-die-alone-heres-how-a-loved-one-could-be-there-at-the-end-145324/" aria-label="Read more about Patients with COVID-19 shouldn’t have to die alone. Here’s how a loved one could be there at the end">Read more</a>
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September 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 first recession in Australia since the early 90’s, Scott Morrison’s continued ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia’s recession, state borders, and ‘COVID parliament’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/video-michelle-grattan-on-australias-recession-state-borders-and-covid-parliament-145625/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia’s recession, state borders, and ‘COVID parliament’">Read more</a>