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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miriam Moeller, Senior Lecturer, International Business, The University of Queensland igor kisselev/Shutterstock Emma can recognise patterns within complex code. James can develop several different solutions when faced with complicated problems. But it is unlikely either will find a job where they can put their specialist skills to ... <a title="Neurodiversity can be a workplace strength, if we make room for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/neurodiversity-can-be-a-workplace-strength-if-we-make-room-for-it-164859/" aria-label="Read more about Neurodiversity can be a workplace strength, if we make room for it">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Fenton, PhD Student Swinburne University of Technology, Teaching Associate Melbourne University, Monash University , Swinburne University of Technology EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT A new ad has been released from the LIVE Alliance (Live Industry Venues + Entertainment) a music industry collective, under the guidance of advertising veteran Russel ... <a title="Musicians are urging us to vaccinate: the federal government should learn from these moving, hopeful ads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/musicians-are-urging-us-to-vaccinate-the-federal-government-should-learn-from-these-moving-hopeful-ads-167438/" aria-label="Read more about Musicians are urging us to vaccinate: the federal government should learn from these moving, hopeful ads">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Rolph, Professor of Law, University of Sydney Shutterstock A publisher can be held responsible for defamatory comments readers leave on its Facebook pages, the High Court ruled today, in a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for social media users throughout Australia. This decision may mean ... <a title="High Court rules media are liable for Facebook comments on their stories. Here’s what that means for your favourite Facebook pages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/high-court-rules-media-are-liable-for-facebook-comments-on-their-stories-heres-what-that-means-for-your-favourite-facebook-pages-167435/" aria-label="Read more about High Court rules media are liable for Facebook comments on their stories. Here’s what that means for your favourite Facebook pages">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siouxsie Wiles, Associate Professor in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Auckland Shara van der Pas, CC BY-SA While we’re all rightly focused on the COVID-19 pandemic at the moment, the SARS-CoV-2 virus isn’t the only microbial threat we face. Back in 2014, the World Health Organization ... <a title="The world is desperate for new antibiotics, and New Zealand’s unique fungi are a source of promising compounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/the-world-is-desperate-for-new-antibiotics-and-new-zealands-unique-fungi-are-a-source-of-promising-compounds-167354/" aria-label="Read more about The world is desperate for new antibiotics, and New Zealand’s unique fungi are a source of promising compounds">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Chai, Associate Professor, Griffith University Shutterstock Last month’s dire report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may have left you feeling overwhelmed, or unsure what to do next. We often hear about ways everyday people can tackle climate change, but which acts will make the ... <a title="Want to act on climate change but not sure how? Tweaking these 3 parts of your life will make the biggest difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/want-to-act-on-climate-change-but-not-sure-how-tweaking-these-3-parts-of-your-life-will-make-the-biggest-difference-165998/" aria-label="Read more about Want to act on climate change but not sure how? Tweaking these 3 parts of your life will make the biggest difference">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW This week’s national women’s safety summit has been roundly criticised by community and women’s groups as being little more than a talkfest. It was intended to inform the development of a national plan to prevent violence against ... <a title="Explainer: what is a ‘positive duty’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment and why is it so important?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/explainer-what-is-a-positive-duty-to-prevent-workplace-sexual-harassment-and-why-is-it-so-important-167430/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is a ‘positive duty’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment and why is it so important?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Public Health measures are restrictive ‘health’ imposts by an authority over some or all of the people subject to that authority. In most cases they are both ‘merit goods’ (having benefits which people ought to be willing to pay for), and ‘public goods’ (goods whose benefits are shared). Quarantine may be ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Quarantine, an effective temporary Public Health measure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/keith-rankin-essay-quarantine-an-effective-temporary-public-health-measure/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Quarantine, an effective temporary Public Health measure">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanlie Booysen, Adjunct Research Fellow, and founding member of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Aotearoa (MEISA) network, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington GettyImages Jacinda Ardern used very specific language in her description of the terrorist attack in Auckland last week: It was carried ... <a title="Social inclusion is important in Aotearoa New Zealand — but so is speaking honestly about terrorism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/social-inclusion-is-important-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-but-so-is-speaking-honestly-about-terrorism-167429/" aria-label="Read more about Social inclusion is important in Aotearoa New Zealand — but so is speaking honestly about terrorism">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Balolia, Lecturer in Biological Anthropology, Australian National University Peng-Fei Fan, Author provided We have discovered previously unappreciated differences between some male and female gibbons and siamang that could give us new clues about how social behaviour affected primate evolution. Gibbons and siamang are small apes that ... <a title="How gibbon skulls could help us understand the social lives of our ancient ancestors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/how-gibbon-skulls-could-help-us-understand-the-social-lives-of-our-ancient-ancestors-166553/" aria-label="Read more about How gibbon skulls could help us understand the social lives of our ancient ancestors">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Mall terror attack Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup – Could government agencies have averted the development of a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 08 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-08-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 08 2021">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University SAMIR MEZBAN/AP Since the September 11 terror attacks, there has been no hiding from the increased militarisation of the United States. Everyday life is suffused with policing and surveillance. This ranges from the inconvenient, such as removing ... <a title="‘Fortress USA’: How the September 11 terror attacks produced a military industrial juggernaut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/fortress-usa-how-the-september-11-terror-attacks-produced-a-military-industrial-juggernaut-166102/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fortress USA’: How the September 11 terror attacks produced a military industrial juggernaut">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Barbosa Neves, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Monash University www.shutterstock.com Over the past 18 months of COVID lockdowns, many of us have experienced the heaviness of loneliness — missing family, friends, and meaningful social contact. But even before the pandemic, loneliness was a daily experience for almost ... <a title="‘I tell everyone I love being on my own, but I hate it’: what older Australians want you to know about loneliness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/i-tell-everyone-i-love-being-on-my-own-but-i-hate-it-what-older-australians-want-you-to-know-about-loneliness-166109/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I tell everyone I love being on my own, but I hate it’: what older Australians want you to know about loneliness">Read more</a>
