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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Garcia, Lecturer in Student Learning and Communication Development, University of Sydney University life comes with its share of challenges. One of these is writing longer assignments that require higher information, communication and critical thinking skills than what you might have been used to in high school. ... <a title="5 tips on writing better university assignments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/5-tips-on-writing-better-university-assignments-130541/" aria-label="Read more about 5 tips on writing better university assignments">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theodore Connell-Variy, Lecturer, School of Property, RMIT University We’ve heard a lot about what the present crisis will do to home prices, less about what it will do to commercial property prices. Commercial properties include office buildings, shopping centres, hotels and warehouses. They account for 8% of ... <a title="Warning: what COVID is doing to commercial property it is about to do to super funds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/warning-what-covid-is-doing-to-commercial-property-it-is-about-to-do-to-super-funds-143824/" aria-label="Read more about Warning: what COVID is doing to commercial property it is about to do to super funds">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dawn LaValle Norman, Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University Phil: What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered? Stage 4 lockdown is upon Melbourne for the ... <a title="What Groundhog Day (and my time in a monastery) taught me about lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/what-groundhog-day-and-my-time-in-a-monastery-taught-me-about-lockdown-143452/" aria-label="Read more about What Groundhog Day (and my time in a monastery) taught me about lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will unveil on Thursday a cyber security package to give greater protection to critical Australian infrastructure and bolster the powers of the Australian Federal Police to pursue criminal networks on the dark web. The Australian Signals Directorate would ... <a title="Morrison pursues tougher powers in fight against cyber attacks and criminals’ activity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/morrison-pursues-tougher-powers-in-fight-against-cyber-attacks-and-criminals-activity-144027/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison pursues tougher powers in fight against cyber attacks and criminals’ activity">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A rumour that Victoria’s high profile chief health officer Brett Sutton was quitting caused a flurry in state government circles on Wednesday afternoon. Sutton has been one of the medical hardliners during the pandemic, at times an irritant in the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Rumour, contagion and yet more bad Victorian records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/view-from-the-hill-rumour-contagion-and-yet-more-bad-victorian-records-144024/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Rumour, contagion and yet more bad Victorian records">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University From tomorrow (Thursday, August 6) only children of permitted workers will be able to attend childcare in Melbourne, which is under stage 4 restrictions. Parents and providers have been waiting to understand what this means for their children ... <a title="Victoria’s childcare announcements explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/victorias-childcare-announcements-explained-143991/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s childcare announcements explained">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Melatos, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Virgin Australia’s plan to sack about 3,000 of its 9,000 staff, axe its budget brand Tigerair, streamline its fleet to only Boeing 737s and suspend long-haul international flying indefinitely should come as no surprise. Its main competitor, Qantas, ... <a title="Cutbacks may keep Virgin Australia alive for now, but its long-term prospects are bleak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/cutbacks-may-keep-virgin-australia-alive-for-now-but-its-long-term-prospects-are-bleak-141876/" aria-label="Read more about Cutbacks may keep Virgin Australia alive for now, but its long-term prospects are bleak">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Reilly, Professor, University of Western Australia In international affairs, words are bullets, according to an old diplomatic saying. If so, Australia in recent years has begun firing new ammunition. In his address to the Aspen Security Forum today, Prime Minister Scott Morrison stressed the importance of ... <a title="Why is ‘values’ the new buzzword in Australian foreign policy? (Hint: it has something to do with China)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/why-is-values-the-new-buzzword-in-australian-foreign-policy-hint-it-has-something-to-do-with-china-143839/" aria-label="Read more about Why is ‘values’ the new buzzword in Australian foreign policy? (Hint: it has something to do with China)">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aisling Rayne, PhD candidate, University of Canterbury Whakapapa [genealogy] binds tākata whenua [people of the land] to the mountains, rivers, coasts and other landscapes, linking the health of the people with that of the environment. Like humans, species have whakapapa that connects them to their natural environment ... <a title="When rehoming wildlife, Indigenous leadership delivers the best results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/when-rehoming-wildlife-indigenous-leadership-delivers-the-best-results-143890/" aria-label="Read more about When rehoming wildlife, Indigenous leadership delivers the best results">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel da Silva, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more. The country’s prime minister Hassan Diab said the blast was caused ... <a title="What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded in Beirut?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/what-is-ammonium-nitrate-the-chemical-that-exploded-in-beirut-143979/" aria-label="Read more about What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded in Beirut?">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. One day in 1984, a friend and I went to have lunch with my friend’s aunt. She ... <a title="Simplicity and quiet: my isolation playlist from ECM Records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/simplicity-and-quiet-my-isolation-playlist-from-ecm-records-143595/" aria-label="Read more about Simplicity and quiet: my isolation playlist from ECM Records">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Jeffrey, Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute; Professor of Development Geography, University of Melbourne In recent days, the Indian government approved a new education policy — the first for 34 years. The policy comes after an expert group produced a draft report last year. ... <a title="India’s impressive new education policy could create opportunities for Australian universities and young people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/indias-impressive-new-education-policy-could-create-opportunities-for-australian-universities-and-young-people-143893/" aria-label="Read more about India’s impressive new education policy could create opportunities for Australian universities and young people">Read more</a>
