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June 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The case of Australian Karm Gilespie, who has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court on drugs charges pending an appeal, cannot be separated from a recent souring in Sino-Australian relations. Gilespie was reportedly arrested with ... <a title="Karm Gilespie’s case cannot be separated completely from strained Sino-Australian relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/karm-gilespies-case-cannot-be-separated-completely-from-strained-sino-australian-relations-140720/" aria-label="Read more about Karm Gilespie’s case cannot be separated completely from strained Sino-Australian relations">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabi Mocatta, Research Fellow in Climate Change Communication, Climate Futures Programme, University of Tasmania Many Australians enjoy a glass of homegrown wine, and A$2.78 billion worth is exported each year. But hotter, drier conditions under climate change means there are big changes ahead for our wine producers. ... <a title="Pass the shiraz, please: how Australia’s wine industry can adapt to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/pass-the-shiraz-please-how-australias-wine-industry-can-adapt-to-climate-change-140024/" aria-label="Read more about Pass the shiraz, please: how Australia’s wine industry can adapt to climate change">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University Only 566 people have ever travelled to space. Sixty-five of them, or about 11.5%, were women. NASA recently proclaimed it will put the “first woman and next man” on the Moon by 2024. Despite nearly 60 ... <a title="Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be female" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/almost-90-of-astronauts-have-been-men-but-the-future-of-space-may-be-female-125644/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be female">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney The decision, handed down on June 9 by the World Trade Organisation’s appeals body, that Australia’s plain packaging tobacco control policy doesn’t flout WTO laws marks the end of almost a decade of legal wrangling over this landmark public ... <a title="Australia’s decisive win on plain packaging paves way for other countries to follow suit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/australias-decisive-win-on-plain-packaging-paves-way-for-other-countries-to-follow-suit-140553/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s decisive win on plain packaging paves way for other countries to follow suit">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is casting himself as the “can-do” prime minister, and what’s notable is how he is forging institutions around his style. The national cabinet was born of the COVID crisis, but has been made permanent with a broader purpose; ... <a title="View from The Hill: ‘Can do’ Scott Morrison needs to take care in deregulating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/view-from-the-hill-can-do-scott-morrison-needs-to-take-care-in-deregulating-140743/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: ‘Can do’ Scott Morrison needs to take care in deregulating">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Waller, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lincoln University, New Zealand Large-scale reforestation projects such as New Zealand’s One Billion Trees programme are underway in many countries to help sequester carbon from the atmosphere. But there is ongoing debate about whether to prioritise native or non-native plants to fight climate ... <a title="Planting non-native trees accelerates the release of carbon back into the atmosphere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/planting-non-native-trees-accelerates-the-release-of-carbon-back-into-the-atmosphere-139841/" aria-label="Read more about Planting non-native trees accelerates the release of carbon back into the atmosphere">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Pickles, Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, University of Canterbury The global furore about the meaning and relevance of statues, memorials and place names from a racist, imperial past presents a special challenge to Aotearoa-New Zealand. In this former colonial outpost we are dealing ... <a title="Removing monuments to an imperial past is not the same for former colonies as it is for former empires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/removing-monuments-to-an-imperial-past-is-not-the-same-for-former-colonies-as-it-is-for-former-empires-140546/" aria-label="Read more about Removing monuments to an imperial past is not the same for former colonies as it is for former empires">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Strang, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Is time travel possible for humans? Jasmine Burr, age 8, Canberra, ACT. Hi Jasmine. I wish! In books and movies, our favourite characters can use “time-turners” and treehouses to travel through time. Unfortunately, it isn’t that easy for people in ... <a title="Curious Kids: is time travel possible for humans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/curious-kids-is-time-travel-possible-for-humans-140703/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: is time travel possible for humans?">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anika Gauja, Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Less than 24 hours after The Age’s investigation into branch stacking in the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) aired on 60 minutes, Adem Somyurek was sacked from Daniel Andrew’s cabinet. The ... <a title="Explainer: what is branch stacking, and why has neither major party been able to stamp it out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/explainer-what-is-branch-stacking-and-why-has-neither-major-party-been-able-to-stamp-it-out-140726/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is branch stacking, and why has neither major party been able to stamp it out?">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Amir, Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University As the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all too well, good health policy depends on prior planning, decisive action, and a willingness to spend money. But there’s another area where Australia’s willingness to plan and spend has fallen ... <a title="We don’t know if breastfeeding is rising or falling in Australia. That’s bad for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/we-dont-know-if-breastfeeding-is-rising-or-falling-in-australia-thats-bad-for-everyone-140549/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t know if breastfeeding is rising or falling in Australia. That’s bad for everyone">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History , UNSW As Australia begins to plot a recovery strategy from the first recession in the country in decades, the Morrison government needs to examine what has worked well in the past. Crises require strong leadership, national cohesion and a framework ... <a title="Rebuilding Australia: what we can learn from the successes of post-war reconstruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/rebuilding-australia-what-we-can-learn-from-the-successes-of-post-war-reconstruction-137899/" aria-label="Read more about Rebuilding Australia: what we can learn from the successes of post-war reconstruction">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Beard, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Pharmacists are vaccinating more and more people, but those shots are not always ending up in your immunisation record, our report out today shows. This means your records could be incomplete, leading to unnecessary repeat vaccinations, ... <a title="Getting vaccinated at the pharmacy? Make sure it’s recorded properly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/getting-vaccinated-at-the-pharmacy-make-sure-its-recorded-properly-140070/" aria-label="Read more about Getting vaccinated at the pharmacy? Make sure it’s recorded properly">Read more</a>
