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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition resources spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon has quit the frontbench, accusing Labor of talking too much about issues like climate change and not enough about the needs of its traditional base. Fitzgibbon told a news conference Labor should wait for Prime ... <a title="Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate polcy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/joel-fitzgibbon-quits-labor-frontbench-but-not-his-fight-over-the-partys-climate-polcy-149825/" aria-label="Read more about Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate polcy">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alwyn Louw, Vice Chancellor, Torrens University Australia The importance of higher education for the growth and development of society is generally accepted. But openness and access to education for all is essential to maximise its benefits. Leaders in higher education must be ready to examine what it ... <a title="Open access to higher education is about much more than axing ATARs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/open-access-to-higher-education-is-about-much-more-than-axing-atars-147447/" aria-label="Read more about Open access to higher education is about much more than axing ATARs">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evita March, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia When US President-Elect Joe Biden and Deputy Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris gave their victory speeches on Saturday evening, local time, the tally of Electoral College votes showed they had decisively passed the crucial 270-vote threshold, delivering them to ... <a title="Why can’t some people admit defeat when they lose?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/why-cant-some-people-admit-defeat-when-they-lose-149740/" aria-label="Read more about Why can’t some people admit defeat when they lose?">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Guam has suffered its 90th covid-related death with the US Pacific territory now recording 5233 cases. The Pacific Daily News today reported 249 new cases on infection yesterday. Guam’s Joint Information Centre reported that 75 people were hospitalised with covid-19, including 18 in intensive care and 13 on ventilators. The latest figures ... <a title="Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/another-pacific-death-as-covid-cases-in-guam-and-cnmi-keep-rising/" aria-label="Read more about Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep rising">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merryn McKinnon, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Marie Curie is one of the most recognised scientists of the last 200 years. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize – let alone two – and the first to win in two different fields (physics in ... <a title="Radioactive: new Marie Curie biopic inspires, but resonates uneasily for women in science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/radioactive-new-marie-curie-biopic-inspires-but-resonates-uneasily-for-women-in-science-148986/" aria-label="Read more about Radioactive: new Marie Curie biopic inspires, but resonates uneasily for women in science">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University COVID has led to children spending more time on screens using social networks, communication apps, chat rooms and online gaming. While this has undoubtedly allowed them to keep in touch with friends, or connect with new ones, during ... <a title="Young people are exposed to more hate online during COVID. And it risks their health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/young-people-are-exposed-to-more-hate-online-during-covid-and-it-risks-their-health-148107/" aria-label="Read more about Young people are exposed to more hate online during COVID. And it risks their health">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Malos, Project Manager, climate and energy policy, ClimateWorks Australia Yesterday, Zali Steggall, the independent member for Warringah, introduced her long-awaited climate change bill to the Australian parliament. Much of the debate around the bill centres on what needs to be done for Australia to reach net ... <a title="Zali Steggall’s new climate change bill comes just as economic sectors step up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/zali-steggalls-new-climate-change-bill-comes-just-as-economic-sectors-step-up-149728/" aria-label="Read more about Zali Steggall’s new climate change bill comes just as economic sectors step up">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University The international student crisis is causing a population shock that is only going to get worse, a new report by the Mitchell Institute has found. The education policy think tank estimates over 300,000 fewer international students — half the ... <a title="COVID to halve international student numbers in Australia by mid-2021 – it’s not just unis that will feel their loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/covid-to-halve-international-student-numbers-in-australia-by-mid-2021-its-not-just-unis-that-will-feel-their-loss-148997/" aria-label="Read more about COVID to halve international student numbers in Australia by mid-2021 – it’s not just unis that will feel their loss">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute The government has targeted its JobMaker Hiring Credit too narrowly. The scheme to go before the Senate this week will give employers who take on someone aged 16 to 29 years who has been on JobSeeker or a related ... <a title="JobMaker is nowhere near bold enough. Here are four ways to expand it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/jobmaker-is-nowhere-near-bold-enough-here-are-four-ways-to-expand-it-148980/" aria-label="Read more about JobMaker is nowhere near bold enough. Here are four ways to expand it">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, ARC DECRA Research fellow in Sex & Sexuality, La Trobe University Since the 2012 hit film Magic Mike explored the hedonistic lifestyle of men who strip for women, popular culture has exploded with images of sexy, muscular, athletic and shirtless (or pantless!) “hot” men. In ... <a title="We asked 24 women to reflect on images of ‘hot’ men — and it’s good news for those with ‘dad bods’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/we-asked-24-women-to-reflect-on-images-of-hot-men-and-its-good-news-for-those-with-dad-bods-146753/" aria-label="Read more about We asked 24 women to reflect on images of ‘hot’ men — and it’s good news for those with ‘dad bods’">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Attorney-General Christian Porter and fellow cabinet minister Alan Tudge have been accused of sexual indiscretions, in a sensational Four Corners expose the government first tried to head off and then to discredit before it went to air. In the program, ... <a title="Porter rejects allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour and threatens legal action after Four Corners investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/porter-rejects-allegations-of-inappropriate-sexual-behaviour-and-threatens-legal-action-after-four-corners-investigation-149774/" aria-label="Read more about Porter rejects allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour and threatens legal action after Four Corners investigation">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Lynch, Associate Professor in American Politics, University of Melbourne In a post-election poll for the University of Melbourne’s US election webinar series we asked the several hundred people in the audience if President Donald Trump’s defeat would mean the death of “Trumpism”. A full 92% ... <a title="What’s next for the Republicans after Trump? Here are 5 reasons for pessimism — and 5 reasons for hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/09/whats-next-for-the-republicans-after-trump-here-are-5-reasons-for-pessimism-and-5-reasons-for-hope-149526/" aria-label="Read more about What’s next for the Republicans after Trump? Here are 5 reasons for pessimism — and 5 reasons for hope">Read more</a>
