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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Victorian government plans a pilot scheme for up to five days sick and carer’s pay, at the national minimum wage, for casuals or insecure workers in priority industries. Even though the initiative is at a very early stage, with ... <a title="Daniel Andrews plans pilot for casual workers’ sick pay but Morrison government critical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/daniel-andrews-plans-pilot-for-casual-workers-sick-pay-but-morrison-government-critical-150648/" aria-label="Read more about Daniel Andrews plans pilot for casual workers’ sick pay but Morrison government critical">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberto Musotto, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow, Edith Cowan University It’s no secret the trail of data we leave online can reveal intimate details about our lives. And there are myriad people whose job it is to collect and sift through this, often with a ... <a title="Prosecuting within complex criminal networks is hard. Data analysis could save the courts precious time and money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/prosecuting-within-complex-criminal-networks-is-hard-data-analysis-could-save-the-courts-precious-time-and-money-150087/" aria-label="Read more about Prosecuting within complex criminal networks is hard. Data analysis could save the courts precious time and money">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Ganderton, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Many of us might not be as fit as we were before the pandemic hit, and as community sport restarts and gyms reopen across the country amid eased coronavirus restrictions, some people might be at increased ... <a title="Physio, chiro, osteo and myo: what’s the difference and which one should I get?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/physio-chiro-osteo-and-myo-whats-the-difference-and-which-one-should-i-get-149993/" aria-label="Read more about Physio, chiro, osteo and myo: what’s the difference and which one should I get?">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Churchill, Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Melbourne The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been so profound, particularly for women, that it threatens to upend the progress on gender equality in recent years. During the lockdown, women were doing more of the unpaid labour ... <a title="No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/no-one-escaped-covids-impacts-but-big-fall-in-tertiary-enrolments-was-80-women-why-149994/" aria-label="Read more about No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on page and on screen. Trixie Belden, girl detective, does not rank in the world’s pantheon of cool sleuths. She’s unlikely to appear in a ... <a title="My favourite detective: Trixie Belden, the uncool girl sleuth with a sensitive moral compass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/my-favourite-detective-trixie-belden-the-uncool-girl-sleuth-with-a-sensitive-moral-compass-149624/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: Trixie Belden, the uncool girl sleuth with a sensitive moral compass">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Glasziou, Professor of Medicine, Bond University In controlled laboratory situations, face masks appear to do a good job of reducing the spread of coronavirus (at least in hamsters) and other respiratory viruses. However, evidence shows mask-wearing policies seem to have had much less impact on the ... <a title="Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/face-masks-cut-disease-spread-in-the-lab-but-have-less-impact-in-the-community-we-need-to-know-why-147912/" aria-label="Read more about Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University During the recent American elections, the most eye-catching graphics were were the individual county tallies. These showed that even when states appeared to be overwhelmingly Republican red, some still “flipped” to the Democrats on the strength of a ... <a title="Albanese is running out of time to solve Labor’s climate crisis. He needs a plan that works for two Australias" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/albanese-is-running-out-of-time-to-solve-labors-climate-crisis-he-needs-a-plan-that-works-for-two-australias-150066/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese is running out of time to solve Labor’s climate crisis. He needs a plan that works for two Australias">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Centenary Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Last summer, many Australians were shocked to see fires sweep through the wet tropical rainforests of Queensland, where large and severe fires are almost unheard of. This is just one example of how human ... <a title="Humans are changing fire patterns, and it’s threatening 4,403 species with extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/humans-are-changing-fire-patterns-and-its-threatening-4-403-species-with-extinction-150532/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are changing fire patterns, and it’s threatening 4,403 species with extinction">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Bliemel, Associate Dean of Research; Course Director, Diploma in Innovation, University of Technology Sydney This essay is based on the Impact at UTS podcast series. The audio series examines how a diverse range of researchers embed knowledge exchange and impact in their research strategy. Universities are ... <a title="Who cares about university research? The answer depends on its impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/who-cares-about-university-research-the-answer-depends-on-its-impacts-149817/" aria-label="Read more about Who cares about university research? The answer depends on its impacts">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Armour, Senior research fellow, Western Sydney University More than one-third of young women in a nationwide survey said they missed at least one class, either at school or university, in the past three months due to menstrual symptoms, including pain and fatigue. More than three quarters ... <a title="3 out of 10 girls skip class because of painful periods. And most won’t talk to their teacher about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/3-out-of-10-girls-skip-class-because-of-painful-periods-and-most-wont-talk-to-their-teacher-about-it-150286/" aria-label="Read more about 3 out of 10 girls skip class because of painful periods. And most won’t talk to their teacher about it">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Matthews, Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University Australian governments have always wanted thriving regional cities, but policy innovations with this goal in mind have a bad history. Planned well, regional cities have huge potential to generate national economic growth while improving livability and ... <a title="Regional Australia’s time has come – planning for growth is now vital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/regional-australias-time-has-come-planning-for-growth-is-now-vital-149170/" aria-label="Read more about Regional Australia’s time has come – planning for growth is now vital">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University The government’s Retirement Incomes Review paints an encouraging picture of the finances of retired Australians. Most are at least as well off in retirement as they were while working, and most are more financially satisfied ... <a title="What matters is the home: review finds most retirees well off, some very badly off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/what-matters-is-the-home-review-finds-most-retirees-well-off-some-very-badly-off-150465/" aria-label="Read more about What matters is the home: review finds most retirees well off, some very badly off">Read more</a>
