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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology 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, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz If ... <a title="Climate explained: why higher carbon dioxide levels isn’t only good news even if some plants grow faster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/climate-explained-why-higher-carbon-dioxide-levels-isnt-only-good-news-even-if-some-plants-grow-faster-137235/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why higher carbon dioxide levels isn’t only good news even if some plants grow faster">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Schuijers, Research Fellow in Environmental Law, University of Melbourne Independent MP and barrister Zali Steggall recently drew public attention to a federal government program that supports gas, hydro and coal power projects through underwriting. Writing to Auditor General Grant Hehir, Steggall called for an investigation into ... <a title="The government’s UNGI scheme: what it is and why Zali Steggall wants it investigated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/the-governments-ungi-scheme-what-it-is-and-why-zali-steggall-wants-it-investigated-137252/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s UNGI scheme: what it is and why Zali Steggall wants it investigated">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Zarmati, Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it shapes us today. You can see ... <a title="Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Australia, and other myths from old school text books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/captain-cook-discovered-australia-and-other-myths-from-old-school-text-books-128926/" aria-label="Read more about Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Australia, and other myths from old school text books">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Beck, Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically shifted our lives and the ways we move about our cities. Despite tight restrictions on non-essential work and outings, and on social gatherings in every state and territory, ... <a title="Physical distancing is here for a while – over 100 experts call for more safe walking and cycling space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/physical-distancing-is-here-for-a-while-over-100-experts-call-for-more-safe-walking-and-cycling-space-137374/" aria-label="Read more about Physical distancing is here for a while – over 100 experts call for more safe walking and cycling space">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Morley, Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney Governments are being asked to do the near impossible: to deliver on both health and the economy. In many circumstances doing both at the same time would be completely impossible. But fortunately in Australia we have separate instruments we ... <a title="It’s just started: we’ll need war bonds, and stimulus on a scale not seen in our lifetimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/its-just-started-well-need-war-bonds-and-stimulus-on-a-scale-not-seen-in-our-lifetimes-137155/" aria-label="Read more about It’s just started: we’ll need war bonds, and stimulus on a scale not seen in our lifetimes">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Page, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it shapes us today. You can see other stories in the series ... <a title="‘They are all dead’: for Indigenous people, Cook’s voyage of ‘discovery’ was a ghostly visitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/they-are-all-dead-for-indigenous-people-cooks-voyage-of-discovery-was-a-ghostly-visitation-126430/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They are all dead’: for Indigenous people, Cook’s voyage of ‘discovery’ was a ghostly visitation">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland In classical Western theism, God is said to be both good and all-powerful. So how do we square natural disasters – global pandemics, earthquakes, tsunamis, famines, bushfires, and so on – with ... <a title="Is God good? In the shadow of mass disaster, great minds have argued the toss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/is-god-good-in-the-shadow-of-mass-disaster-great-minds-have-argued-the-toss-137078/" aria-label="Read more about Is God good? In the shadow of mass disaster, great minds have argued the toss">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Pattinson, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Recent studies have found alongside older age and chronic health conditions, obesity is a risk factor for becoming seriously ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. It’s true a number of the health conditions which we know ... <a title="Evidence obesity is a risk factor for serious illness with coronavirus is mounting – even if you’re young" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/evidence-obesity-is-a-risk-factor-for-serious-illness-with-coronavirus-is-mounting-even-if-youre-young-137081/" aria-label="Read more about Evidence obesity is a risk factor for serious illness with coronavirus is mounting – even if you’re young">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Australia’s relationship with China is fractured. Arguably, this is the worst moment in Sino-Australian relations since Gough Whitlam normalised ties on his election in December 1972. The Chinese saying “kill the chicken to frighten the monkey” would ... <a title="China-Australia relations hit new low in spat over handling of coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/china-australia-relations-hit-new-low-in-spat-over-handling-of-coronavirus-137377/" aria-label="Read more about China-Australia relations hit new low in spat over handling of coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Corn, Professor, Elder Conservatorium of Music · Director, Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) · Director, National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS), Faculty of Arts, University of Adelaide Recent weeks have been a blur of livestreams as politicians and chief medical officers ... <a title="Together we rise: East Arnhem Land artists respond to COVID-19 with the gift of music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/together-we-rise-east-arnhem-land-artists-respond-to-covid-19-with-the-gift-of-music-137247/" aria-label="Read more about Together we rise: East Arnhem Land artists respond to COVID-19 with the gift of music">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Debate about how Australia will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic is heating up. As part of the economic recovery, business groups have renewed calls to cut “green tape” – environmental regulation that new projects, such as new ... <a title="Cutting ‘green tape’ may be good politicking, but it’s bad policy. Here are 5 examples of regulation failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/cutting-green-tape-may-be-good-politicking-but-its-bad-policy-here-are-5-examples-of-regulation-failure-137164/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting ‘green tape’ may be good politicking, but it’s bad policy. Here are 5 examples of regulation failure">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daiane Scaraboto, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Melbourne In eight years, US environmentalist and social media star Lauren Singer had never sent an item of rubbish to landfill. But last month, in an impassioned post to her 383,000 Instagram followers, she admitted the reality of COVID-19 ... <a title="Using lots of plastic packaging during the coronavirus crisis? You’re not alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/using-lots-of-plastic-packaging-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-youre-not-alone-135553/" aria-label="Read more about Using lots of plastic packaging during the coronavirus crisis? You’re not alone">Read more</a>
