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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne There was a time when artists imagined and planned work for 2020. For some, years had gone into the planning. But, as we know, everything scheduled from the middle of March ... <a title="A litany of losses: a new project maps our abandoned arts events of 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/a-litany-of-losses-a-new-project-maps-our-abandoned-arts-events-of-2020-148716/" aria-label="Read more about A litany of losses: a new project maps our abandoned arts events of 2020">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University This is an edited extract from The Palace Letters: The Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam by Jenny Hocking. It was cold, mid-winter in Canberra, when I returned to the National Archives in mid-2019 searching for more ... <a title="Book extract – The Palace Letters: the Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/book-extract-the-palace-letters-the-queen-the-governor-general-and-the-plot-to-dismiss-gough-whitlam-148439/" aria-label="Read more about Book extract – The Palace Letters: the Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sergio Macklin, Deputy Lead of Education Policy, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Children from disadvantaged backgrounds, very remote areas, and Indigenous Australians are up to two times more likely to start school developmentally vulnerable than the national average. In 2018, 21.7% of Australian five year olds (70,308 children) ... <a title="One quarter of Australian 11-12 year olds don’t have the literacy and numeracy skills they need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/one-quarter-of-australian-11-12-year-olds-dont-have-the-literacy-and-numeracy-skills-they-need-148912/" aria-label="Read more about One quarter of Australian 11-12 year olds don’t have the literacy and numeracy skills they need">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland On October 31, Queensland will become Australia’s first state to go to the polls during the pandemic. Normally, state elections pass amiably. They matter to the MPs, ministers and senior public servants concerned. But aside from what the ... <a title="Why this Queensland election is different — states are back at the forefront of political attention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/why-this-queensland-election-is-different-states-are-back-at-the-forefront-of-political-attention-148260/" aria-label="Read more about Why this Queensland election is different — states are back at the forefront of political attention">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Colvin, Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University We will remember 2020 as a year of crisis. COVID-19 hit Australia just as we were beginning to make sense of the horror bushfires and smoke of last summer, a sinister illustration of global warming’s threats. ... <a title="New polling shows 79% of Aussies care about climate change. So why doesn’t the government listen?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/new-polling-shows-79-of-aussies-care-about-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-the-government-listen-148726/" aria-label="Read more about New polling shows 79% of Aussies care about climate change. So why doesn’t the government listen?">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University An overarching criticism of the recent federal budget is that it overlooked the workers hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, namely women. However, the budget includes one promising, albeit small, initiative that focuses on this group. The ... <a title="Industry cadetships: a good but small step to tap the talents of women in STEM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/industry-cadetships-a-good-but-small-step-to-tap-the-talents-of-women-in-stem-148170/" aria-label="Read more about Industry cadetships: a good but small step to tap the talents of women in STEM">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Bode, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Melbourne Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of ... <a title="Will I or won’t I? Scientists still haven’t figured out free will, but they’re having fun trying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/will-i-or-wont-i-scientists-still-havent-figured-out-free-will-but-theyre-having-fun-trying-132085/" aria-label="Read more about Will I or won’t I? Scientists still haven’t figured out free will, but they’re having fun trying">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Doust, Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many have felt anxious about going to the GP and other health facilities, believing these places have had a greater risk of transmission. A lot of us have also had to juggle work, ... <a title="Cervical, breast, heart, bowel: here’s what women should be getting screened regularly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/cervical-breast-heart-bowel-heres-what-women-should-be-getting-screened-regularly-148575/" aria-label="Read more about Cervical, breast, heart, bowel: here’s what women should be getting screened regularly">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Stewart, Professor, University of Melbourne Working mothers get something in the budget, but not much, and not for long. Before the budget the second earner in a couple with young children (usually the mother) lost almost all of the income she made working for the second, ... <a title="Blink and you’ll miss it: what the budget did for working mums" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/blink-and-youll-miss-it-what-the-budget-did-for-working-mums-148264/" aria-label="Read more about Blink and you’ll miss it: what the budget did for working mums">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia People often roll their eyes when they hear about a major Hollywood studio re-releasing a film from its back catalogue to cinemas. Director’s cuts, “reduxes” and remastered prints can seem like cynical corporate moves, re-commodifying ... <a title="Total Recall at 30: why this brutal action film remains a classic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/total-recall-at-30-why-this-brutal-action-film-remains-a-classic-146755/" aria-label="Read more about Total Recall at 30: why this brutal action film remains a classic">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Judah Seomeng, Postgraduate student, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The election of Labour candidate Ibrahim Omer on October 17 makes him New Zealand’s first African MP and one of only two former refugees to sit in the New Zealand parliament. Omer originally fled ... <a title="New MP Ibrahim Omer’s election highlights the challenges refugees from Africa face in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/new-mp-ibrahim-omers-election-highlights-the-challenges-refugees-from-africa-face-in-new-zealand-148621/" aria-label="Read more about New MP Ibrahim Omer’s election highlights the challenges refugees from Africa face in New Zealand">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Brand, Adjunct A/Prof of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Monash University As the US presidential election polling day draws close, it’s worth recapping what we know about how Facebook has been used to influence election results. The platform is optimised for boosting politically conservative voices calling ... <a title="Facebook is tilting the political playing field more than ever, and it’s no accident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/facebook-is-tilting-the-political-playing-field-more-than-ever-and-its-no-accident-148314/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook is tilting the political playing field more than ever, and it’s no accident">Read more</a>
