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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 100,000 jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/the-end-of-jobkeeper-wasnt-a-blip-it-might-have-cost-100-000-jobs-162744/" aria-label="Read more about The end of JobKeeper wasn’t a blip. It might have cost 100,000 jobs">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Carver, Senior Research Fellow, Behaviour Environment and Cognition Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Greenery around primary schools may improve students’ academic performance, while traffic pollution may be detrimental, our study shows. With increasing urbanisation in Australia and globally, consideration needs ... <a title="Green space around primary schools may improve students’ academic performance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/green-space-around-primary-schools-may-improve-students-academic-performance-161673/" aria-label="Read more about Green space around primary schools may improve students’ academic performance">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, UNSW Kathy Willens/AP Five antitrust laws proposed in the United States aim to aggressively rein in the market power of “big tech” companies and change the way they do business. The set of bills, introduced on June ... <a title="US lawmakers are taking a massive swipe at big tech. If it lands, the impact will be felt globally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/us-lawmakers-are-taking-a-massive-swipe-at-big-tech-if-it-lands-the-impact-will-be-felt-globally-162757/" aria-label="Read more about US lawmakers are taking a massive swipe at big tech. If it lands, the impact will be felt globally">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Baisden, Professor (Environmental Sciences), University of Waikato Aleksandar Malivuk/Shutterstock CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please ... <a title="Climate explained: could biofuels replace all fossil fuels in New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/climate-explained-could-biofuels-replace-all-fossil-fuels-in-new-zealand-162502/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: could biofuels replace all fossil fuels in New Zealand?">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jorgo Ristevski, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland Eleanor Pease, Author provided Say hello to Gunggamarandu maunala, or the “hole-headed river boss” — the biggest extinct croc yet found in Australia, and an important addition to the jigsaw of crocodylian evolution. The newly named species, known from ... <a title="Prehistoric ‘river boss’ is the largest extinct croc species ever discovered in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/prehistoric-river-boss-is-the-largest-extinct-croc-species-ever-discovered-in-australia-162667/" aria-label="Read more about Prehistoric ‘river boss’ is the largest extinct croc species ever discovered in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne AP The savage storms that swept Victoria last week sent trees crashing down, destroying homes and blocking roads. Under climate change, stronger winds and extreme storms will be more frequent. This will cause more trees to fall and, ... <a title="An act of God, or just bad management? Why trees fall, and how to prevent it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/an-act-of-god-or-just-bad-management-why-trees-fall-and-how-to-prevent-it-162754/" aria-label="Read more about An act of God, or just bad management? Why trees fall, and how to prevent it">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Maguire-Rosier, Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, School of Literature, Art, and Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney Daniel Boud/Bangarra Review: SandSong, directed and choreographed by Stephen Page and Frances Rings, Bangarra Dance Theatre Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers ... <a title="Sinuous, sinewy and transcendent: SandSong proves Bangarra is one of Australia’s best dance companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/sinuous-sinewy-and-transcendent-sandsong-proves-bangarra-is-one-of-australias-best-dance-companies-161887/" aria-label="Read more about Sinuous, sinewy and transcendent: SandSong proves Bangarra is one of Australia’s best dance companies">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruud Gerards, Coordinating Senior Researcher, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market , Maastricht University New Africa/Shutterstock Under so-called mutual obligation rules, the Australian government requires the unemployed to complete activities (including training and applying for a certain number of jobs) in return for receiving unemployment ... <a title="New finding: jobseekers subject to obligations take longer to find work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/new-finding-jobseekers-subject-to-obligations-take-longer-to-find-work-162093/" aria-label="Read more about New finding: jobseekers subject to obligations take longer to find work">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Rodrigo, Professor and Head, The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, University of Auckland Chen Jimin/China News Service via Getty Images At the conclusion of the G7 summit yesterday, leaders called for a fresh and transparent investigation to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic began. ... <a title="The COVID-19 lab-leak hypothesis is plausible because accidents happen. I should know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/the-covid-19-lab-leak-hypothesis-is-plausible-because-accidents-happen-i-should-know-162430/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID-19 lab-leak hypothesis is plausible because accidents happen. I should know">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Weeks, Professor of Political Science, Musashino University Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is probably a little relieved the G7 Summit came when it did. Before departing for the UK at the end of last week, Suga had been subjected to three days of intense scrutiny in ... <a title="Under pressure on the Olympics, Japan’s prime minister is saying little and hoping for a political lifesaver" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/under-pressure-on-the-olympics-japans-prime-minister-is-saying-little-and-hoping-for-a-political-lifesaver-161740/" aria-label="Read more about Under pressure on the Olympics, Japan’s prime minister is saying little and hoping for a political lifesaver">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University We recently heard a new “hybrid variant” of the coronavirus has been detected in Vietnam, amid a spike in cases in the country. The variant was originally described as a hybrid of the UK (now Alpha) ... <a title="Is a hybrid COVID strain behind Vietnam’s latest wave? Not exactly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/is-a-hybrid-covid-strain-behind-vietnams-latest-wave-not-exactly-161879/" aria-label="Read more about Is a hybrid COVID strain behind Vietnam’s latest wave? Not exactly">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Terry, PhD Researcher, Southern Cross University William Terry, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. As a result of logging and severe bushfires, Australian ... <a title="DIY habitat: my photos show chainsaw-carved tree hollows make perfect new homes for this mysterious marsupial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/diy-habitat-my-photos-show-chainsaw-carved-tree-hollows-make-perfect-new-homes-for-this-mysterious-marsupial-159639/" aria-label="Read more about DIY habitat: my photos show chainsaw-carved tree hollows make perfect new homes for this mysterious marsupial">Read more</a>
