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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is campaigning on a platform that puts climate action front and centre. At the Democratic National Convention last week, he outlined a US$2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure plan, a ... <a title="Under Biden, the US would no longer be a climate pariah – and that leaves Scott Morrison exposed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/under-biden-the-us-would-no-longer-be-a-climate-pariah-and-that-leaves-scott-morrison-exposed-144870/" aria-label="Read more about Under Biden, the US would no longer be a climate pariah – and that leaves Scott Morrison exposed">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Forsyth, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University Forceful suppression of political and scholarly views in universities has a long and shameful history. University of Cambridge Chancellor John Fisher was hanged, drawn and quartered for failing to support Henry VIII’s “great matter”. A few years later, ... <a title="How a fake ‘free speech crisis’ could imperil academic freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/how-a-fake-free-speech-crisis-could-imperil-academic-freedom-144272/" aria-label="Read more about How a fake ‘free speech crisis’ could imperil academic freedom">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Review: I am Woman, streaming on Stan from August 28. There’s a scene in Unjoo Moon’s debut feature I Am Woman, out this week on Stan, where Helen Reddy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) confronts an all-male row of ... <a title="I Am Woman: new Helen Reddy biopic captures the power and excitement of women’s liberation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/i-am-woman-new-helen-reddy-biopic-captures-the-power-and-excitement-of-womens-liberation-143344/" aria-label="Read more about I Am Woman: new Helen Reddy biopic captures the power and excitement of women’s liberation">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government is accelerating and repurposing defence spending in a A$1 billion boost to support about 4,000 jobs and assist small and medium-sized businesses in the defence industry supply chain. In several workforce initiatives worth about $80 million, up ... <a title="Government to recruit 500 more reservists in $1 billion accelerated defence spend to support jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/government-to-recruit-500-more-reservists-in-1-billion-accelerated-defence-spend-to-support-jobs-145062/" aria-label="Read more about Government to recruit 500 more reservists in $1 billion accelerated defence spend to support jobs">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Emergency Medicine Consultant, Australian National University The medical evacuation of Alexei Navalny, the outspoken political critic of Vladimir Putin who was allegedly poisoned last week, has shed more light on his illness. The Charité – Universitätsmedizin hospital in Berlin said in a statement yesterday: The ... <a title="What is the chemical agent that was reportedly used to poison Russian politician Alexei Navalny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/what-is-the-chemical-agent-that-was-reportedly-used-to-poison-russian-politician-alexei-navalny-145013/" aria-label="Read more about What is the chemical agent that was reportedly used to poison Russian politician Alexei Navalny?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has reclassified university courses in psychology and social work into a cheaper fee band under its Job-ready Graduates legislation, to be introduced into parliament on Wednesday. The change, part of a deal with the Nationals, means instead of ... <a title="Nationals win cheaper fees for social work and psychology in Job-ready Graduates legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/nationals-win-cheaper-fees-for-social-work-and-psychology-in-job-ready-graduates-legislation-145045/" aria-label="Read more about Nationals win cheaper fees for social work and psychology in Job-ready Graduates legislation">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Piterman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University Heads have rolled at AMP, and rightly so. Particularly the head of chairman David Murray, who this week resigned, somewhat unapologetically, over the sexual harassment scandal that has enveloped the embattled Australian financial services giant. As chair, the buck stopped ... <a title="Social licence: the idea AMP should embrace now David Murray has left the building" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/social-licence-the-idea-amp-should-embrace-now-david-murray-has-left-the-building-145029/" aria-label="Read more about Social licence: the idea AMP should embrace now David Murray has left the building">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide Review: Tenet, directed by Christopher Nolan. “Don’t try to understand it,” says the character Laura early on in Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s marvellous new film. The “it” here is time travel, or “technology that can reverse an object’s ... <a title="Tenet is marvellous: a staggeringly ambitious blend of popular effects and complex storytelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/tenet-is-marvellous-a-staggeringly-ambitious-blend-of-popular-effects-and-complex-storytelling-144872/" aria-label="Read more about Tenet is marvellous: a staggeringly ambitious blend of popular effects and complex storytelling">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Clive Palmer’s legal challenge to the Western Australian border closures seems less likely to succeed after findings made by the Federal Court. Palmer started his case in the High Court, arguing the Western Australian border closure breached section ... <a title="Federal Court finds border closures safest way to protect public health in Clive Palmer case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/federal-court-finds-border-closures-safest-way-to-protect-public-health-in-clive-palmer-case-145038/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Court finds border closures safest way to protect public health in Clive Palmer case">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Jackson, Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney On Tuesday, former Greens leader Richard Di Natale will give his farewell speech to the Senate. The party has now had six months to get used to its new leader, Adam Bandt. But COVID-19 has ... <a title="Where are the Greens? As Di Natale leaves, Bandt must find a spotlight for his party in a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/where-are-the-greens-as-di-natale-leaves-bandt-must-find-a-spotlight-for-his-party-in-a-pandemic-144869/" aria-label="Read more about Where are the Greens? As Di Natale leaves, Bandt must find a spotlight for his party in a pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Australia’s leading scientists today sent an open letter to Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, speaking out against his support for natural gas. Finkel has said natural gas plays a critical role ... <a title="4 reasons why a gas-led economic recovery is a terrible, naïve idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/4-reasons-why-a-gas-led-economic-recovery-is-a-terrible-na-ve-idea-145009/" aria-label="Read more about 4 reasons why a gas-led economic recovery is a terrible, naïve idea">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Windholz, Senior Lecturer and Associate, Monash Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University The Victorian government has announced its intention to amend the Public Health and Wellbeing Act to give it the power to extend Victoria’s state of emergency for up to another 12 ... <a title="Explainer: why is the Victorian government extending the state of emergency, and is it justified?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/explainer-why-is-the-victorian-government-extending-the-state-of-emergency-and-is-it-justified-145020/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why is the Victorian government extending the state of emergency, and is it justified?">Read more</a>
