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June 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Lehmann, Honorary Lecturer, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University A recent statement from China’s education bureau warned Chinese students about studying in Australia due to “racist incidents” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Such statements, and further moves from China’s education agents threatening to redirect ... <a title="‘I love Australia’: 3 things international students want Australians to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/i-love-australia-3-things-international-students-want-australians-to-know-139857/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I love Australia’: 3 things international students want Australians to know">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Bell, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law, University of Melbourne Three years have passed since a cladding-fuelled fire claimed 72 lives in Grenfell Tower, London, on June 14 2017. The construction industry and its regulators around the world are still grappling with how ... <a title="New NSW building law could be a game changer for apartment safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/new-nsw-building-law-could-be-a-game-changer-for-apartment-safety-140432/" aria-label="Read more about New NSW building law could be a game changer for apartment safety">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW There is no shortage of repugnant and dangerous ideas in the world. An age old question is whether free speech will see good ideas win out over bad. The proposition that good ideas eventually triumph in “the marketplace for ideas” dates ... <a title="Vital Signs: why ‘the marketplace for ideas’ can fail – from an economist’s perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/vital-signs-why-the-marketplace-for-ideas-can-fail-from-an-economists-perspective-140429/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: why ‘the marketplace for ideas’ can fail – from an economist’s perspective">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University As the Black Lives Matter protests raged across the world, I was sent a post on Facebook that read, Donald J Trump now lives at 1600 Black Lives Matter Plaza, NW, Washington, DC 20500. The post referred to the mural ... <a title="Friday essay: taking a wrecking ball to monuments – contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/friday-essay-taking-a-wrecking-ball-to-monuments-contemporary-art-can-ask-what-really-needs-tearing-down-140437/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: taking a wrecking ball to monuments – contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing down">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Paradoxically, but perhaps inevitably, as things are getting better in the wake of the COVID crisis tempers – including, it would seem, that of Scott Morrison – are becoming more frayed. The Black Lives Matter demonstrations of last weekend marked ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Protests add new element of uncertainty to COVID exit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/grattan-on-friday-protests-add-new-element-of-uncertainty-to-covid-exit-140559/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Protests add new element of uncertainty to COVID exit">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi. contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor, is the latest figure to support Nauru’s call to convene a special meeting of the University of the South Pacific Council in the long-running leadership saga. In a letter to incoming chancellor of the USP, ... <a title="Forum’s chief Meg Taylor backs Nauru call for urgent meeting on USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/forums-chief-meg-taylor-backs-nauru-call-for-urgent-meeting-on-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Forum’s chief Meg Taylor backs Nauru call for urgent meeting on USP">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Imagery: Metaphors, Symbols, Analogies As a species, people use symbols to facilitate understandings of the complexities of the world. In the last millennium in Europe, the highest subjects of learning were ‘classical studies’ and ‘theology’. It was because almost all of the principal explanatory stories of human life – as the priestly ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Goldmining as our Metaphor for Economic Activity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/keith-rankin-analysis-goldmining-as-our-metaphor-for-economic-activity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Goldmining as our Metaphor for Economic Activity">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abbas Mohajerani, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, 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 ... <a title="More than 1,200 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/more-than-1-200-tonnes-of-microplastics-are-dumped-into-aussie-farmland-every-year-from-wastewater-sludge-137278/" aria-label="Read more about More than 1,200 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Prime Minister Scott Morrison asserted in a radio interview that “there was no slavery in Australia”. This is a common misunderstanding which often obscures our nation’s history of exploitation of First Nations people and Pacific Islanders. Morrison followed ... <a title="Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/was-there-slavery-in-australia-yes-it-shouldnt-even-be-up-for-debate-140544/" aria-label="Read more about Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste’s Minister of Justice plans to present to the Council of Ministers a proposal to include criminal defamation in the country’s penal code. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Timor-Leste Press Union (TLPU) have protested against the move that would undermine press freedom and public interest journalism, reports ... <a title="Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/media-rights-groups-protest-against-timors-draft-defamation-law/" aria-label="Read more about Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie P. Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Working from home during COVID-19 appeared to cost us little. Yet employers effectively requisitioned part of those homes. While necessary, it was far from costless to us, and our generosity shouldn’t be taken for granted. Bureau of Statistics ... <a title="About that spare room: employers requisitioned our homes and our time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/about-that-spare-room-employers-requisitioned-our-homes-and-our-time-139854/" aria-label="Read more about About that spare room: employers requisitioned our homes and our time">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology Australians have enjoyed watching Australian stories on the small screen for generations. From Number 96 to Offspring, House Husbands to Mystery Road, Australian television has reflected Australia back to Australian audiences. As the government notes in its ... <a title="TV has changed, so must the way we support local content" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/tv-has-changed-so-must-the-way-we-support-local-content-139674/" aria-label="Read more about TV has changed, so must the way we support local content">Read more</a>
