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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Alexander, Associate Professor, Network analysis, Procurement,Supply Chains, Curtin University Australia Post delivered more than 3.3 billion items last financial year. That’s almost 14 million deliveries a day (not counting weekends and public holidays). Its 2019 annual report itemises the massive logistical network required: 15,037 street post ... <a title="You’ve got (less) mail: COVID-19 hands Australia Post a golden opportunity to end daily letter delivery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/youve-got-less-mail-covid-19-hands-australia-post-a-golden-opportunity-to-end-daily-letter-delivery-140848/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve got (less) mail: COVID-19 hands Australia Post a golden opportunity to end daily letter delivery">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mojtaba Mahmoodian, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, RMIT University Urban infrastructure – bridges, roads, railways, pipelines, power transmission towers and so on – must be inspected regularly to operate safely. Imagine if we used advanced technologies available to us, such as wireless sensors, mobile apps and machine ... <a title="‘Digital twins’ can help monitor infrastructure and save us billions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/digital-twins-can-help-monitor-infrastructure-and-save-us-billions-138607/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Digital twins’ can help monitor infrastructure and save us billions">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea government is adamant no immigration laws, airport and covid-19 protocols – including national security – were breached when a Chinese businessman and his entourage were allowed in the country, reports the PNG Post-Courier. Deputy Pandemic Controller Dr Paison Dakulala said yesterday that, as stated by Prime Minister ... <a title="PNG claims ‘nothing sinister’, no broken protocols on Chinese flight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/png-claims-nothing-sinister-no-broken-protocols-on-chinese-flight/" aria-label="Read more about PNG claims ‘nothing sinister’, no broken protocols on Chinese flight">Read more</a>
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June 26, 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 1News – Colmar Brunton Poll Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): National’s purpose renewed as NZ First struggles Jason Walls (Herald): National’s poll bump – It’s too early for leader Todd Muller to break out the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2020">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Beck, Lecturer in Biology, University of Salford Wombats are among the most peculiar of animals. They look like a massively overgrown guinea pig with a boofy head, a waddling gait, squared-off butt, backwards-facing pouch and ever-growing molars. Indeed, wombats are oddballs and don’t look much like ... <a title="Meet the giant wombat relative that scratched out a living in Australia 25 million years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/meet-the-giant-wombat-relative-that-scratched-out-a-living-in-australia-25-million-years-ago-141296/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the giant wombat relative that scratched out a living in Australia 25 million years ago">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Chapple, Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington We all remember the lockdown, but not all our memories are the same. Some say they miss the tranquillity. Others don’t miss being stuck at home at all – especially ... <a title="Time, family, work – and bored zombies. New Zealanders open up about life in coronavirus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/time-family-work-and-bored-zombies-new-zealanders-open-up-about-life-in-coronavirus-lockdown-140237/" aria-label="Read more about Time, family, work – and bored zombies. New Zealanders open up about life in coronavirus lockdown">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University In the early hours of the morning, we learned Australia and New Zealand won their historic joint bid to host the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup. It’s the first time two nations from different football confederations (Asia and ... <a title="World Cup 2023 will be a massive boost for women’s sport – but does it make financial sense?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/world-cup-2023-will-be-a-massive-boost-for-womens-sport-but-does-it-make-financial-sense-140445/" aria-label="Read more about World Cup 2023 will be a massive boost for women’s sport – but does it make financial sense?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peacock, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW There’s no question COVID-19 has changed many aspects of our lives. As drug researchers, we are interested in how the pandemic has affected illicit drug use in Australia. Our two new surveys of Australians who regularly use illicit drugs show people ... <a title="Pot, pills and the pandemic: how coronavirus is changing the way we use drugs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/pot-pills-and-the-pandemic-how-coronavirus-is-changing-the-way-we-use-drugs-141269/" aria-label="Read more about Pot, pills and the pandemic: how coronavirus is changing the way we use drugs">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyle J.D. Mulrooney, Lecturer in Criminology, Co-director of the Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England This month, the Victorian government announced on-the-spot fines for trespassers on farms following an upper house inquiry into how animal activism affects agriculture. It’s the latest in a string of ... <a title="Illegal hunters are a bigger problem on farms than animal activists – so why aren’t we talking about that?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/illegal-hunters-are-a-bigger-problem-on-farms-than-animal-activists-so-why-arent-we-talking-about-that-126513/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal hunters are a bigger problem on farms than animal activists – so why aren’t we talking about that?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
The recent University of the South Pacific (USP) Council meeting to address governance issues resulting in the reinstatement of its suspended vice-chancellor may have opened a pathway for political will among leaders and politicians of forum member countries to push for better governance in regional institutions. It may have also put the spotlight on our ... <a title="USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/usp-saga-lesson-for-pacific-future-no-more-looking-the-other-way/" aria-label="Read more about USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other way?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University The future of jobs has been used to justify the major changes to university education announced last week. Fees for courses that, according to the government, lead to jobs with a great future ... <a title="Can government actually predict the jobs of the future?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/can-government-actually-predict-the-jobs-of-the-future-141275/" aria-label="Read more about Can government actually predict the jobs of the future?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide For a short time Australia has an unrivalled opportunity to set itself apart from donors to the Pacific including China, Japan and the European Union. As Victoria’s current COVID-19 spike shows, it will take Australia some ... <a title="COVID-19 provides a rare chance for Australia to set itself apart from other regional powers. It can create a Pacific ‘bubble’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/covid-19-provides-a-rare-chance-for-australia-to-set-itself-apart-from-other-regional-powers-it-can-create-a-pacific-bubble-139276/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 provides a rare chance for Australia to set itself apart from other regional powers. It can create a Pacific ‘bubble’">Read more</a>
