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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Peters, Associate Professor of Wildlife Health and Pathology, Charles Sturt University This article is part of Flora, Fauna, Fire, a special project by The Conversation that launched this week. The project tracks the recovery of Australia’s native plants and animals after last summer’s bushfire tragedy. Explore ... <a title="‘Death by irony’: The mystery of the mouse that died of smoke inhalation, but went nowhere near a fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/death-by-irony-the-mystery-of-the-mouse-that-died-of-smoke-inhalation-but-went-nowhere-near-a-fire-139906/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Death by irony’: The mystery of the mouse that died of smoke inhalation, but went nowhere near a fire">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wee Tiong Seah, Associate Professor in Mathematics Education, University of Melbourne On Sunday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced government school students in prep to Year 10 in metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire will learn from home for term three. The remote learning period will run from ... <a title="Students in Melbourne will go back to remote schooling. Here’s what we learnt last time and how to make it better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/students-in-melbourne-will-go-back-to-remote-schooling-heres-what-we-learnt-last-time-and-how-to-make-it-better-142550/" aria-label="Read more about Students in Melbourne will go back to remote schooling. Here’s what we learnt last time and how to make it better">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillippa Carnemolla, Senior Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney The stated purpose of the Morrison government’s HomeBuilder program is to stimulate the economy and create construction jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research shows home improvements could do much more than just ... <a title="Renovations as stimulus? Home modifications can do so much more to transform people’s lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/renovations-as-stimulus-home-modifications-can-do-so-much-more-to-transform-peoples-lives-140639/" aria-label="Read more about Renovations as stimulus? Home modifications can do so much more to transform people’s lives">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Davidson, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW Suddenly, the idea of a “job guarantee” is back in vogue. Lawyer, academic, land rights activist and founder of the Cape York Institute Noel Pearson has come out of it favour of it, University of Newcastle labour market specialist Bill Mitchell ... <a title="There’s serious talk about a “job guarantee”, but it’s not that straightforward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/theres-serious-talk-about-a-job-guarantee-but-its-not-that-straightforward-140632/" aria-label="Read more about There’s serious talk about a “job guarantee”, but it’s not that straightforward">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Kayis-Kumar, Senior Lecturer and Tax Clinic Director, School of Taxation & Business Law, UNSW For some people tax time will result in no tax paid this year, and if past years are anything to go by, about 50 of them will be millionaires. Not mere millionaires, ... <a title="Yes, there are millionaires who pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/yes-there-are-millionaires-who-pay-no-tax-but-crimping-deductions-mightnt-help-139279/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, there are millionaires who pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn’t help">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland From the 11th century onwards, the Legend of Barlaam and Josaphat enjoyed a popularity in the medieval West attained perhaps by no other legend. It was available in over 60 versions in ... <a title="How the Buddha became a Christian saint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/how-the-buddha-became-a-christian-saint-142285/" aria-label="Read more about How the Buddha became a Christian saint">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Victoria has recorded 288 new COVID-19 cases since yesterday, the largest daily increase we’ve seen so far. This big jump must have the Victorian government and health authorities very concerned, especially since nearly all of these cases are ... <a title="288 new coronavirus cases marks Victoria’s worst day. And it will probably get worse before it gets better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/288-new-coronavirus-cases-marks-victorias-worst-day-and-it-will-probably-get-worse-before-it-gets-better-142481/" aria-label="Read more about 288 new coronavirus cases marks Victoria’s worst day. And it will probably get worse before it gets better">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Epidemiologist, UNSW Australia’s chief medical officer Paul Kelly today recommended people in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire wear masks when leaving the house: […] If people have symptoms and they need to go for a test, for example, which we would definitely encourage, they ... <a title="Which face mask should I wear?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/which-face-mask-should-i-wear-142373/" aria-label="Read more about Which face mask should I wear?">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rochelle Wynne, Director, Western Sydney Nursing & Midwifery Research Centre, Western Sydney University Over the past week, we’ve seen a spike in the number of COVID-19 infections among health-care workers in Victoria. This includes a doctor at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital, one staff member at Brunswick Private ... <a title="Rising coronavirus cases among Victorian health workers could threaten our pandemic response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/rising-coronavirus-cases-among-victorian-health-workers-could-threaten-our-pandemic-response-142375/" aria-label="Read more about Rising coronavirus cases among Victorian health workers could threaten our pandemic response">Read more</a>
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July 10, 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 and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including the return to lockdown in Victoria, National Cabinet setting to slow the flow of Australian’s returning from overseas, the Prime ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the return to lockdown and Eden-Monaro" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-return-to-lockdown-and-eden-monaro-142490/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the return to lockdown and Eden-Monaro">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ou Yang, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Donald Trump has ordered US federal agencies to bypass environmental protection laws and fast-track pipeline, highway and other infrastructure projects. Signing the executive order last month, the US president declared regulatory delays would hinder “our economic recovery from the national ... <a title="Actually, Mr Trump, it’s stronger environmental regulation that makes economic winners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/actually-mr-trump-its-stronger-environmental-regulation-that-makes-economic-winners-132185/" aria-label="Read more about Actually, Mr Trump, it’s stronger environmental regulation that makes economic winners">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University Earlier this week, 150 high-profile authors, commentators and scholars signed an open letter in Harper’s magazine claiming that “open debate and ... <a title="Is cancel culture silencing open debate? There are risks to shutting down opinions we disagree with" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/is-cancel-culture-silencing-open-debate-there-are-risks-to-shutting-down-opinions-we-disagree-with-142377/" aria-label="Read more about Is cancel culture silencing open debate? There are risks to shutting down opinions we disagree with">Read more</a>