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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland Rio Tinto has committed to an internal review of its heritage management processes in the wake of its destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site in Western Australia last month. After intense ... <a title="How Rio Tinto can ensure its Aboriginal heritage review is transparent and independent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/how-rio-tinto-can-ensure-its-aboriginal-heritage-review-is-transparent-and-independent-141192/" aria-label="Read more about How Rio Tinto can ensure its Aboriginal heritage review is transparent and independent">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Centaine Snoswell, Research Fellow Health Economics, The University of Queensland The expansion of telehealth services was a deliberate strategy to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission between practitioners and patients, so is it working? According to our analysis, the answer is that telehealth is indeed reducing ... <a title="Telehealth in lockdown meant 7 million fewer chances to transmit the coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/telehealth-in-lockdown-meant-7-million-fewer-chances-to-transmit-the-coronavirus-141041/" aria-label="Read more about Telehealth in lockdown meant 7 million fewer chances to transmit the coronavirus">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Raynor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Project, University of Melbourne In a Conversation article a year ago we applied negotiation theory to changes to the Victorian Planning and Environment Act. The changes were designed to support local councils in negotiations with developers to secure affordable housing. ... <a title="‘Confusing and not delivering enough’: developers and councils want new affordable housing rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/confusing-and-not-delivering-enough-developers-and-councils-want-new-affordable-housing-rules-139762/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Confusing and not delivering enough’: developers and councils want new affordable housing rules">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giorgia Alù, Associate Professor, Department of Italian Studies, University of Sydney Aridly undulating to the horizon in hillock after hillock, comfortless and irrational, with no lines that the mind could grasp, conceived apparently in a delirious moment of creation. This is the description of a scorched, unruly ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: The Leopard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/guide-to-the-classics-the-leopard-133443/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: The Leopard">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct associate professor, University of Technology Sydney The transport sector is Australia’s second-largest polluter, pumping out almost 20% of our total greenhouse gas emissions. But everyday drivers can make a difference. In particular, the amount of time you let your car engine idle can have ... <a title="Switch off your engine, it’s not hard: how to cut your fuel bill, clear the air and reduce emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/switch-off-your-engine-its-not-hard-how-to-cut-your-fuel-bill-clear-the-air-and-reduce-emissions-135316/" aria-label="Read more about Switch off your engine, it’s not hard: how to cut your fuel bill, clear the air and reduce emissions">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Wallace, Program director of Interior Architecture, University of South Australia “What will it take to encourage much more widespread reliance on working at home for at least part of each week?” asked Frank Schiff, the chief economist of the US Committee for Economic Development, in The ... <a title="The death of the open-plan office? Not quite, but a revolution is in the air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/the-death-of-the-open-plan-office-not-quite-but-a-revolution-is-in-the-air-140724/" aria-label="Read more about The death of the open-plan office? Not quite, but a revolution is in the air">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kurt Sengul, Doctoral Researcher, University of Newcastle The Conversation is running a series of explainers on key figures in Australian political history, looking at the way they changed the nature of debate, its impact then, and it relevance to politics today. You can also read the rest ... <a title="Pauline Hanson built a political career on white victimhood and brought far-right rhetoric to the mainstream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/pauline-hanson-built-a-political-career-on-white-victimhood-and-brought-far-right-rhetoric-to-the-mainstream-134661/" aria-label="Read more about Pauline Hanson built a political career on white victimhood and brought far-right rhetoric to the mainstream">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The COVID-19 pandemic forced us all to change the way we live. The lockdown altered fundamental aspects of our lives, not only to protect our own health but also the health and lives of others. Just as Australians have shown ... <a title="7 lessons for Australia’s health system from the coronavirus upheaval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/7-lessons-for-australias-health-system-from-the-coronavirus-upheaval-141122/" aria-label="Read more about 7 lessons for Australia’s health system from the coronavirus upheaval">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University Because we are rich in coal and gas, Australia has been plagued with two decades of wars over climate policy. The wars have claimed three prime ministers: Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and Malcolm Turnbull. They have also, in ... <a title="Australia’s devotion to coal has come at a huge cost. We need the government to change course, urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/australias-devotion-to-coal-has-come-at-a-huge-cost-we-need-the-government-to-change-course-urgently-140841/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s devotion to coal has come at a huge cost. We need the government to change course, urgently">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University This month, federal authorities finally announced an upcoming ban on mercury-containing pesticide in Australia. We are one of the last countries in the world to do so, despite overwhelming evidence over more than 60 years that mercury use as fungicide ... <a title="Ban on toxic mercury looms in sugar cane farming, but Australia still has a way to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/ban-on-toxic-mercury-looms-in-sugar-cane-farming-but-australia-still-has-a-way-to-go-140596/" aria-label="Read more about Ban on toxic mercury looms in sugar cane farming, but Australia still has a way to go">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Forde, Director, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University The federal government’s announcement they will more than double the cost of humanities and communications degrees for university students has taken the sector by surprise – not least because it goes against increasing evidence that ... <a title="If the government listened to business leaders, they would encourage humanities education, not pull funds from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/if-the-government-listened-to-business-leaders-they-would-encourage-humanities-education-not-pull-funds-from-it-141121/" aria-label="Read more about If the government listened to business leaders, they would encourage humanities education, not pull funds from it">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iain Lawrie, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne As we re-open our economy and workers gradually return to workplaces, overall travel will increase. However, the need to maintain social distancing means public transport can’t operate at usual capacity. And fears of crowded public transport will lead to commuters ... <a title="How to avoid cars clogging our cities during coronavirus recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/how-to-avoid-cars-clogging-our-cities-during-coronavirus-recovery-140744/" aria-label="Read more about How to avoid cars clogging our cities during coronavirus recovery">Read more</a>
