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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP On July 15, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Sydney’s COVID lockdown wouldn’t end until the number of new cases not in full isolation was zero or as close to zero ... <a title="We can’t rely solely on arbitrary vaccination levels to end lockdowns. Here are 7 ways to fix Sydney’s outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/we-cant-rely-solely-on-arbitrary-vaccination-levels-to-end-lockdowns-here-are-7-ways-to-fix-sydneys-outbreak-165658/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t rely solely on arbitrary vaccination levels to end lockdowns. Here are 7 ways to fix Sydney’s outbreak">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deirdre Howard-Wagner, Senior Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Tinnakorn jorruang / shutterstock There is a national incarceration crisis impacting First Nations women in Australia. First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population, constituting 37% of the female prison population, despite making up ... <a title="Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/increased-incarceration-of-first-nations-women-is-interwoven-with-the-experience-of-violence-and-trauma-164773/" aria-label="Read more about Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the ongoing lockdowns across the nation, and the plans released by the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Closing the Gap, National Cabinet, and an 80% vaccination rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/video-michelle-grattan-on-closing-the-gap-national-cabinet-and-an-80-vaccination-rate-165733/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Closing the Gap, National Cabinet, and an 80% vaccination rate">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW If you ask most people what economists do, they might tell you it has something to do with money. Or perhaps forecasting what the economy will look like a year from now. Most of the other comparisons would be less charitable. ... <a title="Vital Signs: If you want predictions, ask an astrologer. Economists have better things to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/vital-signs-if-you-want-predictions-ask-an-astrologer-economists-have-better-things-to-do-165616/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: If you want predictions, ask an astrologer. Economists have better things to do">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Staines, ARC DECRA Research fellow, The University of Queensland Talk of healing, care, and well-being is woven throughout the refreshed Closing the Gap agreement. These things were also central to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of the Closing the Gap implementation package this week. As part ... <a title="To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/to-enable-healing-theres-a-more-effective-way-to-close-the-gap-in-employment-in-remote-australia-165662/" aria-label="Read more about To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia">Read more</a>
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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>
