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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney The US presidential election is being shaped by the two crises that have defined 2020 so far: the coronavirus pandemic and the national reckoning over police brutality and racism. COVID-19 has ... <a title="Trump is struggling against two invisible enemies: the coronavirus and Joe Biden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/trump-is-struggling-against-two-invisible-enemies-the-coronavirus-and-joe-biden-139667/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is struggling against two invisible enemies: the coronavirus and Joe Biden">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Bricknell, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health, CQUniversity Australia One of the most profound ways the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives has been in the way we work. For people lucky enough to keep their jobs, and for those of us in professions where it’s possible, ... <a title="Heading back to the office? Here’s how to protect yourself and your colleagues from coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/heading-back-to-the-office-heres-how-to-protect-yourself-and-your-colleagues-from-coronavirus-140436/" aria-label="Read more about Heading back to the office? Here’s how to protect yourself and your colleagues from coronavirus">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University A long-awaited draft review of federal environment laws is due this week. There’s a lot riding on it – particularly in light of recent events that suggest the laws are in crisis. Late last week, ... <a title="Let there be no doubt: blame for our failing environment laws lies squarely at the feet of government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/let-there-be-no-doubt-blame-for-our-failing-environment-laws-lies-squarely-at-the-feet-of-government-141482/" aria-label="Read more about Let there be no doubt: blame for our failing environment laws lies squarely at the feet of government">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University Education minister Dan Tehan will be meeting with university vice-chancellors to devise a new way of funding university research. They will have plenty to talk about. Australia’s universities have been remarkably successful in building ... <a title="Coronavirus and university reforms put at risk Australia’s research gains of the last 15 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/coronavirus-and-university-reforms-put-at-risk-australias-research-gains-of-the-last-15-years-141452/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and university reforms put at risk Australia’s research gains of the last 15 years">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillip O’Neill, Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University This is the first of three articles based on newly released research on the impacts of a lack of local jobs on the rapidly growing Western Sydney region. Western Sydney has a jobs problem. No other big ... <a title="Jobs deficit drives army of daily commuters out of Western Sydney" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/jobs-deficit-drives-army-of-daily-commuters-out-of-western-sydney-139384/" aria-label="Read more about Jobs deficit drives army of daily commuters out of Western Sydney">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute After managing the first stage of the COVID-19 crisis so effectively, the government now faces a bigger challenge: getting us back to work. The official employment figures indicate the scale of what’s needed. In the past two months number ... <a title="Cutting unemployment will require an extra $70 to $90 billion in stimulus. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/cutting-unemployment-will-require-an-extra-70-to-90-billion-in-stimulus-heres-why-141376/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting unemployment will require an extra $70 to $90 billion in stimulus. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Plimmer, Senior lecturer in Human Resource Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Having had to rapidly adjust to working from home due to COVID-19, many people are now having to readjust to life back in the office. Many will have enjoyed aspects of ... <a title="In praise of the office: let’s learn from COVID-19 and make the traditional workplace better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/in-praise-of-the-office-lets-learn-from-covid-19-and-make-the-traditional-workplace-better-138516/" aria-label="Read more about In praise of the office: let’s learn from COVID-19 and make the traditional workplace better">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The picture of economic recovery painted by Prime Minister Scott Morrison is looking like a mirage. The 22 leading economists polled by The Conversation from 16 universities in seven states on average expect historically weak ... <a title="No big bounce: 2020-21 economic survey points to a weak recovery getting weaker, amid declining living standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/28/no-big-bounce-2020-21-economic-survey-points-to-a-weak-recovery-getting-weaker-amid-declining-living-standards-141184/" aria-label="Read more about No big bounce: 2020-21 economic survey points to a weak recovery getting weaker, amid declining living standards">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Volodymyr Bilotkach, Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology Qantas’ announcement this week of severe job cuts comes as little surprise. The COVID-19 pandemic and closed borders have brought the global aviation industry to its knees. According to global travel data provider OAG (formerly the Official Airline Guide), ... <a title="Qantas cutbacks signal hard years before airlines recover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/qantas-cutbacks-signal-hard-years-before-airlines-recover-141522/" aria-label="Read more about Qantas cutbacks signal hard years before airlines recover">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Mullins, Adjunct assistant professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra One grey morning in October 1970, in a crowded, tizzy-pink courtroom on the corner of Melbourne’s Russell and La Trobe Streets, crown prosecutor Leonard Flanagan began denouncing a novel in terms that were ... <a title="Trials of Portnoy: when Penguin fought for literature and liberty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/trials-of-portnoy-when-penguin-fought-for-literature-and-liberty-141525/" aria-label="Read more about Trials of Portnoy: when Penguin fought for literature and liberty">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kcasey McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle As debate rages about sexual harassment in the legal profession, a key outstanding question is reforming the way judges are appointed. Underscoring the response to these allegations has been the acknowledgement the legal system – created by and ... <a title="No selection criteria, no transparency. Australia must reform the way it appoints judges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/no-selection-criteria-no-transparency-australia-must-reform-the-way-it-appoints-judges-141446/" aria-label="Read more about No selection criteria, no transparency. Australia must reform the way it appoints judges">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Criena Fitzgerald, Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education, University of Western Australia We’ve been reminded about avoiding hugging or kissing, especially among large family groups, in light of the recent Melbourne coronavirus clusters. But alerting the public to the potential for kissing to ... <a title="‘Kissing can be dangerous’: how old advice for TB seems strangely familiar today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/kissing-can-be-dangerous-how-old-advice-for-tb-seems-strangely-familiar-today-140172/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Kissing can be dangerous’: how old advice for TB seems strangely familiar today">Read more</a>
