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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University On Churchill Island, southeast of Melbourne, small cone-shaped, shallow holes (digs) puncture the grass. They’re widespread, and reveal moist soil below the surface. A soil heap ... <a title="One little bandicoot can dig up an elephant’s worth of soil a year – and our ecosystem loves it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/one-little-bandicoot-can-dig-up-an-elephants-worth-of-soil-a-year-and-our-ecosystem-loves-it-132266/" aria-label="Read more about One little bandicoot can dig up an elephant’s worth of soil a year – and our ecosystem loves it">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane Thousands of New Zealanders who are denied disability support are hoping Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will take the issue up with her counterpart Scott Morrison when they meet today. Despite paying taxes and the NDIS levy, New Zealanders who have come to Australia since 2001 cannot receive ... <a title="New Zealanders with disability in Australia treated as ‘second class’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/new-zealanders-with-disability-in-australia-treated-as-second-class/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders with disability in Australia treated as ‘second class’">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila Philippines Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has dismissed comments by Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go that “politics” is behind the filing of a proposed concurrent resolution calling on regulators to temporarily allow television giant ABS-CBN to operate as Congress deliberates on its franchise application. The Senate has the ... <a title="Opposition senator challenges top Duterte aide in TV network row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/opposition-senator-challenges-top-duterte-aide-in-tv-network-row/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition senator challenges top Duterte aide in TV network row">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Tormey, Professor of Politics, University of Bristol Of the many issues thrown up by Brexit, one of the most pressing is the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom. Brexit was in large measure a revolt by a certain section of English and Welsh opinion against transnational ... <a title="Many Scots want independence from the United Kingdom. How might that play out in a post-Brexit world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/many-scots-want-independence-from-the-united-kingdom-how-might-that-play-out-in-a-post-brexit-world-131776/" aria-label="Read more about Many Scots want independence from the United Kingdom. How might that play out in a post-Brexit world?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity While countries around the globe have been taking precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, it has now been reported in 37 countries outside China. As ... <a title="It’s now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we’re preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/its-now-a-matter-of-when-not-if-for-australia-this-is-how-were-preparing-for-a-jump-in-coronavirus-cases-132448/" aria-label="Read more about It’s now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we’re preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Baumgartner, Professor of Fisheries and River Management, Institute for Land, Water, and Society, Charles Sturt University As this summer draws to a close, it marks just over a year since successive fish death events at Menindee in Lower Darling River made global headlines. Two independent investigations ... <a title="Last summer’s fish carnage sparked public outrage. Here’s what has happened since" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/last-summers-fish-carnage-sparked-public-outrage-heres-what-has-happened-since-132346/" aria-label="Read more about Last summer’s fish carnage sparked public outrage. Here’s what has happened since">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Every January Larry Fink, the head of the world’s largest funds manager, BlackRock, sends a letter to the chief executives of major public companies. This year’s letter focused on climate risk. “Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term ... <a title="Vital Signs: a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/vital-signs-a-3-point-plan-to-reach-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-132436/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne The government’s financial system inquiry, on which I sat, reported five years ago. It recommended that the creators of financial products be subject to a design and distribution obligation (DDO), which would mean the products they sold had to ... <a title="Requiring firms to only sell financial products we can use is good, but not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/requiring-firms-to-only-sell-financial-products-we-can-use-is-good-but-not-enough-131887/" aria-label="Read more about Requiring firms to only sell financial products we can use is good, but not enough">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Simionato, Lecturer, RMIT University Books are always transforming. The book we hold today has arrived through a number of materials (clay, papyrus, parchment, paper, pixels) and forms (tablet, scroll, codex, kindle). The book can be a tool for communication, reading, entertainment, or learning; an object and ... <a title="Friday essay: a real life experiment illuminates the future of books and reading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/friday-essay-a-real-life-experiment-illuminates-the-future-of-books-and-reading-131832/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: a real life experiment illuminates the future of books and reading">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government would be looking for the private sector to put in four or five times as much as it invests in research and development of particular technologies to reduce emissions, Energy Minister Angus Taylor says. In a speech on ... <a title="Angus Taylor sets down ‘markers’ to measure success of government’s technology roadmap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/angus-taylor-sets-down-markers-to-measure-success-of-governments-technology-roadmap-132623/" aria-label="Read more about Angus Taylor sets down ‘markers’ to measure success of government’s technology roadmap">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Two issues are currently presenting the Morrison government with fast-moving targets. One is the fallout from the coronavirus, where the picture has been altering on a near-daily basis. The other is very different – the now rapidly changing politics of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison looks to his messaging on coronavirus and climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/grattan-on-friday-morrison-looks-to-his-messaging-on-coronavirus-and-climate-132614/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison looks to his messaging on coronavirus and climate">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has activated its emergency response plan to deal with a spread of the coronavirus locally, in anticipation of it becoming a “pandemic”. It is also considering limited assistance for those hardest hit by the economic fallout. Prime ... <a title="Government triggers emergency plan for COVID-19 pandemic, and considers economic assistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/government-triggers-emergency-plan-for-covid-19-pandemic-and-considers-economic-assistance-132610/" aria-label="Read more about Government triggers emergency plan for COVID-19 pandemic, and considers economic assistance">Read more</a>
