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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Odette Best, Professor, Nursing, University of Southern Queensland Recently announced Closing the Gap targets aim to improve the health and well-being of Indigenous people. But if that’s to happen, we need to provide health advice suitable for First Nations Australians. That includes providing culturally safe dietary advice, ... <a title="We need to Close the Gap on health. But even official dietary advice disadvantages Indigenous people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/we-need-to-close-the-gap-on-health-but-even-official-dietary-advice-disadvantages-indigenous-people-143680/" aria-label="Read more about We need to Close the Gap on health. But even official dietary advice disadvantages Indigenous people">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Review: Paul Kelly: The Man, the Music and Life in Between (Hatchette) Stuart Coupe’s new biography of Paul Kelly takes many known elements of Kelly’s story and rouses them again. Paul Kelly: The Man, the Music and ... <a title="Paul Kelly biography traces his journey but not his work with young artists today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/paul-kelly-biography-traces-his-journey-but-not-his-work-with-young-artists-today-143350/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Kelly biography traces his journey but not his work with young artists today">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Money as an Unfortunate Metaphor for Cost Especially but not only in election years, when any new policy is proposed by a major party, a ubiquitous refrain follows: “what will it cost?”; “where will the money come from?”. The context is that cost is the spending of ‘coin’. Indeed I once ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Counting the Cost of Government Action and Inaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/keith-rankin-analysis-counting-the-cost-of-government-action-and-inaction/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Counting the Cost of Government Action and Inaction">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Can we postpone this year’s election? Quite frankly, the political parties don’t seem ready for it, and aren’t about to offer voters the necessary policy choices for the unprecedented times we’re in. We’ve ended up with a campaign focused on scandal, personality and leadership, with a policy void that’s worse ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-where-is-the-contest-of-ideas-in-the-election-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Gibbons, Professor, Australian National University Most people probably associate the Australian Alps with skiing and snow. Others might think of the Man from Snowy River legend or the engineering feats of the Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme. But few people know the region’s history of exploitation and overuse, ... <a title="‘It is not easy’: how science and courage saved the stunning Australian Alps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/it-is-not-easy-how-science-and-courage-saved-the-stunning-australian-alps-141658/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It is not easy’: how science and courage saved the stunning Australian Alps">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Mitchell, Professor of Nursing, University of Newcastle Face coverings, such as cloth masks, are mandatory for all Victorians and are being recommended for public use in some other parts of the country. Wearing a face covering helps prevent the spread of COVID-19 by providing a physical ... <a title="How should I clean my cloth mask?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/how-should-i-clean-my-cloth-mask-143974/" aria-label="Read more about How should I clean my cloth mask?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Gray, Associate professor, Jumbunna Insitute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney The Conversation is running a series of explainers on key figures in Australian political history, looking at the way they changed the nature of debate, its impact then, and it relevance to ... <a title="Charles Perkins forced Australia to confront its racist past. His fight for justice continues today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/charles-perkins-forced-australia-to-confront-its-racist-past-his-fight-for-justice-continues-today-139303/" aria-label="Read more about Charles Perkins forced Australia to confront its racist past. His fight for justice continues today">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Aroney, Professor of Constitutional Law, The University of Queensland There is a theory that despite all the commotion, religious freedom faces no significant threat in Western democracies like Australia. Therefore, the argument goes, we do not need a federal Religious Discrimination Act. Read more: New research ... <a title="New research shows religious discrimination is on the rise around the world, including in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/new-research-shows-religious-discrimination-is-on-the-rise-around-the-world-including-in-australia-141789/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows religious discrimination is on the rise around the world, including in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 6, 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 Election John Armstrong (1News): To win, Judith Collins needs to pull off NZ’s biggest upset since politics began Claire Trevett (Herald): The light at the end of National’s tunnel moves further away (paywalled) Ben ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 06 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-06-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 06 2020">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huaiyu Yuan, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University Far beneath the city of Dongshen in northern China, we have discovered what may be the 2 billion-year-old birthmarks of Earth’s first supercontinent. An ancient dipping structure in the planet’s crust appears to be ... <a title="In northern China, scientists have found what may be the 2 billion-year-old birthmarks of Earth’s first supercontinent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/in-northern-china-scientists-have-found-what-may-be-the-2-billion-year-old-birthmarks-of-earths-first-supercontinent-143846/" aria-label="Read more about In northern China, scientists have found what may be the 2 billion-year-old birthmarks of Earth’s first supercontinent">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Smith, Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University With new rules restricting Victorians’ activities and movements to try and stem the second wave of coronavirus cases comes the question of whether people will actually stick to them. There are at least two ways to answer ... <a title="Can Victorians stick to the stage 4 rules? Our perception of what others are doing might be the key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/can-victorians-stick-to-the-stage-4-rules-our-perception-of-what-others-are-doing-might-be-the-key-143252/" aria-label="Read more about Can Victorians stick to the stage 4 rules? Our perception of what others are doing might be the key">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elin Charles-Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Population Geography, The University of Queensland In the early stages of COVID-19, much of the focus of demographers – who study populations – has understandably been on mortality and morbidity. But as the pandemic rolls on, attention is also now turning to ... <a title="1.4 million less than projected: how coronavirus could hit Australia’s population in the next 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/1-4-million-less-than-projected-how-coronavirus-could-hit-australias-population-in-the-next-20-years-143544/" aria-label="Read more about 1.4 million less than projected: how coronavirus could hit Australia’s population in the next 20 years">Read more</a>
