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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted June 3-6 from a sample of 1,510, gave the Coalition a 51-49 lead, unchanged from three weeks ago. Primary votes were 42% Coalition (down one), 34% Labor (down one), 12% Greens ... <a title="Polls latest: Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/polls-latest-labor-trails-federally-and-in-queensland-biden-increases-lead-over-trump-140247/" aria-label="Read more about Polls latest: Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Today, for the first time since February 28, New Zealand has no active cases of COVID-19. Today is also the 17th day since the last new case was reported. New Zealand has a total of 1,154 confirmed cases ... <a title="New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/new-zealand-hits-zero-active-coronavirus-cases-here-are-5-measures-to-keep-it-that-way-139862/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way">Read more</a>
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June 8, 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 NZ First David Fisher (Herald): Big Read: Where Winston Peters will hunt for votes this election (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): The two contrasting faces of Winston Peters (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Balance is vital for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 8 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-8-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 8 2020">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gene Lim, PhD Candidate, Monash University Dating and hook-up service Grindr has announced its intention to remove the “ethnicity filter” from its popular app. The controversial function allowed paying users to filter out prospective partners based on ethnicity labels such as “Asian”, “Black” and “Latino”. Long criticised ... <a title="Grindr is deleting its ‘ethnicity filter’. But racism is still rife in online dating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/grindr-is-deleting-its-ethnicity-filter-but-racism-is-still-rife-in-online-dating-140077/" aria-label="Read more about Grindr is deleting its ‘ethnicity filter’. But racism is still rife in online dating">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Professor Jenny Hocking recently won her longstanding campaign for the National Archives of Australia to release the so-called “Palace letters” about the dismissal of Gough Whitlam in 1975. This is her account of that campaign. In August 1975, speaking at a ... <a title="Jenny Hocking: why my battle for access to the ‘Palace letters’ should matter to all Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/jenny-hocking-why-my-battle-for-access-to-the-palace-letters-should-matter-to-all-australians-139738/" aria-label="Read more about Jenny Hocking: why my battle for access to the ‘Palace letters’ should matter to all Australians">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Why do we have boogers in our nose? – Tia, aged 6 Great question, Tia! Boogers, snot, bogeys and boogies are the common names for dried nasal mucus. Our nasal mucus is normally a clear, runny ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we have boogers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-boogers-133351/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we have boogers?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Nitschke, Associate Professor – Forest and Landscape Dynamics, University of Melbourne The Federal Court recently ruled that a timber harvesting company couldn’t log potential habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. This decision led to the immediate protection of more Leadbeater’s possum habitat and will lead ... <a title="We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/we-modelled-the-future-of-leadbeaters-possum-habitat-and-found-bushfires-not-logging-pose-the-greatest-threat-140055/" aria-label="Read more about We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Halvard Dalheim, Practitioner in Residence, The Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney Living, working and playing in the one neighbourhood has often been touted as the ideal outcome for well-planned cities. Yet this goal has been elusive. For most of us, our daily activities are segregated into ... <a title="We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/were-at-a-fork-in-the-road-do-we-choose-neighbourhoods-to-live-work-and-play-in-138949/" aria-label="Read more about We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University Pacific nations have largely avoided the worst health effects of COVID-19, but its economic impact has been devastating. With the tourism tap turned off, unemployment has soared while GDP has plummeted. In recent weeks, Fiji Airways laid off 775 ... <a title="Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/sun-sand-and-uncertainty-the-promise-and-peril-of-a-pacific-tourism-bubble-139661/" aria-label="Read more about Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael P. Theophilos, Senior Lecturer, Australian Catholic University As shoppers and retailers do away with cash transactions, we may be witnessing the end of a major source of social and historical information – the coin. In the modern age, coinage is increasingly seen as cumbersome, a vector ... <a title="Spare change? Cashless transactions could end the cultural legacy of the coin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/spare-change-cashless-transactions-could-end-the-cultural-legacy-of-the-coin-138944/" aria-label="Read more about Spare change? Cashless transactions could end the cultural legacy of the coin">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller of the University of Melbourne When a newspaper with the authority of The New York Times chooses to publish a party-political essay calculated to further inflame the violence wracking cities across America, serious questions arise. On June 3 the Times published in its opinion section an essay by a Republican senator ... <a title="In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a terrible error" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/07/in-publishing-tom-cotton-the-new-york-times-has-made-a-terrible-error/" aria-label="Read more about In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a terrible error">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Three quarters of a million Australian children are likely to be experiencing employment stress in the family as a result of COVID-19. This is on top of around 615,000 children whose families were already dealing with employment stress, ... <a title="Number of Australia’s vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/07/number-of-australias-vulnerable-children-is-set-to-double-as-covid-19-takes-its-toll-140057/" aria-label="Read more about Number of Australia’s vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll">Read more</a>
