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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Weismueller, Doctoral Researcher, University of Western Australia In February, major social media platforms attended a meeting hosted by the World Health Organisation to address coronavirus misinformation. The aim was to catalyse the fight against what the United Nations has called an “infodemic”. Usually, misinformation is focused ... <a title="Coronavirus misinformation is a global issue, but which myth you fall for likely depends on where you live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/coronavirus-misinformation-is-a-global-issue-but-which-myth-you-fall-for-likely-depends-on-where-you-live-143352/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus misinformation is a global issue, but which myth you fall for likely depends on where you live">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Salisbury, Research Associate, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland Government responses to COVID-19 in Australia have received, by and large, bipartisan support. An exception, it seems, is the imposition of restrictions on interstate movement. State borders have become a lightning rod ... <a title="Did someone say ‘election’?: how politics met pandemic to create ‘fortress Queensland’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/did-someone-say-election-how-politics-met-pandemic-to-create-fortress-queensland-144067/" aria-label="Read more about Did someone say ‘election’?: how politics met pandemic to create ‘fortress Queensland’">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hoffmann, Professor of Economics and Chair of Behavioural Business Lab, RMIT University Fingers have been pointing all over the place as the country searches for answers to the stubbornly high coronavirus cases and rising death rates in Victoria. While Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been fronting ... <a title="Playing the COVID-19 blame game may feel good, but it could come at a cost — the government’s credibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/playing-the-covid-19-blame-game-may-feel-good-but-it-could-come-at-a-cost-the-governments-credibility-144120/" aria-label="Read more about Playing the COVID-19 blame game may feel good, but it could come at a cost — the government’s credibility">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Lakhani, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, La Trobe University Under the stage 4 restrictions enforced throughout metropolitan Melbourne, residents can exercise for one hour each day, within five kilometres of their home. While such restrictions are necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19, they can potentially ... <a title="340,000 Melburnians have little or no parkland within 5km of their home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/340-000-melburnians-have-little-or-no-parkland-within-5km-of-their-home-144069/" aria-label="Read more about 340,000 Melburnians have little or no parkland within 5km of their home">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wilkins, Associate Professor of illegal drug research, Massey University The referendum on legalising recreational cannabis use is just over a month away. Campaigns for and against the change are well under way. We’ve had expert reports from the Helen Clark Foundation, the Office of the Prime ... <a title="It could take 10 years to measure the impact of legalising weed – should New Zealand’s proposed law be even stronger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/it-could-take-10-years-to-measure-the-impact-of-legalising-weed-should-new-zealands-proposed-law-be-even-stronger-144271/" aria-label="Read more about It could take 10 years to measure the impact of legalising weed – should New Zealand’s proposed law be even stronger?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fernanda Alves, PhD student, Australian National University Saving endangered species from extinction is a challenging job. It requires creative, affordable and effective interventions. In a rare good news story for conservation, we came up with one such method. We want to save the forty-spotted pardalote – an ... <a title="Scientists devised a cheap, ingenious trick to save this bird from a blood-sucking maggot – and it works brilliantly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/scientists-devised-a-cheap-ingenious-trick-to-save-this-bird-from-a-blood-sucking-maggot-and-it-works-brilliantly-143900/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists devised a cheap, ingenious trick to save this bird from a blood-sucking maggot – and it works brilliantly">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Krumdieck, Professor and Director, Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab, University of Canterbury CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an ... <a title="Climate explained: why does geothermal electricity count as renewable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/climate-explained-why-does-geothermal-electricity-count-as-renewable-143433/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why does geothermal electricity count as renewable?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erika Martino, Research Fellow In Healthy Housing, University of Melbourne There is a crisis within crisis accommodation. Homelessness providers struggle to meet women’s requests for accommodation under usual circumstances. During COVID-19 lockdowns the dramatic increase in domestic abuse has put an already stretched system under greater pressure. ... <a title="As demand for crisis housing soars, surely we can tap into COVID-19 vacancies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/as-demand-for-crisis-housing-soars-surely-we-can-tap-into-covid-19-vacancies-143815/" aria-label="Read more about As demand for crisis housing soars, surely we can tap into COVID-19 vacancies">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barry Oliver, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Insider trading comes in two main forms: arguably legal and clearly illegal. But, as with drugs in sport, it’s hard to tell when arguably legal ends and clearly illegal begins. It is generally accepted that it is wrong to ... <a title="Insider trading has become more subtle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/insider-trading-has-become-more-subtle-142981/" aria-label="Read more about Insider trading has become more subtle">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frances Di Lauro, Senior Lecturer, Department of Writing Studies, University of Sydney In the year then of our Lord 1348, there happened at Florence, the finest city in all Italy, a most terrible plague… Giovanni Boccaccio introduces his acclaimed collection of novellas, the Decameron, with a reference ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: Boccaccio’s Decameron, a masterpiece of plague and resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/guide-to-the-classics-boccaccios-decameron-a-masterpiece-of-plague-and-resilience-143437/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: Boccaccio’s Decameron, a masterpiece of plague and resilience">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals are demanding major changes to the government’s controversial new higher education fee plan, declaring it would disadvantage regional communities and students as it stands. The Nationals party room on Monday discussed the JobReady Graduates Package draft legislation – ... <a title="Nationals revolt over the government’s proposed university fee changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/nationals-revolt-over-the-governments-proposed-university-fee-changes-144306/" aria-label="Read more about Nationals revolt over the government’s proposed university fee changes">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has clashed with the Royal Commission into Aged Care, strongly rejecting the claim by senior counsel assisting the inquiry Peter Rozen that it had no specific COVID-19 plan for the sector. Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck told ... <a title="Government rejects Royal Commission’s claim of no aged care plan, as commission set to grill regulator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/11/government-rejects-royal-commissions-claim-of-no-aged-care-plan-as-commission-set-to-grill-regulator-144301/" aria-label="Read more about Government rejects Royal Commission’s claim of no aged care plan, as commission set to grill regulator">Read more</a>
