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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University The Royal Commission into the summer fires is an opportunity to start seriously reconsidering our built environment. We need to prepare for accelerating climate change, our changing natural landscape and future natural disasters. This should include reassessing our ... <a title="When bushfires meet old septic tanks, a disease outbreak is only a matter of time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/when-bushfires-meet-old-septic-tanks-a-disease-outbreak-is-only-a-matter-of-time-138798/" aria-label="Read more about When bushfires meet old septic tanks, a disease outbreak is only a matter of time">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland In 2019, Australia dropped five places in the World Press Freedom Index. Australia was once the model for press freedom in the Asia-Pacific, but Reporters Without Borders, which collates the index, said: Australia […] ... <a title="Security committee recommends bare minimum of reform to protect press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/security-committee-recommends-bare-minimum-of-reform-to-protect-press-freedom-145105/" aria-label="Read more about Security committee recommends bare minimum of reform to protect press freedom">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Bennie, Senior Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland We often get bombarded with the message “regular physical activity is the key to good health and well-being”. To most of us, when we hear “physical activity”, we typically think of aerobic exercise such as walking, jogging, and ... <a title="Strength training is as important as cardio – and you can do it from home during COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/strength-training-is-as-important-as-cardio-and-you-can-do-it-from-home-during-covid-19-144668/" aria-label="Read more about Strength training is as important as cardio – and you can do it from home during COVID-19">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University The author will be leading on online discussion through La Trobe University today on the threat of a new Cold War between China and the US, with ... <a title="The China-US rivalry is not a new Cold War. It is way more complex and could last much longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/the-china-us-rivalry-is-not-a-new-cold-war-it-is-way-more-complex-and-could-last-much-longer-144912/" aria-label="Read more about The China-US rivalry is not a new Cold War. It is way more complex and could last much longer">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Allen, Senior Lecturer in Public Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has shown a remarkable grasp of fine detail and an ability to communicate it under pressure. But short of monitoring every flight, border interaction and hotel perimeter herself, ... <a title="When good intentions aren’t enough: where New Zealand’s border quarantine system really went wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/when-good-intentions-arent-enough-where-new-zealands-border-quarantine-system-really-went-wrong-145007/" aria-label="Read more about When good intentions aren’t enough: where New Zealand’s border quarantine system really went wrong">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University When the clocked ticked over to 2020, Australia was in the grip of a brutal drought and unprecedented bushfires. But in the months since, while many of us were indoors ... <a title="Need a mood lift? We’ve tracked 4 ways Australia’s environment has repaired itself in 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/need-a-mood-lift-weve-tracked-4-ways-australias-environment-has-repaired-itself-in-2020-144949/" aria-label="Read more about Need a mood lift? We’ve tracked 4 ways Australia’s environment has repaired itself in 2020">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Irvine, Lecturer in Strategic Speech Communication, Queensland University of Technology Many parents and students are engaged in a daily routine of speaking to people via a camera on a computer, tablet or phone during COVID-19 restrictions. This often means finding a quiet place in order to ... <a title="Anxious about speaking in online classes and meetings? Here are 7 tips to make it easier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/anxious-about-speaking-in-online-classes-and-meetings-here-are-7-tips-to-make-it-easier-144121/" aria-label="Read more about Anxious about speaking in online classes and meetings? Here are 7 tips to make it easier">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Stokes, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University I’m writing this in the inner north of Melbourne, near two major roads that normally provide a constant hum of traffic noise. Yet if I stick my head out the front door after 8pm there’s near-total silence. A citywide ... <a title="Struggling with the uncertainty of life under coronavirus? How Kierkegaard’s philosophy can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/struggling-with-the-uncertainty-of-life-under-coronavirus-how-kierkegaards-philosophy-can-help-144671/" aria-label="Read more about Struggling with the uncertainty of life under coronavirus? How Kierkegaard’s philosophy can help">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison finds himself besieged on two fronts in the political war over aged care. The royal commissioners inquiring into the sector have made their second sortie within days into the debate, while Labor, struggling for cut-through, has resorted to ... <a title="View from The Hill: The role of ‘profit’ is the elephant in the aged care room" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/view-from-the-hill-the-role-of-profit-is-the-elephant-in-the-aged-care-room-145118/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: The role of ‘profit’ is the elephant in the aged care room">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will introduce legislation to enable it to review and cancel agreements state, territory and local governments and public universities have entered with foreign governments. The move can be expected to lead to the Victorian government’s “belt and ... <a title="Morrison government set to target Victorian ‘belt and road’ agreement under sweeping new legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/morrison-government-set-to-target-victorian-belt-and-road-agreement-under-sweeping-new-legislation-145124/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government set to target Victorian ‘belt and road’ agreement under sweeping new legislation">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renae Barker, Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia Religious objections to vaccinations have been around almost as long as vaccinations themselves. This week, three leading Australian religious figures have written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlining ethical concerns they have with the potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed ... <a title="Why freedom of religion won’t likely trump public health interests with a future COVID-19 vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/why-freedom-of-religion-wont-likely-trump-public-health-interests-with-a-future-covid-19-vaccine-145030/" aria-label="Read more about Why freedom of religion won’t likely trump public health interests with a future COVID-19 vaccine">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia Dennis, Associate Professor MBBS, PhD, MPH, PGDipEcho, FANZCA, University of Melbourne Yesterday, the Victorian government released much-anticipated figures showing the proportion of the state’s health-care workers who caught COVID-19 at work. Victoria’s chief medical officer Andrew Wilson said yesterday that 70-80% of health workers testing positive ... <a title="Here’s the proof we need. Many more health workers than we ever thought are catching COVID-19 on the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/heres-the-proof-we-need-many-more-health-workers-than-we-ever-thought-are-catching-covid-19-on-the-job-145092/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s the proof we need. Many more health workers than we ever thought are catching COVID-19 on the job">Read more</a>
