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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne Psychiatric classifications catalogue the many forms of mental ill-health. They define what counts as a disorder and who counts as disordered, drawing the boundary between psychological normality and abnormality. In the past century that boundary has shifted radically. Successive ... <a title="Is psychiatry shrinking what’s considered normal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/is-psychiatry-shrinking-whats-considered-normal-142477/" aria-label="Read more about Is psychiatry shrinking what’s considered normal?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Pilcher, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University In April, the federal government put in place an emergency relief package to support families and operators in the early childhood education and care sector, as many people pulled their children out of childcare. The government provided centres with ... <a title="Increasing the childcare subsidy will help struggling families — and the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/increasing-the-childcare-subsidy-will-help-struggling-families-and-the-economy-142557/" aria-label="Read more about Increasing the childcare subsidy will help struggling families — and the economy">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Associate Lecturer/Sessional Academic, Queensland University of Technology While many teen films fade away never to be heard of again, Clueless, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, has remained in the cultural consciousness since its 1995 release. Maybe it’s the catchy soundtrack, or familiar story ... <a title="Friday Essay: Clueless at 25 — like, a totally important teen film" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/friday-essay-clueless-at-25-like-a-totally-important-teen-film-140749/" aria-label="Read more about Friday Essay: Clueless at 25 — like, a totally important teen film">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teigan Cremona, Research Associate, Charles Darwin University Most Australians are familiar with the cute, nectar-loving sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps), a marsupial denizen of forests in eastern and northern Australia. However, our new study shows the sugar glider is actually three genetically and physically distinct species: Petaurus breviceps ... <a title="A rare discovery: we found the sugar glider is actually three species, but one is disappearing fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/a-rare-discovery-we-found-the-sugar-glider-is-actually-three-species-but-one-is-disappearing-fast-142807/" aria-label="Read more about A rare discovery: we found the sugar glider is actually three species, but one is disappearing fast">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Luigi Spiller, Associate Professor of Urban Planning (honorary), University of Melbourne The Grattan Institute’s call to “abandon” plans for any high-speed rail network in Australia fails to look at the wider benefits such a project can bring by way of more productive economies and more sustainable ... <a title="Don’t abandon plans for high-speed rail in Australia – just look at all the benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/dont-abandon-plans-for-high-speed-rail-in-australia-just-look-at-all-the-benefits-139563/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t abandon plans for high-speed rail in Australia – just look at all the benefits">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW As a second COVID-19 lockdown looms in New South Wales, there is much discussion about the economic costs of doing so. But since the start of this pandemic there has been profound confusion in many quarters about the economic cost of ... <a title="Vital Signs: government lockdown costs may be exaggerated over COVID-19’s direct economic impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/vital-signs-government-lockdown-costs-may-be-exaggerated-over-covid-19s-direct-economic-impact-142710/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: government lockdown costs may be exaggerated over COVID-19’s direct economic impact">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the midst of our present crisis, this week’s release of the Palace letters has taken us back to the debate about another crisis, massive at the time and of lasting significance but rather put into perspective by COVID-19. For ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Palace letters make great reading but leave a republic as far away as ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/grattan-on-friday-palace-letters-make-great-reading-but-leave-a-republic-as-far-away-as-ever-142837/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Palace letters make great reading but leave a republic as far away as ever">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexis Vassiley, PhD candidate, School of Management, Curtin University Monash University will reportedly cut 277 jobs by the end of the year, due to projecting a more than A$300 million financial shortfall caused by COVID-19. It comes after the vice chancellor of another Group of Eight university, ... <a title="Universities are cutting hundreds of jobs – they, and the government, can do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/universities-are-cutting-hundreds-of-jobs-they-and-the-government-can-do-better-142824/" aria-label="Read more about Universities are cutting hundreds of jobs – they, and the government, can do better">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jane Halton, who formerly headed the federal health and finance departments, is chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness. CEPI, founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is at the forefront of the international search for a COVID-19 vaccine. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jane Halton on the risk of ‘vaccine nationalism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jane-halton-on-the-risk-of-vaccine-nationalism-142830/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jane Halton on the risk of ‘vaccine nationalism’">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel McMillan, Program Director, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University How is the world going to go back to the days when we could grab a coffee, see a movie, or attend a concert or footy game with anyone? Opinion suggests there are two ... <a title="Immunity to COVID-19 may not last. This threatens a vaccine and herd immunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/immunity-to-covid-19-may-not-last-this-threatens-a-vaccine-and-herd-immunity-142556/" aria-label="Read more about Immunity to COVID-19 may not last. This threatens a vaccine and herd immunity">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kobi Leins, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, University of Melbourne The list of US figures whose Twitter accounts were hijacked by scammers on Wednesday US time reads like a Who’s Who of the tech and celebrity worlds: Tesla boss Elon Musk, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, Microsoft ... <a title="The Twitter hack targeted the rich and famous. But we all lose if trusted accounts can be hijacked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/the-twitter-hack-targeted-the-rich-and-famous-but-we-all-lose-if-trusted-accounts-can-be-hijacked-142819/" aria-label="Read more about The Twitter hack targeted the rich and famous. But we all lose if trusted accounts can be hijacked">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Geard, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne; Senior Research Fellow, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne Throughout the second half of May and into June, almost all COVID-19 cases in New South Wales were arrivals from overseas. Only ... <a title="Sydney’s second wave: can it avoid a Melbourne-style lockdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/sydneys-second-wave-can-it-avoid-a-melbourne-style-lockdown-142652/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney’s second wave: can it avoid a Melbourne-style lockdown?">Read more</a>
