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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University One year ago, the Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying Act came into effect after a prolonged, intense and divisive public debate. For some, it marked a major step forward for individual freedom in Victoria — an acknowledgement of the right of ... <a title="One year of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: 400 have registered, despite obstacles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/one-year-of-voluntary-assisted-dying-in-victoria-400-have-registered-despite-obstacles-141054/" aria-label="Read more about One year of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: 400 have registered, despite obstacles">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW The federal government has announced it will spend more than a billion dollars over the next ten years to boost Australia’s cyber defences. This comes barely a week after Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned the country was in the grip ... <a title="Morrison’s $1.3 billion for more ‘cyber spies’ is an incremental response to a radical problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/morrisons-1-3-billion-for-more-cyber-spies-is-an-incremental-response-to-a-radical-problem-141692/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s $1.3 billion for more ‘cyber spies’ is an incremental response to a radical problem">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillip O’Neill, Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University This is the second of three articles based on newly released research on the impacts of a lack of local jobs on the rapidly growing Western Sydney region. After 2016 – but before COVID-19, it should be ... <a title="Recession will hit job-poor parts of Western Sydney very hard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/recession-will-hit-job-poor-parts-of-western-sydney-very-hard-139385/" aria-label="Read more about Recession will hit job-poor parts of Western Sydney very hard">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University In a deadly game of Middle East cat and mouse, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to weigh his options in pushing ahead with plans to extend Israeli sovereignty over territories occupied by Israel in the ... <a title="Israel’s proposed annexation of the West Bank could bring a ‘diplomatic tsunami’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/israels-proposed-annexation-of-the-west-bank-could-bring-a-diplomatic-tsunami-141688/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s proposed annexation of the West Bank could bring a ‘diplomatic tsunami’">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjaya Senanayake, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University It is now almost six months since the world became aware of COVID-19, and almost four months since the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic. As the number of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus ... <a title="4 unusual things we’ve learned about the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/4-unusual-things-weve-learned-about-the-coronavirus-since-the-start-of-the-pandemic-140168/" aria-label="Read more about 4 unusual things we’ve learned about the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland Since the mid-1980s, the Unsolved Mysteries television program has investigated thousands of weird and wonderful tales. The popularity of the series over almost 35 years, more than 600 episodes, and five reboots, is testament to ... <a title="Neverending stories – why we still love Unsolved Mysteries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/neverending-stories-why-we-still-love-unsolved-mysteries-141046/" aria-label="Read more about Neverending stories – why we still love Unsolved Mysteries">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elisa deCourcy, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow 2020-2023, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University, Australian National University It is little wonder the life of Hemi Pomara has attracted the attention of writers and film makers. Kidnapped in the early 1840s, passed from person ... <a title="Portrait of Hemi Pomara as a young man: how we uncovered the oldest surviving photograph of a Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/portrait-of-hemi-pomara-as-a-young-man-how-we-uncovered-the-oldest-surviving-photograph-of-a-maori-141599/" aria-label="Read more about Portrait of Hemi Pomara as a young man: how we uncovered the oldest surviving photograph of a Māori">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Education Minister Dan Tehan recently announced changes to Commonwealth contributions for university courses. As part of the government’s “Job-ready graduates” package, many humanities subjects would become more expensive but students would pay less for courses where the government believes ... <a title="The government claims teaching is a national priority, but cheaper degrees won’t improve the profession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/the-government-claims-teaching-is-a-national-priority-but-cheaper-degrees-wont-improve-the-profession-141524/" aria-label="Read more about The government claims teaching is a national priority, but cheaper degrees won’t improve the profession">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Smith, Professor and Director, NCI Australia, Australian National University As 2020 began, Australia was stunned by the worst bushfires on record. Six months later we are weathering the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. This year, perhaps more than ever before, decision-makers, emergency services, health providers and ... <a title="How Australia’s supercomputers crunched the numbers to guide our bushfire and pandemic response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/how-australias-supercomputers-crunched-the-numbers-to-guide-our-bushfire-and-pandemic-response-141047/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s supercomputers crunched the numbers to guide our bushfire and pandemic response">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University The death penalty is not uncommon in China. Authorities continue to execute thousands of people each year, more than all other nations combined. However, for Australian Karm Gilespie, convicted for drug-smuggling earlier this month, what is unusual is ... <a title="China has a new way to exert political pressure: weaponising its courts against foreigners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/china-has-a-new-way-to-exert-political-pressure-weaponising-its-courts-against-foreigners-141195/" aria-label="Read more about China has a new way to exert political pressure: weaponising its courts against foreigners">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jody Morgan, Associate Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Last week the federal government’s Office of Drug Control announced changes to the importation of nicotine-containing electronic cigarette fluids that will seriously affect the estimated 227,000 regular e-cigarette users in Australia. From January 1, 2021, users will no longer ... <a title="Why the ban on nicotine vape fluid will do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/why-the-ban-on-nicotine-vape-fluid-will-do-more-harm-than-good-141365/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ban on nicotine vape fluid will do more harm than good">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Clissold, Researcher, The University of Queensland They contribute only 0.03% of global carbon emissions, but small island developing states, particularly in the Pacific, are at extreme risk to the threats of climate change. Our study, published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, provides the first ... <a title="Their fate isn’t sealed: Pacific nations can survive climate change – if locals take the lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/their-fate-isnt-sealed-pacific-nations-can-survive-climate-change-if-locals-take-the-lead-136709/" aria-label="Read more about Their fate isn’t sealed: Pacific nations can survive climate change – if locals take the lead">Read more</a>
