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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Field, Associate Professor, Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney Agriculture will soon be worth A$100 billion a year to Australia. The industry employs more than 250,000 people, stewards 80% of our land area and drives world-class agribusiness and food sectors. In an uncertain employment market, every ... <a title="The future of agriculture: why unis must prepare students to secure both our food and our planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/the-future-of-agriculture-why-unis-must-prepare-students-to-secure-both-our-food-and-our-planet-150442/" aria-label="Read more about The future of agriculture: why unis must prepare students to secure both our food and our planet">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne It’s almost unimaginable: an Australian government proposes a law that would wipe out billions of dollars of employers’ entitlements. Even more unimaginable: it does so on the basis of mistakes made by employees. Yet right now a “Black ... <a title="Why the Morrison government’s ‘double-dipping’ gambit fails the pub test" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/why-the-morrison-governments-double-dipping-gambit-fails-the-pub-test-152016/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Morrison government’s ‘double-dipping’ gambit fails the pub test">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Foster, D’harawal Knowledge Keeper PhD Candidate and Lecturer UTS, University of Technology Sydney Review: Loving Country by Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou (Hardie Grant Travel) Travelling through the Australian landscape is an often breathtaking experience raising many questions in the traveller’s mind — none of which ... <a title="Ancient stories and enduring spirit: Loving Country reminds us of the wonders right under our noses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/ancient-stories-and-enduring-spirit-loving-country-reminds-us-of-the-wonders-right-under-our-noses-151571/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient stories and enduring spirit: Loving Country reminds us of the wonders right under our noses">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Stace, Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The last time you used a car parking building and paid for the service online, did you pause to read the terms and conditions? If not, you might be surprised to find the car park ... <a title="NZ businesses are still including potentially unfair terms in their general contracts — consumers deserve better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/nz-businesses-are-still-including-potentially-unfair-terms-in-their-general-contracts-consumers-deserve-better-152079/" aria-label="Read more about NZ businesses are still including potentially unfair terms in their general contracts — consumers deserve better">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will inject a further $1 billion into aged care, most of it for home care packages, in Thursday’s budget update. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is also likely to elevate the troubled policy area to cabinet, in his imminent ... <a title="Morrison likely to elevate aged care to cabinet, as government boosts its funding by $1 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/morrison-likely-to-elevate-aged-care-to-cabinet-as-government-boosts-its-funding-by-1-billion-152090/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison likely to elevate aged care to cabinet, as government boosts its funding by $1 billion">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians became more satisfied with federal public services, and more trusting of them, during the first months of COVID-19, according to survey results released by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Between February and June this year, satisfaction with ... <a title="Australians became more trusting of federal public services during pandemic: survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/australians-became-more-trusting-of-federal-public-services-during-pandemic-survey-152086/" aria-label="Read more about Australians became more trusting of federal public services during pandemic: survey">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
By RNZ News It is looking increasingly likely that the much discussed trans-Tasman bubble is finally on the way. Cabinet has agreed in principle to quarantine-free travel in the first quarter of 2021. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said officials were working on contingency plans in the event of an outbreak. The decision is dependent on ... <a title="Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/trans-tasman-bubble-to-help-reunify-families-business-says-epidemiologist/" aria-label="Read more about Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tania Sorrell, Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Director Sydney Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney By any global measure, Australia’s response to the COVID pandemic has been a spectacular success. Public health measures introduced by state, territory and federal governments, with the help ... <a title="Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/vaccines-alone-wont-keep-australia-safe-in-2021-heres-what-else-we-need-to-do-152078/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hongzhi Gao, Associate professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand and China are being pushed toward further regional economic integration as part of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) signed last month. On the face of it, the RCEP is a positive step ... <a title="As China’s trade war with Australia shows, New Zealand must be careful to balance its own economic priorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/as-chinas-trade-war-with-australia-shows-new-zealand-must-be-careful-to-balance-its-own-economic-priorities-149966/" aria-label="Read more about As China’s trade war with Australia shows, New Zealand must be careful to balance its own economic priorities">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenni Downes, Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University Last week, Australia took an important step towards addressing the ongoing effects of the 2018 waste crisis. The federal parliament passed legislation banning the export of unprocessed waste overseas via the Recycling and Waste Reduction ... <a title="Australia’s waste export ban becomes law, but the crisis is far from over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/australias-waste-export-ban-becomes-law-but-the-crisis-is-far-from-over-151675/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s waste export ban becomes law, but the crisis is far from over">Read more</a>
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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
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>
