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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kellie Bousfield, Associate Head of School, School of Education, Charles Sturt University Every year (except this year) Australian children in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit a standardised literacy and numeracy test — NAPLAN. When NAPLAN was brought in in 2008, the government argued it would ... <a title="Not all parents use NAPLAN testing in the same way – and it may be related to their background" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/not-all-parents-use-naplan-testing-in-the-same-way-and-it-may-be-related-to-their-background-145389/" aria-label="Read more about Not all parents use NAPLAN testing in the same way – and it may be related to their background">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Nottage, Professor, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney We may not like Clive Palmer as a person, or his business activities, or his politics, but from a legal perspective that should not matter. All of us, rich or poor, should have equal rights under the rule ... <a title="Clive Palmer versus (Western) Australia. He could survive a High Court loss if his company is found to be “foreign”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/clive-palmer-versus-western-australia-he-could-survive-a-high-court-loss-if-his-company-is-found-to-be-foreign-145334/" aria-label="Read more about Clive Palmer versus (Western) Australia. He could survive a High Court loss if his company is found to be “foreign”">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia In a post-credit scene at the end of Bill & Ted Face the Music, the titular couple are old men in a nursing home. Decrepit, they stand up from their beds, pick up their guitars, ... <a title="Bill & Ted Face the Music review: party on, dudes – this film is as sweet and daggy as its predecessors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/bill-and-ted-face-the-music-review-party-on-dudes-this-film-is-as-sweet-and-daggy-as-its-predecessors-144074/" aria-label="Read more about Bill & Ted Face the Music review: party on, dudes – this film is as sweet and daggy as its predecessors">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australian Federal Police and ASIO raided two Chinese journalists in June as part of an investigation into foreign interference in Australia. The previously unpublicised action has come to light via Chinese media reports, in the same week that two Australian ... <a title="Chinese reveal their journalists in Australia were questioned in foreign interference investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/chinese-reveal-their-journalists-in-australia-were-questioned-in-foreign-interference-investigation-145873/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese reveal their journalists in Australia were questioned in foreign interference investigation">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney The Australia-China relationship is unravelling at a pace that could not have been contemplated just six months ago. In recent days, the ABC’s Bill Birtles and the Australian Financial Review’s Mike Smith were forced ... <a title="Why the Australia-China relationship is unravelling faster than we could have imagined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/why-the-australia-china-relationship-is-unravelling-faster-than-we-could-have-imagined-145836/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Australia-China relationship is unravelling faster than we could have imagined">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO The Paris climate agreement seeks to limit global warming to 1.5℃ this century. A new report by the World Meteorological Organisation warns this limit may be exceeded by ... <a title="Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/earth-may-temporarily-pass-dangerous-1-5-warming-limit-by-2024-major-new-report-says-145450/" aria-label="Read more about Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In light of Victoria’s cautious roadmap out of lockdown, with some experts claiming the exit is too fast, and others believing it is unnecessarily slow, the modelling underpinning the decisions is under close scrutiny. University of Melbourne Professor Jodie McVernon ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jodie McVernon on Melbourne’s modelling, a Covid vaccine, and the role of experts in a crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jodie-mcvernon-on-melbournes-modelling-a-covid-vaccine-and-the-role-of-experts-in-a-crisis-145860/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jodie McVernon on Melbourne’s modelling, a Covid vaccine, and the role of experts in a crisis">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel William Crawford, Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Only days after the federal government announced a A$1.7 billion vaccine deal to roll out COVID-19 vaccines to Australians in 2021, one of the two candidates has halted its phase 3 trials after a participant became ill. The ... <a title="Halting the Oxford vaccine trial doesn’t mean it’s not safe – it shows they’re following the right process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/halting-the-oxford-vaccine-trial-doesnt-mean-its-not-safe-it-shows-theyre-following-the-right-process-145837/" aria-label="Read more about Halting the Oxford vaccine trial doesn’t mean it’s not safe – it shows they’re following the right process">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Barratt, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University Lockdown and other public health measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 haven’t driven us all to drink (and other drugs), as many news stories would have us ... <a title="Forget the stereotypes. Our survey shows many young people are drinking less alcohol in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/forget-the-stereotypes-our-survey-shows-many-young-people-are-drinking-less-alcohol-in-lockdown-145832/" aria-label="Read more about Forget the stereotypes. Our survey shows many young people are drinking less alcohol in lockdown">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
By Boura Gorukila in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinea court has given police three more weeks to submit their evidence against Bosip Kaiwi, who is accused of the murder of his partner in a high-profile case that shocked the nation – or their defence lawyer will be allowed to apply that it be dismissed. ... <a title="PNG murder case against alleged killer of Jenelyn Kennedy delayed again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/png-murder-case-against-alleged-killer-of-jenelyn-kennedy-delayed-again/" aria-label="Read more about PNG murder case against alleged killer of Jenelyn Kennedy delayed again">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saul Eslake, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania There’s an emerging view that China’s belligerent approach and “torching” of diplomatic relationships with the wider world is a sign of “insecurity and weakness”; that its economic growth is “unsustainable”; and that “everyone in the top ranks of the Chinese ... <a title="China’s leaders are strong and emboldened. It’s wrong to see them as weak and insecure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/chinas-leaders-are-strong-and-emboldened-its-wrong-to-see-them-as-weak-and-insecure-143830/" aria-label="Read more about China’s leaders are strong and emboldened. It’s wrong to see them as weak and insecure">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Trabsky, Senior Lecturer, La Trobe Law School and Director, Centre for Health, Law and Society, La Trobe University The COVID-19 death toll is reported every day by state and federal governments. These numbers are often used, alongside case numbers, to assess how public health policies are ... <a title="‘Died from’ or ‘died with’ COVID-19? We need a transparent approach to counting coronavirus deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/died-from-or-died-with-covid-19-we-need-a-transparent-approach-to-counting-coronavirus-deaths-145438/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Died from’ or ‘died with’ COVID-19? We need a transparent approach to counting coronavirus deaths">Read more</a>
