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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrei Alexander Lux, Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, Edith Cowan University So much for the v-shaped recovery. Australia is set to record its biggest quarterly fall in GDP in history this week. The federal government will extend its JobKeeper wage subsidy program by six months. About ... <a title="4 things governments can do to help small business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/4-things-governments-can-do-to-help-small-business-145310/" aria-label="Read more about 4 things governments can do to help small business">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Catholic professionals group has filed an application in Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court to intervene in last month’s challenge on the constitutional validity of the National Pandemic Act 2020, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has also called on Prime Minister James Marape’s government to repeal the law. The Catholic Professionals ... <a title="Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/catholic-group-calls-on-marape-to-repeal-martial-law-pandemic-act/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Lynch, Associate Professor in American Politics, University of Melbourne In 1991, Donald Trump’s mother, Mary, was mugged on a New York street. As Trump’s niece recounts in her new book, the young assailant slammed Mary’s head into her Rolls Royce so hard, her brain haemorrhaged. ... <a title="Republicans have used a ‘law and order’ message to win elections before. This is why Trump could do it again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/republicans-have-used-a-law-and-order-message-to-win-elections-before-this-is-why-trump-could-do-it-again-145306/" aria-label="Read more about Republicans have used a ‘law and order’ message to win elections before. This is why Trump could do it again">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Lynch, Associate Professor in American Politics, University of Melbourne In 1991, Donald Trump’s mother, Mary, was mugged on a New York street. As Trump’s niece recounts in her new book, the young assailant slammed Mary’s head into her Rolls Royce so hard, her brain haemorrhaged. ... <a title="Republicans have used ‘law and order’ to win elections before. This is why Trump could do it again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/republicans-have-used-law-and-order-to-win-elections-before-this-is-why-trump-could-do-it-again-145306/" aria-label="Read more about Republicans have used ‘law and order’ to win elections before. This is why Trump could do it again">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW The concept of a COVID-19 “germ bubble” refers to close contacts with whom we don’t practise mask use or keep physical distancing. In strict lockdown, this generally means just the members of your own household. ... <a title="What is the COVID ‘bubble’ concept, and could it work in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/what-is-the-covid-bubble-concept-and-could-it-work-in-australia-144938/" aria-label="Read more about What is the COVID ‘bubble’ concept, and could it work in Australia?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucinda McKnight, Lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum, Deakin University A report of a review of NAPLAN released in recent days cited the writing part of the test to be the most problematic. The report noted the NAPLAN […] has led to formulaic writing in students’ responses to ... <a title="Too many adjectives, not enough ideas: how NAPLAN forces us to teach bad writing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/too-many-adjectives-not-enough-ideas-how-naplan-forces-us-to-teach-bad-writing-133068/" aria-label="Read more about Too many adjectives, not enough ideas: how NAPLAN forces us to teach bad writing">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Whatman, Senior Lecturer in HPE and Sports Pedagogy, Griffith University There are many ways children absorb public health messaging about COVID-19. They may receive information from social media platforms like TikTok, via direct text messages, or through daily briefings from state chief medical officers and politicians ... <a title="Is it time for Australia to implement kids-only COVID-19 briefings?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/is-it-time-for-australia-to-implement-kids-only-covid-19-briefings-144878/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time for Australia to implement kids-only COVID-19 briefings?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, Research Associate in Social Movements, Keele University Australia has seen the latest extraordinary twist in its climate soap opera. An alliance of business and environment groups declared the nation is “woefully unprepared” for climate change and urgent action is needed. And yesterday, Australian Industry Group ... <a title="A bit rich: business groups want urgent climate action, after resisting it for 30 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/a-bit-rich-business-groups-want-urgent-climate-action-after-resisting-it-for-30-years-145302/" aria-label="Read more about A bit rich: business groups want urgent climate action, after resisting it for 30 years">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neal Hughes, Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) It’s been 13 years since the Australian Government set out to develop the Murray-Darling Basin Plan with the goal of finding a more sustainable balance between irrigation and the environment. Like much of ... <a title="Recovering water for the environment in the Murray-Darling: farm upgrades increase water prices more than buybacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/recovering-water-for-the-environment-in-the-murray-darling-farm-upgrades-increase-water-prices-more-than-buybacks-145289/" aria-label="Read more about Recovering water for the environment in the Murray-Darling: farm upgrades increase water prices more than buybacks">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage The event will take place on September 11 and 12, via Zoom By COHA Editorial teamFrom Washington DC The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) is honored to cosponsor the second encounter of the Philosophies of Liberation Conference, sponsored by Bowie State University and also cosponsored by Fordham University. ... <a title="COHA Cosponsors the 2020 Philosophies of Liberation Virtual Conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/coha-cosponsors-the-2020-philosophies-of-liberation-virtual-conference/" aria-label="Read more about COHA Cosponsors the 2020 Philosophies of Liberation Virtual Conference">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has condemned the slimmed down, part-virtual COVID parliament as living “in a half life” and compromising democratic rights. “No disease in 2020 should interfere in your parliamentary democratic rights. Parliament in a half life is ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce declares the COVID parliament curbs democratic rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/barnaby-joyce-declares-the-covid-parliament-curbs-democratic-rights-145344/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce declares the COVID parliament curbs democratic rights">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Venesser Fernandes, Lecturer in Leadership Studies, Monash University In a recent radio interview, Australian Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan was asked whether NAPLAN is the best way to check how students are going academically. The minister said: ministers have had a look at what else takes place ... <a title="The NAPLAN is trying to do too much. It needs urgent reform to be a ‘diagnostic’ test only" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/the-naplan-is-trying-to-do-too-much-it-needs-urgent-reform-to-be-a-diagnostic-test-only-144852/" aria-label="Read more about The NAPLAN is trying to do too much. It needs urgent reform to be a ‘diagnostic’ test only">Read more</a>
