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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephane Shepherd, Associate Professor, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology An estimated 17,500 casual and fixed-term academic staff at Australian universities are projected to lose their jobs over the next six months. Most of them will be early career researchers (ECRs). ECRs are junior ... <a title="How to support junior staff in a time of turmoil for universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/how-to-support-junior-staff-in-a-time-of-turmoil-for-universities-148917/" aria-label="Read more about How to support junior staff in a time of turmoil for universities">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Kirchner, Program Director, Trade and Investment, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney The outgoing Trump administration presided over one of the most dramatic tightenings in US immigration policy since the 1930s. Along with declining fertility, this saw US population growth fall to its lowest rate ... <a title="The US has turned its back on skilled migrants, giving Australia an opening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/the-us-has-turned-its-back-on-skilled-migrants-giving-australia-an-opening-150088/" aria-label="Read more about The US has turned its back on skilled migrants, giving Australia an opening">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Toohey, Professor of Law, University of Newcastle Back in March, Joe Biden lamented “the international system that the United States so carefully constructed is coming apart at the seams”. “As president,” he declared, “I will take immediate steps to renew US democracy and alliances, protect the ... <a title="What a Biden presidency means for world trade and allies like Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/what-a-biden-presidency-means-for-world-trade-and-allies-like-australia-149735/" aria-label="Read more about What a Biden presidency means for world trade and allies like Australia">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Best, Professor of Art Theory and Fine Art, Griffith University Review: Unfinished Business: The art of Gordon Bennett, QAGOMA, Brisbane. At the entrance to this exhibition, there is an excerpt from the artist’s notebook from December 1991. Written just three years after Bennett graduated from art ... <a title="‘One of the most important Australian artists of the late 20th century’: Gordon Bennett’s Unfinished Business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/one-of-the-most-important-australian-artists-of-the-late-20th-century-gordon-bennetts-unfinished-business-149433/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One of the most important Australian artists of the late 20th century’: Gordon Bennett’s Unfinished Business">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland A new study on the impact of social media in the Pacific during the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has warned about the potential for misinformation or disinformation to have “dangerous outcomes”. But the report also acknowledges the importance of the so-called “coconut wireless” in Pacific information sharing and says that an ... <a title="Five things to know about social media and covid-19 in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/five-things-to-know-about-social-media-and-covid-19-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Five things to know about social media and covid-19 in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Papua New Guinea’s opposition – bolstered by its government defectors – moved its camp to West Sepik provincial capital Vanimo at the weekened to consolidate its numbers in a move to oust Prime Minister James Marape next month, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The 13 ministers who defected to the opposition will be decommissioned this week, ... <a title="Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away from us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/scott-waide-our-country-papua-new-guinea-is-being-taken-away-from-us/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away from us">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Housing Henry Cooke (Stuff): If it wants to fix housing, Labour needs to get out of its defensive crouch Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Millennials suffer as old generals fight the previous war Tracy Watkins (Stuff): What happens when the only way ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 16 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-16-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 16 2020">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily S Wong, Head of Regulatory Systems, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and Senior research fellow, UNSW Many human traits, such as height and disease susceptibility, depend on genes that are encoded in our DNA. These genes are switched on and off and further fine-tuned by important ... <a title="How a Queensland sea sponge is helping scientists unravel a 700-million-year-old mystery of evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/how-a-queensland-sea-sponge-is-helping-scientists-unravel-a-700-million-year-old-mystery-of-evolution-149547/" aria-label="Read more about How a Queensland sea sponge is helping scientists unravel a 700-million-year-old mystery of evolution">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election raises a perennial question about what Rupert Murdoch does when the candidate he has opposed wins. Answer: He adapts and he waits. Electoral cycles last three, four ... <a title="Courting the chameleon: how the US election reveals Rupert Murdoch’s political colours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/courting-the-chameleon-how-the-us-election-reveals-rupert-murdochs-political-colours-149910/" aria-label="Read more about Courting the chameleon: how the US election reveals Rupert Murdoch’s political colours">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Joe Biden’s election as US president presents Prime Minister Scott Morrison with the opportunity to reset Australia’s ailing relationship with China. Encouragingly, Biden has signalled his commitment to rebuilding global alliances and restoring a degree of certainty ... <a title="Biden win offers Morrison the chance to reshape Australia’s ailing relationship with China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/biden-win-offers-morrison-the-chance-to-reshape-australias-ailing-relationship-with-china-149742/" aria-label="Read more about Biden win offers Morrison the chance to reshape Australia’s ailing relationship with China">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University Several COVID-19 vaccines are in late-stage clinical trials. So discussion is turning to who should receive these vaccines first, should they be approved for use. Today, we discuss two options. One is to prioritise ... <a title="Why we should prioritise older people when we get a COVID vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/why-we-should-prioritise-older-people-when-we-get-a-covid-vaccine-148432/" aria-label="Read more about Why we should prioritise older people when we get a COVID vaccine">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford Several COVID-19 vaccines are in late-stage clinical trials. So discussion is turning to who should receive these vaccines first, should ... <a title="COVID-19 vaccines could go to children first to protect the elderly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/covid-19-vaccines-could-go-to-children-first-to-protect-the-elderly-147899/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 vaccines could go to children first to protect the elderly">Read more</a>
