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March 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Helene Nolan, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University The drought in eastern Australia was a significant driver of this season’s unprecedented bushfires. But it also caused another, less well known environmental calamity this summer: entire hillsides of trees turned from green to brown. We’ve observed extensive ... <a title="Entire hillsides of trees turned brown this summer. Is it the start of ecosystem collapse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/entire-hillsides-of-trees-turned-brown-this-summer-is-it-the-start-of-ecosystem-collapse-126107/" aria-label="Read more about Entire hillsides of trees turned brown this summer. Is it the start of ecosystem collapse?">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Australia has just experienced a summer of environmental extremes. Water has played a key role. This includes prolonged drought, dry soil and bushland contributing to bushfires, and widespread shortages of water for agriculture and drinking supplies. Thankfully, ... <a title="A city-by-city guide to how water supplies fared in Australia’s summer of extremes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/a-city-by-city-guide-to-how-water-supplies-fared-in-australias-summer-of-extremes-132669/" aria-label="Read more about A city-by-city guide to how water supplies fared in Australia’s summer of extremes">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debbie Wills, Lecturer in Accounting, University of Tasmania As Australia burned over summer, many of us gave generously, donating an extraordinary A$500 million by mid-January. Charities had to scramble, as did organisations directing us to charities. For its new year’s eve fundraiser the ABC chose the Red ... <a title="Next time, we’ve got to handle emergency donations better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/next-time-weve-got-to-handle-emergency-donations-better-132273/" aria-label="Read more about Next time, we’ve got to handle emergency donations better">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Bacchieri, PhD Candidate, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University Street musicians are the producers of sidewalk melodies, the authors of the soundtrack of our cities. There is a unique interrelation between buskers and fans that occurs only in the streets, with no security staff, ... <a title="All the world’s a stage – buskers can make it big in a connected world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/all-the-worlds-a-stage-buskers-can-make-it-big-in-a-connected-world-131914/" aria-label="Read more about All the world’s a stage – buskers can make it big in a connected world">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government has announced a funding partnership with the states expected to see A$1 billion extra spent to deal with health costs around the coronavirus. Scott Morrison said the Commonwealth would provide money on a matching 50-50 basis. The ... <a title="Morrison government pledges funds to help states with health burden of COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/morrison-government-pledges-funds-to-help-states-with-health-burden-of-covid-19-133164/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government pledges funds to help states with health burden of COVID-19">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is facing new questioning over the sports rorts affair, after former cabinet minister Bridget McKenzie issued a statement on Friday denying she had made last-minute changes to a list of grants. Evidence to a Senate estimate committee from ... <a title="More ‘sports rort’ questions for Morrison after Bridget McKenzie speaks out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/more-sports-rort-questions-for-morrison-after-bridget-mckenzie-speaks-out-133160/" aria-label="Read more about More ‘sports rort’ questions for Morrison after Bridget McKenzie speaks out">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alfredo R. Paloyo, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Wollongong Panic buying knows no borders. Shoppers in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States have caught toilet paper fever on the back of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Shop shelves are being emptied as quickly as they can ... <a title="A toilet paper run is like a bank run. The economic fixes are about the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/a-toilet-paper-run-is-like-a-bank-run-the-economic-fixes-are-about-the-same-133065/" aria-label="Read more about A toilet paper run is like a bank run. The economic fixes are about the same">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belal Alsinglawi, PhD Candidate in Data Science and ICT Lecturer, Western Sydney University The coronavirus disease COVID-19 has so far caused about 3,380 deaths, infected about 98,300 people, and is significantly impacting the economy in many countries. We used predictive analytics, a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), ... <a title="COVID-19 death toll estimated to reach 3,900 by next Friday, according to AI modelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/covid-19-death-toll-estimated-to-reach-3-900-by-next-friday-according-to-ai-modelling-133052/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 death toll estimated to reach 3,900 by next Friday, according to AI modelling">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominique Allen, Senior Lecturer in Law, Monash University The #MeToo movement has reminded us that sexual harassment has not gone away. The legal tools we’re using are not working and may even be hiding the true extent of the problem. Most sexual harassment complaints are resolved confidentially ... <a title="Sexual harassment claims are costly and complex – can this be fixed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/sexual-harassment-claims-are-costly-and-complex-can-this-be-fixed-133149/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual harassment claims are costly and complex – can this be fixed?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberto Musotto, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow, Edith Cowan University While many Australians were preoccupied with panic-buying toilet paper, sales of another commodity encountered a very different sort of crisis. Wool sales were severely disrupted last week by a ransomware attack on IT company Talman ... <a title="Ransomware attack on sheep farmers shows there’s no room for woolly thinking in cyber security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/ransomware-attack-on-sheep-farmers-shows-theres-no-room-for-woolly-thinking-in-cyber-security-132882/" aria-label="Read more about Ransomware attack on sheep farmers shows there’s no room for woolly thinking in cyber security">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen McPhillips, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle Women still make up the majority of the Catholic workforce and Catholic congregations, but their participation in church life is in decline. Indeed, each generation of Catholic women in Australia is less likely than ... <a title="Denied full participation, Catholic women mobilise for change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/denied-full-participation-catholic-women-mobilise-for-change-131557/" aria-label="Read more about Denied full participation, Catholic women mobilise for change">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee-Fay Low, Associate Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney In July 2019, the government introduced new aged care standards to “raise the bar” in an aged care system where some nursing home residents have experienced care that is neglectful, depersonalised, uncaring, unsafe and of poor ... <a title="Which aged care services near you weren’t up to scratch in 2019?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/which-aged-care-services-near-you-werent-up-to-scratch-in-2019-131449/" aria-label="Read more about Which aged care services near you weren’t up to scratch in 2019?">Read more</a>
