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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Rolfe, Honorary associate, School of Social Sciences, UNSW “Blindsided” is a word originally derived from American football and means to be hit from a totally unexpected quarter by shocking information. Unsurprisingly, it’s a word used often with the flashy US president, Donald Trump. Until this week, ... <a title="Brand Gladys: how ICAC revelations hurt Berejiklian’s ‘school captain’ image" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/brand-gladys-how-icac-revelations-hurt-berejiklians-school-captain-image-147986/" aria-label="Read more about Brand Gladys: how ICAC revelations hurt Berejiklian’s ‘school captain’ image">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Victoria’s contact tracing system has faced criticism in the past for being inefficient, with officials flying to NSW in September to learn from that state. Comparisons are difficult in a pandemic because each outbreak has its own unique characteristics. That ... <a title="Where did Victoria go so wrong with contact tracing and have they fixed it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/where-did-victoria-go-so-wrong-with-contact-tracing-and-have-they-fixed-it-147993/" aria-label="Read more about Where did Victoria go so wrong with contact tracing and have they fixed it?">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosalie Gillett, Research Associate in Digital Platform Regulation, Queensland University of Technology An ABC investigation has highlighted the shocking threats of sexual assault women in Australia face when “matching” with people on Tinder. A notable case is that of rapist Glenn Hartland. One victim who met him ... <a title="Tinder fails to protect women from abuse. But when we brush off ‘dick pics’ as a laugh, so do we" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/tinder-fails-to-protect-women-from-abuse-but-when-we-brush-off-dick-pics-as-a-laugh-so-do-we-147909/" aria-label="Read more about Tinder fails to protect women from abuse. But when we brush off ‘dick pics’ as a laugh, so do we">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
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 Review: Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. At a time when the rapidly heating earth seems ... <a title="Lindy Lee’s Moon in a Dew Drop: art driven by a sense of wonder, born of hard struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/lindy-lees-moon-in-a-dew-drop-art-driven-by-a-sense-of-wonder-born-of-hard-struggle-147185/" aria-label="Read more about Lindy Lee’s Moon in a Dew Drop: art driven by a sense of wonder, born of hard struggle">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Kevin Rudd’s petition to parliament for a royal commission into the dominance of the Murdoch media in Australia is entitled to be seen as more than an embittered ex-politician’s desire for revenge. The fact is ... <a title="Paper chase: why Kevin Rudd’s call for a royal commission into News Corp may lead nowhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/paper-chase-why-kevin-rudds-call-for-a-royal-commission-into-news-corp-may-lead-nowhere-147996/" aria-label="Read more about Paper chase: why Kevin Rudd’s call for a royal commission into News Corp may lead nowhere">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Madsen, PhD Candidate (confirmed) and casual academic at the University of Queensland, The University of Queensland The recent federal budget included A$39.8 million to expand the Clontarf Foundation’s Academy program for 12,500 Indigenous boys and young men. The Clontarf Foundation aims to improve confidence in Indigenous ... <a title="The budget has more money for school programs for Indigenous boys than girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/the-budget-has-more-money-for-school-programs-for-indigenous-boys-than-girls-147746/" aria-label="Read more about The budget has more money for school programs for Indigenous boys than girls">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change, Director of Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility, Director of PANGEA Research Centre, and UNSW Node Director of ARC Centre for Excellence in Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the ... <a title="Climate explained: does a delay in COP26 climate talks hit our efforts to reduce carbon emissions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/climate-explained-does-a-delay-in-cop26-climate-talks-hit-our-efforts-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-146762/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: does a delay in COP26 climate talks hit our efforts to reduce carbon emissions?">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University How are vaccines made to kill a virus? Layla, aged 7 Thanks Layla. This is a very important question, especially now, as scientists all around the world are working hard to develop a vaccine ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do vaccines kill viruses?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/curious-kids-how-do-vaccines-kill-viruses-147266/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do vaccines kill viruses?">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai He, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University As the increasingly virulent anti-China rhetoric has made clear in recent months, China has not been very popular in countries like the US and Australia for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But new research shows just how extensive ... <a title="China’s image problem is worsening globally. It’s time for Beijing to consider a diplomatic reset" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/chinas-image-problem-is-worsening-globally-its-time-for-beijing-to-consider-a-diplomatic-reset-147901/" aria-label="Read more about China’s image problem is worsening globally. It’s time for Beijing to consider a diplomatic reset">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tuthill, Astrophysicist, University of Sydney An astronomical discovery is shedding new light on an exquisitely-formed star system in our own Milky Way galaxy, featuring two Wolf-Rayet stars. These stars are short-lived and consequently very rare, with only a few hundred confirmed among our galaxy’s one hundred ... <a title="This mysterious ‘exotic stellar peacock’ may open the door to a realm of physics only ever glimpsed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/this-mysterious-exotic-stellar-peacock-may-open-the-door-to-a-realm-of-physics-only-ever-glimpsed-147911/" aria-label="Read more about This mysterious ‘exotic stellar peacock’ may open the door to a realm of physics only ever glimpsed">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
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 Review: Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. At a time when the rapidly heating earth seems ... <a title="Lindy Lee’s Moon in a Dew Drop: art driven by a sense of wonder, borne of hard struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/lindy-lees-moon-in-a-dew-drop-art-driven-by-a-sense-of-wonder-borne-of-hard-struggle-147185/" aria-label="Read more about Lindy Lee’s Moon in a Dew Drop: art driven by a sense of wonder, borne of hard struggle">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra More than ever before, auctions shape the economy. Sites such as eBay have made them an everyday transaction. The placement of every Google ad is priced by an instantaneous mini-auction. Governments use them ... <a title="Making auctions work: the winning ideas behind this year’s Nobel Prize in economics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/making-auctions-work-the-winning-ideas-behind-this-years-nobel-prize-in-economics-147981/" aria-label="Read more about Making auctions work: the winning ideas behind this year’s Nobel Prize in economics">Read more</a>
