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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Duffy, Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Australia Day used to be an obvious and uncontroversial occasion for brands to endear themselves to Australian consumers. No longer. There has been a decided shift over the past decade in commercial attitudes to January 26, acknowledging the ... <a title="It’s not just cricket: Australia Day isn’t the commercial winner it used to be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/its-not-just-cricket-australia-day-isnt-the-commercial-winner-it-used-to-be-153633/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just cricket: Australia Day isn’t the commercial winner it used to be">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne In January 1971, Art News published Linda Nochlin’s Why have there been no great women artists? Her essay was both a clarion ... <a title="Why weren’t there any great women artists? In gratitude to Linda Nochlin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/why-werent-there-any-great-women-artists-in-gratitude-to-linda-nochlin-153099/" aria-label="Read more about Why weren’t there any great women artists? In gratitude to Linda Nochlin">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Terry, Professor of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland The challenge of bringing the world’s best tennis players and support staff, about 1,200 people in all, from COVID-ravaged parts of the world to our almost pandemic-free shores was always going to be a big ask. Soon after ... <a title="Self-entitled prima donnas or do they have a point? Why Australian Open tennis players find hard lockdown so tough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/self-entitled-prima-donnas-or-do-they-have-a-point-why-australian-open-tennis-players-find-hard-lockdown-so-tough-153631/" aria-label="Read more about Self-entitled prima donnas or do they have a point? Why Australian Open tennis players find hard lockdown so tough">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Browne, Research Fellow in International Urban Development, University of Melbourne The Victorian government has committed to removing 75 road/rail level crossings across Melbourne by 2025. That’s the fastest rate of removal in the city’s history. The scale of the investment — at least A$14.8 billion — ... <a title="Level-crossing removals: a case study in why major projects must also be investments in health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/level-crossing-removals-a-case-study-in-why-major-projects-must-also-be-investments-in-health-149820/" aria-label="Read more about Level-crossing removals: a case study in why major projects must also be investments in health">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In an age of hyperpartisan politics, the Biden presidency offers a welcome centrism that might help bridge the divides. But it is also Biden’s economic centrism that offers a chance to cut through what has become an increasingly polarised approach to ... <a title="Vital Signs: Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/vital-signs-bidens-economic-centrism-isnt-exciting-but-right-for-these-divisive-times-153647/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Stevens, Lecturer in History, University of Waikato In a year of surprises, one of the more pleasant was the recent runaway viral popularity of 19th century sea shanties on TikTok. A collaborative global response to pandemic isolation, it saw singers and musicians layering harmonies atop an ... <a title="The viral ‘Wellerman’ sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/the-viral-wellerman-sea-shanty-is-also-a-window-into-the-remarkable-cross-cultural-whaling-history-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-153634/" aria-label="Read more about The viral ‘Wellerman’ sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Sainsbury, Senior Lecturer Composition, Australian National University Despite having different cultural backgrounds and experiences — Indigenous composers with an Indigenous mentor, and a pianist descended from Anglo-colonial history — it is nevertheless possible to create a project that can serve as a focus for unification and ... <a title="Four Indigenous composers and a piano from colonial times — making passionate, layered, honest music together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/four-indigenous-composers-and-a-piano-from-colonial-times-making-passionate-layered-honest-music-together-152080/" aria-label="Read more about Four Indigenous composers and a piano from colonial times — making passionate, layered, honest music together">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury With new, more infectious variants of COVID-19 detected around the world, and at New Zealand’s border, the risk of further level 3 or 4 lockdowns is increased if those viruses get into the community. These include a variant ... <a title="Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/why-the-covid-19-variants-are-so-dangerous-and-how-to-stop-them-spreading-153535/" aria-label="Read more about Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Hogg, Lecturer in Psychology, Charles Sturt University Horse racing is an ethical hotbed in Australia. The Melbourne Cup alone has seen seven horses die after racing since 2013, and animal cruelty protesters have become a common feature at carnivals. The latest event to spark protests was ... <a title="Racing 2-year-old horses is lucrative, but is it worth the risks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/racing-2-year-old-horses-is-lucrative-but-is-it-worth-the-risks-152228/" aria-label="Read more about Racing 2-year-old horses is lucrative, but is it worth the risks?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Today, many around the world will celebrate the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty to enter into force in 50 years. The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted at ... <a title="The nuclear weapons ban treaty is groundbreaking, even if the nuclear powers haven’t signed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/the-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty-is-groundbreaking-even-if-the-nuclear-powers-havent-signed-153197/" aria-label="Read more about The nuclear weapons ban treaty is groundbreaking, even if the nuclear powers haven’t signed">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW This year has already seen significant progress in the government’s commitment to establish a body – a “Voice” – that would allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a say when the government and parliament make decisions and ... <a title="An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/an-indigenous-voice-must-be-enshrined-in-our-constitution-heres-why-153635/" aria-label="Read more about An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of agonising free-speech dilemmas to which there are no easy answers. Do they allow a president of the United States to use their platforms to falsely and provocatively claim ... <a title="To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/to-publish-or-not-to-publish-the-medias-free-speech-dilemmas-in-a-world-of-division-violence-and-extremism/" aria-label="Read more about To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism">Read more</a>
