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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Cahill, Associate Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney The COVID crisis has exposed the destructive consequences of an over-reliance on casual labour across the economy. Australian universities provide one of the clearest examples of this. For the past two decades, universities have leaned into ... <a title="Wage theft and casual work are built into university business models" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/wage-theft-and-casual-work-are-built-into-university-business-models-147555/" aria-label="Read more about Wage theft and casual work are built into university business models">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce Today is Labour Day in New Zealand – the public holiday set aside to celebrate the rights of workers and in particular the right to an eight-hour working day. The great irony is that like many New Zealanders I am working today because I’m a contractor and not an employee with ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/bryan-bruce-labour-day-eroded-by-neoliberalism-and-selfishness/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews today announced the most significant easing of Melbourne’s coronavirus restrictions since the state went into “stage 3” lockdown on July 9. From 11.59pm on Tuesday night, retail, restaurants, cafes and bars will finally be able to ... <a title="Today marks the official end of the second wave in Victoria, as old freedoms return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/today-marks-the-official-end-of-the-second-wave-in-victoria-as-old-freedoms-return-148626/" aria-label="Read more about Today marks the official end of the second wave in Victoria, as old freedoms return">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute If the past few months have been like a long-haul flight, Victorians are now standing in the aisles waiting for the cabin door to open, a little groggy and disoriented but relieved. They have every right to be. No other ... <a title="Finally at zero new cases, Victoria is on top of the world after unprecedented lockdown effort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/finally-at-zero-new-cases-victoria-is-on-top-of-the-world-after-unprecedented-lockdown-effort-148808/" aria-label="Read more about Finally at zero new cases, Victoria is on top of the world after unprecedented lockdown effort">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University Independent MP Helen Haines has just introduced a bill into parliament that seeks to establish a robust new federal integrity commission. This is a consensus bill that involved consultation with legal academics, panels of retired judges, civil society ... <a title="As the government drags its heels, a better model for a federal integrity commission has emerged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/as-the-government-drags-its-heels-a-better-model-for-a-federal-integrity-commission-has-emerged-148796/" aria-label="Read more about As the government drags its heels, a better model for a federal integrity commission has emerged">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Chand, Lecturer in Visual Communication Design and Creative Industries, University of Newcastle Review: Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Why do drawers draw? Drawing is historically connected to creative practice, but also truth and accuracy. It helps materialise story and ... <a title="Dobell Biennial showcases drawing today as we consider its future in the real world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/dobell-biennial-showcases-drawing-today-as-we-consider-its-future-in-the-real-world-146837/" aria-label="Read more about Dobell Biennial showcases drawing today as we consider its future in the real world">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwyn McClelland, Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will finally come into force after the 50th country (Honduras) ratified it over the weekend. The treaty will make the development, testing, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons illegal ... <a title="‘I still cannot get over it’: 75 years after Japan atomic bombs, a nuclear weapons ban treaty is finally realised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/i-still-cannot-get-over-it-75-years-after-japan-atomic-bombs-a-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty-is-finally-realised-147851/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I still cannot get over it’: 75 years after Japan atomic bombs, a nuclear weapons ban treaty is finally realised">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Anderson. Palawa, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Student and University Experience, Australian National University The new National Agreement on Closing the Gap has a higher education target for the first time. It’s also the first time an agreement between governments on Indigenous issues was negotiated and signed by Indigenous ... <a title="For the first time, Closing the Gap has a higher education target – here’s how to achieve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/for-the-first-time-closing-the-gap-has-a-higher-education-target-heres-how-to-achieve-it-147984/" aria-label="Read more about For the first time, Closing the Gap has a higher education target – here’s how to achieve it">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University The Queensland election is a history-making poll. For the first time in a state or federal election, two women are going head-to-head. Does this mean gender equality issues are finally writ ... <a title="Queensland is making election history with two women leaders, so why is the campaign focused on men?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/queensland-is-making-election-history-with-two-women-leaders-so-why-is-the-campaign-focused-on-men-148261/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland is making election history with two women leaders, so why is the campaign focused on men?">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute Of the 215 nations and territories that have reported COVID-19 cases, 120 have experienced clear second waves or late first waves that began in July or later. That’s according to the Worldometer global database, which sources data from national ... <a title="Of all the places that have seen off a second coronavirus wave, only Vietnam and Hong Kong have done as well as Victorians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/of-all-the-places-that-have-seen-off-a-second-coronavirus-wave-only-vietnam-and-hong-kong-have-done-as-well-as-victorians-148520/" aria-label="Read more about Of all the places that have seen off a second coronavirus wave, only Vietnam and Hong Kong have done as well as Victorians">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Lykins, Associate Professor, University of New England This week, the bushfire royal commission is due to hand down its findings. Already, the commission’s officials have warned the status quo is “no longer enough to defend us from the impact of global warming”. Australia’s young people appear ... <a title="Distress, depression and drug use: young people fear for their future after the bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/distress-depression-and-drug-use-young-people-fear-for-their-future-after-the-bushfires-146320/" aria-label="Read more about Distress, depression and drug use: young people fear for their future after the bushfires">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Selwyn, Distinguished Research Professor, Monash University It is estimated around half the world’s students’ schools remain shut down. All told, this has been a potentially damaging disruption to the education of a generation. But one of the few positive outcomes from this experience is an opportunity ... <a title="How creative use of technology may have helped save schooling during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/how-creative-use-of-technology-may-have-helped-save-schooling-during-the-pandemic-146488/" aria-label="Read more about How creative use of technology may have helped save schooling during the pandemic">Read more</a>
