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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francis Markham, Research Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The Morrison government has finally unveiled the long-awaited new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. After more than two years of consultation, and a year of negotiations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was full of ... <a title="We have 16 new Closing the Gap targets. Will governments now do what’s needed to meet them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/we-have-16-new-closing-the-gap-targets-will-governments-now-do-whats-needed-to-meet-them-143179/" aria-label="Read more about We have 16 new Closing the Gap targets. Will governments now do what’s needed to meet them?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Those in aged care have been some of the hardest hit by the coronavirus second wave in Victoria. Even before the crisis, there were calls for reform of the sector, which is currently being examined by a royal commission. Issues ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the need for aged care reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/politics-with-michelle-grattan-patricia-sparrow-on-the-need-for-aged-care-reform-143694/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the need for aged care reform">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Stephenson, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago A proposed multibillion-dollar project to build a pumped hydro storage plant could make New Zealand’s electricity grid 100% renewable, but expensive new infrastructure may not be the best way to achieve this. New Zealand’s electricity ... <a title="New Zealand wants to build a 100% renewable electricity grid, but massive infrastructure is not the best option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/new-zealand-wants-to-build-a-100-renewable-electricity-grid-but-massive-infrastructure-is-not-the-best-option-143592/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand wants to build a 100% renewable electricity grid, but massive infrastructure is not the best option">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Pattison, Research scientist at Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, University of Sydney Most countries have a staple food: native, fast-growing and easy-to-store plants high in carbohydrates. In Africa, it’s sorghum. In Asia, rice. In the Americas, corn and potato. Around the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle ... <a title="America has corn and Asia has rice. It’s time Australia had a native staple food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/america-has-corn-and-asia-has-rice-its-time-australia-had-a-native-staple-food-108983/" aria-label="Read more about America has corn and Asia has rice. It’s time Australia had a native staple food">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Maguire, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, James Cook University Review: Kokomo, published by Hachette You know, Kokomo’s not even a real place … Well, it is, but it’s an industrial city in Indiana, it’s a long way from the tropical paradise they’d have you believe. ... <a title="Kokomo by Victoria Hannan, a millennial fiction that spans generations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/kokomo-by-victoria-hannan-a-millennial-fiction-that-spans-generations-142043/" aria-label="Read more about Kokomo by Victoria Hannan, a millennial fiction that spans generations">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Ranse, Senior Research Fellow; Emergency Care, Griffith University The emergency response to Victoria’s COVID-19 crisis has been ramped up today with AUSMAT teams now working alongside defence force and hospital nurses in aged care homes. This comes as the total number of active COVID-19 cases linked ... <a title="AUSMAT teams start work in aged care homes today. But what does this ‘SAS of the medical world’ actually do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/ausmat-teams-start-work-in-aged-care-homes-today-but-what-does-this-sas-of-the-medical-world-actually-do-143605/" aria-label="Read more about AUSMAT teams start work in aged care homes today. But what does this ‘SAS of the medical world’ actually do?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Russo, Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University Victoria has today achieved another grim record, with 723 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 deaths. This is more than double the 295 cases recorded yesterday, and flies in the face of suggestions ... <a title="723 new COVID-19 cases in Victoria could reflect more testing – but behaviour probably has something to do with it too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/723-new-covid-19-cases-in-victoria-could-reflect-more-testing-but-behaviour-probably-has-something-to-do-with-it-too-143677/" aria-label="Read more about 723 new COVID-19 cases in Victoria could reflect more testing – but behaviour probably has something to do with it too">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Richardson-Self, Lecturer in Philosophy & Gender Studies, University of Tasmania Another day, another woman being called a “whore” — and worse — on Twitter. In the wake of her recent interview with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, ABC 730 host Leigh Sales posted some of the sexualised ... <a title="Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/leigh-sales-showed-us-the-abuse-women-cop-online-when-are-we-going-to-stop-tolerating-misogyny-143543/" aria-label="Read more about Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian M. Mackay, Adjunct assistant professor, The University of Queensland Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday the state had recorded 723 new COVID-19 cases, a huge jump from the 295 new daily cases announced the day before. There’s no denying 723 is a shocking number. It’s ... <a title="723 cases is a bad number for Victoria. But we can’t freak out over a single day’s figure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/723-cases-is-a-bad-number-for-victoria-but-we-cant-freak-out-over-a-single-days-figure-143686/" aria-label="Read more about 723 cases is a bad number for Victoria. But we can’t freak out over a single day’s figure">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University What’s driving “Bunnings Karen” and others to film themselves arguing with shop assistants about face masks and human rights? And how should we respond? Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has called their behaviour “appalling” and ... <a title="What to do with anti-maskers? Punishment has its place, but can also entrench resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/what-to-do-with-anti-maskers-punishment-has-its-place-but-can-also-entrench-resistance-143456/" aria-label="Read more about What to do with anti-maskers? Punishment has its place, but can also entrench resistance">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania Malaysians are rejoicing the news this week that former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been found guilty on seven charges related to corruption and abuse of power, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Many people want to ... <a title="Will the Najib Razak verdict be a watershed moment for Malaysia? Not in a system built on racial superiority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/will-the-najib-razak-verdict-be-a-watershed-moment-for-malaysia-not-in-a-system-built-on-racial-superiority-143617/" aria-label="Read more about Will the Najib Razak verdict be a watershed moment for Malaysia? Not in a system built on racial superiority">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Kearney, Senior Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery, University of the Sunshine Coast Amid the horrific stories of coronavirus deaths and disease around the world, researchers have reported a ray of light. Almost simultaneously, two independent groups in Europe noticed their neonatal intensive care units seemed quieter during ... <a title="It’s tempting to believe good news. But are there really fewer premature babies in lockdown? We’re likely clutching at straws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/its-tempting-to-believe-good-news-but-are-there-really-fewer-premature-babies-in-lockdown-were-likely-clutching-at-straws-143353/" aria-label="Read more about It’s tempting to believe good news. But are there really fewer premature babies in lockdown? We’re likely clutching at straws">Read more</a>
