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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Walls, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, University of Melbourne The recent opening of a golf course to the public in the inner north of Melbourne caused a flurry of excitement. Since then, thousands of visitors have explored the expanse of manicured rolling greens, fairways and rough. Under ... <a title="Our cities are full of parks, so why are we looking to golf courses for more open space?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/our-cities-are-full-of-parks-so-why-are-we-looking-to-golf-courses-for-more-open-space-147559/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities are full of parks, so why are we looking to golf courses for more open space?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University “Just be more confident, be more ambitious, be more like a man.” These are the words of advice given over and over to women in a bid to close the career and earnings gaps between women and men. From self-help ... <a title="That advice to women to ‘lean in’, be more confident… it doesn’t help, and data show it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/that-advice-to-women-to-lean-in-be-more-confident-it-doesnt-help-and-data-show-it-146998/" aria-label="Read more about That advice to women to ‘lean in’, be more confident… it doesn’t help, and data show it">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan, PhD candidate and author, Deakin University “History isn’t kind to people who play God,” quips James Bond to supervillain Safin in the trailer for No Time to Die. The film’s release has been delayed yet again, to April 2021. It will mark Daniel Craig’s swansong ... <a title="James Bond is more than a (sexist) secret agent. He is a fertility god, a Dionysus of the modern era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/james-bond-is-more-than-a-sexist-secret-agent-he-is-a-fertility-god-a-dionysus-of-the-modern-era-131040/" aria-label="Read more about James Bond is more than a (sexist) secret agent. He is a fertility god, a Dionysus of the modern era">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Three years ago everything felt so different. Our borders were open, no one knew what PPE stood for, and social distancing was something people did when they felt awkward at parties. Jacinda Ardern had not long taken over leadership of ... <a title="NZ election 2020: Jacinda Ardern promised transformation — instead, the times transformed her" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/nz-election-2020-jacinda-ardern-promised-transformation-instead-the-times-transformed-her-142900/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2020: Jacinda Ardern promised transformation — instead, the times transformed her">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
By RNZ News National Party leader Judith Collins has described obesity as a weakness and says people should not “blame systems for personal choices”. She was asked about her view on obesity during a radio interview yesterday and was today asked about that by media on the New Zealand election campaign trail. Collins said people ... <a title="Obesity ‘a weakness’ and don’t blame state system, claims Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/obesity-a-weakness-and-dont-blame-state-system-claims-collins/" aria-label="Read more about Obesity ‘a weakness’ and don’t blame state system, claims Collins">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has thrown his weight behind the embattled Gladys Berejiklian, ahead of Wednesday’s evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption from disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire, with whom she had a “close personal relationship” for five years. Morrison said ... <a title="Scott Morrison pledges ‘absolute support’ for Gladys Berejiklian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/scott-morrison-pledges-absolute-support-for-gladys-berejiklian-148024/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison pledges ‘absolute support’ for Gladys Berejiklian">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Acting Program Director, Grattan Institute Victorian Education Minister, James Merlino, announced A$250 million on Wednesday for 4,100 tutors to be deployed across Victorian schools from the first term in 2021. The vast majority of Victorian students spent much of terms two and three learning remotely ... <a title="Victoria’s money for tutors is necessary, but there are 5 things it needs to do to ensure they’re successful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/victorias-money-for-tutors-is-necessary-but-there-are-5-things-it-needs-to-do-to-ensure-theyre-successful-147990/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s money for tutors is necessary, but there are 5 things it needs to do to ensure they’re successful">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Rolfe, Honorary associate, School of Social Sciences, UNSW “Blindsided” is a word originally derived from American football and means to be hit from a totally unexpected quarter by shocking information. Unsurprisingly, it’s a word used often with the flashy US president, Donald Trump. Until this week, ... <a title="Brand Gladys: how ICAC revelations hurt Berejiklian’s ‘school captain’ image" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/brand-gladys-how-icac-revelations-hurt-berejiklians-school-captain-image-147986/" aria-label="Read more about Brand Gladys: how ICAC revelations hurt Berejiklian’s ‘school captain’ image">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Victoria’s contact tracing system has faced criticism in the past for being inefficient, with officials flying to NSW in September to learn from that state. Comparisons are difficult in a pandemic because each outbreak has its own unique characteristics. That ... <a title="Where did Victoria go so wrong with contact tracing and have they fixed it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/where-did-victoria-go-so-wrong-with-contact-tracing-and-have-they-fixed-it-147993/" aria-label="Read more about Where did Victoria go so wrong with contact tracing and have they fixed it?">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosalie Gillett, Research Associate in Digital Platform Regulation, Queensland University of Technology An ABC investigation has highlighted the shocking threats of sexual assault women in Australia face when “matching” with people on Tinder. A notable case is that of rapist Glenn Hartland. One victim who met him ... <a title="Tinder fails to protect women from abuse. But when we brush off ‘dick pics’ as a laugh, so do we" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/tinder-fails-to-protect-women-from-abuse-but-when-we-brush-off-dick-pics-as-a-laugh-so-do-we-147909/" aria-label="Read more about Tinder fails to protect women from abuse. But when we brush off ‘dick pics’ as a laugh, so do we">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne Review: Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. At a time when the rapidly heating earth seems ... <a title="Lindy Lee’s Moon in a Dew Drop: art driven by a sense of wonder, born of hard struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/lindy-lees-moon-in-a-dew-drop-art-driven-by-a-sense-of-wonder-born-of-hard-struggle-147185/" aria-label="Read more about Lindy Lee’s Moon in a Dew Drop: art driven by a sense of wonder, born of hard struggle">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Kevin Rudd’s petition to parliament for a royal commission into the dominance of the Murdoch media in Australia is entitled to be seen as more than an embittered ex-politician’s desire for revenge. The fact is ... <a title="Paper chase: why Kevin Rudd’s call for a royal commission into News Corp may lead nowhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/paper-chase-why-kevin-rudds-call-for-a-royal-commission-into-news-corp-may-lead-nowhere-147996/" aria-label="Read more about Paper chase: why Kevin Rudd’s call for a royal commission into News Corp may lead nowhere">Read more</a>
