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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Carruthers, Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University I have been thinking a lot lately of how many worlds there are contained in very small spaces and how every person is really one world to himself unconnected by anyone or any thing. – Joy Hester, 1947 So said ... <a title="Joy Hester – a body of work, remembered at last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/joy-hester-a-body-of-work-remembered-at-last-141449/" aria-label="Read more about Joy Hester – a body of work, remembered at last">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Ireland, Deputy Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation, Australia Sydney newspaper the Daily Telegraph has lost its appeal against a defamation decision that awarded actor Geoffrey Rush almost A$3 million. Last year, Rush was awarded a record $2.9 million after he sued Nationwide News, the publisher ... <a title="The Daily Telegraph lost its Geoffrey Rush defamation appeal. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/the-daily-telegraph-lost-its-geoffrey-rush-defamation-appeal-what-does-this-mean-141875/" aria-label="Read more about The Daily Telegraph lost its Geoffrey Rush defamation appeal. What does this mean?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Moloney, Associate Professor, Paediatrics, Griffith University Tensions over border closures are in the news again, now states are gradually lifting travel restrictions to all except Victorians. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says singling out Victorians is an overreaction to Melbourne’s coronavirus spike, urging the states “to get ... <a title="Border closures, identity and political tensions: how Australia’s past pandemics shape our COVID-19 response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/border-closures-identity-and-political-tensions-how-australias-past-pandemics-shape-our-covid-19-response-140941/" aria-label="Read more about Border closures, identity and political tensions: how Australia’s past pandemics shape our COVID-19 response">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Hosking, Conservation Planner/Researcher, The University of Queensland On Tuesday, a year-long New South Wales parliamentary inquiry revealed the state’s koalas are on track for extinction in the wild by 2050, without urgent government intervention. Habitat destruction and fragmentation for agriculture, urban development, mining and forestry has ... <a title="Stopping koala extinction is agonisingly simple. But here’s why I’m not optimistic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/stopping-koala-extinction-is-agonisingly-simple-but-heres-why-im-not-optimistic-141696/" aria-label="Read more about Stopping koala extinction is agonisingly simple. But here’s why I’m not optimistic">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With three months before JobSeeker is due to end and calls for billions of dollars in extra spending, there is a growing debate about how Australia’s post-coronavirus economy will actually look. While Scott Morrison has said Australia will need to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: two leading economists on Australia’s post-COVID economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-two-leading-economists-on-australias-post-covid-economy-141873/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: two leading economists on Australia’s post-COVID economy">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stan Winford, Associate Director, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University As of this morning, ten “hot spot” postcodes in Melbourne’s suburbs have gone back into Stage 3 coronavirus lockdown. In these suburbs, stay-at-home restrictions will be enforced by police patrols, “booze bus”-style barriers and random checks in ... <a title="Lockdown returns: how far can coronavirus measures go before they infringe on human rights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/lockdown-returns-how-far-can-coronavirus-measures-go-before-they-infringe-on-human-rights-141782/" aria-label="Read more about Lockdown returns: how far can coronavirus measures go before they infringe on human rights?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian M. Mackay, Adjunct assistant professor, The University of Queensland Researchers have found a new strain of flu virus with “pandemic potential” in China that can jump from pigs to humans, triggering a suite of worrying headlines. It’s excellent this virus has been found early, and raising ... <a title="Alert but not alarmed: what to make of new H1N1 swine flu with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/alert-but-not-alarmed-what-to-make-of-new-h1n1-swine-flu-with-pandemic-potential-found-in-china-141872/" aria-label="Read more about Alert but not alarmed: what to make of new H1N1 swine flu with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Copland, PhD Student — Sociology, Australian National University On Monday, online discussion platform Reddit permanently took down its largest community of Donald Trump supporters, r/The_Donald. The community had more than 7,000 active users per day (although this has previously been much higher). The ban was on ... <a title="Reddit removes millions of pro-Trump posts. But advertisers, not values, rule the day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/reddit-removes-millions-of-pro-trump-posts-but-advertisers-not-values-rule-the-day-141703/" aria-label="Read more about Reddit removes millions of pro-Trump posts. But advertisers, not values, rule the day">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Benjamin, Associate Professor in Maritime Archaeology, Flinders University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University For most of the human history of Australia, sea levels were much lower than they are today, and there was extra dry land where people lived. ... <a title="In a first discovery of its kind, researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/in-a-first-discovery-of-its-kind-researchers-have-uncovered-an-ancient-aboriginal-archaeological-site-preserved-on-the-seabed-138108/" aria-label="Read more about In a first discovery of its kind, researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew S. Flies, Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, University of Tasmania Emerging infectious diseases, including COVID-19, usually come from non-human animals. However our understanding of most animals’ immune systems is sadly lacking as there’s a shortfall in research tools for species other than humans and mice. Our ... <a title="We developed tools to study cancer in Tasmanian devils. They could help fight disease in humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/we-developed-tools-to-study-cancer-in-tasmanian-devils-they-could-help-fight-disease-in-humans-137710/" aria-label="Read more about We developed tools to study cancer in Tasmanian devils. They could help fight disease in humans">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia I recently wrote about Victoria’s surge in COVID-19 cases. On that day, Victoria recorded 11 new infections, after a few days of new cases in the high teens and low twenties. I wondered then whether the situation could ... <a title="Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/victoria-is-on-the-precipice-of-an-uncontrolled-coronavirus-outbreak-will-the-new-measures-work-141706/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Christine Hosking, Conservation Planner/Researcher, The University of Queensland On Tuesday, a year-long New South Wales parliamentary inquiry revealed the state’s koalas are on track for extinction in the wild by 2050, without urgent government intervention. Habitat destruction and fragmentation for agriculture, urban development, mining and forestry ... <a title="We know how to save NSW’s koalas from extinction – but the government must commit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/we-know-how-to-save-nsws-koalas-from-extinction-but-the-government-must-commit-141696/" aria-label="Read more about We know how to save NSW’s koalas from extinction – but the government must commit">Read more</a>
