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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Conservative Christians are prominent in Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition parties. Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott are two of the most devout and theologically conservative prime ministers in Australian history. State Coalition parties ... <a title="A ‘Christian nation’ no longer: why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/a-christian-nation-no-longer-why-australias-religious-right-loses-policy-battles-even-when-it-wins-elections-165169/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘Christian nation’ no longer: why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhonda Garad, Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in Knowledge Translation, Monash University Shutterstock As we write this article, the Delta strain of COVID-19 is reminding the world the pandemic is far from over, with millions of Australians in lockdown and infection rates outpacing a global vaccination effort. ... <a title="Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than COVID. A mental health crisis is looming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/australians-are-3-times-more-worried-about-climate-change-than-covid-a-mental-health-crisis-is-looming-165470/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than COVID. A mental health crisis is looming">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rigissa Megalokonomou, Lecturer in Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Remote learning online has been a common tool in the battle against COVID-19. School and university campus closures have affected over 1.5 billion learners in 165 countries. The reduced need for students to be in their physical ... <a title="Being able to skip classes improves some students’ performance. Others struggle with more autonomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/being-able-to-skip-classes-improves-some-students-performance-others-struggle-with-more-autonomy-164945/" aria-label="Read more about Being able to skip classes improves some students’ performance. Others struggle with more autonomy">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Amanda-Jane George, Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Senior Lecturer in Innovation & Intellectual Property Law, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock What does it mean to be an inventor? In patent law, designed to protect the intellectual property of inventors, officials are used to thinking of ... <a title="If machines can be inventors, could AI soon monopolise technology?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/if-machines-can-be-inventors-could-ai-soon-monopolise-technology-165604/" aria-label="Read more about If machines can be inventors, could AI soon monopolise technology?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Clements, Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania Lieutenant John Bowen and party arriving at Risdon, by Thomas Gregson (c.1860). Courtesy of the WL Crowther Library Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. Australians love their war heroes. ... <a title="Friday essay: Tongerlongeter — the Tasmanian resistance fighter we should remember as a war hero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/friday-essay-tongerlongeter-the-tasmanian-resistance-fighter-we-should-remember-as-a-war-hero-165308/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: Tongerlongeter — the Tasmanian resistance fighter we should remember as a war hero">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra We are living simultaneously in two COVID worlds. On the one hand we’re talking about how life will be when 70% or 80% per cent of eligible people are fully vaccinated. On the other, what we can call our third ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: We will need an inquiry to learn from rollout mistakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/grattan-on-friday-we-will-need-an-inquiry-to-learn-from-rollout-mistakes-165696/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: We will need an inquiry to learn from rollout mistakes">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original The Morrison government has been dealt a blow with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruling national cabinet is not a committee of federal cabinet and therefore is not covered by cabinet confidentiality. This means its documents are accessible under freedom ... <a title="Morrison government loses fight for national cabinet secrecy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/morrison-government-loses-fight-for-national-cabinet-secrecy-165693/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government loses fight for national cabinet secrecy">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Hillsong church pastor Brian Houston has been charged over the alleged concealment of information relating to child sex offences. Houston is a personal friend of Scott Morrison who wanted him invited to the White House state dinner President Donald Trump ... <a title="Hillsong pastor Brian Houston charged with allegedly concealing information about child sex offences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/hillsong-pastor-brian-houston-charged-with-allegedly-concealing-information-about-child-sex-offences-165677/" aria-label="Read more about Hillsong pastor Brian Houston charged with allegedly concealing information about child sex offences">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist As Fiji struggles with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, the country’s already limited democratic space is being choked off. Opposition MPs routinely face arrest for criticising legislation before Parliament, and the international response has been found lacking. In the past two weeks numerous opposition politicians — MPs, former ... <a title="Fiji’s climate of fear deepens in time of covid pandemic crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/fijis-climate-of-fear-deepens-in-time-of-covid-pandemic-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s climate of fear deepens in time of covid pandemic crisis">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hedwig Eisenbarth, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Sergey Tinyakov Artificial systems such as homecare robots or driver-assistance technology are becoming more common, and it’s timely to investigate whether people or algorithms are better at reading emotions, particularly given the added ... <a title="When faces are partially covered, neither people nor algorithms are good at reading emotions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/when-faces-are-partially-covered-neither-people-nor-algorithms-are-good-at-reading-emotions-165005/" aria-label="Read more about When faces are partially covered, neither people nor algorithms are good at reading emotions">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com Six months after the prime minister received his first jab, Australia finally has a national plan to roll out COVID vaccines. The plan’s goals, set out in the Operation COVID Shield document ... <a title="Australia’s vaccination plan is 6 months too late and a masterclass in jargon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/australias-vaccination-plan-is-6-months-too-late-and-a-masterclass-in-jargon-165603/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s vaccination plan is 6 months too late and a masterclass in jargon">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University Martin Meissner/AP The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country, but a new home in Poland. Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by ... <a title="A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/a-brief-history-of-asylum-seekers-at-the-olympics-and-why-they-are-sometimes-misunderstood-165605/" aria-label="Read more about A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood">Read more</a>
