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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>
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August 31, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A new look Regional Fisheries Ministers (RFMM) group met for the first time virtually last week to discuss the state of the Pacific Ocean and voiced their concerns over the state of coastal fisheries, climate change and marine pollution. Their decisions reflected regional priorities for the fisheries and marine sector. The ... <a title="Virtual ministerial fisheries meeting voices concerns over ‘state of Pacific’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/virtual-ministerial-fisheries-meeting-voices-concerns-over-state-of-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Virtual ministerial fisheries meeting voices concerns over ‘state of Pacific’">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Victorian, Queensland and Morrison governments all sought to address their various COVID vulnerabilities with announcements on Monday. The Andrews government – under intense attack from the federal government – said it will unveil on Sunday its “reopening roadmap” for ... <a title="Six more sleeps until Daniel Andrews produces his ‘reopening roadmap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/six-more-sleeps-until-daniel-andrews-produces-his-reopening-roadmap-145329/" aria-label="Read more about Six more sleeps until Daniel Andrews produces his ‘reopening roadmap’">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby It is illegal for any Papua New Guinean police officer to demand spot fines from people not wearing face masks in public, says Police Minister Bryan Kramer. “There is no fine that I am aware of. However there are orders. There shouldn’t be any spot fines.” He said he ... <a title="Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/police-minister-kramer-slams-officers-charging-illegal-face-mask-spot-fines/" aria-label="Read more about Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dave Parry, Head of the Department of Computer Science, Auckland University of Technology The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has issued a warning to all New Zealand businesses to be prepared for cyber attacks, following almost a week of daily attacks on the New Zealand stock exchange ... <a title="NZ’s cyber security centre warns more attacks likely following stock market outages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/nzs-cyber-security-centre-warns-more-attacks-likely-following-stock-market-outages-145320/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s cyber security centre warns more attacks likely following stock market outages">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll showed the Coalition and Labor in a 50-50 tie on a two-party preferred basis, a two-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll three weeks ago. This is Labor’s best result in ... <a title="Coalition and Morrison’s ratings dip in Newspoll; Trump improves in crucial battleground state polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/coalition-and-morrisons-ratings-dip-in-newspoll-trump-improves-in-crucial-battleground-state-polls-145313/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition and Morrison’s ratings dip in Newspoll; Trump improves in crucial battleground state polls">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Mansfield, Lecturer in Mathematics, UNSW While filming herself putting on makeup before work recently, TikTok user @gracie.ham reached deep into the ancient foundations of mathematics and found an absolute gem of a question: How could someone come up with a concept like algebra? She also asked ... <a title="Is mathematics real? A viral TikTok video raises a legitimate question with exciting answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/is-mathematics-real-a-viral-tiktok-video-raises-a-legitimate-question-with-exciting-answers-145244/" aria-label="Read more about Is mathematics real? A viral TikTok video raises a legitimate question with exciting answers">Read more</a>
