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March 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University As the nine-year Syrian civil war enters its final turn, Turkey and Russia, long-time allies in Syria, are on the ... <a title="Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/02/turkey-and-russia-lock-horns-in-syria-as-fear-of-outright-war-escalates-131830/" aria-label="Read more about Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University The coronovirus outbreak has reminded us of the importance of public health responses in managing the spread of disease. But what actually is public health? And why are we so often hearing from public health experts about the coronavirus and ... <a title="Smallpox, seatbelts and smoking: 3 ways public health has saved lives from history to the modern day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/02/smallpox-seatbelts-and-smoking-3-ways-public-health-has-saved-lives-from-history-to-the-modern-day-128300/" aria-label="Read more about Smallpox, seatbelts and smoking: 3 ways public health has saved lives from history to the modern day">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University New South Wales’ Forestry Corporation will this week start “selective timber harvesting” from two state forests ravaged by bushfire on the state’s south coast. The state-owned company says the operations will be “strictly managed” ... <a title="Logging is due to start in fire-ravaged forests this week. It’s the last thing our wildlife needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/02/logging-is-due-to-start-in-fire-ravaged-forests-this-week-its-the-last-thing-our-wildlife-needs-132347/" aria-label="Read more about Logging is due to start in fire-ravaged forests this week. It’s the last thing our wildlife needs">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong At a time Australia is meant to be reducing its greenhouse emissions, the upward trend in transport sector emissions continues. The latest National Greenhouse Gas Inventory report released last week shows the transport sector emitted 102 million tonnes (Mt) ... <a title="Transport is letting Australia down in the race to cut emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/02/transport-is-letting-australia-down-in-the-race-to-cut-emissions-131905/" aria-label="Read more about Transport is letting Australia down in the race to cut emissions">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute This morning the Grattan Institute releases its submission to the government’s retirement incomes review, a review called in anticipation of five annual increases in compulsory superannuation contributions, scheduled to begin in July 2021. Our research shows the super increases ... <a title="Forget more compulsory super: here are 5 ways to actually boost retirement incomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/02/forget-more-compulsory-super-here-are-5-ways-to-actually-boost-retirement-incomes-132655/" aria-label="Read more about Forget more compulsory super: here are 5 ways to actually boost retirement incomes">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will use its procurement policy to encourage the recycling of plastics, as well as committing financial assistance for upgrading infrastructure to boost the capacity for this waste to be reused. Scott Morrison will announce the initiatives to ... <a title="Morrison government will use purchasing power to encourage plastics recycling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/02/morrison-government-will-use-purchasing-power-to-encourage-plastics-recycling-132742/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government will use purchasing power to encourage plastics recycling">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne With the announcement that China’s Sun Yang has been banned from swimming for eight years, FINA, the world governing swimming body, must take stock of how it oversees one of the most popular and high-profile ... <a title="Sun Yang ban shows world swimming body must establish an integrity commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/01/sun-yang-ban-shows-world-swimming-body-must-establish-an-integrity-commission-132738/" aria-label="Read more about Sun Yang ban shows world swimming body must establish an integrity commission">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2020
China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific region has the entire globe assessing how the future of the region might look. Delegates at February’s QS Summit in Wellington got a first-hand analysis from some leading academics on the subject, with debates over the nature of the power transition that is underway, and the contours of a new ... <a title="China’s ‘mixed messages’ in Asia recipe for distrust, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/29/chinas-mixed-messages-in-asia-recipe-for-distrust-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about China’s ‘mixed messages’ in Asia recipe for distrust, says academic">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Happy February 29! It doesn’t come round very often, so make sure you enjoy it. But why do we have these extra days? Well, if we didn’t, the seasons would gradually move around the calendar. Rather than midsummer in ... <a title="How a seasonal snarl-up in the mid-1500s gave us our strange rules for leap years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/how-a-seasonal-snarl-up-in-the-mid-1500s-gave-us-our-strange-rules-for-leap-years-132659/" aria-label="Read more about How a seasonal snarl-up in the mid-1500s gave us our strange rules for leap years">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Review: Leviathan, directed by Yaron Lifschitz. Circa in collaboration with Co:3 Australia, MAXIMA Circus and CircusWA for Perth Festival. As the audience takes their seats, two feet poke out from beneath the curtain. In hindsight, it’s the first ... <a title="Leviathan review: Circa’s new production explores the ordinary, extraordinary mass of humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/leviathan-review-circas-new-production-explores-the-ordinary-extraordinary-mass-of-humanity-132270/" aria-label="Read more about Leviathan review: Circa’s new production explores the ordinary, extraordinary mass of humanity">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Bailey, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland If you’re hot and sticky even before your daily commute, you might ask why you sweat so much. Sweating is usually the body’s way of stopping you overheating. But for some people, sweating becomes a problem. Either they sweat ... <a title="Why do I sweat so much?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/why-do-i-sweat-so-much-131135/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I sweat so much?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 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 Political donations Yvette McCullough (RNZ): Transparency International warns need for political funding reform is urgent Gordon Campbell: On where the politically-donated bucks should be stopping Guyon Espiner and Kate Newton (RNZ): NZ First Foundation: ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 28 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-28-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 28 2020">Read more</a>
