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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmine Musharbash, Senior Lecturer and Head of Anthropology, Australian National University Anya Wotton, ANU The monsters we are familiar with from books, films and TV have long been analysed by scholars as metaphors capturing what ails society. Think of how different types of zombies stand for fears ... <a title="Same monster, different meanings: how Indigenous ideas about the Pangkarlangu Hairypeople have changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/same-monster-different-meanings-how-indigenous-ideas-about-the-pangkarlangu-hairypeople-have-changed-160004/" aria-label="Read more about Same monster, different meanings: how Indigenous ideas about the Pangkarlangu Hairypeople have changed">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Roy Vandervegt/AAP National cabinet’s decision to halve the number of international arrivals to Australia is yet another blow to the 34,000 Australians overseas trying to return home. But it is also far ... <a title="Why the latest travel caps look like an arbitrary restriction on Australians’ right to come home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/why-the-latest-travel-caps-look-like-an-arbitrary-restriction-on-australians-right-to-come-home-161882/" aria-label="Read more about Why the latest travel caps look like an arbitrary restriction on Australians’ right to come home">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona R Martin, Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney Facebook If like many Australian Muslims you have reported hate speech to Facebook and received an automated response saying it doesn’t breach the platform’s community standards, you are not alone. We and our team ... <a title="Facebook’s failure to pay attention to non-English languages is allowing hate speech to flourish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/facebooks-failure-to-pay-attention-to-non-english-languages-is-allowing-hate-speech-to-flourish-163723/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook’s failure to pay attention to non-English languages is allowing hate speech to flourish">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernard Walker, Associate Professor in Organisations and Leadership, University of Canterbury Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images A crucial delivery of 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived in New Zealand this week, ahead of schedule. But at the same time, the vaccination of most people living in the ... <a title="New Zealand’s second-largest city faces weeks of delays in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/new-zealands-second-largest-city-faces-weeks-of-delays-in-the-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-163877/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s second-largest city faces weeks of delays in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Kirkland, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock COVID-19 is increasing economic inequality around the world. On the one hand, the number of people in extreme poverty is on the rise for the first time in decades. The World Bank estimates at least 119 million ... <a title="What do children think of economic inequality? We did an experiment to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/what-do-children-think-of-economic-inequality-we-did-an-experiment-to-find-out-163262/" aria-label="Read more about What do children think of economic inequality? We did an experiment to find out">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University National Museum of Australia Historical anniversaries sometimes – not always – provide an opportunity to take stock. Rarely do two anniversaries coincide that encourage such an opportunity. That is the case with the 50th anniversary on July 3 of the ... <a title="Fifty years after Whitlam’s breakthrough China trip, the Morrison government could learn much from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/fifty-years-after-whitlams-breakthrough-china-trip-the-morrison-government-could-learn-much-from-it-163716/" aria-label="Read more about Fifty years after Whitlam’s breakthrough China trip, the Morrison government could learn much from it">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia from www.shutterstock.com Prime Minister Scott Morrison has received criticism from the general public for not having a concrete plan to take us out of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he went some way to addressing this on ... <a title="Australia has a new four-phase plan for a return to normality. Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/australia-has-a-new-four-phase-plan-for-a-return-to-normality-heres-what-we-know-so-far-163804/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has a new four-phase plan for a return to normality. Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University Shutterstock NAIDOC week has just begun and, after several tumultuous years of disasters in Australia, the theme this year is Heal Country. In the last two years, Australia has suffered crippling drought that saw the Darling-Baaka run ... <a title="‘Although we didn’t produce these problems, we suffer them’: 3 ways you can help in NAIDOC’s call to Heal Country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/although-we-didnt-produce-these-problems-we-suffer-them-3-ways-you-can-help-in-naidocs-call-to-heal-country-163362/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Although we didn’t produce these problems, we suffer them’: 3 ways you can help in NAIDOC’s call to Heal Country">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Shutterstock Setting goals to try to outdo your previous best effort is known as growth goal setting or personal best goals. It is fundamentally focused on self improvement, such as investing more time or effort in ... <a title="Setting goals to beat previous efforts improves educational outcomes. And the gains are bigger for disadvantaged students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/setting-goals-to-beat-previous-efforts-improves-educational-outcomes-and-the-gains-are-bigger-for-disadvantaged-students-163073/" aria-label="Read more about Setting goals to beat previous efforts improves educational outcomes. And the gains are bigger for disadvantaged students">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock If you’ve ever felt your noisy open-plan office makes you cranky and sends your heart racing, our new research shows you aren’t imagining it. Prior to the pandemic 70% of office-based ... <a title="Open-plan office noise increases stress and worsens mood: we’ve measured the effects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/open-plan-office-noise-increases-stress-and-worsens-mood-weve-measured-the-effects-162843/" aria-label="Read more about Open-plan office noise increases stress and worsens mood: we’ve measured the effects">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Associate professor, University of Sydney Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown (2021) Screen shot The murder investigation hits another dead end. Tired and frustrated, the detective stomps out of the station. She stares into the middle distance, forcefully sucking on a vape and expelling smoky ... <a title="Smoke screens: vaping on film looks less glamorous than the Hollywood smoking of yesteryear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/smoke-screens-vaping-on-film-looks-less-glamorous-than-the-hollywood-smoking-of-yesteryear-163359/" aria-label="Read more about Smoke screens: vaping on film looks less glamorous than the Hollywood smoking of yesteryear">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji has reported 522 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours – a record number of daily cases. The Fiji government has also confirmed three more deaths due to the coronavirus, bringing the toll to 30. The Health Ministry said that all three were unvaccinated ... <a title="Fiji reports record 522 new cases of covid-19 – three more deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/04/fiji-reports-record-522-new-cases-of-covid-19-three-more-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji reports record 522 new cases of covid-19 – three more deaths">Read more</a>
