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Month: July 2020

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By persisting with COVIDSafe, Australia risks missing out on globally trusted contact tracing

July 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer/Discipline Lead – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia Australia has ruled out abandoning the government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app in favour of the rival “Gapple” model developed by Google and Apple, which is gaining widespread support around the world. Deputy Chief Medical Officer ... <a title="By persisting with COVIDSafe, Australia risks missing out on globally trusted contact tracing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/by-persisting-with-covidsafe-australia-risks-missing-out-on-globally-trusted-contact-tracing-141369/" aria-label="Read more about By persisting with COVIDSafe, Australia risks missing out on globally trusted contact tracing">Read more</a>

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The updated deal for pharmacists will help recognise their role as health experts, not just retailers

July 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra Australia’s 7th Community Pharmacy Agreement, which comes into force today and lasts five years, will see the government provide A$16 billion for dispensing subsidised medicines and A$1.15 billion for other services such as diabetes support. The ... <a title="The updated deal for pharmacists will help recognise their role as health experts, not just retailers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/the-updated-deal-for-pharmacists-will-help-recognise-their-role-as-health-experts-not-just-retailers-141523/" aria-label="Read more about The updated deal for pharmacists will help recognise their role as health experts, not just retailers">Read more</a>

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Our laws failed these endangered flying-foxes at every turn. On Saturday, Cairns council will put another nail in the coffin

July 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin A. Welbergen, President of the Australasian Bat Society | Associate Professor of Animal Ecology, Western Sydney University On Saturday, Cairns Regional Council will disperse up to 8,000 endangered spectacled flying-foxes from their nationally important camp in central Cairns. The camp is one of the last major ... <a title="Our laws failed these endangered flying-foxes at every turn. On Saturday, Cairns council will put another nail in the coffin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/our-laws-failed-these-endangered-flying-foxes-at-every-turn-on-saturday-cairns-council-will-put-another-nail-in-the-coffin-141116/" aria-label="Read more about Our laws failed these endangered flying-foxes at every turn. On Saturday, Cairns council will put another nail in the coffin">Read more</a>

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Climate explained: will the COVID-19 lockdown slow the effects of climate change?

July 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Kingham, Professor, University of Canterbury CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz ... <a title="Climate explained: will the COVID-19 lockdown slow the effects of climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/climate-explained-will-the-covid-19-lockdown-slow-the-effects-of-climate-change-141604/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: will the COVID-19 lockdown slow the effects of climate change?">Read more</a>

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Cheaper courses won’t help graduates get jobs – they need good careers advice and links with employers

July 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Brown, Lecturer in Careers and Employability Learning, La Trobe University The government’s higher education funding changes aim to ensure graduates are “job-ready”. Students will be charged more for courses the government deems have poorer employment outcomes, to incentivise them into cheaper courses with supposedly better job ... <a title="Cheaper courses won’t help graduates get jobs – they need good careers advice and links with employers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/cheaper-courses-wont-help-graduates-get-jobs-they-need-good-careers-advice-and-links-with-employers-141270/" aria-label="Read more about Cheaper courses won’t help graduates get jobs – they need good careers advice and links with employers">Read more</a>

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The Body Electric review: an erotic centring of the female gaze at the National Gallery of Australia

July 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Review: The Body Electric, National Gallery of Australia In 1992, the legendary American writer Kathy Acker said: The students who come to my class are very closely related to all the evil girls who are very ... <a title="The Body Electric review: an erotic centring of the female gaze at the National Gallery of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/the-body-electric-review-an-erotic-centring-of-the-female-gaze-at-the-national-gallery-of-australia-141297/" aria-label="Read more about The Body Electric review: an erotic centring of the female gaze at the National Gallery of Australia">Read more</a>

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Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas

July 1, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes and Lara Sartorio GonçalvesFrom Rio de Janeiro, Brazil It is a recurring debate. In 2011 journalist and activist Darcus Howe commented on the civil unrest that had happened in England in August of that year saying, “I don’t call it rioting. I call ... <a title="Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/fire-the-right-to-breathe-and-the-aesthetics-of-protest-in-the-americas/" aria-label="Read more about Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas">Read more</a>

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Scott Morrison pivots Australian Defence Force to meet more threatening regional outlook

July 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will deliver a stark warning that Australia faces an increasingly threatening regional outlook and announce a pivot in its defence posture towards the Indo-Pacific, when he releases the government’s 2020 Defence Strategy Update on Wednesday. The Prime Minister ... <a title="Scott Morrison pivots Australian Defence Force to meet more threatening regional outlook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/scott-morrison-pivots-australian-defence-force-to-meet-more-threatening-regional-outlook-141727/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison pivots Australian Defence Force to meet more threatening regional outlook">Read more</a>

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Albanese pitch to Eden-Monaro voters: Labor would restore ABC funding

July 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has promised a Labor government would reverse the Coalition’s $83.7 million cut to ABC funding, as he campaigns in the last days before the Eden-Monaro byelection on Saturday. This would “save regional jobs, protect critical emergency broadcasting and ... <a title="Albanese pitch to Eden-Monaro voters: Labor would restore ABC funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/albanese-pitch-to-eden-monaro-voters-labor-would-restore-abc-funding-141721/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese pitch to Eden-Monaro voters: Labor would restore ABC funding">Read more</a>