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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McPhee, Emeritus professor, University of Melbourne Two years ago, the streets of France were filled with the gilets jaunes (yellow vests), a grassroots protest movement sparked by a proposed tax hike on petrol. Though they have shed their yellow safety jackets, many of these disaffected people ... <a title="As protests roil France, Macron faces a wicked problem — and it could lead to his downfall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/as-protests-roil-france-macron-faces-a-wicked-problem-and-it-could-lead-to-his-downfall-151206/" aria-label="Read more about As protests roil France, Macron faces a wicked problem — and it could lead to his downfall">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Stuff: Editorial – Speaker faces pointy inquisition from select committee Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Former deputy speaker expected Trevor Mallard’s legal dispute to be costly when agreeing to it Herald: ‘He made a mistake’: Prime ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 15 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-15-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 15 2020">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW As many of us return to the office, and congregate indoors over dinner and drinks during the summer holidays, we need to think about ventilation to minimise the indoor spread of COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2, the virus ... <a title="5 tips for ventilation to reduce COVID risk at home and work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/5-tips-for-ventilation-to-reduce-covid-risk-at-home-and-work-151758/" aria-label="Read more about 5 tips for ventilation to reduce COVID risk at home and work">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniella Teixeira, Researcher, Griffith University One night in January 2020, I couldn’t sleep. I kept waking to check my phone for news from Kangaroo Island, off South Australia. Fires had already burned through several sites where I’d researched the island’s endangered glossy black cockatoos, and now it ... <a title="‘I felt immense grief’: one year on from the bushfires, scientists need mental health support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/i-felt-immense-grief-one-year-on-from-the-bushfires-scientists-need-mental-health-support-148251/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I felt immense grief’: one year on from the bushfires, scientists need mental health support">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australians receiving unemployment payments are often negatively portrayed as a relatively small group of people with personal or behavioural problems that stop them from getting a job.The unparalleled growth in unemployment during COVID-19 has opened up ... <a title="Our research shows more Australians receive unemployment payments than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/our-research-shows-more-australians-receive-unemployment-payments-than-you-think-151289/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows more Australians receive unemployment payments than you think">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Costanza, Professor and VC’s Chair, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University As JobKeeper is wound back, businesses are tentatively preparing to stand on their own feet. What follows is a simple proposal to help them share the risk (and rewards) with their workers. It ... <a title="Revenue-contingent wage loans, a proposal for supporting jobs in times of crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/revenue-contingent-wage-loans-a-proposal-for-supporting-jobs-in-times-of-crisis-151565/" aria-label="Read more about Revenue-contingent wage loans, a proposal for supporting jobs in times of crisis">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoltan Szabo, Cellist and musicologist, University of Sydney The tradition of performing George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is as inseparable from festivities preceding Christmas as the oversweet carol arrangements oozing through loudspeakers at shopping centres. It’s a tradition worth noticing, as the Messiah was originally composed as an ... <a title="Decoding the music masterpieces: Handel’s Messiah oratorio, composed in just 24 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/decoding-the-music-masterpieces-handels-messiah-oratorio-composed-in-just-24-days-151092/" aria-label="Read more about Decoding the music masterpieces: Handel’s Messiah oratorio, composed in just 24 days">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury Kate Sheppard was around 40 in 1888, the year she and her family moved into the brand-new wooden villa at 83 Clyde Road, Ilam. Now part of inner Christchurch, it was then a rural section some five kilometres from ... <a title="The ‘epicentre of women’s suffrage’ — Kate Sheppard’s Christchurch home finally opens as a public museum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/the-epicentre-of-womens-suffrage-kate-sheppards-christchurch-home-finally-opens-as-a-public-museum-151828/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘epicentre of women’s suffrage’ — Kate Sheppard’s Christchurch home finally opens as a public museum">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Blaize Gardiner, PhD Candidate, University of Canterbury Two-thirds of the world’s oceans fall outside national jurisdictions – they belong to no one and everyone. These international waters, known as the high seas, harbour a plethora of natural resources and millions of unique marine species. But they ... <a title="Marine protection falls short of the 2020 target to safeguard 10% of the world’s oceans. A UN treaty and lessons from Antarctica could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/marine-protection-falls-short-of-the-2020-target-to-safeguard-10-of-the-worlds-oceans-a-un-treaty-and-lessons-from-antarctica-could-help-151282/" aria-label="Read more about Marine protection falls short of the 2020 target to safeguard 10% of the world’s oceans. A UN treaty and lessons from Antarctica could help">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Lubman, Executive Clinical Director, Turning Point & Director of Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University The year 2020 has challenged us all. The bushfires and then the pandemic forced us to reflect on what’s important, how we respond to crises as a community, and the ways ... <a title="A mental disorder, not a personal failure: why now is the time for Australia to rethink addiction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/a-mental-disorder-not-a-personal-failure-why-now-is-the-time-for-australia-to-rethink-addiction-151686/" aria-label="Read more about A mental disorder, not a personal failure: why now is the time for Australia to rethink addiction">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Blaize Gardiner, PhD Candidate, University of Canterbury Two-thirds of the world’s oceans fall outside national jurisdictions – they belong to no one and everyone. These international waters, known as the high seas, harbour a plethora of natural resources and millions of unique marine species. But they ... <a title="Marine protection falls short of the 2020 target to safeguard 10% of the world’s oceans. Lessons from Antarctica and a UN treaty could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/marine-protection-falls-short-of-the-2020-target-to-safeguard-10-of-the-worlds-oceans-lessons-from-antarctica-and-a-un-treaty-could-help-151282/" aria-label="Read more about Marine protection falls short of the 2020 target to safeguard 10% of the world’s oceans. Lessons from Antarctica and a UN treaty could help">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW On Saturday, more than 70 global leaders came together at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit, marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was denied a speaking slot, in recognition of Australia’s failure to set meaningful ... <a title="The Paris Agreement 5 years on: big coal exporters like Australia face a reckoning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/the-paris-agreement-5-years-on-big-coal-exporters-like-australia-face-a-reckoning-151915/" aria-label="Read more about The Paris Agreement 5 years on: big coal exporters like Australia face a reckoning">Read more</a>
