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Grattan on Friday: Palace letters make great reading but leave a republic as far away as ever

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the midst of our present crisis, this week’s release of the Palace letters has taken us back to the debate about another crisis, massive at the time and of lasting significance but rather put into perspective by COVID-19. For ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Palace letters make great reading but leave a republic as far away as ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/grattan-on-friday-palace-letters-make-great-reading-but-leave-a-republic-as-far-away-as-ever-142837/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Palace letters make great reading but leave a republic as far away as ever">Read more</a>

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Universities are cutting hundreds of jobs – they, and the government, can do better

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexis Vassiley, PhD candidate, School of Management, Curtin University Monash University will reportedly cut 277 jobs by the end of the year, due to projecting a more than A$300 million financial shortfall caused by COVID-19. It comes after the vice chancellor of another Group of Eight university, ... <a title="Universities are cutting hundreds of jobs – they, and the government, can do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/universities-are-cutting-hundreds-of-jobs-they-and-the-government-can-do-better-142824/" aria-label="Read more about Universities are cutting hundreds of jobs – they, and the government, can do better">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jane Halton on the risk of ‘vaccine nationalism’

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jane Halton, who formerly headed the federal health and finance departments, is chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness. CEPI, founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is at the forefront of the international search for a COVID-19 vaccine. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jane Halton on the risk of ‘vaccine nationalism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jane-halton-on-the-risk-of-vaccine-nationalism-142830/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jane Halton on the risk of ‘vaccine nationalism’">Read more</a>

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Immunity to COVID-19 may not last. This threatens a vaccine and herd immunity

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel McMillan, Program Director, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University How is the world going to go back to the days when we could grab a coffee, see a movie, or attend a concert or footy game with anyone? Opinion suggests there are two ... <a title="Immunity to COVID-19 may not last. This threatens a vaccine and herd immunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/immunity-to-covid-19-may-not-last-this-threatens-a-vaccine-and-herd-immunity-142556/" aria-label="Read more about Immunity to COVID-19 may not last. This threatens a vaccine and herd immunity">Read more</a>

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The Twitter hack targeted the rich and famous. But we all lose if trusted accounts can be hijacked

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kobi Leins, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, University of Melbourne The list of US figures whose Twitter accounts were hijacked by scammers on Wednesday US time reads like a Who’s Who of the tech and celebrity worlds: Tesla boss Elon Musk, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, Microsoft ... <a title="The Twitter hack targeted the rich and famous. But we all lose if trusted accounts can be hijacked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/the-twitter-hack-targeted-the-rich-and-famous-but-we-all-lose-if-trusted-accounts-can-be-hijacked-142819/" aria-label="Read more about The Twitter hack targeted the rich and famous. But we all lose if trusted accounts can be hijacked">Read more</a>

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Sydney’s second wave: can it avoid a Melbourne-style lockdown?

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Geard, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne; Senior Research Fellow, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne Throughout the second half of May and into June, almost all COVID-19 cases in New South Wales were arrivals from overseas. Only ... <a title="Sydney’s second wave: can it avoid a Melbourne-style lockdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/sydneys-second-wave-can-it-avoid-a-melbourne-style-lockdown-142652/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney’s second wave: can it avoid a Melbourne-style lockdown?">Read more</a>

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The Yield wins the Miles Franklin: a powerful story of violence and forms of resistance

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Webb, Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra This remarkable novel opens and closes in the voice of Albert Gondiwindi, the recently deceased grandfather of one of the main characters, August. Albert was born, he says in the first sentence, on Country known as Ngurambang; and he ... <a title="The Yield wins the Miles Franklin: a powerful story of violence and forms of resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/the-yield-wins-the-miles-franklin-a-powerful-story-of-violence-and-forms-of-resistance-142284/" aria-label="Read more about The Yield wins the Miles Franklin: a powerful story of violence and forms of resistance">Read more</a>

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Got a COVID-19 test in Victoria and still haven’t got your results? Here’s what may be happening — and what to do

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Stories are emerging of Victorians who have followed advice and sought a COVID-19 test, only to find they’re still waiting to hear results more than five days later. The scale of testing underway in Victoria — and Australia’s testing rates ... <a title="Got a COVID-19 test in Victoria and still haven’t got your results? Here’s what may be happening — and what to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/got-a-covid-19-test-in-victoria-and-still-havent-got-your-results-heres-what-may-be-happening-and-what-to-do-142821/" aria-label="Read more about Got a COVID-19 test in Victoria and still haven’t got your results? Here’s what may be happening — and what to do">Read more</a>

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JobTrainer explained: what is it, who qualifies, what does it pay?

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University The Australian government has announced a A$2 billion skills package it has dubbed JobTrainer. It follows JobKeeper, the wage subsidy program (worth about A$70 billion); Jobseeker, which doubled the A$550-a-week unemployment benefit (as well as other government income payments, ... <a title="JobTrainer explained: what is it, who qualifies, what does it pay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/jobtrainer-explained-what-is-it-who-qualifies-what-does-it-pay-142818/" aria-label="Read more about JobTrainer explained: what is it, who qualifies, what does it pay?">Read more</a>

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Drive-in music festivals allow you to social distance. But what happens when you add drugs and alcohol?

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University The cancellation of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s music industry hard, with reports of losses up to A$200 million. But music festivals have quickly adapted. First, they moved to live streaming. ... <a title="Drive-in music festivals allow you to social distance. But what happens when you add drugs and alcohol?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/drive-in-music-festivals-allow-you-to-social-distance-but-what-happens-when-you-add-drugs-and-alcohol-141797/" aria-label="Read more about Drive-in music festivals allow you to social distance. But what happens when you add drugs and alcohol?">Read more</a>

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Australia has some of the highest rates of drinking during pregnancy. It’s time to make labelling mandatory

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Reid, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland State and federal minsters involved in the Forum on Food Regulation will tomorrow vote on whether or not to introduce mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning labels in Australia and New Zealand. If approved, it will be an important step in ... <a title="Australia has some of the highest rates of drinking during pregnancy. It’s time to make labelling mandatory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/australia-has-some-of-the-highest-rates-of-drinking-during-pregnancy-its-time-to-make-labelling-mandatory-142645/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has some of the highest rates of drinking during pregnancy. It’s time to make labelling mandatory">Read more</a>

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Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of ethics

July 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Capon, Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University The health impacts of environmental change are now squarely on the radar. Australia’s recent intense wildfires is one glaring example. Spillover of the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic from animals to humans is another. But less is known ... <a title="Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of ethics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/health-care-has-a-huge-environmental-footprint-which-then-harms-health-this-is-a-matter-of-ethics-142651/" aria-label="Read more about Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of ethics">Read more</a>