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September 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Humans have long been inspired and transfixed by the Moon, and as we’re discovering, moonlight can also change the behaviour of Australian wildlife. A collection of ... <a title="Predators, prey and moonlight singing: how phases of the Moon affect native wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/predators-prey-and-moonlight-singing-how-phases-of-the-moon-affect-native-wildlife-140556/" aria-label="Read more about Predators, prey and moonlight singing: how phases of the Moon affect native wildlife">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Lucas, Senior Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong Australian universities are in dire straits. The sudden loss of international student fees due to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent court rulings of wage theft by some of our top universities have exposed the depth of ... <a title="Governing universities: tertiary experience no longer required" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/governing-universities-tertiary-experience-no-longer-required-145439/" aria-label="Read more about Governing universities: tertiary experience no longer required">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It became official on Wednesday. The Australian economy is in recession for the first time in nearly three decades. And the drop in economic activity is unprecedented. GDP fell 7% in the June quarter. The previous biggest post-War fall in Australia ... <a title="Vital Signs: How do you fight a recession without precedent?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/vital-signs-how-do-you-fight-a-recession-without-precedent-145484/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: How do you fight a recession without precedent?">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University The plight of art schools in Australia in recent decades is hardly breaking news. Shrinking budgets, staff cuts, amalgamations and reduced course offerings have plagued most of them. Some workshop disciplines including printmaking, studio glass, ceramics and ... <a title="Friday essay: amid a war on culture, are Australia’s art schools an endangered species?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/friday-essay-amid-a-war-on-culture-are-australias-art-schools-an-endangered-species-144928/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: amid a war on culture, are Australia’s art schools an endangered species?">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra That old adage “never get between a premier and a bucket of money” has become “never get between a premier and a COVID election”. Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, two months from polling day, has been acting with the sort of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Premiers facing elections play hard ball with hard borders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/grattan-on-friday-premiers-facing-elections-play-hard-ball-with-hard-borders-145563/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Premiers facing elections play hard ball with hard borders">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University The Victorian government is taking a hard line against protests as it tries to get COVID-19 under control. As Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday, it’s not the time ... <a title="Protests have been criminalised under COVID. What is incitement? How is it being used in the pandemic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/protests-have-been-criminalised-under-covid-what-is-incitement-how-is-it-being-used-in-the-pandemic-145538/" aria-label="Read more about Protests have been criminalised under COVID. What is incitement? How is it being used in the pandemic?">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn Withers, Professor of Economics, Australian National University The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s draft news media bargaining code has raised an interesting question: how to put a dollar value on news content? Under the code, Google and Facebook would be forced to pay for Australian news ... <a title="How much should Facebook have to pay for news? We have a suggestion how to calculate it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/how-much-should-facebook-have-to-pay-for-news-we-have-a-suggestion-how-to-calculate-it-145463/" aria-label="Read more about How much should Facebook have to pay for news? We have a suggestion how to calculate it">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Metropolitan Melbourne’s stage 4 lockdown is due to end on Sunday September 13. While there’s been much speculation around what will come next, we’ll have a clearer picture this Sunday, when Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announces ... <a title="4 perspectives on how Victoria should exit stage 4 lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/4-perspectives-on-how-victoria-should-exit-stage-4-lockdown-145448/" aria-label="Read more about 4 perspectives on how Victoria should exit stage 4 lockdown">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Had the 2019 election panned out differently, Chris Bowen would have been the treasurer coping with Australia’s current economic crisis. Instead, as shadow health minister, he has been critical of aspects of the government’s handling of the health issues, especially ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on the recession, aged care and priorities for health policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/politics-with-michelle-grattan-chris-bowen-on-the-recession-aged-care-and-priorities-for-health-policy-145551/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on the recession, aged care and priorities for health policy">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Mahady, Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University If you’re under 50, the recent death Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman of colon cancer at just 43 may have prompted a worrying thought. Isn’t colon cancer – also known as bowel cancer – an older person’s ... <a title="Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at just 43. Here’s what under 50s need to know about bowel cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/chadwick-boseman-died-of-colon-cancer-at-just-43-heres-what-under-50s-need-to-know-about-bowel-cancer-145544/" aria-label="Read more about Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at just 43. Here’s what under 50s need to know about bowel cancer">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland One of the most striking responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the sudden, shift of around half the workforce to working at home. In many cases, this was combined with an equally sudden shift to home ... <a title="Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/have-we-just-stumbled-on-the-biggest-productivity-increase-of-the-century-145104/" aria-label="Read more about Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jagadish Thaker, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University Three in four New Zealanders (74%) say they intend to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when a vaccine becomes available, but just over half (56%) would put their names on a list to be vaccinated, according ... <a title="Survey shows 1 in 4 New Zealanders remain hesitant about a coronavirus vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/survey-shows-1-in-4-new-zealanders-remain-hesitant-about-a-coronavirus-vaccine-145304/" aria-label="Read more about Survey shows 1 in 4 New Zealanders remain hesitant about a coronavirus vaccine">Read more</a>
