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How to talk to someone who doesn’t wear a mask, and actually change their mind

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney It could be a brother or sister. It could be a neighbour. It could be a person you work with. We probably all know someone who doesn’t wear a mask in public even though ... <a title="How to talk to someone who doesn’t wear a mask, and actually change their mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/how-to-talk-to-someone-who-doesnt-wear-a-mask-and-actually-change-their-mind-143995/" aria-label="Read more about How to talk to someone who doesn’t wear a mask, and actually change their mind">Read more</a>

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State arts service organisations: effective, engaged but endangered

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cecelia Cmielewski, Research Officer, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University This week the NSW government’s arts funding arm, Create NSW, removed or significantly reduced funding to arts service organisations including Writing NSW, Playwriting Australia, the National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA) and Ausdance NSW. This ... <a title="State arts service organisations: effective, engaged but endangered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/state-arts-service-organisations-effective-engaged-but-endangered-144419/" aria-label="Read more about State arts service organisations: effective, engaged but endangered">Read more</a>

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The story of #DanLiedPeopleDied: how a hashtag reveals Australia’s ‘information disorder’ problem

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Graham, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology At midday on August 12 2020, the hashtag #DanLiedPeopleDied started trending on Twitter. By evening it had attracted over 10,000 tweets. The hashtag appeared to reflect widespread public distrust in Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ handling of the coronavirus outbreak. ... <a title="The story of #DanLiedPeopleDied: how a hashtag reveals Australia’s ‘information disorder’ problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-story-of-danliedpeopledied-how-a-hashtag-reveals-australias-information-disorder-problem-144403/" aria-label="Read more about The story of #DanLiedPeopleDied: how a hashtag reveals Australia’s ‘information disorder’ problem">Read more</a>

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Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne With massive fronds creating a luxuriously green canopy in the understory of Australian forests, tree ferns are a familiar sight on many long drives or bushwalks. But how much do you really know about them? First of all, tree ... <a title="Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/tree-ferns-are-older-than-dinosaurs-and-thats-not-even-the-most-interesting-thing-about-them-138435/" aria-label="Read more about Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them">Read more</a>

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Melbourne’s ongoing quarantine

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the week of hearings before the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Victorian ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Melbourne’s ongoing quarantine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-royal-commission-into-aged-care-and-melbournes-ongoing-quarantine-144501/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Melbourne’s ongoing quarantine">Read more</a>

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Playing and paying the whore in Little Birds

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Marum, PhD Candidate in English, University of Melbourne Review: Little Birds, Sky Atlantic, released on Stan August 5 2020 Little Birds adapts a 1979 collection of French-born diarist Anaïs Nin’s unsettling erotic short stories published two years after her death. Nin maintained that she wrote these ... <a title="Playing and paying the whore in Little Birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/playing-and-paying-the-whore-in-little-birds-144345/" aria-label="Read more about Playing and paying the whore in Little Birds">Read more</a>

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The WA government legislated itself a win in its dispute with Clive Palmer — and put itself above the law

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorraine Finlay, Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University The events of the past few days in Western Australia have been extraordinary as the protracted conflict between the government and mining billionaire Clive Palmer reached a fever pitch. Premier Mark McGowan declared the state is “in a war” with ... <a title="The WA government legislated itself a win in its dispute with Clive Palmer — and put itself above the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-wa-government-legislated-itself-a-win-in-its-dispute-with-clive-palmer-and-put-itself-above-the-law-144360/" aria-label="Read more about The WA government legislated itself a win in its dispute with Clive Palmer — and put itself above the law">Read more</a>

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Barbara Dreaver: Should we identify the first covid family as Pasifika? Yes we should, and here’s why

August 14, 2020

By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific correspondent Pasifika family or just an Auckland family? There has been much debate over whether it was wrong to identify the family at the centre of New Zealand’s covid-cluster as a “Pasifika family”. As Pacific correspondent let me make this clear – it would have been the absolute peak ... <a title="Barbara Dreaver: Should we identify the first covid family as Pasifika? Yes we should, and here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/barbara-dreaver-should-we-identify-the-first-covid-family-as-pasifika-yes-we-should-and-heres-why/" aria-label="Read more about Barbara Dreaver: Should we identify the first covid family as Pasifika? Yes we should, and here’s why">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2020

August 14, 2020

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party suspicions around Govt response, conspiracy theories Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): The ruthless electoral politics behind National’s Covid conspiracy-baiting David Farrier (Stuff): ‘I’m just outlining facts’: watching New Zealand getting red-pilled, in freal ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2020">Read more</a>

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From Kangaroo Island to Mallacoota, citizen scientists proved vital to Australia’s bushfire recovery

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist Following the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20, many people throughout Australia, and across the world, wanted to know how they could help in response to the environmental disaster. Hundreds contacted the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA), Australia’s ... <a title="From Kangaroo Island to Mallacoota, citizen scientists proved vital to Australia’s bushfire recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/from-kangaroo-island-to-mallacoota-citizen-scientists-proved-vital-to-australias-bushfire-recovery-48230/" aria-label="Read more about From Kangaroo Island to Mallacoota, citizen scientists proved vital to Australia’s bushfire recovery">Read more</a>

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In COVID’s shadow, global terrorism goes quiet. But we have seen this before, and should be wary

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Have we flattened the curve of global terrorism? In our COVID-19-obsessed news cycle stories about terrorism and terrorist attacks have largely disappeared. We now, though, understand a little more about how ... <a title="In COVID’s shadow, global terrorism goes quiet. But we have seen this before, and should be wary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/in-covids-shadow-global-terrorism-goes-quiet-but-we-have-seen-this-before-and-should-be-wary-144286/" aria-label="Read more about In COVID’s shadow, global terrorism goes quiet. But we have seen this before, and should be wary">Read more</a>

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The COVID-19 crisis tests oppositions as well as governments. Ahead of New Zealand’s election, National risks failing that test

August 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology It isn’t easy being a political opposition in the midst of a crisis. The volatility within New Zealand’s National Party – which has had three leaders in as many months – is a case in point. Some ... <a title="The COVID-19 crisis tests oppositions as well as governments. Ahead of New Zealand’s election, National risks failing that test" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-covid-19-crisis-tests-oppositions-as-well-as-governments-ahead-of-new-zealands-election-national-risks-failing-that-test-144415/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID-19 crisis tests oppositions as well as governments. Ahead of New Zealand’s election, National risks failing that test">Read more</a>