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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janak Rogers, Associate Lecturer, Broadcast Journalism, RMIT University A Johannes Leak cartoon published in The Australian today, in which US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is depicted calling his vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris a “little brown girl”, has drawn widespread condemnation. Several Australian politicians, including former ... <a title="The Australian’s racist Kamala Harris cartoon shows why diversity in newsrooms matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-australians-racist-kamala-harris-cartoon-shows-why-diversity-in-newsrooms-matters-144503/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian’s racist Kamala Harris cartoon shows why diversity in newsrooms matters">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Security guards at Melbourne’s quarantine hotels have been widely blamed for Victoria’s current outbreak of COVID-19. Reports have suggested they mixed inappropriately with people under quarantine, and did not properly follow instructions around infection control. But late yesterday ... <a title="Finding the source of an outbreak is important. But the term ‘patient zero’ is a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/finding-the-source-of-an-outbreak-is-important-but-the-term-patient-zero-is-a-problem-144493/" aria-label="Read more about Finding the source of an outbreak is important. But the term ‘patient zero’ is a problem">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has variously been described as a “breakthrough” and an important staging moment towards a comprehensive Middle East peace. These conclusions are, at best, premature. Normalisation ... <a title="Marriage of convenience: what does the historic Israel-UAE agreement mean for Middle East peace?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/marriage-of-convenience-what-does-the-historic-israel-uae-agreement-mean-for-middle-east-peace-144495/" aria-label="Read more about Marriage of convenience: what does the historic Israel-UAE agreement mean for Middle East peace?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney It could be a brother or sister. It could be a neighbour. It could be a person you work with. We probably all know someone who doesn’t wear a mask in public even though ... <a title="How to talk to someone who doesn’t wear a mask, and actually change their mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/how-to-talk-to-someone-who-doesnt-wear-a-mask-and-actually-change-their-mind-143995/" aria-label="Read more about How to talk to someone who doesn’t wear a mask, and actually change their mind">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cecelia Cmielewski, Research Officer, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University This week the NSW government’s arts funding arm, Create NSW, removed or significantly reduced funding to arts service organisations including Writing NSW, Playwriting Australia, the National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA) and Ausdance NSW. This ... <a title="State arts service organisations: effective, engaged but endangered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/state-arts-service-organisations-effective-engaged-but-endangered-144419/" aria-label="Read more about State arts service organisations: effective, engaged but endangered">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Graham, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology At midday on August 12 2020, the hashtag #DanLiedPeopleDied started trending on Twitter. By evening it had attracted over 10,000 tweets. The hashtag appeared to reflect widespread public distrust in Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ handling of the coronavirus outbreak. ... <a title="The story of #DanLiedPeopleDied: how a hashtag reveals Australia’s ‘information disorder’ problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-story-of-danliedpeopledied-how-a-hashtag-reveals-australias-information-disorder-problem-144403/" aria-label="Read more about The story of #DanLiedPeopleDied: how a hashtag reveals Australia’s ‘information disorder’ problem">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne With massive fronds creating a luxuriously green canopy in the understory of Australian forests, tree ferns are a familiar sight on many long drives or bushwalks. But how much do you really know about them? First of all, tree ... <a title="Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/tree-ferns-are-older-than-dinosaurs-and-thats-not-even-the-most-interesting-thing-about-them-138435/" aria-label="Read more about Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
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 week of hearings before the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Victorian ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Melbourne’s ongoing quarantine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-royal-commission-into-aged-care-and-melbournes-ongoing-quarantine-144501/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Melbourne’s ongoing quarantine">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Marum, PhD Candidate in English, University of Melbourne Review: Little Birds, Sky Atlantic, released on Stan August 5 2020 Little Birds adapts a 1979 collection of French-born diarist Anaïs Nin’s unsettling erotic short stories published two years after her death. Nin maintained that she wrote these ... <a title="Playing and paying the whore in Little Birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/playing-and-paying-the-whore-in-little-birds-144345/" aria-label="Read more about Playing and paying the whore in Little Birds">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorraine Finlay, Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University The events of the past few days in Western Australia have been extraordinary as the protracted conflict between the government and mining billionaire Clive Palmer reached a fever pitch. Premier Mark McGowan declared the state is “in a war” with ... <a title="The WA government legislated itself a win in its dispute with Clive Palmer — and put itself above the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-wa-government-legislated-itself-a-win-in-its-dispute-with-clive-palmer-and-put-itself-above-the-law-144360/" aria-label="Read more about The WA government legislated itself a win in its dispute with Clive Palmer — and put itself above the law">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist Following the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20, many people throughout Australia, and across the world, wanted to know how they could help in response to the environmental disaster. Hundreds contacted the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA), Australia’s ... <a title="From Kangaroo Island to Mallacoota, citizen scientists proved vital to Australia’s bushfire recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/from-kangaroo-island-to-mallacoota-citizen-scientists-proved-vital-to-australias-bushfire-recovery-48230/" aria-label="Read more about From Kangaroo Island to Mallacoota, citizen scientists proved vital to Australia’s bushfire recovery">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Have we flattened the curve of global terrorism? In our COVID-19-obsessed news cycle stories about terrorism and terrorist attacks have largely disappeared. We now, though, understand a little more about how ... <a title="In COVID’s shadow, global terrorism goes quiet. But we have seen this before, and should be wary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/in-covids-shadow-global-terrorism-goes-quiet-but-we-have-seen-this-before-and-should-be-wary-144286/" aria-label="Read more about In COVID’s shadow, global terrorism goes quiet. But we have seen this before, and should be wary">Read more</a>
