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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Ranald, Honorary research fellow, University of Sydney The giant Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership between Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and the ten members of ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) was signed online on Sunday, November 15. India ... <a title="We’ve just signed the world’s biggest trade deal, but what exactly is the RCEP?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/weve-just-signed-the-worlds-biggest-trade-deal-but-what-exactly-is-the-rcep-150082/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve just signed the world’s biggest trade deal, but what exactly is the RCEP?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia A COVID cluster linked to a quarantine hotel in Adelaide has today grown to 17 cases. As a result, the South Australian government has reintroduced certain restrictions, including closing gyms, capping patrons in hospitality venues, and ... <a title="South Australia’s COVID outbreak: what we know so far, and what needs to happen next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/south-australias-covid-outbreak-what-we-know-so-far-and-what-needs-to-happen-next-150160/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia’s COVID outbreak: what we know so far, and what needs to happen next">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Schlesinger, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science and Ecology, Charles Darwin University Many of us are aware of the enormous destruction feral cats inflict on Australia’s native wildlife, but there’s another introduced species that will cause at least as much harm if left unmanaged — yet it ... <a title="The buffel kerfuffle: how one species quietly destroys native wildlife and cultural sites in arid Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/the-buffel-kerfuffle-how-one-species-quietly-destroys-native-wildlife-and-cultural-sites-in-arid-australia-149456/" aria-label="Read more about The buffel kerfuffle: how one species quietly destroys native wildlife and cultural sites in arid Australia">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With all states called by US media, Joe Biden won the Electoral College by 306 votes to 232 over Donald Trump, an exact reversal of Trump’s triumph in 2016, ignoring faithless electors. Biden gained the ... <a title="Biden’s Electoral College win was narrow in the tipping-point state; Labor surges in Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/bidens-electoral-college-win-was-narrow-in-the-tipping-point-state-labor-surges-in-victoria-150143/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s Electoral College win was narrow in the tipping-point state; Labor surges in Victoria">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Vowles, Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Reactions to the result of the cannabis referendum were highly polarised. Some argued the majority verdict must be accepted. Others pointed to the narrow margin — 50.7% to 48.4% — as evidence that ... <a title="The numbers suggest the campaign for cannabis reform in NZ will outlive the generations that voted against it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/the-numbers-suggest-the-campaign-for-cannabis-reform-in-nz-will-outlive-the-generations-that-voted-against-it-150073/" aria-label="Read more about The numbers suggest the campaign for cannabis reform in NZ will outlive the generations that voted against it">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephane Shepherd, Associate Professor, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology An estimated 17,500 casual and fixed-term academic staff at Australian universities are projected to lose their jobs over the next six months. Most of them will be early career researchers (ECRs). ECRs are junior ... <a title="How to support junior staff in a time of turmoil for universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/how-to-support-junior-staff-in-a-time-of-turmoil-for-universities-148917/" aria-label="Read more about How to support junior staff in a time of turmoil for universities">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Kirchner, Program Director, Trade and Investment, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney The outgoing Trump administration presided over one of the most dramatic tightenings in US immigration policy since the 1930s. Along with declining fertility, this saw US population growth fall to its lowest rate ... <a title="The US has turned its back on skilled migrants, giving Australia an opening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/the-us-has-turned-its-back-on-skilled-migrants-giving-australia-an-opening-150088/" aria-label="Read more about The US has turned its back on skilled migrants, giving Australia an opening">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Toohey, Professor of Law, University of Newcastle Back in March, Joe Biden lamented “the international system that the United States so carefully constructed is coming apart at the seams”. “As president,” he declared, “I will take immediate steps to renew US democracy and alliances, protect the ... <a title="What a Biden presidency means for world trade and allies like Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/what-a-biden-presidency-means-for-world-trade-and-allies-like-australia-149735/" aria-label="Read more about What a Biden presidency means for world trade and allies like Australia">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Best, Professor of Art Theory and Fine Art, Griffith University Review: Unfinished Business: The art of Gordon Bennett, QAGOMA, Brisbane. At the entrance to this exhibition, there is an excerpt from the artist’s notebook from December 1991. Written just three years after Bennett graduated from art ... <a title="‘One of the most important Australian artists of the late 20th century’: Gordon Bennett’s Unfinished Business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/one-of-the-most-important-australian-artists-of-the-late-20th-century-gordon-bennetts-unfinished-business-149433/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One of the most important Australian artists of the late 20th century’: Gordon Bennett’s Unfinished Business">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily S Wong, Head of Regulatory Systems, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and Senior research fellow, UNSW Many human traits, such as height and disease susceptibility, depend on genes that are encoded in our DNA. These genes are switched on and off and further fine-tuned by important ... <a title="How a Queensland sea sponge is helping scientists unravel a 700-million-year-old mystery of evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/how-a-queensland-sea-sponge-is-helping-scientists-unravel-a-700-million-year-old-mystery-of-evolution-149547/" aria-label="Read more about How a Queensland sea sponge is helping scientists unravel a 700-million-year-old mystery of evolution">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election raises a perennial question about what Rupert Murdoch does when the candidate he has opposed wins. Answer: He adapts and he waits. Electoral cycles last three, four ... <a title="Courting the chameleon: how the US election reveals Rupert Murdoch’s political colours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/courting-the-chameleon-how-the-us-election-reveals-rupert-murdochs-political-colours-149910/" aria-label="Read more about Courting the chameleon: how the US election reveals Rupert Murdoch’s political colours">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Joe Biden’s election as US president presents Prime Minister Scott Morrison with the opportunity to reset Australia’s ailing relationship with China. Encouragingly, Biden has signalled his commitment to rebuilding global alliances and restoring a degree of certainty ... <a title="Biden win offers Morrison the chance to reshape Australia’s ailing relationship with China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/biden-win-offers-morrison-the-chance-to-reshape-australias-ailing-relationship-with-china-149742/" aria-label="Read more about Biden win offers Morrison the chance to reshape Australia’s ailing relationship with China">Read more</a>
