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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling When it comes to coronavirus cases, deaths and tests, Australia is performing better than many other countries with comparable populations and geographies, a new COVID-19 data visualisation reveals. Use the tool below, which uses data drawn from Our World in Data, ... <a title="Cases, deaths and coronavirus tests: how Australia compares to the rest of the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/cases-deaths-and-coronavirus-tests-how-australia-compares-to-the-rest-of-the-world-139753/" aria-label="Read more about Cases, deaths and coronavirus tests: how Australia compares to the rest of the world">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University As we slowly emerge from lockdown, local adventures are high on people’s wish lists. You may be planning a trip to the ski fields, or even the nearby hills to revel in the white stuff that occasionally ... <a title="We dug up Australian weather records back to 1838 and found snow is falling less often" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/we-dug-up-australian-weather-records-back-to-1838-and-found-snow-is-falling-less-often-139300/" aria-label="Read more about We dug up Australian weather records back to 1838 and found snow is falling less often">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Rickards, Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global Urban and Social Studies; Co-leader, Climate Change and Resilience Research Program, Centre for Urban Studies, RMIT University This essay is based on an episode of the UTS podcast series “The New Social Contract” that examines how ... <a title="Climate change is the most important mission for universities of the 21st century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/climate-change-is-the-most-important-mission-for-universities-of-the-21st-century-139214/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is the most important mission for universities of the 21st century">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Luigi Spiller, Associate Professor (Urban Planning) – honorary , University of Melbourne Melbourne’s global reputation for liveability does not resonate with many Melburnians. Its economy has slipped into per capita recession a couple of times over the past decade. Population growth has outpaced the provision of ... <a title="Why Melbourne needs its own version of the Greater Sydney Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/why-melbourne-needs-its-own-version-of-the-greater-sydney-commission-133629/" aria-label="Read more about Why Melbourne needs its own version of the Greater Sydney Commission">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University With the virus on the back foot, it’s tempting to declare victory. Provided we stay vigilant on the public health front, we do have a good chance of keeping the ... <a title="Economic snap-back? Not so fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/economic-snap-back-not-so-fast-139855/" aria-label="Read more about Economic snap-back? Not so fast">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne When it comes to the outlook for employment, there’s good news and bad news. To begin with the good news: with a bit of luck, the next few months will see the fastest expansion of employment in Australia’s history. ... <a title="Why even the best case for jobs isn’t good. We’ll need more JobKeeper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/why-even-the-best-case-for-jobs-isnt-good-well-need-more-jobkeeper-139648/" aria-label="Read more about Why even the best case for jobs isn’t good. We’ll need more JobKeeper">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Vincent, Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of Melbourne There’s a long-running adage about working for free in the performing arts. “The problem with working for exposure,” it goes, “is you can die from exposure”. Only partly a joke, the saying is also a sober warning to ... <a title="Giving it away for free – why the performing arts risks making the same mistake newspapers did" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/giving-it-away-for-free-why-the-performing-arts-risks-making-the-same-mistake-newspapers-did-139671/" aria-label="Read more about Giving it away for free – why the performing arts risks making the same mistake newspapers did">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will provide eligible owner-occupiers with a grant of $25,000 to build a new home or extensively renovate an existing one. The scheme – estimated to cost up to $688 million – will not be limited to first home ... <a title="Australian Government to give $25,000 grants to people building or renovating homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/government-to-give-25-000-grants-to-people-building-or-renovating-homes-139999/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Government to give $25,000 grants to people building or renovating homes">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Purnendra Jain, Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies, University of Adelaide Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will finally hold a virtual summit this week after efforts to meet in person were scuttled by the bushfires and coronavirus. The meeting is significant, not just because ... <a title="ScoMosas over Zoom: what to expect from Scott Morrison’s virtual summit with India’s Narendra Modi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/scomosas-over-zoom-what-to-expect-from-scott-morrisons-virtual-summit-with-indias-narendra-modi-139851/" aria-label="Read more about ScoMosas over Zoom: what to expect from Scott Morrison’s virtual summit with India’s Narendra Modi">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Popular Entertainment Studies and Science in Fiction Studies, Australian National University Bloodsucker, leech, tick – few things have a reputation worse than parasites. But these biological hangers-on also have a comic cultural history. In biology, a parasite is an organism that ... <a title="Love the parasite you’re with – the entertaining life of unwelcome guests from flea circuses to Aliens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/love-the-parasite-youre-with-the-entertaining-life-of-unwelcome-guests-from-flea-circuses-to-aliens-137602/" aria-label="Read more about Love the parasite you’re with – the entertaining life of unwelcome guests from flea circuses to Aliens">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington One of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s favourite exhortations is that we all “be kind” to one another. It’s part of the reason she and her government ... <a title="Kindness doesn’t begin at home: Jacinda Ardern’s support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/kindness-doesnt-begin-at-home-jacinda-arderns-support-for-beneficiaries-lags-well-behind-australias-139387/" aria-label="Read more about Kindness doesn’t begin at home: Jacinda Ardern’s support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia’s">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University A go-slow on spending sent the economy backwards 0.3% in the first three months of this year, only the fourth such decline since Australia was last in recession in the early 1990s. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ... <a title="How a tightening of wallets pushed Australia into recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/how-a-tightening-of-wallets-pushed-australia-into-recession-139960/" aria-label="Read more about How a tightening of wallets pushed Australia into recession">Read more</a>
