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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geordie Williamson, Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney shutterstock Research in mathematics is a deeply imaginative and intuitive process. This might come as a surprise for those who are still recovering from high-school algebra. What does the world look like at the quantum scale? What shape would ... <a title="Mathematical discoveries take intuition and creativity – and now a little help from AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/mathematical-discoveries-take-intuition-and-creativity-and-now-a-little-help-from-ai-172900/" aria-label="Read more about Mathematical discoveries take intuition and creativity – and now a little help from AI">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Shutterstock One major problem uncovered in “Set the Standard”, the landmark report on sexual harassment and bullying in the parliament workplace is that secrecy and silence conceal toxic workplace ... <a title="Buying silence: we can’t stop workplace sexual harassment without banning non-disclosure agreements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/buying-silence-we-cant-stop-workplace-sexual-harassment-without-banning-non-disclosure-agreements-172856/" aria-label="Read more about Buying silence: we can’t stop workplace sexual harassment without banning non-disclosure agreements">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Britton, Senior lecturer, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Very high vaccination rates in Australia are ensuring community COVID transmission is decreasing. Vaccines markedly reduce severe disease and death. Our health-care systems are more able to cope because fewer new cases are requiring admission to ... <a title="No, we shouldn’t worry too much about getting COVID from young kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/no-we-shouldnt-worry-too-much-about-getting-covid-from-young-kids-172232/" aria-label="Read more about No, we shouldn’t worry too much about getting COVID from young kids">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Jarvis, Research fellow, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock After years of punishing drought in some areas, many farmers in Australia’s east were hoping the newly declared La Niña event would bring them good rains. Many are now rejoicing, with the wettest November experienced in Australia for ... <a title="Do La Niña’s rains mean boom or bust for Australian farmers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/do-la-ninas-rains-mean-boom-or-bust-for-australian-farmers-172511/" aria-label="Read more about Do La Niña’s rains mean boom or bust for Australian farmers?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruth Boyask, Lead Researcher, Children’s Reading for Pleasure Study, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock Summer’s here and the school holidays are coming. For many parents, of course, it’s all a bit academic – pandemic lockdowns and other disruptions have blurred the line between home and school, with ... <a title="Kiwi kids who read for pleasure will do well in other ways – it’s everyone’s responsibility to encourage them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/kiwi-kids-who-read-for-pleasure-will-do-well-in-other-ways-its-everyones-responsibility-to-encourage-them-171947/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi kids who read for pleasure will do well in other ways – it’s everyone’s responsibility to encourage them">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darryl Dymock, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Education, Griffith University Shutterstock Lorna Prendergast was 90 years old when she graduated with a master’s degree from the University of Melbourne in 2019. She said her message to others was, “You’re never too old to dream.” Nor, obviously, too ... <a title="You actually can teach an old dog new tricks, which is why many of us keep learning after retirement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/you-actually-can-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks-which-is-why-many-of-us-keep-learning-after-retirement-170379/" aria-label="Read more about You actually can teach an old dog new tricks, which is why many of us keep learning after retirement">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The Morrison government has shelved its plan to make Australians produce identification before casting their vote. Yesterday it withdrew the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021 it had hoped to pass in time for the 2022 ... <a title="Good riddance: the costs of Morrison’s voter ID plan outweighed any benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/good-riddance-the-costs-of-morrisons-voter-id-plan-outweighed-any-benefit-172874/" aria-label="Read more about Good riddance: the costs of Morrison’s voter ID plan outweighed any benefit">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University Shield, collected by Admiral John Elphinstone Erskine, c.1851. National Museums Scotland. Photo: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh. Campaigns for the repatriation of certain objects in prominent museums dominate media reporting on the fraught legacies of historical collections. ... <a title="We identified 39,000 Indigenous Australian objects in UK museums. Repatriation is one option, but takes time to get right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/we-identified-39-000-indigenous-australian-objects-in-uk-museums-repatriation-is-one-option-but-takes-time-to-get-right-172302/" aria-label="Read more about We identified 39,000 Indigenous Australian objects in UK museums. Repatriation is one option, but takes time to get right">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra One will depart from parliament a deeply disappointed man, dragged down by scandal, with hopes for a brilliant career dashed by an allegation surfacing from his youth. The other will leave with a solid record of performance, despite some criticism ... <a title="View from The Hill: A study in contrast, Porter and Hunt to leave Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/view-from-the-hill-a-study-in-contrast-porter-and-hunt-to-leave-parliament-172969/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: A study in contrast, Porter and Hunt to leave Parliament">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jumana Abu-Khalaf, Research Fellow in Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University Mining magnate Clive Palmer created controversy last week when he claimed on ABC Radio that 500,000 people had attended the COVID “freedom” protest in Melbourne on Saturday November 20. Maverick MP Craig Kelly opted for the ... <a title="500,000 or 20,000? How to estimate the size of a political rally properly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/500-000-or-20-000-how-to-estimate-the-size-of-a-political-rally-properly-172867/" aria-label="Read more about 500,000 or 20,000? How to estimate the size of a political rally properly">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The most revealing graph presented in Wednesday’s September quarter national accounts is one showing what has happened just beyond the end of the September quarter, in the one we are in now. Melbourne’s lockdown ended ... <a title="Sure, the national accounts show GDP going backwards, but look at what’s to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/sure-the-national-accounts-show-gdp-going-backwards-but-look-at-whats-to-come-172950/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, the national accounts show GDP going backwards, but look at what’s to come">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Berle, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney A. L./Unsplash Naming Grace Tame the 2021 Australian of the Year was a belated but important acknowledgement of the extraordinary courage of many sexual assault and child sexual abuse survivors in adjusting to life and processing trauma following sexual ... <a title="What is complex PTSD and how does it relate to past abuse and trauma?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/what-is-complex-ptsd-and-how-does-it-relate-to-past-abuse-and-trauma-172497/" aria-label="Read more about What is complex PTSD and how does it relate to past abuse and trauma?">Read more</a>
