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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shamit Saggar, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Public Policy Institute, University of Western Australia Australia is routinely compared with other rich, developed nations. Its economy, schooling, health care, infrastructure and social values are regularly put up against those of Western Europe and North America, ... <a title="Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/australia-needs-to-confront-its-history-of-white-privilege-to-provide-a-level-playing-field-for-all-139755/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Michael Field in Islands Business Senior academics and staff at the University of the South Pacific in Suva are accused in a special audit report of manipulating allowances to pay themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars they were not entitled to, as several Pacific governments say Fiji is using the COVID-19 emergency as a ... <a title="Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/secret-report-reveals-widespread-salary-and-allowance-rorts-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Sly, Director, Children’s Health and Environment Program and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Children’s Health and Environment, The University of Queensland Scientists around the world are continuing to test countless vaccines and drugs in the hope of finding effective ways to prevent and treat COVID-19. ... <a title="OM85: could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/om85-could-bacteria-in-a-capsule-protect-us-from-coronavirus-and-other-respiratory-infections-140064/" aria-label="Read more about OM85: could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Smart, Lecturer, Researcher & Course Coordinator (Master of Speech Pathology), School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! Is it joyful? What if your baby cries, fusses and isn’t feeding well? Perhaps you’ve tried breast and ... <a title="My baby has ‘tongue-tie’. Should I be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/my-baby-has-tongue-tie-should-i-be-worried-139561/" aria-label="Read more about My baby has ‘tongue-tie’. Should I be worried?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Soli Wilson in Apia Trouble continues to brew at the University of the South Pacific with the suspension of the vice-chancellor and President, Professor Pal Ahluwahlia, being met with student and staff protests in campuses and criticism from council members. Following months of opposition against the bid by pro-chancellor Winston Thompson to investigate Professor ... <a title="Fiji suspension move against USP chief ‘nonsense’, says Samoan deputy PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/fiji-suspension-move-against-usp-chief-nonsense-says-samoan-deputy-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji suspension move against USP chief ‘nonsense’, says Samoan deputy PM">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Lena Reece in Suva The Fiji government has denied allegations being levelled against it of trying to “nationalise” the 12-nation University of the South Pacific, describing the claims as “baseless”. Fiji Minister of Education Rosy Akbar was responding to accusations made by some Pacific countries and individuals that Fiji was too heavily involved in ... <a title="Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/fiji-denies-allegations-of-takeover-at-regional-usp-as-criticisms-mount/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Police Duncan Garner (Newshub): Why I don’t believe Andrew Coster when he says he wants an unarmed police service Jordan Bond (RNZ): The Detail: Why Armed Response Teams struck the wrong note in ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 11 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-11-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 11 2020">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Spry, Honorary Associate, PhD, La Trobe University Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought. What ... <a title="How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/how-a-stone-wedged-in-a-gum-tree-shows-the-resilience-of-aboriginal-culture-in-australia-139663/" aria-label="Read more about How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Vowles, Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s 2020 general election will be like no other in our history. It comes in the wake of a remarkable government-led act of collective solidarity that has sacrificed businesses and livelihoods in ... <a title="An election like no other: with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/an-election-like-no-other-with-100-days-to-go-can-jacinda-ardern-maintain-her-extraordinary-popularity-140252/" aria-label="Read more about An election like no other: with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Law & Government, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison earns a six-figure income and lives in high-end, non-means-tested public housing with a stay-at-home spouse who cares for the family’s two school-aged children. He will never ... <a title="She won’t be right, mate: how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/she-wont-be-right-mate-how-the-government-shaped-a-blokey-lockdown-followed-by-a-blokey-recovery-140336/" aria-label="Read more about She won’t be right, mate: how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Williams, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle and Program Manager, Hunter New England Local Health District, University of Newcastle To the joy of many, indoor gyms are reopening across Australia as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease. They officially reopen in New South Wales on June 13, in ... <a title="Heading back to the gym? Here’s how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/heading-back-to-the-gym-heres-how-to-avoid-injury-after-coronavirus-isolation-139975/" aria-label="Read more about Heading back to the gym? Here’s how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abbas Mohajerani, Associate Professor, RMIT University Every year, treated wastewater sludge called “biosolids” is recycled and spread over agricultural land. My recent research discovered this practice dumps thousands of tonnes of microplastics into farmlands around the world. In Australia, we estimate this amount as at least 1,241 ... <a title="At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/at-least-1-241-tonnes-of-microplastics-are-dumped-into-aussie-farmland-every-year-from-wastewater-sludge-137278/" aria-label="Read more about At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge">Read more</a>
