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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Russo, Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University Victoria has today achieved another grim record, with 723 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 deaths. This is more than double the 295 cases recorded yesterday, and flies in the face of suggestions ... <a title="723 new COVID-19 cases in Victoria could reflect more testing – but behaviour probably has something to do with it too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/723-new-covid-19-cases-in-victoria-could-reflect-more-testing-but-behaviour-probably-has-something-to-do-with-it-too-143677/" aria-label="Read more about 723 new COVID-19 cases in Victoria could reflect more testing – but behaviour probably has something to do with it too">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Richardson-Self, Lecturer in Philosophy & Gender Studies, University of Tasmania Another day, another woman being called a “whore” — and worse — on Twitter. In the wake of her recent interview with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, ABC 730 host Leigh Sales posted some of the sexualised ... <a title="Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/leigh-sales-showed-us-the-abuse-women-cop-online-when-are-we-going-to-stop-tolerating-misogyny-143543/" aria-label="Read more about Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian M. Mackay, Adjunct assistant professor, The University of Queensland Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday the state had recorded 723 new COVID-19 cases, a huge jump from the 295 new daily cases announced the day before. There’s no denying 723 is a shocking number. It’s ... <a title="723 cases is a bad number for Victoria. But we can’t freak out over a single day’s figure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/723-cases-is-a-bad-number-for-victoria-but-we-cant-freak-out-over-a-single-days-figure-143686/" aria-label="Read more about 723 cases is a bad number for Victoria. But we can’t freak out over a single day’s figure">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University What’s driving “Bunnings Karen” and others to film themselves arguing with shop assistants about face masks and human rights? And how should we respond? Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has called their behaviour “appalling” and ... <a title="What to do with anti-maskers? Punishment has its place, but can also entrench resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/what-to-do-with-anti-maskers-punishment-has-its-place-but-can-also-entrench-resistance-143456/" aria-label="Read more about What to do with anti-maskers? Punishment has its place, but can also entrench resistance">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania Malaysians are rejoicing the news this week that former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been found guilty on seven charges related to corruption and abuse of power, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Many people want to ... <a title="Will the Najib Razak verdict be a watershed moment for Malaysia? Not in a system built on racial superiority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/will-the-najib-razak-verdict-be-a-watershed-moment-for-malaysia-not-in-a-system-built-on-racial-superiority-143617/" aria-label="Read more about Will the Najib Razak verdict be a watershed moment for Malaysia? Not in a system built on racial superiority">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Kearney, Senior Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery, University of the Sunshine Coast Amid the horrific stories of coronavirus deaths and disease around the world, researchers have reported a ray of light. Almost simultaneously, two independent groups in Europe noticed their neonatal intensive care units seemed quieter during ... <a title="It’s tempting to believe good news. But are there really fewer premature babies in lockdown? We’re likely clutching at straws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/its-tempting-to-believe-good-news-but-are-there-really-fewer-premature-babies-in-lockdown-were-likely-clutching-at-straws-143353/" aria-label="Read more about It’s tempting to believe good news. But are there really fewer premature babies in lockdown? We’re likely clutching at straws">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Flannery, Planetary Scientist, Queensland University of Technology Every two years or so, when Mars passes close to Earth in its orbit around the Sun, conditions are right to launch a spacecraft to the red planet. Launches during this period can complete the seven-month voyage using a ... <a title="Perseverance: the Mars rover searching for ancient life, and the Aussie scientists who helped build it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/perseverance-the-mars-rover-searching-for-ancient-life-and-the-aussie-scientists-who-helped-build-it-141590/" aria-label="Read more about Perseverance: the Mars rover searching for ancient life, and the Aussie scientists who helped build it">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Teicher, Professor of Human Resources and Employment and Deputy Dean (Research), School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia There is nothing new about people turning up to work when they’re sick. During the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, many Melburnians had no option but to carry on ... <a title="‘Far too many’ Victorians are going to work while sick. Far too many have no choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/far-too-many-victorians-are-going-to-work-while-sick-far-too-many-have-no-choice-143600/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Far too many’ Victorians are going to work while sick. Far too many have no choice">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giovanni Di Virgilio, Research associate, UNSW At the height of last summer’s fires, some commentators claimed “greenies” were preventing hazard reduction burns – also known as prescribed burns – in cooler months. They argued that such burns would have reduced the bushfire intensity. Fire experts repeatedly dismissed ... <a title="Under climate change, winter will be the best time for bush burn-offs – and that could be bad news for public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/under-climate-change-winter-will-be-the-best-time-for-bush-burn-offs-and-that-could-be-bad-news-for-public-health-143546/" aria-label="Read more about Under climate change, winter will be the best time for bush burn-offs – and that could be bad news for public health">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ly Tran, Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Deakin University The Australian government recently announced it will resume granting visas to international students in a move to push forward with international education. This means when borders reopen, many students will already have visas to come to Australia. Current ... <a title="Australia’s graduate work visa scheme attracts international students to our universities. Is it enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/australias-graduate-work-visa-scheme-attracts-international-students-to-our-universities-is-it-enough-143534/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s graduate work visa scheme attracts international students to our universities. Is it enough?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Davern, Senior Research Fellow, Director Australian Urban Observatory, Co-Director Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University COVID-19 provides a stark reminder of inequity and the spread of disease. These aren’t new ideas and can be traced back to John Snow’s cholera maps and ... <a title="Mapping COVID-19 spread in Melbourne shows link to job types and ability to stay home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/mapping-covid-19-spread-in-melbourne-shows-link-to-job-types-and-ability-to-stay-home-143610/" aria-label="Read more about Mapping COVID-19 spread in Melbourne shows link to job types and ability to stay home">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There are the Boxing Day sales, and there was this week’s rush of extremely cashed-up investors desperate to get a slice of this week’s rare 31-year government bond auction. What’s a bond? What’s a bond ... <a title="The government has just sold $15 billion of 31-year bonds. But what actually is a bond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/the-government-has-just-sold-15-billion-of-31-year-bonds-but-what-actually-is-a-bond-143598/" aria-label="Read more about The government has just sold $15 billion of 31-year bonds. But what actually is a bond?">Read more</a>
