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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Things are really jeffed up for Karens right now. The Miley (“coronavirus”) did a Melba (“made yet another a comeback”), and Joe and Jane Bloggs are being drongos. In the process, “Karen” has become the Bradman of ways for calling ... <a title="What’s in a name? Well, quite a bit if your name is Karen (or Jack, John, Jeff, Dolly, Biddy, Meg …)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/whats-in-a-name-well-quite-a-bit-if-your-name-is-karen-or-jack-john-jeff-dolly-biddy-meg-143194/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in a name? Well, quite a bit if your name is Karen (or Jack, John, Jeff, Dolly, Biddy, Meg …)">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Moore, Social Researcher, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania In his book Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe writes that settler Australians wilfully misunderstood, hid and destroyed evidence of Aboriginal Australians’ farming practices. My analysis of secondary school textbooks shows this behaviour isn’t restricted to the past ... <a title="Secondary school textbooks teach our kids the myth that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gatherers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/secondary-school-textbooks-teach-our-kids-the-myth-that-aboriginal-australians-were-nomadic-hunter-gatherers-133066/" aria-label="Read more about Secondary school textbooks teach our kids the myth that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gatherers">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Grodach, Professor and Director of Urban Planning & Design, Monash University COVID-19 and the growing recession concentrated in the services sector will not just increase social inequality, but accelerate the growing spatial divide in our cities. As our new research report shows, the pandemic’s impacts reinforce ... <a title="Why coronavirus will deepen the inequality of our suburbs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/why-coronavirus-will-deepen-the-inequality-of-our-suburbs-143432/" aria-label="Read more about Why coronavirus will deepen the inequality of our suburbs">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glennda Scully, Professor, Curtin University The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a surge of calls to domestic violence support services, as survivors of violence spend more time at home with their abusers due to lockdowns and other restrictions. Many feel they can’t leave — or that they must ... <a title="If you’re thinking of leaving a violent partner, you need a financial plan. This toolkit can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/if-youre-thinking-of-leaving-a-violent-partner-you-need-a-financial-plan-this-toolkit-can-help-143004/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re thinking of leaving a violent partner, you need a financial plan. This toolkit can help">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Osborn, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. There is a genre of novel that I have relied upon for many years. Some people call it ... <a title="P.G. Wodehouse in a pandemic: wit and perfect prose to restore the soul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/p-g-wodehouse-in-a-pandemic-wit-and-perfect-prose-to-restore-the-soul-143533/" aria-label="Read more about P.G. Wodehouse in a pandemic: wit and perfect prose to restore the soul">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As Melbourne moved to an extraordinary 8pm to 5am daily curfew and Stage 4 restrictions, and Victoria declared a “state of disaster”, Scott Morrison took to social media with a message for the embattled residents. Read more: Explainer: what is ... <a title="View from The Hill: COVID has brought us a state in disaster and a prime minister in a mask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/view-from-the-hill-covid-has-brought-us-a-state-in-disaster-and-a-prime-minister-in-a-mask-143808/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: COVID has brought us a state in disaster and a prime minister in a mask">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney James Murdoch is not the most obvious candidate for editorial heroism. His route to resigning from the News Corp board because of “disagreements over certain editorial content” has been circuitous and colourful. James’s first ... <a title="James Murdoch’s resignation is the result of News Corp’s increasing shift to the right – not just on climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/james-murdochs-resignation-is-the-result-of-news-corps-increasing-shift-to-the-right-not-just-on-climate-143799/" aria-label="Read more about James Murdoch’s resignation is the result of News Corp’s increasing shift to the right – not just on climate">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney A “state of disaster” has been declared for the whole of Victoria from 6pm, Sunday August 2, for a month. How is this different from the existing “state of emergency” and what powers does it give the Andrews ... <a title="Explainer: what is a ‘state of disaster’ and what powers does it confer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/explainer-what-is-a-state-of-disaster-and-what-powers-does-it-confer-143807/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is a ‘state of disaster’ and what powers does it confer?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that metropolitan Melbourne will move to “stage 4” restrictions from 6pm Sunday, as new cases of COVID-19 continue to rise. The state recorded another 671 cases and 7 deaths on Sunday. Andrews ... <a title="State of Disaster called as Melbourne moves to nightly curfew and stage 4 restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/state-of-disaster-called-as-melbourne-moves-to-nightly-curfew-and-stage-4-restrictions-143804/" aria-label="Read more about State of Disaster called as Melbourne moves to nightly curfew and stage 4 restrictions">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Bond, Principle Research Fellow, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Anyone who has spent any amount of time in Indigenous affairs would be familiar with the buzzwords used in the announcement of the new Closing the Gap targets. As Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, ... <a title="Chelsea Bond: The ‘new’ Closing the Gap is about buzzwords, not genuine change for Indigenous Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/chelsea-bond-the-new-closing-the-gap-is-about-buzzwords-not-genuine-change-for-indigenous-australia-143681/" aria-label="Read more about Chelsea Bond: The ‘new’ Closing the Gap is about buzzwords, not genuine change for Indigenous Australia">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Simpson, Chair of Indigenous Linguistics and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University Indigenous languages have been in the news this week. For the first time, an Indigenous language, Ngunnawal, was used for the acknowledgment of country ... <a title="Talking the talk: fresh Closing the Gap targets require a tailored approach to language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/talking-the-talk-fresh-closing-the-gap-targets-require-a-tailored-approach-to-language-143683/" aria-label="Read more about Talking the talk: fresh Closing the Gap targets require a tailored approach to language">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Senior Lecturer, UNSW When announcing a ban on people in six local government areas south-west of Melbourne hosting visitors in their homes, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said this week: People are not necessarily keeping their distance in their family home. It’s a natural thing, you ... <a title="We’re more likely to let our COVID-19 guard down around those we love most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/were-more-likely-to-let-our-covid-19-guard-down-around-those-we-love-most-142908/" aria-label="Read more about We’re more likely to let our COVID-19 guard down around those we love most">Read more</a>
