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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris James, ARC DECRA Fellow, Centre for Hypersonics, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland This month has been a busy one for Mars exploration. Several countries sent missions to the red planet in June last year, taking advantage of a launch window. Most ... <a title="‘7 minutes of terror’: a look at the technology Perseverance will need to survive landing on Mars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/7-minutes-of-terror-a-look-at-the-technology-perseverance-will-need-to-survive-landing-on-mars-155046/" aria-label="Read more about ‘7 minutes of terror’: a look at the technology Perseverance will need to survive landing on Mars">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Australia’s long-awaited COVID vaccine rollout is scheduled to begin on Monday. New laws have just been passed mandating the recording of COVID-19 vaccine information on the Australian Immunisation Register. The changes to the Australian ... <a title="The COVID vaccine is here. When and to whom will we need to prove we’ve had it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/the-covid-vaccine-is-here-when-and-to-whom-will-we-need-to-prove-weve-had-it-155122/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID vaccine is here. When and to whom will we need to prove we’ve had it?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Jackson, Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University It’s widely understood that rivers, wetlands and other waterways hold particular significance for First Nations people. It’s less well understood that Indigenous peoples are denied effective rights in Australia’s water economy. Australia’s laws and policies prevent First Nations from ... <a title="Water injustice runs deep in Australia. Fixing it means handing control to First Nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/water-injustice-runs-deep-in-australia-fixing-it-means-handing-control-to-first-nations-155286/" aria-label="Read more about Water injustice runs deep in Australia. Fixing it means handing control to First Nations">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richelle Butcher, Veterinary Resident at Wildbase, Massey University Plastic in the ocean can be deadly for marine wildlife and seabirds around the globe, but our latest study shows single-use plastics are a bigger threat to endangered albatrosses in the southern hemisphere than we previously thought. You may ... <a title="Plastic in the ocean kills more threatened albatrosses than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/plastic-in-the-ocean-kills-more-threatened-albatrosses-than-we-thought-154925/" aria-label="Read more about Plastic in the ocean kills more threatened albatrosses than we thought">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Lehmann, Honorary Lecturer, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University A petition from more than 17,000 international students asking for exemptions to the border closure was presented to the Australian parliament last week. The latest available figures show about 20% of Australia’s enrolled international ... <a title="‘You’re running down a dead end’: stranded students feel shame and pressure to give up study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/youre-running-down-a-dead-end-stranded-students-feel-shame-and-pressure-to-give-up-study-155207/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You’re running down a dead end’: stranded students feel shame and pressure to give up study">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Tonkinwise, Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Our cities, designed for one set of climatic ranges, are increasingly “out of place” as average temperatures rise. The days above 40℃ and nights above 30℃ are increasing, especially in the expanding suburbs of Australian cities. This ... <a title="How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/how-new-design-patterns-can-enable-cities-and-their-residents-to-change-with-climate-change-152749/" aria-label="Read more about How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glyn Davis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The United States Post Office has just announced the 33rd stamp in its literary arts series – a striking image of novelist and essayist Ursula Le Guin. Behind the portrait is artwork ... <a title="Good news on life’s lottery: we’re better able to improve Australian lives than before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/good-news-on-lifes-lottery-were-better-able-to-improve-australian-lives-than-before-155211/" aria-label="Read more about Good news on life’s lottery: we’re better able to improve Australian lives than before">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Jamie Q Roberts, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Sydney Alice! A childish story takeAnd with a gentle handLay it where Childhood’s dreams are twinedIn Memory’s mystic band,Like pilgrim’s withered wreath of flowersPlucked in a far-off land. What is it that draws us back ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — still for the heretics, dreamers and rebels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/guide-to-the-classics-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-still-for-the-heretics-dreamers-and-rebels-152816/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — still for the heretics, dreamers and rebels">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was supposed to be a week totally dominated by the arrival of the vaccine. Instead attention has been partially diverted by the revelation of an alleged 2019 rape in a minister’s Parliament House office – that Scott Morrison was ... <a title="View from The Hill: Linda Reynolds feels the lash after Scott Morrison says he was blindsided by rape allegation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/view-from-the-hill-linda-reynolds-feels-the-lash-after-scott-morrison-says-he-was-blindsided-by-rape-allegation-155400/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Linda Reynolds feels the lash after Scott Morrison says he was blindsided by rape allegation">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University As the Holiday Inn cluster in Melbourne continues to grow, the Victorian government and the media are regularly publicising new exposure sites. An exposure site is a location a person who has tested positive to COVID-19 visited ... <a title="Tier 1, tier 2, tier 3? Victoria’s COVID exposure sites explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/tier-1-tier-2-tier-3-victorias-covid-exposure-sites-explained-155291/" aria-label="Read more about Tier 1, tier 2, tier 3? Victoria’s COVID exposure sites explained">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Reilly, Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two children Kopika and Tharunicaa have been seeking protection visas in Australia since 2012. Nearly a decade later, they are still waiting. The family was removed from their home in the Queensland town of ... <a title="It’s time to give visas to the Biloela Tamil family and other asylum seekers stuck in the system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/its-time-to-give-visas-to-the-biloela-tamil-family-and-other-asylum-seekers-stuck-in-the-system-155354/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to give visas to the Biloela Tamil family and other asylum seekers stuck in the system">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has capitulated to crossbench pressure to drop its plan to enable the suspension of the Better Off Overall Test for COVID-affected businesses. Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter announced the backdown because it has been clear for some time ... <a title="Government drops BOOT change but Labor and ACTU will still fight workplace legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/government-drops-boot-change-but-labor-and-actu-will-still-fight-workplace-legislation-155372/" aria-label="Read more about Government drops BOOT change but Labor and ACTU will still fight workplace legislation">Read more</a>
