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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Webb, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne Ripples from the sexual harassment allegations against former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon continue to spread. This week, the Victorian government announced its intention to launch reviews into both sexual harassment in the state court system and the practices ... <a title="In the wake of the Dyson Heydon allegations, here’s how the legal profession can reform sexual harassment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/in-the-wake-of-the-dyson-heydon-allegations-heres-how-the-legal-profession-can-reform-sexual-harassment-142560/" aria-label="Read more about In the wake of the Dyson Heydon allegations, here’s how the legal profession can reform sexual harassment">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Fossil fuels and agriculture are driving a dangerous acceleration in methane emissions, at a rate consistent with a 3-4℃ rise in global temperatures this century. Our two papers published today provide ... <a title="Emissions of methane – a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide – are rising dangerously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/emissions-of-methane-a-greenhouse-gas-far-more-potent-than-carbon-dioxide-are-rising-dangerously-142522/" aria-label="Read more about Emissions of methane – a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide – are rising dangerously">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Health Policy Lead and Professor in Global Public Health at the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University The World Health Organisation reported more than 230,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday — the world’s largest daily increase during the pandemic. The surge has forced governments in many ... <a title="Lockdown, relax, repeat: how cities across the globe are going back to coronavirus restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/lockdown-relax-repeat-how-cities-across-the-globe-are-going-back-to-coronavirus-restrictions-142425/" aria-label="Read more about Lockdown, relax, repeat: how cities across the globe are going back to coronavirus restrictions">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lotti Tajouri, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Bond University You may remember when US President Donald Trump suggested exposing coronavirus patients to UV (ultraviolet) light – or “just very powerful light” – to help treat them. The use of UV light is not, in any way, a viable ... <a title="Ultraviolet radiation is a strong disinfectant. It may be what our schools, hospitals and airports need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/ultraviolet-radiation-is-a-strong-disinfectant-it-may-be-what-our-schools-hospitals-and-airports-need-142277/" aria-label="Read more about Ultraviolet radiation is a strong disinfectant. It may be what our schools, hospitals and airports need">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology 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 expert to answer, please send it to ... <a title="Climate explained: what if we took all farm animals off the land and planted crops and trees instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/climate-explained-what-if-we-took-all-farm-animals-off-the-land-and-planted-crops-and-trees-instead-142160/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: what if we took all farm animals off the land and planted crops and trees instead?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney Doctoral students show high levels of stress in comparison to other students, and ongoing uncertainty in terms of graduate career outcomes can make matters worse. Before the pandemic, one in five research students were expected to disengage ... <a title="1 in 5 PhD students could drop out. Here are some tips for how to keep going" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/1-in-5-phd-students-could-drop-out-here-are-some-tips-for-how-to-keep-going-131902/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 PhD students could drop out. Here are some tips for how to keep going">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Raynor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Project, University of Melbourne After 3,000 people in nine public housing towers in Melbourne were placed under the harshest coronavirus lockdown in Australia so far, acting Australian Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly referred to the towers on July 5 as ... <a title="‘Vertical cruise ships’? Here’s how we can remake housing towers to be safer and better places to live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/vertical-cruise-ships-heres-how-we-can-remake-housing-towers-to-be-safer-and-better-places-to-live-142381/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Vertical cruise ships’? Here’s how we can remake housing towers to be safer and better places to live">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Bertram, Senior Associate, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Another year, another round of hostage-taking by the owners of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. As always, Rio Tinto has made the first move, threatening to close New Zealand ... <a title="Power play: despite the tough talk, the closure of Tiwai Point is far from a done deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/power-play-despite-the-tough-talk-the-closure-of-tiwai-point-is-far-from-a-done-deal-142372/" aria-label="Read more about Power play: despite the tough talk, the closure of Tiwai Point is far from a done deal">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mia Martin Hobbs, Researcher, University of Melbourne Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, out now on Netflix, tells the story of five Black US veterans who return to Vietnam to hunt for gold and recover the remains of their lost squad leader. Beginning with the reunion of five ... <a title="What Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods gets wrong about veterans returning to Vietnam" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/what-spike-lees-da-5-bloods-gets-wrong-about-veterans-returning-to-vietnam-142558/" aria-label="Read more about What Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods gets wrong about veterans returning to Vietnam">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Uncertainty surrounding a cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to a Sydney hotel has prompted reactions from the Queensland and South Australian governments, as the Victorian situation continues to be critical. Victorian authorities on Tuesday reported 270 new cases, and two ... <a title="More deaths in Victoria, as NSW COVID cluster triggers reactions in Queensland and South Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/more-deaths-in-victoria-as-nsw-covid-cluster-triggers-reactions-in-queensland-and-south-australia-142676/" aria-label="Read more about More deaths in Victoria, as NSW COVID cluster triggers reactions in Queensland and South Australia">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra The “palace letters” show the Australian Constitution’s susceptibility to self-interested behaviour by individual vice-regal representatives. They also reveal the vulnerability of Australian governments to secret destabilisation by proxy by the ... <a title="‘Palace letters’ reveal the palace’s fingerprints on the dismissal of the Whitlam government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/palace-letters-reveal-the-palaces-fingerprints-on-the-dismissal-of-the-whitlam-government-142476/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Palace letters’ reveal the palace’s fingerprints on the dismissal of the Whitlam government">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney For more than four decades, the question has been asked: did the queen know the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, was about to dismiss the Whitlam government, and did she encourage or support that action? The release of the ... <a title="‘Palace letters’ show the queen did not advise, or encourage, Kerr to sack Whitlam government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/palace-letters-show-the-queen-did-not-advise-or-encourage-kerr-to-sack-whitlam-government-142376/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Palace letters’ show the queen did not advise, or encourage, Kerr to sack Whitlam government">Read more</a>
