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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne With massive fronds creating a luxuriously green canopy in the understory of Australian forests, tree ferns are a familiar sight on many long drives or bushwalks. But how much do you really know about them? First of all, tree ... <a title="Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/tree-ferns-are-older-than-dinosaurs-and-thats-not-even-the-most-interesting-thing-about-them-138435/" aria-label="Read more about Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the week of hearings before the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Victorian ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Melbourne’s ongoing quarantine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-royal-commission-into-aged-care-and-melbournes-ongoing-quarantine-144501/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Melbourne’s ongoing quarantine">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Marum, PhD Candidate in English, University of Melbourne Review: Little Birds, Sky Atlantic, released on Stan August 5 2020 Little Birds adapts a 1979 collection of French-born diarist Anaïs Nin’s unsettling erotic short stories published two years after her death. Nin maintained that she wrote these ... <a title="Playing and paying the whore in Little Birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/playing-and-paying-the-whore-in-little-birds-144345/" aria-label="Read more about Playing and paying the whore in Little Birds">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorraine Finlay, Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University The events of the past few days in Western Australia have been extraordinary as the protracted conflict between the government and mining billionaire Clive Palmer reached a fever pitch. Premier Mark McGowan declared the state is “in a war” with ... <a title="The WA government legislated itself a win in its dispute with Clive Palmer — and put itself above the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-wa-government-legislated-itself-a-win-in-its-dispute-with-clive-palmer-and-put-itself-above-the-law-144360/" aria-label="Read more about The WA government legislated itself a win in its dispute with Clive Palmer — and put itself above the law">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist Following the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20, many people throughout Australia, and across the world, wanted to know how they could help in response to the environmental disaster. Hundreds contacted the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA), Australia’s ... <a title="From Kangaroo Island to Mallacoota, citizen scientists proved vital to Australia’s bushfire recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/from-kangaroo-island-to-mallacoota-citizen-scientists-proved-vital-to-australias-bushfire-recovery-48230/" aria-label="Read more about From Kangaroo Island to Mallacoota, citizen scientists proved vital to Australia’s bushfire recovery">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Have we flattened the curve of global terrorism? In our COVID-19-obsessed news cycle stories about terrorism and terrorist attacks have largely disappeared. We now, though, understand a little more about how ... <a title="In COVID’s shadow, global terrorism goes quiet. But we have seen this before, and should be wary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/in-covids-shadow-global-terrorism-goes-quiet-but-we-have-seen-this-before-and-should-be-wary-144286/" aria-label="Read more about In COVID’s shadow, global terrorism goes quiet. But we have seen this before, and should be wary">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology It isn’t easy being a political opposition in the midst of a crisis. The volatility within New Zealand’s National Party – which has had three leaders in as many months – is a case in point. Some ... <a title="The COVID-19 crisis tests oppositions as well as governments. Ahead of New Zealand’s election, National risks failing that test" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-covid-19-crisis-tests-oppositions-as-well-as-governments-ahead-of-new-zealands-election-national-risks-failing-that-test-144415/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID-19 crisis tests oppositions as well as governments. Ahead of New Zealand’s election, National risks failing that test">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Elshaug, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, Professor of Health Policy and Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney This is one of our occasional Essays on Health, this time from an Australian visiting fellow in Washington, DC. Adam Elshaug, professor of health policy, ... <a title="Pandemic letter from America: how the US handling of COVID-19 provides the starkest warning for us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/pandemic-letter-from-america-how-the-us-handling-of-covid-19-provides-the-starkest-warning-for-us-all-144357/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic letter from America: how the US handling of COVID-19 provides the starkest warning for us all">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, School of Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast Sea level rise is a serious threat to the low-lying islands of the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean. To fight it, their president recently announced he plans to raise ... <a title="Pacific people have been ‘pummelled and demeaned’ for too long – now they’re fighting back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/pacific-people-have-been-pummelled-and-demeaned-for-too-long-now-theyre-fighting-back-144278/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific people have been ‘pummelled and demeaned’ for too long – now they’re fighting back">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Lintermans, Associate professor, University of Canberra The tragic fish kills in the lower Darling River drew attention to the plight of Australia’s freshwater fish, but they’ve been in trouble for a long time. Many species have declined sharply in recent decades, and as many as 90 ... <a title="Australia’s smallest fish among 22 at risk of extinction within two decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/australias-smallest-fish-among-22-at-risk-of-extinction-within-two-decades-144115/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s smallest fish among 22 at risk of extinction within two decades">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Somayeh Parvazian, Survey Methodologist, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) unpack the lives of young Australians as they leave school, enter further study or the workforce and make the transition into adulthood. The latest findings are now available for ... <a title="A 3-decade ‘moving picture’ of young Australians’ study, work and life, thanks to LSAY" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/a-3-decade-moving-picture-of-young-australians-study-work-and-life-thanks-to-lsay-141134/" aria-label="Read more about A 3-decade ‘moving picture’ of young Australians’ study, work and life, thanks to LSAY">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In the early 1930s a 21-year-old undergraduate at the London School of Economics asked a great question during his summer research project: “if my economics professors are right that markets are an efficient way to allocate resources, then why do firms ... <a title="Vital Signs: this university funding crisis was always coming – COVID-19 just accelerated it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/vital-signs-this-university-funding-crisis-was-always-coming-covid-19-just-accelerated-it-144365/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: this university funding crisis was always coming – COVID-19 just accelerated it">Read more</a>
