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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Mills, PhD Candidate, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock Over 1,000 Australians died as a result of a traffic crash in the past year, with speed being a factor in around 20–40% of crashes. Historically, many of the attempts to convince drivers to obey road rules ... <a title="Speeding drivers keep breaking the law even after fines and crashes: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/speeding-drivers-keep-breaking-the-law-even-after-fines-and-crashes-new-research-161672/" aria-label="Read more about Speeding drivers keep breaking the law even after fines and crashes: new research">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University Shutterstock There’s been much talk in recent days about the demographic and travel behaviour differences between Melbourne and Sydney and to what extent they may help explain why Victoria appears to be struggling with ... <a title="Why has Victoria struggled more than NSW with COVID? To a demographer, they’re not that different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/why-has-victoria-struggled-more-than-nsw-with-covid-to-a-demographer-theyre-not-that-different-161996/" aria-label="Read more about Why has Victoria struggled more than NSW with COVID? To a demographer, they’re not that different">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan-Hendrik May, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne Mark Aldenderfer, Author provided Few parts of the world would seem as inhospitable to humans as the highlands of the Tibetan Plateau, near the Himalayas. Archaeologists have long wondered ... <a title="World-first artefact dating method shows humans have lived in the shadow of the Himalayas for more than 5,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/world-first-artefact-dating-method-shows-humans-have-lived-in-the-shadow-of-the-himalayas-for-more-than-5-000-years-161822/" aria-label="Read more about World-first artefact dating method shows humans have lived in the shadow of the Himalayas for more than 5,000 years">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne No one really knows true state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, and that means it is unpredictable. But there are good reasons to ... <a title="Indonesia may be on the cusp of a major COVID spike. Unlike its neighbours, though, there is no lockdown yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/indonesia-may-be-on-the-cusp-of-a-major-covid-spike-unlike-its-neighbours-though-there-is-no-lockdown-yet-158955/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia may be on the cusp of a major COVID spike. Unlike its neighbours, though, there is no lockdown yet">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Handley, Honorary Associate Professor in Volcanology and Geochemistry, Macquarie University This isn’t a painting or a stained-glass window — it’s a microscope image of light shining through the Earth’s mantle. Heather Handley, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely ... <a title="Photos from the field: the stunning crystals revealing deep secrets about Australian volcanoes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/photos-from-the-field-the-stunning-crystals-revealing-deep-secrets-about-australian-volcanoes-161176/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: the stunning crystals revealing deep secrets about Australian volcanoes">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristen Lyons, Professor Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Academic freedom is widely championed as the foundation of a good university. It is seen as vital in speaking “truth to power” – to borrow from influential political philosopher Hannah Arendt – and in ensuring ... <a title="Universities’ relevance hinges on academic freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/universities-relevance-hinges-on-academic-freedom-160346/" aria-label="Read more about Universities’ relevance hinges on academic freedom">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Chai, Associate Professor, Griffith University Australia doesn’t expect to reopen its international borders until well into 2022. The border has been closed since March 2020. That decision has been instrumental in the nation containing COVID-19, but there are big social and economic costs. The social costs ... <a title="Australia’s closed border is costing the economy $36.5 million a day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/australias-closed-border-is-costing-the-economy-36-5-million-a-day-160873/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s closed border is costing the economy $36.5 million a day">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Byron, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sydney Vladimir: Well? Shall we go? Estragon: Yes, let’s go. [They do not move.] Samuel Beckett originally subtitled his 1953 play Waiting for Godot “a tragicomedy in two acts”. Vivian Mercier, the critic for the Irish Times, dubbed ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a tragicomedy for our times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/guide-to-the-classics-samuel-becketts-waiting-for-godot-a-tragicomedy-for-our-times-157962/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a tragicomedy for our times">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Despite this week’s strong economic figures, the pandemic is not as distant in the rearview mirror as many had hoped it would be by now. In Victoria, cluster outbreaks have forced the state into a new lockdown. With cases amongst ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mark Butler on the vaccine rollout and democracy in the Labor Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-mark-butler-on-the-vaccine-rollout-and-democracy-in-the-labor-party-161993/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mark Butler on the vaccine rollout and democracy in the Labor Party">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Victoria’s lockdown is to be extended for another week to get on top of the growing number of community cases, which now stands at 60. But questions remain about what’s behind some of these cases. Victoria’s COVID-19 testing commander Jeroen ... <a title="We’re seeing more casual COVID transmission. But is that because of the variant or better case tracking?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/02/were-seeing-more-casual-covid-transmission-but-is-that-because-of-the-variant-or-better-case-tracking-161979/" aria-label="Read more about We’re seeing more casual COVID transmission. But is that because of the variant or better case tracking?">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, where they analyse the Australia-China-New Zealand relationship. Has this reached a tipping-point? Also, Israel. How stable will this cobbled together coalition of anti-Netanyahu parties be? What are the main take-away points from the New Zealand-Australia leaders bilateral meeting this week? AU PM Scott ... <a title="ER LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on Australia-NZ-China Is This the Tipping-Point?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/02/scheduled-live-manning-and-buchanan-on-australia-nz-china-is-this-the-tipping-point/" aria-label="Read more about ER LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on Australia-NZ-China Is This the Tipping-Point?">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Back in the first three months of this year when we had JobKeeper, enhanced unemployment benefits and no lockdowns, Australia roared out of recession. The GDP figures released on Wednesday tell us that in the ... <a title="The four GDP graphs that show us roaring out of recession pre-lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/02/the-four-gdp-graphs-that-show-us-roaring-out-of-recession-pre-lockdown-161981/" aria-label="Read more about The four GDP graphs that show us roaring out of recession pre-lockdown">Read more</a>
