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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Education Minister Dan Tehan recently announced changes to Commonwealth contributions for university courses. As part of the government’s “Job-ready graduates” package, many humanities subjects would become more expensive but students would pay less for courses where the government believes ... <a title="The government claims teaching is a national priority, but cheaper degrees won’t improve the profession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/the-government-claims-teaching-is-a-national-priority-but-cheaper-degrees-wont-improve-the-profession-141524/" aria-label="Read more about The government claims teaching is a national priority, but cheaper degrees won’t improve the profession">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Smith, Professor and Director, NCI Australia, Australian National University As 2020 began, Australia was stunned by the worst bushfires on record. Six months later we are weathering the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. This year, perhaps more than ever before, decision-makers, emergency services, health providers and ... <a title="How Australia’s supercomputers crunched the numbers to guide our bushfire and pandemic response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/how-australias-supercomputers-crunched-the-numbers-to-guide-our-bushfire-and-pandemic-response-141047/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s supercomputers crunched the numbers to guide our bushfire and pandemic response">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University The death penalty is not uncommon in China. Authorities continue to execute thousands of people each year, more than all other nations combined. However, for Australian Karm Gilespie, convicted for drug-smuggling earlier this month, what is unusual is ... <a title="China has a new way to exert political pressure: weaponising its courts against foreigners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/china-has-a-new-way-to-exert-political-pressure-weaponising-its-courts-against-foreigners-141195/" aria-label="Read more about China has a new way to exert political pressure: weaponising its courts against foreigners">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jody Morgan, Associate Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Last week the federal government’s Office of Drug Control announced changes to the importation of nicotine-containing electronic cigarette fluids that will seriously affect the estimated 227,000 regular e-cigarette users in Australia. From January 1, 2021, users will no longer ... <a title="Why the ban on nicotine vape fluid will do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/why-the-ban-on-nicotine-vape-fluid-will-do-more-harm-than-good-141365/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ban on nicotine vape fluid will do more harm than good">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Clissold, Researcher, The University of Queensland They contribute only 0.03% of global carbon emissions, but small island developing states, particularly in the Pacific, are at extreme risk to the threats of climate change. Our study, published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, provides the first ... <a title="Their fate isn’t sealed: Pacific nations can survive climate change – if locals take the lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/their-fate-isnt-sealed-pacific-nations-can-survive-climate-change-if-locals-take-the-lead-136709/" aria-label="Read more about Their fate isn’t sealed: Pacific nations can survive climate change – if locals take the lead">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, so too is the road to economic recovery if we don’t get it right. The COVID-19 Recovery (Fast Track Consenting) Bill, currently rushing through the parliamentary process, certainly has ... <a title="Unless we improve the law, history shows rushing shovel-ready projects comes with real risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/unless-we-improve-the-law-history-shows-rushing-shovel-ready-projects-comes-with-real-risk-141530/" aria-label="Read more about Unless we improve the law, history shows rushing shovel-ready projects comes with real risk">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyle Clem, Research Fellow in Climate Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Climate scientists long thought Antarctica’s interior may not be very sensitive to warming, but our research, published today, shows a dramatic change. Over the past 30 years, the South Pole has been ... <a title="New research shows the South Pole is warming faster than the rest of the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/new-research-shows-the-south-pole-is-warming-faster-than-the-rest-of-the-world-141536/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows the South Pole is warming faster than the rest of the world">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Nearly all of the income tax focus in the context of “working from home” during COVID-19 has been on claiming “running expenses” – things like electricity, heating and internet/broadband fees. These are pretty straightforward. The Australian Tax Office released ... <a title="Be careful what you claim for when working from home. There are capital gains tax risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/be-careful-what-you-claim-for-when-working-from-home-there-are-capital-gains-tax-risks-141364/" aria-label="Read more about Be careful what you claim for when working from home. There are capital gains tax risks">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Ellis, Professor, Curtin University Following a A$2 million funding injection from the federal government, the ABC and SBS have introduced an audio description service for audiences who are blind or vision impaired. Audio description is a voice-over narration describing important visual elements, including facial expressions, actions, ... <a title="Audio description finally comes to ABC and SBS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/audio-description-finally-comes-to-abc-and-sbs-141276/" aria-label="Read more about Audio description finally comes to ABC and SBS">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government is repurposing $1.35 billion of its planned defence spending over a decade to meet the increasing threat of cyber attacks on Australia. The announcement follows Scott Morrison recently revealing “a sophisticated state-based cyber actor” was targeting “Australian ... <a title="Morrison announces repurposing of defence money to fight increasing cyber threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/morrison-announces-repurposing-of-defence-money-to-fight-increasing-cyber-threats-141629/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison announces repurposing of defence money to fight increasing cyber threats">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Professor of Economics, Head of the Department of Economics and Director of the Centre for Energy, the Environment and Natural Disasters, Deakin University Victoria’s outbreak of COVID-19 infections, with 75 more cases identified overnight on top of 173 cases the previous five days, underlines the ... <a title="Teleworkability in Australia: 41% of full-time and 35% of part-time jobs can be done from home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/teleworkability-in-australia-41-of-full-time-and-35-of-part-time-jobs-can-be-done-from-home-140723/" aria-label="Read more about Teleworkability in Australia: 41% of full-time and 35% of part-time jobs can be done from home">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Bentley, Professor of Social Epidemiology, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Melbourne is once again grappling with increasing COVID-19 rates. Ten suburbs in Melbourne have been designated COVID-19 outbreak hotspots: Broadmeadows, Keilor Downs, Maidstone, Albanvale, Sunshine West, Hallam, ... <a title="Overcrowding and affordability stress: Melbourne’s COVID-19 hotspots are also housing crisis hotspots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/overcrowding-and-affordability-stress-melbournes-covid-19-hotspots-are-also-housing-crisis-hotspots-141381/" aria-label="Read more about Overcrowding and affordability stress: Melbourne’s COVID-19 hotspots are also housing crisis hotspots">Read more</a>
