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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University The video-sharing app TikTok is a hot political potato amid concerns over who has access to users’ personal data. The United States has moved to ban the app. Other countries, including Australia, have expressed concern. But does this ... <a title="TikTok can be good for your kids if you follow a few tips to stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/tiktok-can-be-good-for-your-kids-if-you-follow-a-few-tips-to-stay-safe-144002/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok can be good for your kids if you follow a few tips to stay safe">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Henderson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Latin America is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fastest spread of the disease in the region’s cities follows a pattern of contagion that is anything but arbitrary. Disturbing images in international media ... <a title="From the COVID-19 epicentre: lessons from Latin American cities’ successes and failures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/from-the-covid-19-epicentre-lessons-from-latin-american-cities-successes-and-failures-144000/" aria-label="Read more about From the COVID-19 epicentre: lessons from Latin American cities’ successes and failures">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kantha Dayaram, Associate Professor, School of Management, Curtin University How to stop sick people going to work? That’s a question the Victorian government has been grappling with since it became clear about 80% of new COVID-19 infections in the state’s second-wave outbreak were from workplace transmissions. Read ... <a title="Workplace transmissions: a predictable result of the class divide in worker rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/workplace-transmissions-a-predictable-result-of-the-class-divide-in-worker-rights-143896/" aria-label="Read more about Workplace transmissions: a predictable result of the class divide in worker rights">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Ranald, Honorary research fellow, University of Sydney In the negotiations for an Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement at present underway, the European Union is pushing for longer monopolies on medicines for its pharmaceutical companies. If it gets them, Australians will wait longer for cheaper versions of ... <a title="Last to know: the European Union knows more about our trade talks than we do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/last-to-know-the-european-union-knows-more-about-our-trade-talks-than-we-do-144196/" aria-label="Read more about Last to know: the European Union knows more about our trade talks than we do">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Kimball, PHD Student in Classics, University of Newcastle Hello, curious kids! Have you got a question you’d like an expert to answer? Ask an adult to send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au Are witches and wizards real? Mabel, age 7, Anglesea, Victoria. They are, but not in ... <a title="Curious Kids: are witches and wizards real?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/curious-kids-are-witches-and-wizards-real-141799/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: are witches and wizards real?">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tradespeople and others in licensed occupations would find it easier to work across state and territory boundaries next year under a plan being developed. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, announcing the plan, agreed to by the nation’s treasurers, said it would ... <a title="Frydenberg announces ‘automatic recognition’ plan to help workers and businesses operate across state borders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/frydenberg-announces-automatic-recognition-plan-to-help-workers-and-businesses-operate-across-state-borders-144553/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg announces ‘automatic recognition’ plan to help workers and businesses operate across state borders">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Arturo López-Levy From Oakland, California Throughout the Democratic Party primary for the 2020 elections, for the first time all the candidates proposed a policy towards Cuba in line with the course of dialogue and exchange led by President Barack Obama in his last two years in office. ... <a title="Five key questions about Cuba in the current US election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/15/five-key-questions-about-cuba-in-the-current-us-election-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Five key questions about Cuba in the current US election campaign">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The inquiry commissioned by the Berejiklian government into the Ruby Princess COVID-19 disaster has laid blame on NSW health officials, who made “inexcusable” and “inexplicable” mistakes. It also exonerated the Australian Border Force. In the report, the federal government was ... <a title="Ruby Princess inquiry blames NSW health officials for debacle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/ruby-princess-inquiry-blames-nsw-health-officials-for-debacle-144512/" aria-label="Read more about Ruby Princess inquiry blames NSW health officials for debacle">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s chart compares this week’s Covid-19 outbreak in New Zealand with the latest case-data from other comparable countries. Note that the data plots new daily cases, smoothed using seven-day averages. However, the ‘black square’ represents New Zealand’s most recent daily total of new cases, at 260 per 100 million people (which ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-comparing-new-zealands-outbreak-with-comparable-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janak Rogers, Associate Lecturer, Broadcast Journalism, RMIT University A Johannes Leak cartoon published in The Australian today, in which US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is depicted calling his vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris a “little brown girl”, has drawn widespread condemnation. Several Australian politicians, including former ... <a title="The Australian’s racist Kamala Harris cartoon shows why diversity in newsrooms matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-australians-racist-kamala-harris-cartoon-shows-why-diversity-in-newsrooms-matters-144503/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian’s racist Kamala Harris cartoon shows why diversity in newsrooms matters">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Security guards at Melbourne’s quarantine hotels have been widely blamed for Victoria’s current outbreak of COVID-19. Reports have suggested they mixed inappropriately with people under quarantine, and did not properly follow instructions around infection control. But late yesterday ... <a title="Finding the source of an outbreak is important. But the term ‘patient zero’ is a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/finding-the-source-of-an-outbreak-is-important-but-the-term-patient-zero-is-a-problem-144493/" aria-label="Read more about Finding the source of an outbreak is important. But the term ‘patient zero’ is a problem">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has variously been described as a “breakthrough” and an important staging moment towards a comprehensive Middle East peace. These conclusions are, at best, premature. Normalisation ... <a title="Marriage of convenience: what does the historic Israel-UAE agreement mean for Middle East peace?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/marriage-of-convenience-what-does-the-historic-israel-uae-agreement-mean-for-middle-east-peace-144495/" aria-label="Read more about Marriage of convenience: what does the historic Israel-UAE agreement mean for Middle East peace?">Read more</a>
