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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smerdon, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The new Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit has received rave reviews around the world. Surprisingly for a chess-themed show, it received a warm reception by the global chess community, which is usually highly critical of portrayals ... <a title="The Queens(land) gambit: a brief history of chess in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/the-queens-land-gambit-a-brief-history-of-chess-in-australia-150638/" aria-label="Read more about The Queens(land) gambit: a brief history of chess in Australia">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Three government members of Papua New Guinea’s Parliament have tested positive for covid-19. The MPs, whose names haven’t been publicised, have been in Prime Minister James Marape’s camp during the ongoing political standoff. PNG’s Pandemic Response Controller David Manning said that an MP was initially tested at the weekend and returned a ... <a title="Three PNG government MPs test covid-positive amid political crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/three-png-government-mps-test-covid-positive-amid-political-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Three PNG government MPs test covid-positive amid political crisis">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University US Secretary of State-designate Antony Blinken promises both awkwardness and opportunity for Australia’s Morrison government. Blinken could hardly represent a more striking contrast with his soon-to-be predecessor Mike Pompeo in his views on the need for America ... <a title="From ‘America first’ to ‘America together’: who is Antony Blinken, Biden’s pick for secretary of state?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/from-america-first-to-america-together-who-is-antony-blinken-bidens-pick-for-secretary-of-state-150739/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘America first’ to ‘America together’: who is Antony Blinken, Biden’s pick for secretary of state?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel McMillan, Program Director, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University Early in the pandemic, many researchers feared people who contracted COVID could be reinfected very quickly. This was because several early studies showed antibodies seemed to wane after the first few months post-infection. It ... <a title="New research suggests immunity to COVID is better than we first thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/new-research-suggests-immunity-to-covid-is-better-than-we-first-thought-150645/" aria-label="Read more about New research suggests immunity to COVID is better than we first thought">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romane H. Cristescu, Posdoc in Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast Federal environment minister Sussan Ley this week announced A$2 million for a national audit of Australia’s koalas, as part of an A$18 million package to protect the vulnerable species. The funding might seem like a lot ... <a title="Drones, detection dogs, poo spotting: what’s the best way to conduct Australia’s Great Koala Count?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/drones-detection-dogs-poo-spotting-whats-the-best-way-to-conduct-australias-great-koala-count-150634/" aria-label="Read more about Drones, detection dogs, poo spotting: what’s the best way to conduct Australia’s Great Koala Count?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jago Dodson, Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University The South Australian and Victorian governments have announced, and New South Wales is considering, road user charges on electric vehicles. This policy has drawn scorn from environmental advocates and motor vehicle lobbyists who ... <a title="Think taxing electric vehicle use is a backward step? Here’s why it’s an important policy advance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/think-taxing-electric-vehicle-use-is-a-backward-step-heres-why-its-an-important-policy-advance-150644/" aria-label="Read more about Think taxing electric vehicle use is a backward step? Here’s why it’s an important policy advance">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Smithson, Professor, Australian National University There is no doubt the COVID-19 crisis has incurred widespread economic costs. There is understandable concern that stronger measures against the virus, from social distancing to full lockdowns, worsen its impact on economies. As a result, there has been a tendency ... <a title="Data from 45 countries show containing COVID vs saving the economy is a false dichotomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/data-from-45-countries-show-containing-covid-vs-saving-the-economy-is-a-false-dichotomy-150533/" aria-label="Read more about Data from 45 countries show containing COVID vs saving the economy is a false dichotomy">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgina Heydon, Associate professor, RMIT University If you’re an avid viewer of crime shows, you’ve probably come across cases in which an expert, often a psychologist, is called in to help solve a crime using their language analysis skills. However, in real life it’s the job of ... <a title="Forensic linguists can make or break a court case. So who are they and what do they do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/forensic-linguists-can-make-or-break-a-court-case-so-who-are-they-and-what-do-they-do-149920/" aria-label="Read more about Forensic linguists can make or break a court case. So who are they and what do they do?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaun Rosier, Practice-based PhD Researcher in Landscape Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand has more than 1,100 registered quarries. Some of these mined sites are small, rural operations, but a significant number are large and complex, and within a city’s urban boundaries. ... <a title="Mining companies are required to return quarried sites to their ‘natural character’. But is that enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/mining-companies-are-required-to-return-quarried-sites-to-their-natural-character-but-is-that-enough-149814/" aria-label="Read more about Mining companies are required to return quarried sites to their ‘natural character’. But is that enough?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University From the 1980s right through to the global financial crisis, the standard response in Australia and elsewhere to too weak or too strong an economy has been monetary policy — the manipulation of interest rates ... <a title="From here on our recovery will need more than fiscal policy, it’ll need redistribution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/from-here-on-our-recovery-will-need-more-than-fiscal-policy-itll-need-redistribution-150081/" aria-label="Read more about From here on our recovery will need more than fiscal policy, it’ll need redistribution">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Laugesen, Director, Australian National Dictionary Centre, Australian National University Women have had a fraught historical relationship to swearing. Long regarded as guardians of morality and respectability, their use of swear words has been policed and punished in various ways. Yet women have a rich history of ... <a title="From ‘common scolds’ to feminist reclamation: the fraught history of women and swearing in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/from-common-scolds-to-feminist-reclamation-the-fraught-history-of-women-and-swearing-in-australia-150615/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘common scolds’ to feminist reclamation: the fraught history of women and swearing in Australia">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has encouraged federal public servants to engage with their Chinese counterparts, saying these are important connections particularly given the tensions in the bilateral relationship. Answering a question during a virtual forum on Wednesday with federal bureaucrats, Morrison said ... <a title="Officials’ engagement with China especially important in tense times: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/25/officials-engagement-with-china-especially-important-in-tense-times-morrison-150857/" aria-label="Read more about Officials’ engagement with China especially important in tense times: Morrison">Read more</a>
