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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Flannery, Planetary Scientist, Queensland University of Technology Every two years or so, when Mars passes close to Earth in its orbit around the Sun, conditions are right to launch a spacecraft to the red planet. Launches during this period can complete the seven-month voyage using a ... <a title="Perseverance: the Mars rover searching for ancient life, and the Aussie scientists who helped build it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/perseverance-the-mars-rover-searching-for-ancient-life-and-the-aussie-scientists-who-helped-build-it-141590/" aria-label="Read more about Perseverance: the Mars rover searching for ancient life, and the Aussie scientists who helped build it">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Teicher, Professor of Human Resources and Employment and Deputy Dean (Research), School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia There is nothing new about people turning up to work when they’re sick. During the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, many Melburnians had no option but to carry on ... <a title="‘Far too many’ Victorians are going to work while sick. Far too many have no choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/far-too-many-victorians-are-going-to-work-while-sick-far-too-many-have-no-choice-143600/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Far too many’ Victorians are going to work while sick. Far too many have no choice">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giovanni Di Virgilio, Research associate, UNSW At the height of last summer’s fires, some commentators claimed “greenies” were preventing hazard reduction burns – also known as prescribed burns – in cooler months. They argued that such burns would have reduced the bushfire intensity. Fire experts repeatedly dismissed ... <a title="Under climate change, winter will be the best time for bush burn-offs – and that could be bad news for public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/under-climate-change-winter-will-be-the-best-time-for-bush-burn-offs-and-that-could-be-bad-news-for-public-health-143546/" aria-label="Read more about Under climate change, winter will be the best time for bush burn-offs – and that could be bad news for public health">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ly Tran, Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Deakin University The Australian government recently announced it will resume granting visas to international students in a move to push forward with international education. This means when borders reopen, many students will already have visas to come to Australia. Current ... <a title="Australia’s graduate work visa scheme attracts international students to our universities. Is it enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/australias-graduate-work-visa-scheme-attracts-international-students-to-our-universities-is-it-enough-143534/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s graduate work visa scheme attracts international students to our universities. Is it enough?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Davern, Senior Research Fellow, Director Australian Urban Observatory, Co-Director Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University COVID-19 provides a stark reminder of inequity and the spread of disease. These aren’t new ideas and can be traced back to John Snow’s cholera maps and ... <a title="Mapping COVID-19 spread in Melbourne shows link to job types and ability to stay home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/mapping-covid-19-spread-in-melbourne-shows-link-to-job-types-and-ability-to-stay-home-143610/" aria-label="Read more about Mapping COVID-19 spread in Melbourne shows link to job types and ability to stay home">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There are the Boxing Day sales, and there was this week’s rush of extremely cashed-up investors desperate to get a slice of this week’s rare 31-year government bond auction. What’s a bond? What’s a bond ... <a title="The government has just sold $15 billion of 31-year bonds. But what actually is a bond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/the-government-has-just-sold-15-billion-of-31-year-bonds-but-what-actually-is-a-bond-143598/" aria-label="Read more about The government has just sold $15 billion of 31-year bonds. But what actually is a bond?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne That COVID is hurting young workers more than older ones is widely recognised. What’s less well known is that even before COVID-19, in the decade leading up to it, incomes for young people (aged 15 to 34) were falling ... <a title="Why young people are earning less" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/why-young-people-are-earning-less-143549/" aria-label="Read more about Why young people are earning less">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Worrad, PhD candidate in History, University of Newcastle Last month, Eoin Higgins, senior editor for progressive news website CommonDreams, tweeted a screenshot of a Facebook post by “verbal, conscious channel” Carol Collins. The post, originally made on June 7, claims Collins had the previous day psychically ... <a title="The ‘channelling’ of George Floyd and spiritualism’s racist history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/the-channelling-of-george-floyd-and-spiritualisms-racist-history-143270/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘channelling’ of George Floyd and spiritualism’s racist history">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will unveil 16 targets for Indigenous advancement, including ensuring the maintenance of strong relationships with land and culture, when Scott Morrison announces on Thursday a new national agreement on “Closing the Gap”. Negotiated with Indigenous representatives as a ... <a title="New ‘Closing the Gap’ targets will cover attachment to land and culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/new-closing-the-gap-targets-will-cover-attachment-to-land-and-culture-143636/" aria-label="Read more about New ‘Closing the Gap’ targets will cover attachment to land and culture">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the Morrison government on Wednesday stepped up its attack on Western Australia over its refusal to open its borders, it faced a couple of awkward political questions. The Prime Minister was quizzed at a news conference in Canberra on ... <a title="View from The Hill: With an abundance of caution, Palaszczuk puts out the unwelcome mat to Sydneysiders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/view-from-the-hill-with-an-abundance-of-caution-palaszczuk-puts-out-the-unwelcome-mat-to-sydneysiders-143633/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: With an abundance of caution, Palaszczuk puts out the unwelcome mat to Sydneysiders">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hickie, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Sydney American rapper Kanye West has been making headlines recently as he mounts a campaign to be elected president of the United States. We’ve seen a series of chaotic and emotional public outbursts, including during his first presidential campaign appearance, ... <a title="What is bipolar disorder, the condition Kanye West lives with?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/what-is-bipolar-disorder-the-condition-kanye-west-lives-with-143198/" aria-label="Read more about What is bipolar disorder, the condition Kanye West lives with?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Callick, Industry Fellow, Griffith University This week’s annual Australia-US ministerial (AUSMIN) talks took place within the fraught context of a world growing in enmity and anxiety — but no longer economically. The US ambassador to Australia, Arthur Culvahouse Jr, described it as one of the most ... <a title="Payne and Reynolds leave Washington with key ‘wins’ — and room to disagree with US on China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/payne-and-reynolds-leave-washington-with-key-wins-and-room-to-disagree-with-us-on-china-143612/" aria-label="Read more about Payne and Reynolds leave Washington with key ‘wins’ — and room to disagree with US on China">Read more</a>
