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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Research Associate, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Ritchie B Togo/EPA/AAP I have been in Taiwan since April as a visiting fellow. During this time, there are two questions I’ve been consistently asked. What’s happened to Australia’s relationship with China? And what does it ... <a title="Can Taiwan rely on Australia when it comes to China? New poll shows most Australians don’t want to send the ADF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/can-taiwan-rely-on-australia-when-it-comes-to-china-new-poll-shows-most-australians-dont-want-to-send-the-adf-164092/" aria-label="Read more about Can Taiwan rely on Australia when it comes to China? New poll shows most Australians don’t want to send the ADF">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Hosking, Senior Lecturer in Psychology. Clinical Psychologist, Victoria University Mike Labrum/Unsplash COVID-19 has affected many facets of our lives. Public health measures to stop the spread of the virus have impacted the way we work, connect with others and socialise. The pandemic has changed the way ... <a title="Loss in the pandemic: when a loved one dies, being cut off from the grieving process can make things harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/loss-in-the-pandemic-when-a-loved-one-dies-being-cut-off-from-the-grieving-process-can-make-things-harder-163975/" aria-label="Read more about Loss in the pandemic: when a loved one dies, being cut off from the grieving process can make things harder">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob N. Williams, Archaeologist & PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Shutterstock Trees have always been a point of conflict between colonisers and Indigenous people. At the very beginning of European-Indigenous interactions, skirmishes broke out because colonisers were ignorant of protocols and the desecration of important Indigenous sites ... <a title="Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/will-your-grandchildren-have-the-chance-to-visit-australias-sacred-trees-only-if-our-sick-indifference-to-aboriginal-heritage-is-cured-163581/" aria-label="Read more about Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Forsyth, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University Robert Menzies established a ‘buffer body’ between government and universities. Shutterstock Universities struggle to understand why the government doesn’t love them. Since COVID, universities have lost billions of dollars and shed over 17,000 staff. The government excluded them ... <a title="Don’t just blame the Libs for treating universities harshly. Labor’s 1980s policies ushered in government interference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/dont-just-blame-the-libs-for-treating-universities-harshly-labors-1980s-policies-ushered-in-government-interference-163880/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t just blame the Libs for treating universities harshly. Labor’s 1980s policies ushered in government interference">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW There’s an idea in economics that policy makers need at least one tool for each target at which they are aiming. Fewer tools than targets will mean not achieving all goals. This is known as the Tinbergen Rule (named for the ... <a title="Vital Signs: RBA governor Philip Lowe’s dangerous game on interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/vital-signs-rba-governor-philip-lowes-dangerous-game-on-interest-rates-164064/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: RBA governor Philip Lowe’s dangerous game on interest rates">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Lydon, Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia St Kitts-born Archibald Burt pictured beside sugar cane growing in his Perth garden in 1862. Burt, a former slave owner, became chief justice of Western Australia. State Library of Western Australia 6923B/182 As countries around ... <a title="Friday essay: beyond ‘statue shaming’ — grappling with Australia’s legacies of slavery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/friday-essay-beyond-statue-shaming-grappling-with-australias-legacies-of-slavery-162934/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: beyond ‘statue shaming’ — grappling with Australia’s legacies of slavery">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Despite some questioning about a military man being in charge of the vaccine rollout, when it comes to communicating, Lieutenant General JJ Frewen is a refreshing change from the pollie-speak and fudges we hear all the time. At a Tuesday ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Shortage of fuel hampers the general’s vaccine advance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/09/grattan-on-friday-shortage-of-fuel-hampers-the-generals-vaccine-advance-164177/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Shortage of fuel hampers the general’s vaccine advance">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Maley, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University Militiamen join Afghan security forces during a gathering in Kabul last month. Together, they are trying to stem the tide of the latest Taliban gains. Rahmat Gul/AP Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of an almost unimaginable disaster. The withdrawal ... <a title="On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/on-the-brink-of-disaster-how-decades-of-progress-in-afghanistan-could-be-wiped-out-in-short-order-164087/" aria-label="Read more about On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Plekhanova, Lecturer, Massey University www.shutterstock.com Australia, New Zealand and many other countries are losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year by not adequately taxing the profits of digital giants doing business in their jurisdictions. Australia has opted not to impose a digital services ... <a title="Australia and New Zealand are signing up for an international tax on the tech giants — but will it be enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/australia-and-new-zealand-are-signing-up-for-an-international-tax-on-the-tech-giants-but-will-it-be-enough-162507/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and New Zealand are signing up for an international tax on the tech giants — but will it be enough?">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Ranger David Wongway on Angas Downs, Northern Territory. Wikimedia Commons/JennyKS, CC BY-SA Anthropologist Peter Sutton and archaeologist Keryn Walshe, recently published a book titled Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate. This book offers ... <a title="How the Dark Emu debate limits representation of Aboriginal people in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/how-the-dark-emu-debate-limits-representation-of-aboriginal-people-in-australia-163006/" aria-label="Read more about How the Dark Emu debate limits representation of Aboriginal people in Australia">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Shutterstock When a COVID cluster includes people who are vaccinated against the virus, we inevitably hear rumblings of complaint from people who wonder what the point is of vaccination. But when you read past the headlines, ... <a title="Yes, you can still get COVID after being vaccinated, but you’re unlikely to get as sick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/yes-you-can-still-get-covid-after-being-vaccinated-but-youre-unlikely-to-get-as-sick-163870/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, you can still get COVID after being vaccinated, but you’re unlikely to get as sick">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University James Ross/AAP Political memoirs in Australia often create splashy headlines and controversy. But we should not dismiss the publication of former Liberal MP Julia Banks’ book, Power Play, as just the latest in ... <a title="Julia Banks’ new book is part of a 50-year tradition of female MPs using memoirs to fight for equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/julia-banks-new-book-is-part-of-a-50-year-tradition-of-female-mps-using-memoirs-to-fight-for-equality-163888/" aria-label="Read more about Julia Banks’ new book is part of a 50-year tradition of female MPs using memoirs to fight for equality">Read more</a>
