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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graziella Caprarelli, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland In 2018 a team of Italian scientists announced to the world that there was a lake on Mars. Using satellite radar data, the team detected a very bright area approximately 20 kilometres across located about 1.5 kilometres deep ... <a title="Buried lakes of salty water on Mars may provide conditions for life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/buried-lakes-of-salty-water-on-mars-may-provide-conditions-for-life-146928/" aria-label="Read more about Buried lakes of salty water on Mars may provide conditions for life">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University We have long been accustomed in Australia to the Commonwealth’s pre-eminence over the states and prime ministers dwarfing premiers. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has given us a practical reminder of the extensive day-to-day powers that still sit with state ... <a title="Andrews under fire: why an activist premier’s greatest challenges may yet lie ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/andrews-under-fire-why-an-activist-premiers-greatest-challenges-may-yet-lie-ahead-146838/" aria-label="Read more about Andrews under fire: why an activist premier’s greatest challenges may yet lie ahead">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Partnerships, Victoria University Vaccines are traditionally administered with a needle, but this isn’t the only way. For example, certain vaccines can be delivered orally, as a drop on the tongue, or via a jet-like device. Vaccines that appear ... <a title="A COVID-19 vaccine may come without a needle, the latest vaccine to protect without jabbing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/a-covid-19-vaccine-may-come-without-a-needle-the-latest-vaccine-to-protect-without-jabbing-146564/" aria-label="Read more about A COVID-19 vaccine may come without a needle, the latest vaccine to protect without jabbing">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew G. Allen, Professor of Development Studies, The University of the South Pacific This week, 156 people from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, an island in Papua New Guinea, petitioned the Australian government to investigate Rio Tinto over a copper mine that devastated their homeland. In 1988, ... <a title="A brutal war and rivers poisoned with every rainfall: how one mine destroyed an island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/a-brutal-war-and-rivers-poisoned-with-every-rainfall-how-one-mine-destroyed-an-island-147092/" aria-label="Read more about A brutal war and rivers poisoned with every rainfall: how one mine destroyed an island">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Lecturer in Educational Leadership, University of Wollongong Some Australian private schools have reported lower interest from prospective parents due to the financial pressures of COVID-19. A number of Victorian school principals have also called on the state government to re-open borders to international students. They ... <a title="Some private schools need to change their models — they were losing students even before COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/some-private-schools-need-to-change-their-models-they-were-losing-students-even-before-covid-146745/" aria-label="Read more about Some private schools need to change their models — they were losing students even before COVID">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The economic crises that have punctuated the 21st century, most notably the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 crisis, have led to a growing realisation that alternatives to our present system are possible and perhaps inevitable. In ... <a title="Meet the Liveable Income Guarantee: a budget-ready proposal that would prevent unemployment benefits falling off a cliff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/meet-the-liveable-income-guarantee-a-budget-ready-proposal-that-would-prevent-unemployment-benefits-falling-off-a-cliff-146990/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the Liveable Income Guarantee: a budget-ready proposal that would prevent unemployment benefits falling off a cliff">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul S.C.Taçon, Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, has a remarkable range and number of rock art sites, rivalling that of Europe, southern Africa and various parts of Asia. ... <a title="Introducing the Maliwawa Figures: a previously undescribed rock art style found in Western Arnhem Land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/introducing-the-maliwawa-figures-a-previously-undescribed-rock-art-style-found-in-western-arnhem-land-145535/" aria-label="Read more about Introducing the Maliwawa Figures: a previously undescribed rock art style found in Western Arnhem Land">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sommer Kapitan, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology If social media engagement rates determined which parties form the next government, New Zealand’s parliament would soon look a lot different. With its daily social media interactions commanding an average 7.7% engagement rate, Advance NZ (incorporating the ... <a title="Click, like, share, vote: who’s spending and who’s winning on social media ahead of New Zealand’s election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/click-like-share-vote-whos-spending-and-whos-winning-on-social-media-ahead-of-new-zealands-election-144486/" aria-label="Read more about Click, like, share, vote: who’s spending and who’s winning on social media ahead of New Zealand’s election">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University New Zealanders are polarised on climate change policy, according to a recent Stuff/Massey University survey of 55,000 readers. This puts the two major political parties in a difficult position as they seek options that are credible yet appealing to ... <a title="NZ election 2020: survey shows voters are divided on climate policy and urgency of action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/nz-election-2020-survey-shows-voters-are-divided-on-climate-policy-and-urgency-of-action-146569/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2020: survey shows voters are divided on climate policy and urgency of action">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government is selecting six priority areas for support in a $1.5 billion manufacturing plan Scott Morrison will outline in a pre-budget address. They are resources technology and critical minerals processing, food and beverage, medical products, recycling and clean ... <a title="Scott Morrison names six priority areas in $1.5 billion plan to boost manufacturing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/scott-morrison-names-six-priority-areas-in-1-5-billion-plan-to-boost-manufacturing-147213/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison names six priority areas in $1.5 billion plan to boost manufacturing">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra On Tuesday, the 2020 budget will be brought down. It will show a huge deficit for this financial year and massive government spending, aimed at promoting economic recovery and reducing unemployment. In the wake of COVID, the Coalition’s usual preoccupation ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Richardson on what Tuesday’s budget will and should do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/politics-with-michelle-grattan-chris-richardson-on-what-tuesdays-budget-will-and-should-do-147206/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Richardson on what Tuesday’s budget will and should do">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter van Duyn, Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University Twenty-two years ago, images of balaclava-clad security guards with German shepherds, locking out wharfies at the Patrick container terminals shocked the nation. With a fresh industrial dispute underway at the Patrick container ... <a title="Explainer: what is the latest waterfront dispute about?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/explainer-what-is-the-latest-waterfront-dispute-about-147100/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is the latest waterfront dispute about?">Read more</a>
