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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University This month, federal authorities finally announced an upcoming ban on mercury-containing pesticide in Australia. We are one of the last countries in the world to do so, despite overwhelming evidence over more than 60 years that mercury use as fungicide ... <a title="Ban on toxic mercury looms in sugar cane farming, but Australia still has a way to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/ban-on-toxic-mercury-looms-in-sugar-cane-farming-but-australia-still-has-a-way-to-go-140596/" aria-label="Read more about Ban on toxic mercury looms in sugar cane farming, but Australia still has a way to go">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Forde, Director, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University The federal government’s announcement they will more than double the cost of humanities and communications degrees for university students has taken the sector by surprise – not least because it goes against increasing evidence that ... <a title="If the government listened to business leaders, they would encourage humanities education, not pull funds from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/if-the-government-listened-to-business-leaders-they-would-encourage-humanities-education-not-pull-funds-from-it-141121/" aria-label="Read more about If the government listened to business leaders, they would encourage humanities education, not pull funds from it">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iain Lawrie, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne As we re-open our economy and workers gradually return to workplaces, overall travel will increase. However, the need to maintain social distancing means public transport can’t operate at usual capacity. And fears of crowded public transport will lead to commuters ... <a title="How to avoid cars clogging our cities during coronavirus recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/how-to-avoid-cars-clogging-our-cities-during-coronavirus-recovery-140744/" aria-label="Read more about How to avoid cars clogging our cities during coronavirus recovery">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Auckland University of Technology The impact of COVID-19 on New Zealand’s international education sector can hardly be overstated. Almost overnight, the global travel ban thwarted the plans of thousands of international students. Lecture theatres, halls of residence and private accommodations ... <a title="Learning from experience: how our universities can turn the international student crisis into an opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/learning-from-experience-how-our-universities-can-turn-the-international-student-crisis-into-an-opportunity-139202/" aria-label="Read more about Learning from experience: how our universities can turn the international student crisis into an opportunity">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Weihuan Zhou, Senior Lecturer and member of Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW China’s landmark investigations into Australian barley led to the imposition of “anti-dumping” and “anti-subsidy” tariffs of 80.5% in May, threatening an Australian export market worth $A600 million a year. ... <a title="Why China believed it had a case to hit Australian barley with tariffs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/why-china-believed-it-had-a-case-to-hit-australian-barley-with-tariffs-140633/" aria-label="Read more about Why China believed it had a case to hit Australian barley with tariffs">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Humphry, Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney Last year, nearly one third of Australian adults owned a smart speaker device allowing them to call on “Alexa” or “Siri”. Now, with more time spent indoors due to COVID-19, smart voice assistants may be playing even bigger ... <a title="From HAL 9000 to Westworld’s Dolores: the pop culture robots that influenced smart voice assistants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/from-hal-9000-to-westworlds-dolores-the-pop-culture-robots-that-influenced-smart-voice-assistants-140341/" aria-label="Read more about From HAL 9000 to Westworld’s Dolores: the pop culture robots that influenced smart voice assistants">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government’s higher education changes, announced last week, appear driven by three factors. How you judge the result will depend on where you sit. In sum, the shake up will reduce student fees for courses in areas the government identifies ... <a title="View from The Hill: Tehan’s student fees are not just about jobs, but about funding and a dash of ideology too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/21/view-from-the-hill-tehans-student-fees-are-not-just-about-jobs-but-about-funding-and-a-dash-of-ideology-too-141185/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Tehan’s student fees are not just about jobs, but about funding and a dash of ideology too">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Max Finlayson, Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University Water use in the Murray-Darling Basin has long been a source of conflict. Damage to rivers and wetlands, including fish kills and algal blooms, has featured prominently in the news. But the Winton Wetlands, in the south-east basin, represents a ... <a title="Restoring a gem in the Murray-Darling Basin: the success story of the Winton Wetlands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/restoring-a-gem-in-the-murray-darling-basin-the-success-story-of-the-winton-wetlands-140337/" aria-label="Read more about Restoring a gem in the Murray-Darling Basin: the success story of the Winton Wetlands">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Dwyer, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney The Australian government is setting out to develop a “bargaining code” to address power imbalances between news media publishers and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. The creation of this code was recommended last ... <a title="Facebook vs news: Australia wants to level the playing field, Facebook politely disagrees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/facebook-vs-news-australia-wants-to-level-the-playing-field-facebook-politely-disagrees-141043/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook vs news: Australia wants to level the playing field, Facebook politely disagrees">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahmoud Elkhodr, Lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies, CQUniversity Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison had some alarming news for Australians this morning: we are under cyber attack. He informed the nation the attacks “hadn’t just started”, and that Australian businesses and governments are being widely targeted. It ... <a title="Australia is under sustained cyber attack, warns the government. What’s going on, and what should businesses do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/australia-is-under-sustained-cyber-attack-warns-the-government-whats-going-on-and-what-should-businesses-do-141119/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is under sustained cyber attack, warns the government. What’s going on, and what should businesses do?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Eva, Senior Lecturer, Monash University The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way many of us work. With the switch to working from home, in particular, a fundamental workplace behaviour has gone by the wayside. Informal feedback. At the office it is easy to get, and give. ... <a title="Informal feedback: we crave it more than ever, and don’t care who it’s from" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/informal-feedback-we-crave-it-more-than-ever-and-dont-care-who-its-from-138932/" aria-label="Read more about Informal feedback: we crave it more than ever, and don’t care who it’s from">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Education minister Dan Tehan has announced changes to funding rates for university courses as part of a plan to create “job ready graduates”. He said: Projections prepared before the COVID-19 pandemic showed that over the five years to 2024 ... <a title="Humanities graduates earn more than those who study science and maths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/humanities-graduates-earn-more-than-those-who-study-science-and-maths-141112/" aria-label="Read more about Humanities graduates earn more than those who study science and maths">Read more</a>
