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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Carniel, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland Last year, the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled for the first time in its then 64-year history. This year’s Eurovision is a socially distanced affair, with frequent COVID testing of participants. The Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, where ... <a title="Australia is out of Eurovision but don’t write off filmed performances: they could make for a greener, more global contest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/australia-is-out-of-eurovision-but-dont-write-off-filmed-performances-they-could-make-for-a-greener-more-global-contest-161005/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is out of Eurovision but don’t write off filmed performances: they could make for a greener, more global contest">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianka Vidonja Balanzategui, Adjunct Lecturer, James Cook University In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. The women of the tropical north Queensland frontier were a varied lot and included Melanesian indentured labourers brought to work on sugar cane plantations. Annie Etinside was one ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Melanesian indentured labourer Annie Etinside, hailed as a Queensland ‘pioneer’ on her death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/hidden-women-of-history-melanesian-indentured-labourer-annie-etinside-hailed-as-a-queensland-pioneer-on-her-death-155645/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Melanesian indentured labourer Annie Etinside, hailed as a Queensland ‘pioneer’ on her death">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Queensland has become the latest Australian state to move forward on the issue of voluntary assisted dying. Draft legislation, developed by the Queensland Law Reform Commission, is expected to ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying could soon be legal in Queensland. Here’s how its bill differs from other states" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/voluntary-assisted-dying-could-soon-be-legal-in-queensland-heres-how-its-bill-differs-from-other-states-161092/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying could soon be legal in Queensland. Here’s how its bill differs from other states">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Veen, Lecturer and DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney The ruling by Australia’s Fair Work Commission that online food delivery platform Deliveroo unfairly dismissed driver Diego Franco marks a major shift in the Australian “gig” economy. What’s most significant is the commission has ruled Franco was, in ... <a title="An employee, not a contractor: unfair dismissal ruling against Deliveroo is a big deal for Australia’s gig workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/an-employee-not-a-contractor-unfair-dismissal-ruling-against-deliveroo-is-a-big-deal-for-australias-gig-workers-161173/" aria-label="Read more about An employee, not a contractor: unfair dismissal ruling against Deliveroo is a big deal for Australia’s gig workers">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Crawley, Researcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Straight denial of climate change is now relatively rare. Most people believe it is happening and is a serious problem. But many rank other issues — healthcare and the economy — as more important. This means ... <a title="Most people consider climate change a serious issue, but rank other problems as more important. That affects climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/most-people-consider-climate-change-a-serious-issue-but-rank-other-problems-as-more-important-that-affects-climate-policy-161080/" aria-label="Read more about Most people consider climate change a serious issue, but rank other problems as more important. That affects climate policy">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, PhD candidate in Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology China’s Zhurong rover landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the third country to successfully land a rover on the red planet. More impressively still, China is the first Mars-going nation to carry out ... <a title="On its first try, China’s Zhurong rover hit a Mars milestone that took NASA decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/on-its-first-try-chinas-zhurong-rover-hit-a-mars-milestone-that-took-nasa-decades-161078/" aria-label="Read more about On its first try, China’s Zhurong rover hit a Mars milestone that took NASA decades">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amrita Malhi, Visiting Fellow, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs; Senior Adviser Geoeconomics, Save the Children, Australian National University The latest IMF and World Bank reports show a global economic boom gathering steam. This is thanks to US$16 trillion in fiscal stimulus packages spent mostly across ... <a title="While rich countries experience a post-COVID boom, the poor are getting poorer. Here’s how Australia can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/while-rich-countries-experience-a-post-covid-boom-the-poor-are-getting-poorer-heres-how-australia-can-help-160604/" aria-label="Read more about While rich countries experience a post-COVID boom, the poor are getting poorer. Here’s how Australia can help">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Jacobs, President and Vice-Chancellor, UNSW My colleages’ and my efforts to develop a screening test for the early detection of ovarian cancer capable of saving lives arrived at a sad moment last week. The final trial results of the research I’ve focused on for 36 years, ... <a title="‘Devastated and sad’ after 36 years of research — early detection of ovarian cancer doesn’t save lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/devastated-and-sad-after-36-years-of-research-early-detection-of-ovarian-cancer-doesnt-save-lives-160999/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Devastated and sad’ after 36 years of research — early detection of ovarian cancer doesn’t save lives">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nedeljka Rosic, Senior Lecturer, Southern Cross University There’s a weedkiller used in Australia that’s so toxic, one sip could kill you. It’s called paraquat and debate is brewing over whether it should be banned. Paraquat is already outlawed in many places around the world. The Australian Pesticides ... <a title="‘One sip can kill’: why a highly toxic herbicide should be banned in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/one-sip-can-kill-why-a-highly-toxic-herbicide-should-be-banned-in-australia-159333/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One sip can kill’: why a highly toxic herbicide should be banned in Australia">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Monash University By June 2020, the COVID-19 crisis had forced schools to close in 188 countries, disrupting the learning of more than 1.7 billion children. The OECD estimated the impact of these school closures would be at least two months ... <a title="We have the evidence for what works in schools, but that doesn’t mean everyone uses it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/we-have-the-evidence-for-what-works-in-schools-but-that-doesnt-mean-everyone-uses-it-160712/" aria-label="Read more about We have the evidence for what works in schools, but that doesn’t mean everyone uses it">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Fruhen, Lecturer, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia To protect cyclists on the roads, state governments in Australia have introduced laws that set a minimum space drivers must give cyclists when overtaking them. These laws are now in place nationwide, with Victoria the ... <a title="Minimum space for passing cyclists is now law Australia-wide. It increases safety – but possibly road rage too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/minimum-space-for-passing-cyclists-is-now-law-australia-wide-it-increases-safety-but-possibly-road-rage-too-159926/" aria-label="Read more about Minimum space for passing cyclists is now law Australia-wide. It increases safety – but possibly road rage too">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University We got an awful lot right during the COVID crisis — an awful lot that we couldn’t have got right just a few years earlier. Which is another way of saying we were incredibly lucky. ... <a title="The GFC provided the secret sauce we used to ward off the COVID recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/the-gfc-provided-the-secret-sauce-we-used-to-ward-off-the-covid-recession-160989/" aria-label="Read more about The GFC provided the secret sauce we used to ward off the COVID recession">Read more</a>
