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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia I recently wrote about Victoria’s surge in COVID-19 cases. On that day, Victoria recorded 11 new infections, after a few days of new cases in the high teens and low twenties. I wondered then whether the situation could ... <a title="Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/victoria-is-on-the-precipice-of-an-uncontrolled-coronavirus-outbreak-will-the-new-measures-work-141706/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Christine Hosking, Conservation Planner/Researcher, The University of Queensland On Tuesday, a year-long New South Wales parliamentary inquiry revealed the state’s koalas are on track for extinction in the wild by 2050, without urgent government intervention. Habitat destruction and fragmentation for agriculture, urban development, mining and forestry ... <a title="We know how to save NSW’s koalas from extinction – but the government must commit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/we-know-how-to-save-nsws-koalas-from-extinction-but-the-government-must-commit-141696/" aria-label="Read more about We know how to save NSW’s koalas from extinction – but the government must commit">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Barsky, Associate professor of Management, University of Melbourne HESTA, the industry super fund for health and community workers, plans to dump its shares in thermal coal mining companies. Beyond that, its Net Zero by 2050 program announced on Friday commits it to cutting the carbon emissions ... <a title="UniSuper take note: there’s no retirement on a dead planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/unisuper-take-note-theres-no-retirement-on-a-dead-planet-132194/" aria-label="Read more about UniSuper take note: there’s no retirement on a dead planet">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Higham, Professor of Tourism, University of Otago Unprecedented border closures and the domestic lockdown have paralysed New Zealand’s $40.9 billion a year tourism industry. In the process, the vulnerability of the sector to external shocks and the tenuous nature of tourism employment have been exposed. While ... <a title="The sun is setting on unsustainable long-haul, short-stay tourism — regional travel bubbles are the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/the-sun-is-setting-on-unsustainable-long-haul-short-stay-tourism-regional-travel-bubbles-are-the-future-140926/" aria-label="Read more about The sun is setting on unsustainable long-haul, short-stay tourism — regional travel bubbles are the future">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland There are now less than three months to go before the expanded JobSeeker payment is due to end. As a result, there is a growing political debate about what should happen to the unemployment payment that was ... <a title="Forget JobSeeker. In our post-COVID economy, Australia needs a ‘liveable income guarantee’ instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/forget-jobseeker-in-our-post-covid-economy-australia-needs-a-liveable-income-guarantee-instead-141535/" aria-label="Read more about Forget JobSeeker. In our post-COVID economy, Australia needs a ‘liveable income guarantee’ instead">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lilly Brown, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains references to deceased people. In 2019, Dujuan Hoosan travelled from Garrwa country in the Northern Territory, to Geneva where he addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council. As he ... <a title="In My Blood It Runs challenges the ‘inevitability’ of Indigenous youth incarceration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/in-my-blood-it-runs-challenges-the-inevitability-of-indigenous-youth-incarceration-140624/" aria-label="Read more about In My Blood It Runs challenges the ‘inevitability’ of Indigenous youth incarceration">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Eden-Monaro voters are calling for a compassionate and empathetic recovery process as Australia emerges from the pandemic. In focus group research conducted this week, ahead of Saturday’s byelection, the vast majority of participants favoured increasing JobSeeker payments above the pre-COVID ... <a title="Eden-Monaro focus groups: Voters want government to cushion pandemic recovery path" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/eden-monaro-focus-groups-voters-want-government-to-cushion-pandemic-recovery-path-141826/" aria-label="Read more about Eden-Monaro focus groups: Voters want government to cushion pandemic recovery path">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny van Oosterzee, Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University Today marks the end of Australia’s commitments under the Kyoto climate deal as we move to its successor, the Paris Agreement. Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor on Wednesday was ... <a title="Today, Australia’s Kyoto climate targets end and our Paris cop-out begins. That’s nothing to be proud of, Mr Taylor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/today-australias-kyoto-climate-targets-end-and-our-paris-cop-out-begins-thats-nothing-to-be-proud-of-mr-taylor-131137/" aria-label="Read more about Today, Australia’s Kyoto climate targets end and our Paris cop-out begins. That’s nothing to be proud of, Mr Taylor">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter O’Connor, Professor, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology Panic buying has returned to Australia in the wake of its second-biggest city experiencing a spike in COVID-19. The Victorian government has reimposed stay-at-home restrictions on 36 of Melbourne’s 321 suburbs in response. Once again supermarket stores ... <a title="Disagreeability, neuroticism and stress: what drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/disagreeability-neuroticism-and-stress-what-drives-panic-buying-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-141612/" aria-label="Read more about Disagreeability, neuroticism and stress: what drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a new 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan that marks a considerable departure from the past. The update boosts defence spending from A$195-$270 billion over the next decade, ... <a title="Defence update: in an increasingly dangerous neighbourhood, Australia needs a stronger security system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/defence-update-in-an-increasingly-dangerous-neighbourhood-australia-needs-a-stronger-security-system-141771/" aria-label="Read more about Defence update: in an increasingly dangerous neighbourhood, Australia needs a stronger security system">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny van Oosterzee, Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University Today marks the end of the Kyoto climate deal and the start of its successor, the Paris Agreement. Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor on Wednesday was quick to hail ... <a title="Today, the Kyoto climate deal ends and Australia’s Paris cop-out begins. That’s nothing to be proud of, Mr Taylor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/today-the-kyoto-climate-deal-ends-and-australias-paris-cop-out-begins-thats-nothing-to-be-proud-of-mr-taylor-131137/" aria-label="Read more about Today, the Kyoto climate deal ends and Australia’s Paris cop-out begins. That’s nothing to be proud of, Mr Taylor">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Potter, Lecturer, The University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne COVID-19 is changing the way we live. Panic buying, goods shortages, lockdown – these are new experiences for most of us. But it’s standard fare for the protagonists of young adult (YA) post-disaster novels. Text Publishing In ... <a title="The kids are alright: young adult post-disaster novels can teach us about trauma and survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/the-kids-are-alright-young-adult-post-disaster-novels-can-teach-us-about-trauma-and-survival-140849/" aria-label="Read more about The kids are alright: young adult post-disaster novels can teach us about trauma and survival">Read more</a>
