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July 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael O’Neil, Executive Director, SA Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide The government is about to make an historic decision. The JobSeeker unemployment benefit (previously called Newstart) has scarcely increased in real terms since 1994. In that time general living standards, as measured by real gross ... <a title="The compromise that might just boost the JobSeeker unemployment benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/20/the-compromise-that-might-just-boost-the-jobseeker-unemployment-benefit-142321/" aria-label="Read more about The compromise that might just boost the JobSeeker unemployment benefit">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Henderson, PhD Candidate in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, University of Canberra Early ventures in queer young adult (YA) fiction followed certain conventions: they tended to be set in the contemporary world and their narratives focused on coming out, bullying, heartbreak or fighting for acceptance. Most ... <a title="Queer young adult fiction isn’t all gloomy realism. Here are 5 uplifting books to get you started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/20/queer-young-adult-fiction-isnt-all-gloomy-realism-here-are-5-uplifting-books-to-get-you-started-141125/" aria-label="Read more about Queer young adult fiction isn’t all gloomy realism. Here are 5 uplifting books to get you started">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is set to continue a revamped and re-targeted wage subsidy when it delivers its Thursday economic statement amid massive uncertainty about the trajectory of COVID-19 in the two largest states. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann on Sunday said JobKeeper ... <a title="Government to announce revamped wage subsidy amid huge COVID uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/19/government-to-announce-revamped-wage-subsidy-amid-huge-covid-uncertainty-142969/" aria-label="Read more about Government to announce revamped wage subsidy amid huge COVID uncertainty">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Burke, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Lorna Jane recently launched an “antiviral” line of its activewear, called “LJ Shield”, generating significant backlash from medical professionals. The popular activewear brand has now pedalled back and removed any mention of LJ Shield being antiviral from its marketing. ... <a title="Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/antibacterial-activewear-the-claim-is-just-as-absurd-as-it-sounds-142828/" aria-label="Read more about Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Burke, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Lorna Jane recently launched an “antiviral” line of its activewear, called “LJ Shield”, generating significant backlash from medical professionals. The popular activewear brand has now pedalled back and removed any mention of LJ Shield being antiviral from its marketing. ... <a title="Anti-bacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/anti-bacterial-activewear-the-claim-is-just-as-absurd-as-it-sounds-142828/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-bacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Just weeks after allowing public hospitals to restart elective surgeries, the Victorian government has ordered Melbourne hospitals to defer category 3 procedures again. Category 3 procedures include hip and knee replacements and cataract procedures. Category 3 patients are the easiest ... <a title="Victoria’s latest elective surgery slowdown is painful but necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/victorias-latest-elective-surgery-slowdown-is-painful-but-necessary-142896/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s latest elective surgery slowdown is painful but necessary">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University Led by physicians, scientists and epidemiologists, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the most reliable sources of knowledge during disease outbreaks. But now, ... <a title="US coronavirus data will now go straight to the White House. Here’s what this means for the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/us-coronavirus-data-will-now-go-straight-to-the-white-house-heres-what-this-means-for-the-world-142814/" aria-label="Read more about US coronavirus data will now go straight to the White House. Here’s what this means for the world">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abby Wild, Research fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University As COVID-19 cases began spreading across many multicultural communities in Melbourne last last month, Victoria’s chief health officer said it was essential for the government to properly engage with linguistically diverse communities. From a behavioural ... <a title="We asked multicultural communities how best to communicate COVID-19 advice. Here’s what they told us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/we-asked-multicultural-communities-how-best-to-communicate-covid-19-advice-heres-what-they-told-us-142719/" aria-label="Read more about We asked multicultural communities how best to communicate COVID-19 advice. Here’s what they told us">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon is joined by Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including community transmission in Victoria and New South Wales, the prime minister’s suppression tactic to fight the virus, the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the palace letters, community transmission, and the JobTrainer program" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-palace-letters-community-transmission-and-the-jobtrainer-program-142905/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the palace letters, community transmission, and the JobTrainer program">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaun Brooks, University Associate, University of Tasmania Australia wants to build a 2.7-kilometre concrete runway in Antarctica, the world’s biggest natural reserve. The plan, if approved, would have the largest footprint of any project in the continent’s history. The runway is part of an aerodrome to be ... <a title="Australia wants to build a huge concrete runway in Antarctica. Here’s why that’s a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/australia-wants-to-build-a-huge-concrete-runway-in-antarctica-heres-why-thats-a-bad-idea-139596/" aria-label="Read more about Australia wants to build a huge concrete runway in Antarctica. Here’s why that’s a bad idea">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meghan S. Miller, Associate Professor; Program Director AuScope Earth Imaging, Australian National University Our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed human activity all over the world. People are working from home, schools are closed in many places, travel is restricted, and in some cases only ... <a title="Australian cities are quiet during lockdown. Earthquake scientists are making the most of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/australian-cities-are-quiet-during-lockdown-earthquake-scientists-are-making-the-most-of-it-142717/" aria-label="Read more about Australian cities are quiet during lockdown. Earthquake scientists are making the most of it">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christa Lam-Cassettari, Research Fellow, MARCS Institute BabyLab, Western Sydney University COVID-19 has seen a huge increase in video calling as we try to socially distance but still stay in touch. This is particularly the case for grandparents and their grandchildren, who have either chosen to stay away, ... <a title="Grandparent-grandchildren video calls are vital during COVID-19. Here are simple ways to improve them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/grandparent-grandchildren-video-calls-are-vital-during-covid-19-here-are-simple-ways-to-improve-them-141534/" aria-label="Read more about Grandparent-grandchildren video calls are vital during COVID-19. Here are simple ways to improve them">Read more</a>
