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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Pung, Author (non-fiction, fiction, young adult), University of Melbourne Having survived starvation and been spared execution, my father arrived in this new country, vassal-eyed and sunken-cheeked. I was born less than a month later and he named me Alice because he thought Australia was a Wonderland. ... <a title="Friday essay: Alice Pung — how reading changed my life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/friday-essay-alice-pung-how-reading-changed-my-life-147442/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: Alice Pung — how reading changed my life">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anticipating reactions to political attacks can be a tricky business. When Scott Morrison spectacularly trashed the reputation of Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate over her now-notorious gift of Cartier watches to high-performing employees, he assumed “quiet Australians” would be outraged ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: As Melbourne’s Christmas arrives early, Queensland’s election will test whether COVID is a vaccine for incumbents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/grattan-on-friday-as-melbournes-christmas-arrives-early-queenslands-election-will-test-whether-covid-is-a-vaccine-for-incumbents-149086/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: As Melbourne’s Christmas arrives early, Queensland’s election will test whether COVID is a vaccine for incumbents">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anticipating reactions to political attacks can be a tricky business. When Scott Morrison spectacularly trashed the reputation of Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate over her now-notorious gift of Cartier watches to high-performing employees, he assumed “quiet Australians” would be outraged ... <a title="As Melbourne’s Christmas arrives early, Queensland’s election will test whether COVID is a vaccine for incumbents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/as-melbournes-christmas-arrives-early-queenslands-election-will-test-whether-covid-is-a-vaccine-for-incumbents-149086/" aria-label="Read more about As Melbourne’s Christmas arrives early, Queensland’s election will test whether COVID is a vaccine for incumbents">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Frauenfelder, PhD Candidate in Palaeontology, University of New England North-central New South Wales today is known for its arid, drought-prone climate. During the Cretaceous period, however, it was a lush coastal floodplain with a high diversity of vertebrates including dinosaurs, crocodiles, turtles and soaring pterosaurs. Australian ... <a title="Colourful opal fossils point to a diverse group of giant dinosaurs that shared Australia’s terrain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/colourful-opal-fossils-point-to-a-diverse-group-of-giant-dinosaurs-that-shared-australias-terrain-148541/" aria-label="Read more about Colourful opal fossils point to a diverse group of giant dinosaurs that shared Australia’s terrain">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Carroll, Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Auckland After close to a decade of globe-spanning effort, the genome of the southern right whale has been released this week, giving us deeper insights into the histories and recovery of whale populations across the southern hemisphere. Up to 150,000 ... <a title="Genome and satellite technology reveal recovery rates and impacts of climate change on southern right whales" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/genome-and-satellite-technology-reveal-recovery-rates-and-impacts-of-climate-change-on-southern-right-whales-147168/" aria-label="Read more about Genome and satellite technology reveal recovery rates and impacts of climate change on southern right whales">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne The current governance/management crisis at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, ASIC has seen a deputy chairman resign and the chairman step aside under a cloud. It might have arisen simply because of lax internal accounting, compliance, and reporting ... <a title="We put forward a way to govern ASIC better. The government said no" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/we-put-forward-a-way-to-govern-asic-better-the-government-said-no-149002/" aria-label="Read more about We put forward a way to govern ASIC better. The government said no">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan, PhD candidate and author, Deakin University Yoko Ono once noted: “people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them”. Witches were maligned for centuries because of their perceived dark power and influence — but could this fear have stemmed from their ... <a title="How witchcraft became a multi-billion dollar industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/how-witchcraft-became-a-multi-billion-dollar-industry-148101/" aria-label="Read more about How witchcraft became a multi-billion dollar industry">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jill Newby, Associate Professor and MRFF Career Development Fellow, UNSW Many Melburnians are joyous at the prospect of a return to socialising, as the city regains some old freedoms this week following significantly eased coronavirus restrictions. Social media is teeming with images of people looking ecstatic about ... <a title="Fear of going out? Here’s how Melburnians can manage anxiety when returning to ‘normal’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/fear-of-going-out-heres-how-melburnians-can-manage-anxiety-when-returning-to-normal-148981/" aria-label="Read more about Fear of going out? Here’s how Melburnians can manage anxiety when returning to ‘normal’">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Fitzgerald, Associate Professor of Science Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Southern Queensland Mesmerised by the cats of YouTube? Tumbled down the rabbit holes that are Insta Stories? Horrified by the US presidential debate, but kept watching regardless? You are not alone. Visual narratives have a powerful ... <a title="Living with the train wreck: how research can harness the power of visual storytelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/living-with-the-train-wreck-how-research-can-harness-the-power-of-visual-storytelling-147459/" aria-label="Read more about Living with the train wreck: how research can harness the power of visual storytelling">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Gerry, Professor and Queen’s Counsel, Deakin University In January, the International Court of Justice ruled unanimously that Myanmar must take all measures to prevent acts of genocide against the Rohingya minority by its military and police forces. Since then, Amnesty International has questioned whether Myanmar has ... <a title="Australia must do more to ensure Myanmar is preventing genocide against the Rohingya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/australia-must-do-more-to-ensure-myanmar-is-preventing-genocide-against-the-rohingya-147451/" aria-label="Read more about Australia must do more to ensure Myanmar is preventing genocide against the Rohingya">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Curtis, Research fellow, The University of Queensland Every day we are likely to interact with some form of artificial intelligence (AI). It works behind the scenes in everything from social media and traffic navigation apps to product recommendations and virtual assistants. AI systems can perform tasks ... <a title="Australians have low trust in artificial intelligence and want it to be better regulated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/australians-have-low-trust-in-artificial-intelligence-and-want-it-to-be-better-regulated-148262/" aria-label="Read more about Australians have low trust in artificial intelligence and want it to be better regulated">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Burgin, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology Changes to a Victorian law back in February made it an offence to publicly identify victim-survivors of sexual violence. These changes removed the capacity for survivors to give permission for their names or images to be published, as ... <a title="Explainer: why is Victoria fast-tracking reforms to sexual violence ‘gag laws’ and to what effect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/explainer-why-is-victoria-fast-tracking-reforms-to-sexual-violence-gag-laws-and-to-what-effect-148905/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why is Victoria fast-tracking reforms to sexual violence ‘gag laws’ and to what effect?">Read more</a>
