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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University While it’s true anyone is at risk of catching and becoming ill with COVID-19, it’s becoming increasingly clear this virus discriminates. From early in the pandemic, we’ve seen how COVID-19 disproportionately affects older people and those with other health conditions, ... <a title="Social housing, aged care and Black Americans: how coronavirus affects already disadvantaged groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/social-housing-aged-care-and-black-americans-how-coronavirus-affects-already-disadvantaged-groups-142046/" aria-label="Read more about Social housing, aged care and Black Americans: how coronavirus affects already disadvantaged groups">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alyson Stobo-Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Charles Darwin University Only a few decades ago, encountering a bandicoot or quoll around your campsite in the evening was a common and delightful experience across the Top End. Sadly, our campsites are now far less lively. Northern Australia’s vast uncleared savannas ... <a title="The mystery of the Top End’s vanishing wildlife, and the unexpected culprits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/the-mystery-of-the-top-ends-vanishing-wildlife-and-the-unexpected-culprits-143268/" aria-label="Read more about The mystery of the Top End’s vanishing wildlife, and the unexpected culprits">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it ... <a title="Climate explained: are we doomed if we don’t manage to curb emissions by 2030?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/climate-explained-are-we-doomed-if-we-dont-manage-to-curb-emissions-by-2030-143526/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: are we doomed if we don’t manage to curb emissions by 2030?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Day, Lecturer in Architecture, Practice and Design, Swinburne University of Technology We are entering an era of profound change in how we work, learn, socialise and live with COVID-19. Many people will adjust to this new world order and work remotely at home if they don’t ... <a title="Unused buildings will make good housing in the world of COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/unused-buildings-will-make-good-housing-in-the-world-of-covid-19-142897/" aria-label="Read more about Unused buildings will make good housing in the world of COVID-19">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Franks, Conjoint Fellow, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle In January 1788, a small floating society — eleven ships carrying crew, crooks, some military men and a few passengers — sailed into the body of water the colonisers called Port Jackson. In the ... <a title="We are what we steal: the New South Wales Police Gazette and charting histories of crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/we-are-what-we-steal-the-new-south-wales-police-gazette-and-charting-histories-of-crime-131140/" aria-label="Read more about We are what we steal: the New South Wales Police Gazette and charting histories of crime">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carole Comerton-Forde, Professor of Finance, UNSW Stocks have held up relatively well during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a steep decline in March, for example, the value of the Australian Stock has rebounded to be just 16% down on its February peak. It’s a situation that appears to ... <a title="Blue-chip, volatile, high-risk: retail investors are buying while professionals are selling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/blue-chip-volatile-high-risk-retail-investors-are-buying-while-professionals-are-selling-142985/" aria-label="Read more about Blue-chip, volatile, high-risk: retail investors are buying while professionals are selling">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison wasn’t going to be caught out twice. In Hawaii during the bushfires, the prime minister had hesitated before returning (slightly) early. On Tuesday he wasn’t on holiday but starting a tour of several days in Queensland, where there’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: Aged care crisis reflects poor preparation and a broken system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/view-from-the-hill-aged-care-crisis-reflects-poor-preparation-and-a-broken-system-143556/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Aged care crisis reflects poor preparation and a broken system">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia Australia’s defamation laws, so long criticised to so little avail, are finally changing. New South Wales Attorney-General Mark Speakman trumpeted this week: Nation agrees to NSW-led defamation revolution. His announcement followed July’s meeting of the Council of ... <a title="Australia’s ‘outdated’ defamation laws are changing – but there’s no ‘revolution’ yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/australias-outdated-defamation-laws-are-changing-but-theres-no-revolution-yet-143532/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘outdated’ defamation laws are changing – but there’s no ‘revolution’ yet">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Google for allegedly misleading millions of people after it started tracking them on non-Google apps and websites in 2016. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ... <a title="The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it out is easier than fixing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/the-accc-is-suing-google-for-misleading-millions-but-calling-it-out-is-easier-than-fixing-it-143447/" aria-label="Read more about The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it out is easier than fixing it">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW In the past week, both the US and Australia rejected large parts of China’s extensive maritime claims in the South China Sea, as well as territorial claims by any state to undersea reefs. More worryingly, the US is also pressuring ... <a title="Explainer: why is the South China Sea such a hotly contested region?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/explainer-why-is-the-south-china-sea-such-a-hotly-contested-region-143435/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why is the South China Sea such a hotly contested region?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings. Only thing is, last Sunday’s Newshub-Reid Research poll – which had support for the Labour Party at 60.9% and for National at 25.1% – suggests the team ... <a title="Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in New Zealand politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/rogue-poll-or-not-all-the-signs-point-to-a-tectonic-shift-in-new-zealand-politics-143529/" aria-label="Read more about Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in New Zealand politics">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Lucas, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Australian National University How does the Sun help your body make vitamin D? Wesley, aged 7 Thanks for this great question, Wesley. Vitamin D is created when the chemicals in our skin react to an invisible type of light from the ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does the Sun help your body make vitamin D?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/curious-kids-how-does-the-sun-help-your-body-make-vitamin-d-139670/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does the Sun help your body make vitamin D?">Read more</a>
