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Month: October 2019

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Honk if you love Untitled Goose Game: why we should invest more in our indie game creators

October 9, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Brook, Lecturer – Games & Interactivity, Edith Cowan University A new comedic video game about a mischievous goose has become a viral sensation – reaching the top of the digital sales charts, inspiring a steadily increasing stream of memes and fan-art, and earning celebrity endorsements from ... <a title="Honk if you love Untitled Goose Game: why we should invest more in our indie game creators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/09/honk-if-you-love-untitled-goose-game-why-we-should-invest-more-in-our-indie-game-creators-124508/" aria-label="Read more about Honk if you love Untitled Goose Game: why we should invest more in our indie game creators">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull delivers the unpalatable truth to Scott Morrison on climate and energy

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sometimes birthdays are best let pass quietly. The Liberals are finding the 75th anniversary of their founding another occasion for the blood sport they thought they’d put behind them. Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull are out of parliament – for ... <a title="View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull delivers the unpalatable truth to Scott Morrison on climate and energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/view-from-the-hill-malcolm-turnbull-delivers-the-unpalatable-truth-to-scott-morrison-on-climate-and-energy-124889/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull delivers the unpalatable truth to Scott Morrison on climate and energy">Read more</a>

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Malcolm Turnbull delivers the unpalatable truth to Scott Morrison on climate and energy

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sometimes birthdays are best let pass quietly. The Liberals are finding the 75th anniversary of their founding another occasion for the blood sport they thought they’d put behind them. Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull are out of parliament – for ... <a title="Malcolm Turnbull delivers the unpalatable truth to Scott Morrison on climate and energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/malcolm-turnbull-delivers-the-unpalatable-truth-to-scott-morrison-on-climate-and-energy-124889/" aria-label="Read more about Malcolm Turnbull delivers the unpalatable truth to Scott Morrison on climate and energy">Read more</a>

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Trump decision to withdraw troops from Syria opens way for dangerous Middle East power play

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University US President Donald Trump’s precipitate announcement he was withdrawing American forces from northeast Syria to enable Turkey to assert its authority along the border risks wider regional bloodshed – and further destabilisation of one of the world’s ... <a title="Trump decision to withdraw troops from Syria opens way for dangerous Middle East power play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/trump-decision-to-withdraw-troops-from-syria-opens-way-for-dangerous-middle-east-power-play-124784/" aria-label="Read more about Trump decision to withdraw troops from Syria opens way for dangerous Middle East power play">Read more</a>

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‘The Australian government is not listening’: how our country is failing to protect its children

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Faith Gordon, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University Last month, Australia appeared before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva for a five-year assessment of the government’s progress in protecting the rights of children. The hearing included submissions from the Australian government, the Australian ... <a title="‘The Australian government is not listening’: how our country is failing to protect its children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/the-australian-government-is-not-listening-how-our-country-is-failing-to-protect-its-children-124779/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The Australian government is not listening’: how our country is failing to protect its children">Read more</a>

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‘Stop playing politics’: refugees stuck in Indonesia rally against UNHCR for chronic waiting

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chrisanthi Giotis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney One evening last month, the young man from Afghanistan, of Hazara ethnicity, arrived in Jakarta. His people-smuggler dropped him at the UNHCR entrance reserved for refugees, where he was told to wait. The next day, ... <a title="‘Stop playing politics’: refugees stuck in Indonesia rally against UNHCR for chronic waiting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/stop-playing-politics-refugees-stuck-in-indonesia-rally-against-unhcr-for-chronic-waiting-124176/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stop playing politics’: refugees stuck in Indonesia rally against UNHCR for chronic waiting">Read more</a>

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There are differences between free speech, hate speech and academic freedom – and they matter

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Last week, posters appeared at the University of Auckland inviting young white men to “assume the mantle of re-taking control of our own country” and to confront “anti-racism ideology”. The group was obviously unaware of the significance ... <a title="There are differences between free speech, hate speech and academic freedom – and they matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/there-are-differences-between-free-speech-hate-speech-and-academic-freedom-and-they-matter-124764/" aria-label="Read more about There are differences between free speech, hate speech and academic freedom – and they matter">Read more</a>

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How women’s life-long experiences of being judged by their appearance affect how they feel in open-plan offices

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Morrison, Senior Lecturer, Business School, Auckland University of Technology A key reason many organisations want to move their employees to open-plan workspaces is to encourage collaboration and improve communication. The assumption is that the increased visibility and access workers have to one another will ease the ... <a title="How women’s life-long experiences of being judged by their appearance affect how they feel in open-plan offices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/how-womens-life-long-experiences-of-being-judged-by-their-appearance-affect-how-they-feel-in-open-plan-offices-124765/" aria-label="Read more about How women’s life-long experiences of being judged by their appearance affect how they feel in open-plan offices">Read more</a>

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Extinction Rebellion protesters might be annoying. But they have a point

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne If you live in a major Australian city, expect your daily routine to be disrupted this week. Protest group Extinction Rebellion is carrying out week of flash mobs, sit-ins and marches to block traffic and bring ... <a title="Extinction Rebellion protesters might be annoying. But they have a point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/extinction-rebellion-protesters-might-be-annoying-but-they-have-a-point-124490/" aria-label="Read more about Extinction Rebellion protesters might be annoying. But they have a point">Read more</a>

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Do women’s life-long experiences of being judged on appearance change how they feel in open-plan offices?

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Morrison, Senior Lecturer, Business School, Auckland University of Technology A key reason many organisations want to move their employees to open-plan workspaces is to encourage collaboration and improve communication. The assumption is that the increased visibility and access workers have to one another will ease the ... <a title="Do women’s life-long experiences of being judged on appearance change how they feel in open-plan offices?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/do-womens-life-long-experiences-of-being-judged-on-appearance-change-how-they-feel-in-open-plan-offices-124765/" aria-label="Read more about Do women’s life-long experiences of being judged on appearance change how they feel in open-plan offices?">Read more</a>

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Anthem review: a portrait of Melbourne’s working class

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra D’urso, Researcher, The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne Anthem, directed by Susie Dee, Arts Centre Melbourne for Melbourne International Arts Festival What does it mean to be an “ordinary” Australian in an atomising and globalised world economy? Anthem brings together the writers behind the celebrated 1998 ... <a title="Anthem review: a portrait of Melbourne’s working class" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/anthem-review-a-portrait-of-melbournes-working-class-124767/" aria-label="Read more about Anthem review: a portrait of Melbourne’s working class">Read more</a>

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A dormant volcano: the black hole at the heart of our galaxy is more explosive than we thought

October 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Director, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney The supermassive black hole at the heart of our Galaxy spat out an enormous flare of radiation 3.5 million years ago that would have been clearly visible from Earth. In new research that will soon be published ... <a title="A dormant volcano: the black hole at the heart of our galaxy is more explosive than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/a-dormant-volcano-the-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-our-galaxy-is-more-explosive-than-we-thought-124696/" aria-label="Read more about A dormant volcano: the black hole at the heart of our galaxy is more explosive than we thought">Read more</a>