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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Wildlife scientist, Macquarie University Shutterstock If you gaze at the ocean this winter, you might just be lucky enough to spot a whale migrating along Australia’s coastline. This is the start of whale season, when the gentle giants breed in the warm northern waters off ... <a title="Humpback whales have been spotted ‘bubble-net feeding’ for the first time in Australia (and we have it on camera)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/humpback-whales-have-been-spotted-bubble-net-feeding-for-the-first-time-in-australia-and-we-have-it-on-camera-157355/" aria-label="Read more about Humpback whales have been spotted ‘bubble-net feeding’ for the first time in Australia (and we have it on camera)">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Stone, Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning, The University of Melbourne NH53/Flickr, CC BY As part of efforts to decarbonise urban transport, Australian states and the ACT have announced various zero-emission bus trials and targets for replacing diesel buses. These trials are designed to help resolve some ... <a title="Don’t forget the need for zero-emission buses in the push for electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/dont-forget-the-need-for-zero-emission-buses-in-the-push-for-electric-cars-160933/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t forget the need for zero-emission buses in the push for electric cars">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The Australian Securities & Investment Commission issued an information sheet this week regarding so-called “activist short selling”. The document outlines a number of “better practices” it wants short sellers to adhere to, and some “actions that we may take” if they ... <a title="Vital Signs: ASIC’s crusade against activist short sellers will be bad for regular folk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/vital-signs-asics-crusade-against-activist-short-sellers-will-be-bad-for-regular-folk-161906/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: ASIC’s crusade against activist short sellers will be bad for regular folk">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bradley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University A crocodile known locally as ‘Barrat’ emerges from the water of the lower Daintree River, Far North Queensland. Kevin Crook The wet season in tropical Australia begins with tension. Physical tension, caused by the friction of earth and clouds. ... <a title="Friday essay: reckoning with an animal that sees us as prey — living and working in crocodile country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/friday-essay-reckoning-with-an-animal-that-sees-us-as-prey-living-and-working-in-crocodile-country-160260/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: reckoning with an animal that sees us as prey — living and working in crocodile country">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison operates on former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson’s well-tried “whatever it takes” principle. “What it takes” in the COVID era is never-ending public money and policy flexibility. We’ve seen both from the Morrison government. It also takes highly competent ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Bringing Scott Morrison to heel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/grattan-on-friday-bringing-scott-morrison-to-heel-161992/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Bringing Scott Morrison to heel">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University Even by the standards of previous Israeli coalitions, the new government that’s just been announced includes strange bedfellows. The eight parties in the coalition range from the right-wing nationalist Yamina party to social-democratic Labor ... <a title="Israel’s new government doesn’t give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/israels-new-government-doesnt-give-palestinians-much-hope-it-could-be-time-for-a-radical-approach-162077/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s new government doesn’t give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a new temporary payment to support workers locked down in Melbourne. This follows growing pressure to provide specific support to those without work and heading into their second ... <a title="There’s a new temporary COVID disaster payment – who can get it? Who is missing out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/theres-a-new-temporary-covid-disaster-payment-who-can-get-it-who-is-missing-out-162090/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new temporary COVID disaster payment – who can get it? Who is missing out?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Sydney Peter Carroll and Mandela Mathia in The Cherry Orchard, Belvoir St Theatre. Belvoir/Brett Boardman Review: The Cherry Orchard, directed by Eamon Flack, Belvoir. In 1904, when Anton Chekhov wrote his last and greatest play, The Cherry Orchard, ... <a title="Belvoir’s The Cherry Orchard is a laugh-out-loud tragedy for uncertain times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/belvoirs-the-cherry-orchard-is-a-laugh-out-loud-tragedy-for-uncertain-times-160916/" aria-label="Read more about Belvoir’s The Cherry Orchard is a laugh-out-loud tragedy for uncertain times">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Cronin, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland Phil Walter/Getty Images While today’s pre-trial hearing over the Whakaari White Island tragedy revealed most of the 13 parties charged have yet to enter pleas, there is no disputing the basic facts. The December 9 2019 eruption struck ... <a title="Whakaari tragedy: court case highlights just how complex it is to forecast a volcanic eruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/whakaari-tragedy-court-case-highlights-just-how-complex-it-is-to-forecast-a-volcanic-eruption-161995/" aria-label="Read more about Whakaari tragedy: court case highlights just how complex it is to forecast a volcanic eruption">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nancy Baxter, Professor and Head of Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne James Ross/AAP A man from Wollert, a suburb in Melbourne’s north, breezed into Melbourne from South Australian hotel quarantine, stopped at a 7-11, had a curry, shopped in Epping, took ... <a title="Why do our COVID outbreaks always seem to happen in Melbourne? Randomness and bad luck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/why-do-our-covid-outbreaks-always-seem-to-happen-in-melbourne-randomness-and-bad-luck-161978/" aria-label="Read more about Why do our COVID outbreaks always seem to happen in Melbourne? Randomness and bad luck">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jill Newby, Associate Professor and MRFF Career Development Fellow, UNSW Shutterstock As Melbourne prepares to begin a second week of lockdown, it’s important to recognise the serious toll this is likely to take on many people’s mental health. Research during earlier COVID lockdowns in Australia found lockdowns ... <a title="Lockdowns don’t get easier the more we have them. Melbourne, here are 6 tips to help you cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/lockdowns-dont-get-easier-the-more-we-have-them-melbourne-here-are-6-tips-to-help-you-cope-161991/" aria-label="Read more about Lockdowns don’t get easier the more we have them. Melbourne, here are 6 tips to help you cope">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bonita Mason, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of South Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people who have passed away, and descriptions of these deaths. One year has passed since George Floyd’s death under the knee of a Minneapolis ... <a title="Australia’s news media play an important role reminding the country that Black lives still matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/australias-news-media-play-an-important-role-reminding-the-country-that-black-lives-still-matter-161412/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s news media play an important role reminding the country that Black lives still matter">Read more</a>
