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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University While Australians are singing the praises of the front-line workers during the COVID-19 crisis, there is a forgotten front line that has also made personal sacrifices to help us get through the pandemic: ABC ... <a title="Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/cutting-the-abc-cuts-public-trust-a-cost-no-democracy-can-afford-140438/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Cunneen, Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney Calls to “defund the police” in the wake of the death of George Floyd are leading to immediate proposals to either dismantle police departments or cut their funding in US cities like Minneapolis, New York and Los Angeles. ... <a title="Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/defunding-the-police-could-bring-positive-change-in-australia-these-communities-are-showing-the-way-140333/" aria-label="Read more about Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney The national cabinet, which was quickly set up to tackle the nation’s threats from the coronavirus pandemic, will now replace the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). For almost 30 years, COAG has been the ... <a title="The national cabinet’s in and COAG’s out. It’s a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/the-national-cabinets-in-and-coags-out-its-a-fresh-chance-to-put-health-issues-on-the-agenda-but-there-are-risks-140165/" aria-label="Read more about The national cabinet’s in and COAG’s out. It’s a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Senior research fellow, Southern Cross University All humans alive today can claim a common ancestral link to some hominin. Hominins include modern humans, extinct human species, and all our immediate ancestors. Recent discoveries of hominin remains, including the skull of a Homo erectus in South ... <a title="Who owns the bones? Human fossils shouldn’t just belong to whoever digs them up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/who-owns-the-bones-human-fossils-shouldnt-just-belong-to-whoever-digs-them-up-140060/" aria-label="Read more about Who owns the bones? Human fossils shouldn’t just belong to whoever digs them up">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lawrence English, Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Queensland Protest has, by default, always been aligned with sound. It is an action concerned with the amplification of a message – wanting to make sure it is heard. Over the past 50 years, protesters’ voices have found power in ... <a title="Voices, hearts and hands – how the powerful sounds of protest have changed over time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/voices-hearts-and-hands-how-the-powerful-sounds-of-protest-have-changed-over-time-140192/" aria-label="Read more about Voices, hearts and hands – how the powerful sounds of protest have changed over time">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Tolhurst, Hon. Assoc. Prof., Fire Ecology and Management, University of Melbourne Last season’s bushfires directly killed 34 people and devastated more than 8 million hectares of land along the south-eastern fringe of Australia. A further 445 people are estimated to have died from smoke-induced respiratory problems. ... <a title="It’s 12 months since the last bushfire season began, but don’t expect the same this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/its-12-months-since-the-last-bushfire-season-began-but-dont-expect-the-same-this-year-139757/" aria-label="Read more about It’s 12 months since the last bushfire season began, but don’t expect the same this year">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Baker, Lecturer in Business Strategy, Auckland University of Technology To paraphrase Winston Churchill, it is curious to see The Warehouse Group (TWG) not letting a good crisis go to waste. Despite recently receiving NZ$68 million in government wage subsidies as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, ... <a title="By sacking staff and closing stores, big businesses like The Warehouse could hurt their own long-term interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/by-sacking-staff-and-closing-stores-big-businesses-like-the-warehouse-could-hurt-their-own-long-term-interests-140420/" aria-label="Read more about By sacking staff and closing stores, big businesses like The Warehouse could hurt their own long-term interests">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University “What’s in it for us?” This is the first question Prime Minister Scott Morrison should have asked himself when US President Donald Trump invited him to join an expanded G7 gathering at Camp David in September. The ... <a title="Attending the G7 in the US carries great diplomatic risks for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/attending-the-g7-in-the-us-carries-great-diplomatic-risks-for-australia-140331/" aria-label="Read more about Attending the G7 in the US carries great diplomatic risks for Australia">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divna Haslam, Senior Research Fellow (Faculty of Law/ Health) & Clinical Psychologist, Queensland University of Technology Parents have many things to worry about. It’s easy to stick our heads in the sand and assume bad things – like sexual abuse – won’t happen to our kids. But ... <a title="Be careful with photos, talk about sex: how to protect your kids from online sexual abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/be-careful-with-photos-talk-about-sex-how-to-protect-your-kids-from-online-sexual-abuse-139971/" aria-label="Read more about Be careful with photos, talk about sex: how to protect your kids from online sexual abuse">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divna Haslam, Senior Research Fellow (Faculty of Law/ Health) & Clinical Psychologist, Queensland University of Technology We know it can seem easier to bury your head in the sand, when it comes to the hideous issue of child sexual abuse. But child sexual abuse is disturbingly common. ... <a title="Use proper names for body parts, don’t force hugs: how to protect your kids from in-person sexual abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/use-proper-names-for-body-parts-dont-force-hugs-how-to-protect-your-kids-from-in-person-sexual-abuse-139970/" aria-label="Read more about Use proper names for body parts, don’t force hugs: how to protect your kids from in-person sexual abuse">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan J Carr, Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales; Adjunct Professor, Monash University, UNSW The COVID-19 pandemic has opened fault lines in social, economic and health-care policy in Australia. One area in which all three converge is homelessness. It’s almost impossible to practise self-isolation and ... <a title="If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/if-australia-really-wants-to-tackle-mental-health-after-coronavirus-we-must-take-action-on-homelessness-139840/" aria-label="Read more about If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph Sims, Professor, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, ... <a title="Climate explained: does your driving speed make any difference to your car’s emissions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/climate-explained-does-your-driving-speed-make-any-difference-to-your-cars-emissions-140246/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: does your driving speed make any difference to your car’s emissions?">Read more</a>
