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June 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Why didn’t the federal government increase funding for the National Archives of Australia in its recent budget? We know it wasn’t because of budget discipline. Money was splashed around on all sorts of ... <a title="In neglecting the National Archives, the Morrison government turns its back on the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/16/in-neglecting-the-national-archives-the-morrison-government-turns-its-back-on-the-future-162599/" aria-label="Read more about In neglecting the National Archives, the Morrison government turns its back on the future">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University Shutterstock Public health experts have long argued that when it comes to preventing obesity, we need to stop blaming individuals. Our new online tool, released today, confirms we live in an environment where the odds of having a healthy diet are ... <a title="No, it’s not just a lack of control that makes Australians overweight. Here’s what’s driving our unhealthy food habits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/16/no-its-not-just-a-lack-of-control-that-makes-australians-overweight-heres-whats-driving-our-unhealthy-food-habits-162512/" aria-label="Read more about No, it’s not just a lack of control that makes Australians overweight. Here’s what’s driving our unhealthy food habits">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Dore, Scientia Professor, Kirby Institute; Infectious Diseases Physician, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, UNSW Matt Dunham/AP/AAP Many thousands of people need to return to Australia, and many at home wish to reunite with partners and family abroad. A move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to quarantine is ... <a title="Home quarantine for vaccinated returned travellers is extremely low risk, and won’t damage their mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/16/home-quarantine-for-vaccinated-returned-travellers-is-extremely-low-risk-and-wont-damage-their-mental-health-162436/" aria-label="Read more about Home quarantine for vaccinated returned travellers is extremely low risk, and won’t damage their mental health">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuanyuan Huang, Research Scientist , CSIRO Shutterstock Peatlands, such as fens, bogs, marshes and swamps, cover just 3% of the Earth’s total land surface, yet store over one-third of the planet’s soil carbon. That’s more than the carbon stored in all other vegetation combined, including the world’s ... <a title="Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to release 860 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/16/peatlands-worldwide-are-drying-out-threatening-to-release-860-million-tonnes-of-carbon-dioxide-every-year-162438/" aria-label="Read more about Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to release 860 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism, University of Sydney Shutterstock We’ve being looking at the ways people travel with dogs and what it says about attempts to shift towards a more sustainable and healthier transport system. Our research first established that trips with dogs in Australia ... <a title="Many of us want to take our dogs on public transport, but others shudder at the thought — what’s the solution?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/16/many-of-us-want-to-take-our-dogs-on-public-transport-but-others-shudder-at-the-thought-whats-the-solution-161983/" aria-label="Read more about Many of us want to take our dogs on public transport, but others shudder at the thought — what’s the solution?">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Hilma af Klint, Group IX/UW, The dove, no 2. 1915. Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 115.5 cm. Courtesy of the Hilma ... <a title="How the stunning abstract art of Hilma af Klint opens our eyes to new ways of seeing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/16/how-the-stunning-abstract-art-of-hilma-af-klint-opens-our-eyes-to-new-ways-of-seeing-162605/" aria-label="Read more about How the stunning abstract art of Hilma af Klint opens our eyes to new ways of seeing">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato www.shutterstock.com The petition presented to parliament last week calling for trans women to be excluded from women’s sport is simply the latest round in a difficult and volatile global debate. Organised by Save Women’s Sport Australasia, the petition challenges ... <a title="The debate over transgender athletes’ rights is testing the current limits of science and the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/16/the-debate-over-transgender-athletes-rights-is-testing-the-current-limits-of-science-and-the-law-162593/" aria-label="Read more about The debate over transgender athletes’ rights is testing the current limits of science and the law">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra British Prime Minister Boris Johnson put Scott Morrison on the spot when he told their joint news conference he thought the Australian PM had “declared for net zero by 2050”. When Johnson made the statement a journalist interjected to point ... <a title="Boris Johnson overstates Morrison’s climate ambition, as Australia-UK trade agreement reached" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/16/boris-johnson-overstates-morrisons-climate-ambition-as-australia-uk-trade-agreement-reached-162790/" aria-label="Read more about Boris Johnson overstates Morrison’s climate ambition, as Australia-UK trade agreement reached">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversations’s politics ... <a title="Word from The Hill: the Biloela Tamil family, G7 and the upcoming parliamentary fortnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/word-from-the-hill-the-biloela-tamil-family-g7-and-the-upcoming-parliamentary-fortnight-162769/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: the Biloela Tamil family, G7 and the upcoming parliamentary fortnight">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University MultifacetedGirl/Shutterstock At its peak, more than 3.8 million Australians were on JobKeeper — three in every ten Australian workers. Adding in those workers already employed by government, it meant four in every ten received a ... <a title="The end of JobKeeper wasn’t a blip. It might have cost nearly 100,000 jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/the-end-of-jobkeeper-wasnt-a-blip-it-might-have-cost-nearly-100-000-jobs-162744/" aria-label="Read more about The end of JobKeeper wasn’t a blip. It might have cost nearly 100,000 jobs">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University Federal immigration minister Alex Hawke has exercised his power to allow the Murugappan family from Biloela to live in the Perth community. The Tamil asylum seeker family was previously held in an “alternative place of detention” (APOD) ... <a title="Biloela family to be released into community detention – what happens now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/biloela-family-to-be-released-into-community-detention-what-happens-now-162661/" aria-label="Read more about Biloela family to be released into community detention – what happens now?">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niro Kandasamy, Lecturer, Australian Catholic University Julian Smith/AAP Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has announced the Murugappans will be moved from detention on Christmas Island, to community detention in Perth. This follows mounting public concern for the Tamil family, particularly regarding the health of four-year-old Tharunicaa, who was ... <a title="Why do Tamil asylum seekers need protection — and why does the Australian government say they don’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/why-do-tamil-asylum-seekers-need-protection-and-why-does-the-australian-government-say-they-dont-162609/" aria-label="Read more about Why do Tamil asylum seekers need protection — and why does the Australian government say they don’t?">Read more</a>
