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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Murray, Associate Professor in Guitar, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne The legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died aged 65. One of the most influential guitarists of the modern age, Van Halen was known for his mastery of the two-handed tapping technique and for ... <a title="With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/with-his-signature-guitar-style-eddie-van-halen-changed-rock-music-147652/" aria-label="Read more about With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland When it comes to action on climate change, Tuesday’s federal budget delivered by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was a real – though not unexpected – disappointment which favoured polluting technologies over a clean energy future. It included money ... <a title="‘Backwards’ federal budget: Morrison government never fails to disappoint on climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/backwards-federal-budget-morrison-government-never-fails-to-disappoint-on-climate-action-147659/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Backwards’ federal budget: Morrison government never fails to disappoint on climate action">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In putting together his unprecedented pandemic budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg had two big tasks: to support the economy now, and to kick-start the next boom. Many commentators seem to be ... <a title="It’s not the size of the budget deficit that counts; it’s how you use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/its-not-the-size-of-the-budget-deficit-that-counts-its-how-you-use-it-147603/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not the size of the budget deficit that counts; it’s how you use it">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jared Mondschein, Senior Advisor, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney In many ways, a vice president’s most important constitutional duty is simply to stay alive. Beyond breaking ties in the US Senate, the vice president essentially has no real constitutional duties beyond replacing a deceased or incapacitated ... <a title="Why the US vice presidential debate matters more now than ever before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/why-the-us-vice-presidential-debate-matters-more-now-than-ever-before-147449/" aria-label="Read more about Why the US vice presidential debate matters more now than ever before">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wille, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow, University of Sydney As we navigate a global human pandemic, avian influenza (or “bird flu”) has been detected in domestic poultry across Victoria. When scientists discuss avian influenza, we’re usually referring to the diverse subtypes of ... <a title="Nearly half a million poultry deaths: there are 3 avian influenza outbreaks in Victoria. Should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/nearly-half-a-million-poultry-deaths-there-are-3-avian-influenza-outbreaks-in-victoria-should-we-be-worried-145325/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly half a million poultry deaths: there are 3 avian influenza outbreaks in Victoria. Should we be worried?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With four weeks left until the November 3 election, the FiveThirtyEight aggregate of US national polls gives Joe Biden a 9.0% lead over Donald Trump (51.4% to 42.4%). Biden’s lead has increased 1.4% since an ... <a title="Biden increases lead after debate and Trump’s coronavirus; Labor gains Queensland lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/biden-increases-lead-after-debate-and-trumps-coronavirus-labor-gains-queensland-lead-147457/" aria-label="Read more about Biden increases lead after debate and Trump’s coronavirus; Labor gains Queensland lead">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University If a week is a long time in politics, a year’s an eon. The 2019-20 budget announced a regal return to surplus, with a “fundamentally sound” Australian economy at 2.75% growth and unemployment under 5%. Low interest rates and ... <a title="Like the care economy, arts and culture are an opportunity missed in the 2020-21 budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/like-the-care-economy-arts-and-culture-are-an-opportunity-missed-in-the-2020-21-budget-147558/" aria-label="Read more about Like the care economy, arts and culture are an opportunity missed in the 2020-21 budget">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Russo, Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety last week released a special report looking at the sector’s response to COVID-19. Finding the federal government did not adequately prepare residential aged care ... <a title="Aged-care facilities need accredited infection control experts. Who are they, and what will they do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/aged-care-facilities-need-accredited-infection-control-experts-who-are-they-and-what-will-they-do-147460/" aria-label="Read more about Aged-care facilities need accredited infection control experts. Who are they, and what will they do?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute The Morrison government seems to think economic stimulus is all about high-viz vests and hard hats. It’s a narrow and dated view of the world of work. Tuesday night’s budget included several broad measures to support business and jobs, such ... <a title="High-viz, narrow vision: the budget overlooks the hardest hit in favour of the hardest hats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/high-viz-narrow-vision-the-budget-overlooks-the-hardest-hit-in-favour-of-the-hardest-hats-147601/" aria-label="Read more about High-viz, narrow vision: the budget overlooks the hardest hit in favour of the hardest hats">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The pandemic – and developments in health care – have forced the Commonwealth government to commit to a massive increase in spending on health care this year. In the 2019-20 budget, the Commonwealth promised an increase of A$540 million in ... <a title="Budget 2020: big health problems lead to big health spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/budget-2020-big-health-problems-lead-to-big-health-spending-147580/" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2020: big health problems lead to big health spending">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University New Zealand’s election is coming down to a simple contest between the Labour-Green bloc on the left and the National-ACT bloc on the right. Although the right is behind in the polls, if it were ... <a title="The rise of ACT in 2020 highlights tensions between the party’s libertarian and populist traditions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/the-rise-of-act-in-2020-highlights-tensions-between-the-partys-libertarian-and-populist-traditions-147170/" aria-label="Read more about The rise of ACT in 2020 highlights tensions between the party’s libertarian and populist traditions">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sheena G. Sullivan, Epidemiologist, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza When we get a test result for a disease like COVID-19, we naturally expect it to be either positive or negative. But the results of these tests are not so black and white. Polymerase ... <a title="Why do some COVID-19 tests come back with a ‘weak positive’, and why does it matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/why-do-some-covid-19-tests-come-back-with-a-weak-positive-and-why-does-it-matter-147258/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some COVID-19 tests come back with a ‘weak positive’, and why does it matter?">Read more</a>
