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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Renton, PhD candidate (Cognitive Neuroscience/ Neuroengineering), The University of Queensland A recent demonstration video released by Elon Musk’s firm Neuralink might not look like much at first. In the video, a pig named Gertrude eats snacks from a person’s hand, while an accompanying computer screen displays ... <a title="Neuralink put a chip in Gertrude the pig’s brain. It might be useful one day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/neuralink-put-a-chip-in-gertrude-the-pigs-brain-it-might-be-useful-one-day-145383/" aria-label="Read more about Neuralink put a chip in Gertrude the pig’s brain. It might be useful one day">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Linden, Sessional Lecturer, PhD (Management) Candidate, School of Management, RMIT University A recent decision by Australian Securities and Investments Commission to deny a newspaper access to a confidential bank document raises questions about its attitude to regulating the financial services industry. In the wake of the ... <a title="Is ASIC more concerned about relationships with boards than enforcing the law?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/is-asic-more-concerned-about-relationships-with-boards-than-enforcing-the-law-144665/" aria-label="Read more about Is ASIC more concerned about relationships with boards than enforcing the law?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Dethridge, Research and Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, RMIT University In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. In days of COVID-19, I’m seeking escape and the screen is a glowing cornucopia of ... <a title="Hollywood: a glitzy, queer recasting of Tinseltown that is perfect escapist TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/hollywood-a-glitzy-queer-recasting-of-tinseltown-that-is-perfect-escapist-tv-144364/" aria-label="Read more about Hollywood: a glitzy, queer recasting of Tinseltown that is perfect escapist TV">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University The Thousand Talents Plan is a Chinese government program to attract scientists and engineers from overseas. Since the plan began in 2008, it has recruited thousands of researchers from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, ... <a title="The Thousand Talents Plan is part of China’s long quest to become the global scientific leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/the-thousand-talents-plan-is-part-of-chinas-long-quest-to-become-the-global-scientific-leader-145100/" aria-label="Read more about The Thousand Talents Plan is part of China’s long quest to become the global scientific leader">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in Business Law. Director of the UNSW Business School Cybersecurity and Data Governance Research Network, UNSW Facebook will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposal to force tech giants to pay ... <a title="If Facebook really pulls news from its Australian sites, we’ll have a much less compelling product" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/if-facebook-really-pulls-news-from-its-australian-sites-well-have-a-much-less-compelling-product-145380/" aria-label="Read more about If Facebook really pulls news from its Australian sites, we’ll have a much less compelling product">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
By RNZ News The Christchurch mosque shooter has been designated as a “terrorist entity” by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The designation under New Zealand legislation freezes the assets of terrorist entities and makes it a criminal offence to participate in or support the activities of the designated terrorist entity. Last Thursday, Australian ... <a title="NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/nz-designates-christchurch-mosque-shooter-as-a-terrorist-entity/" aria-label="Read more about NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity">Read more</a>
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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>
