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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The comforting claim that New Zealand is a great place to bring up kids took another hit with last week’s damning UNICEF report on child well-being. The latest in two decades of monitoring and comparing best practice for children ... <a title="New Zealand is violating the rights of its children. Is it time to change the legal definition of age discrimination?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/new-zealand-is-violating-the-rights-of-its-children-is-it-time-to-change-the-legal-definition-of-age-discrimination-145685/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand is violating the rights of its children. Is it time to change the legal definition of age discrimination?">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Breanna Wright, Research fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Victoria’s much-anticipated roadmap out of lockdown was released on Sunday, bringing with it a clear outline of how (and provisionally when) Victoria will see an easing of restrictions. The plan is transparent about the case ... <a title="Worried you might test positive and put a spanner in Victoria’s COVID roadmap? Here’s why you should get tested anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/worried-you-might-test-positive-and-put-a-spanner-in-victorias-covid-roadmap-heres-why-you-should-get-tested-anyway-145687/" aria-label="Read more about Worried you might test positive and put a spanner in Victoria’s COVID roadmap? Here’s why you should get tested anyway">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Driscoll, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University Ecologists and conservation experts in government, industry and universities are routinely constrained in communicating scientific evidence on threatened species, mining, logging and other threats to the environment, our new research has found. Our study, just published, shows how important ... <a title="Research reveals shocking detail on how Australia’s environmental scientists are being silenced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/research-reveals-shocking-detail-on-how-australias-environmental-scientists-are-being-silenced-140026/" aria-label="Read more about Research reveals shocking detail on how Australia’s environmental scientists are being silenced">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zebedee Nicholls, PhD Researcher at the Climate & Energy College, University of Melbourne 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 ... <a title="Climate explained: methane is short-lived in the atmosphere but leaves long-term damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/climate-explained-methane-is-short-lived-in-the-atmosphere-but-leaves-long-term-damage-145040/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: methane is short-lived in the atmosphere but leaves long-term damage">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Hendriks, Research Associate and Lecturer, Curtin University Relationships and sex education became compulsory throughout schools in England at the beginning of September 2020. In primary schools the course will focus on relationships, while secondary schools will include topics such as managing intimate relationships, consent and online ... <a title="Relationships and sex education is now mandatory in English schools – Australia should do the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/relationships-and-sex-education-is-now-mandatory-in-english-schools-australia-should-do-the-same-144348/" aria-label="Read more about Relationships and sex education is now mandatory in English schools – Australia should do the same">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Australia is in for a long and damaging economic slump, unless governments inject substantially more fiscal stimulus. The July budget update forecast that unemployment would hit 9.25% in coming months. The Treasury now apparently expects it to remain above ... <a title="Now we’ll need $100-$120 billion. Why the budget has to spend big to avoid scarring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/now-well-need-100-120-billion-why-the-budget-has-to-spend-big-to-avoid-scarring-145489/" aria-label="Read more about Now we’ll need $100-$120 billion. Why the budget has to spend big to avoid scarring">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Danks, Associate professor in Cinema and Media Studies, RMIT University It’s hard to imagine that Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas is 30 years old. A massive influence on contemporary filmmakers ranging from Quentin Tarantino and Fernando Morales to David O. Russell and Paul Thomas Anderson, it remains one ... <a title="GoodFellas at 30: Scorsese’s massively influential, virtuoso gangster film" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/goodfellas-at-30-scorseses-massively-influential-virtuoso-gangster-film-144738/" aria-label="Read more about GoodFellas at 30: Scorsese’s massively influential, virtuoso gangster film">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaya Klop-Toker, Conservation Biology Researcher, University of Newcastle On an island off the Queensland coast, a battle is brewing over the fate of a small population of goats. The battle positions the views of some conservation scientists and managers who believe native species must be protected from ... <a title="‘Compassionate conservation’: just because we love invasive animals, doesn’t mean we should protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/08/compassionate-conservation-just-because-we-love-invasive-animals-doesnt-mean-we-should-protect-them-144945/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Compassionate conservation’: just because we love invasive animals, doesn’t mean we should protect them">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Callick, Industry Fellow, Griffith University The forced departure from China of leading Australian journalists Bill Birtles of the ABC and Mike Smith of The Australian Financial Review robs Australia of direct coverage of events in the vast nation for the first time since the Mao Zedong ... <a title="Journalists have become diplomatic pawns in China’s relations with the West, setting a worrying precedent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/08/journalists-have-become-diplomatic-pawns-in-chinas-relations-with-the-west-setting-a-worrying-precedent-145749/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists have become diplomatic pawns in China’s relations with the West, setting a worrying precedent">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University Yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australians will get access to 84.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses throughout 2021, provided current trials prove the vaccines in question are safe and effective. A series of deals ... <a title="Putting our money on two COVID vaccines is better than one: why Australia’s latest vaccine deal makes sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/08/putting-our-money-on-two-covid-vaccines-is-better-than-one-why-australias-latest-vaccine-deal-makes-sense-145693/" aria-label="Read more about Putting our money on two COVID vaccines is better than one: why Australia’s latest vaccine deal makes sense">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Sandy, Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University In recent weeks, Queensland and the ACT became the first Australian jurisdictions to ban conversion therapy. Both passed laws making the widely discredited practice a criminal offence. While this is progress, it is not enough to ... <a title="Why Australia needs a national ban on conversion therapy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/08/why-australia-needs-a-national-ban-on-conversion-therapy-145410/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia needs a national ban on conversion therapy">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne Anyone looking for evidence of just how devastating the COVID-19 pandemic has been to Australia’s performing arts industry need look no further than its flagship company, Opera Australia. Only last year it was boasting an operating surplus. Last month, ... <a title="As COVID wreaks havoc in the performing arts, do we still need a national opera company?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/08/as-covid-wreaks-havoc-in-the-performing-arts-do-we-still-need-a-national-opera-company-145461/" aria-label="Read more about As COVID wreaks havoc in the performing arts, do we still need a national opera company?">Read more</a>
