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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University In the fight against the coronavirus, the Australian government has enacted a series of measures that have expanded executive powers. These include the use of smartphone contact-tracing technology, mandatory isolation arrangements and the closure of borders and businesses. ... <a title="Have our governments become too powerful during COVID-19?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/have-our-governments-become-too-powerful-during-covid-19-147028/" aria-label="Read more about Have our governments become too powerful during COVID-19?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Australia’s aged care system has produced a litany of failures: unpalatable food, poor care, neglect, abuse and, most recently, the tragedies of the pandemic. This should not come as a surprise. Poor regulation has taken the “nursing” out of “nursing ... <a title="The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/the-budget-must-address-aged-care-here-are-3-key-priorities-146678/" aria-label="Read more about The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Spring has arrived, and all over the country the hills and riversides are burnished with the green and gold of Australian wattles, all belonging to the genus Acacia. It’s a spectacular sight, but not a surprising one as there ... <a title="Spring is here and wattles are out in bloom: a love letter to our iconic flowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/spring-is-here-and-wattles-are-out-in-bloom-a-love-letter-to-our-iconic-flowers-146109/" aria-label="Read more about Spring is here and wattles are out in bloom: a love letter to our iconic flowers">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Students in Australia and around the world have experienced significant challenges this year, including the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters. Globally, as many as one in five young people may experience mental-health problems. These can be exacerbated, ... <a title="A place to get away from it all: 5 ways school libraries support student well-being" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/a-place-to-get-away-from-it-all-5-ways-school-libraries-support-student-well-being-145180/" aria-label="Read more about A place to get away from it all: 5 ways school libraries support student well-being">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Polly Fong, PhD Candidate in Psychology, The University of Queensland Physical distancing measures during the first COVID-19 outbreak led to the closure of libraries, theatres, gyms, cafes and community centres across Australia. Venues like these are known as “third places”. These are the semi-public, semi-private places that ... <a title="New tricks? When COVID forces a bridge club online, what becomes of their community?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/new-tricks-when-covid-forces-a-bridge-club-online-what-becomes-of-their-community-144594/" aria-label="Read more about New tricks? When COVID forces a bridge club online, what becomes of their community?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhonda Sharp, Emeritus Professor, UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia COVID-19 has left women, more than men, economically disadvantaged through unemployment, underemployment, lowered incomes, less secure work, greater household and family demands, and increased risk of domestic violence. But you’re unlikely to read about it ... <a title="Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/each-budget-used-to-have-a-gender-impact-statement-we-need-it-back-especially-now-144849/" aria-label="Read more about Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially now">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Bird, DIscipline Leader, Corporate Governance & Senior Lecturer, Swinburne Law School, Swinburne University of Technology Paying a record A$1.3 billion fine for breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act is one thing, making sure it couldn’t happen again is another. The fine agreed to ... <a title="A mea culpa, not a fix: Australia’s biggest corporate fine isn’t the end of it for Westpac" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/a-mea-culpa-not-a-fix-australias-biggest-corporate-fine-isnt-the-end-of-it-for-westpac-146842/" aria-label="Read more about A mea culpa, not a fix: Australia’s biggest corporate fine isn’t the end of it for Westpac">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius Sepehri, Doctoral Candidate, Comparative Literature, Religion and History of Philosophy, University of Sydney Over a thousand years ago, Nuh ibn Mansur, the reigning prince of the medieval city of Bukhara, fell badly ill. The doctors, unable to do anything for him, were forced to send for ... <a title="Avicenna: the Persian polymath who shaped modern science, medicine and philosophy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/avicenna-the-persian-polymath-who-shaped-modern-science-medicine-and-philosophy-142667/" aria-label="Read more about Avicenna: the Persian polymath who shaped modern science, medicine and philosophy">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to ... <a title="Climate explained: are consumers willing to pay more for climate-friendly products?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/climate-explained-are-consumers-willing-to-pay-more-for-climate-friendly-products-146757/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: are consumers willing to pay more for climate-friendly products?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Morten Gjerde, Associate Professor of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The proposed blueprint for how Wellington will develop over the next 30 years puts its finger straight on one of the key issues affecting urban growth and change: residential character. Specifically, the draft ... <a title="Wellington’s older houses don’t deserve blanket protection — but 6-storey buildings aren’t always the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/wellingtons-older-houses-dont-deserve-blanket-protection-but-6-storey-buildings-arent-always-the-answer-146302/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s older houses don’t deserve blanket protection — but 6-storey buildings aren’t always the answer">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian police forcibly dispersed a student protest near the Cendrawasih University (Uncen) in Jayapura, Papua, yesterday and the police “denied any clash” even though video footage shows action by heavily armoured security forces. The students were protesting against an extension of Special Autonomy (Otsus) for Papua. “There wasn’t any clash, Polri ... <a title="Police forcibly disperse student protest against Special Autonomy in Jayapura" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/police-forcibly-disperse-student-protest-against-special-autonomy-in-jayapura/" aria-label="Read more about Police forcibly disperse student protest against Special Autonomy in Jayapura">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Federal Health Department Secretary Brendan Murphy has admitted some COVID deaths in aged care might have been prevented if there had been a quicker public health response. Murphy, Chief Medical Officer until mid year, told the COVID Senate committee “if ... <a title="Faster public health response might have saved some aged care residents’ lives: Brendan Murphy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/faster-public-health-response-might-have-saved-some-aged-care-residents-lives-brendan-murphy-147127/" aria-label="Read more about Faster public health response might have saved some aged care residents’ lives: Brendan Murphy">Read more</a>
