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August 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University The government has widely touted its support for small businesses – most notably the provision of loans subsidised by the Reserve Bank. In its economic update on Friday the Reserve Bank talked up its low-cost Term Funding Facility. Take-up was ... <a title="Small businesses are being starved of funds: here’s how to make their loans cheaper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/11/small-businesses-are-being-starved-of-funds-heres-how-to-make-their-loans-cheaper-143834/" aria-label="Read more about Small businesses are being starved of funds: here’s how to make their loans cheaper">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie Hadley, Associate Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle The Australian Copyright Agency has licensed an Indigenous artwork for a custom tattoo. It is the first instance of tattoo licensing for the agency, and perhaps Australia at large. The agency granted a licence for Jarrangini (buffalo) (2018) ... <a title="Explainer: who owns the copyright to your tattoo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/11/explainer-who-owns-the-copyright-to-your-tattoo-142825/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: who owns the copyright to your tattoo?">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Maylea, Senior Lecturer, Law and Social Work, RMIT University The second wave of the coronavirus and the resulting restrictions have impacted all Victorians. Many are struggling, but some are struggling more than others. In response to the increasing number of people having a hard time coping ... <a title="The Victorian government has allocated $60 million to mental health. But who gets the money? " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/the-victorian-government-has-allocated-60-million-to-mental-health-but-who-gets-the-money-144188/" aria-label="Read more about The Victorian government has allocated $60 million to mental health. But who gets the money? ">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Clinical Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University Last week, the Australian government announced it will provide ten extra Medicare-subsidised psychological therapy sessions for Australians in lockdown areas due to COVID-19. In such a stressful time, many people are experiencing poorer mental ... <a title="Want to see a therapist but don’t know where to start? Here’s how to get a mental health plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/want-to-see-a-therapist-but-dont-know-where-to-start-heres-how-to-get-a-mental-health-plan-143990/" aria-label="Read more about Want to see a therapist but don’t know where to start? Here’s how to get a mental health plan">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney US President Donald Trump’s recent moves against Tiktok, the popular video-sharing platform, have been widely seen as part of a new “tech Cold War” between the US and China. Trump has cited security concerns to ... <a title="Why Trump’s WeChat ban does not make sense — and could actually cost him Chinese votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/why-trumps-wechat-ban-does-not-make-sense-and-could-actually-cost-him-chinese-votes-144207/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s WeChat ban does not make sense — and could actually cost him Chinese votes">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily O’Neill, Research Fellow, Australian National University Huge clean energy projects, such as the Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara, Western Australia, are set to produce gigawatts of electricity over vast expanses of land in the near future. The Asian Renewable Energy Hub is planning to ... <a title="Why most Aboriginal people have little say over clean energy projects planned for their land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/why-most-aboriginal-people-have-little-say-over-clean-energy-projects-planned-for-their-land-139119/" aria-label="Read more about Why most Aboriginal people have little say over clean energy projects planned for their land">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney The recent questioning of the heads of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple in the US Congress has highlighted the threat their practices pose to our privacy and democracy. However these big four companies are only part ... <a title="How the shady world of the data industry strips away our freedoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/how-the-shady-world-of-the-data-industry-strips-away-our-freedoms-143823/" aria-label="Read more about How the shady world of the data industry strips away our freedoms">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s federal Newspoll, conducted August 5-8 from a sample of 1,509, gave the Coalition a 52-48 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the last Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 43% Coalition ... <a title="Coalition maintains Newspoll lead federally and in Queensland; Biden’s lead over Trump narrows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/coalition-maintains-newspoll-lead-federally-and-in-queensland-bidens-lead-over-trump-narrows-144193/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition maintains Newspoll lead federally and in Queensland; Biden’s lead over Trump narrows">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Mathematics, University of Canterbury Our latest modelling shows New Zealanders need to redouble their efforts to keep track of people they meet, if we are to have a chance of controlling any re-emergence of COVID-19. The director general of health, Ashley Bloomfield, recently ... <a title="A new community case of COVID-19 in New Zealand is a matter of when, not if. Is the country prepared for it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/a-new-community-case-of-covid-19-in-new-zealand-is-a-matter-of-when-not-if-is-the-country-prepared-for-it-143746/" aria-label="Read more about A new community case of COVID-19 in New Zealand is a matter of when, not if. Is the country prepared for it?">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Dobson, Professor and Dean of Education, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The English language in education today is all-pervasive. “Hear more English, speak more English and become more successful” has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some say it’s already a universal language, ahead of ... <a title="When English becomes the global language of education we risk losing other – often better – ways of learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/when-english-becomes-the-global-language-of-education-we-risk-losing-other-often-better-ways-of-learning-143744/" aria-label="Read more about When English becomes the global language of education we risk losing other – often better – ways of learning">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia Review: Welcome to Chechnya, screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival Welcome to Chechnya, screening online as part of MIFF 68½, is a bracing documentary. This film is part of a queer trilogy of sorts for filmmaker ... <a title="Deepfake technology unlocks real stories of LGBTQ persecution in Welcome to Chechnya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/deepfake-technology-unlocks-real-stories-of-lgbtq-persecution-in-welcome-to-chechnya-144053/" aria-label="Read more about Deepfake technology unlocks real stories of LGBTQ persecution in Welcome to Chechnya">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s aged care sector was “underprepared” to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak and federal authorities had no specific plan for it, according to a stinging indictment from Peter Rozen QC, senior counsel assisting the royal commission into aged care. In ... <a title="Federal departments had no specific COVID plan for aged care: royal commission counsel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/federal-departments-had-no-specific-covid-plan-for-aged-care-royal-commission-counsel-144204/" aria-label="Read more about Federal departments had no specific COVID plan for aged care: royal commission counsel">Read more</a>
