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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris O’Neill, Research fellow, Monash University COVID-19 lockdowns were a huge disruption for Australian universities. With students unable to come to campus, many universities turned to “online proctoring solutions” to monitor students during exam time. Many of these systems rely on automated facial recognition or detection, often ... <a title="Online exam monitoring is now common in Australian universities — but is it here to stay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/online-exam-monitoring-is-now-common-in-australian-universities-but-is-it-here-to-stay-159074/" aria-label="Read more about Online exam monitoring is now common in Australian universities — but is it here to stay?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blair Williams, Research Fellow, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership (GIWL), Australian National University It feels like every day brings more harrowing claims of harassment, bullying and abuse of women in our community. In the space of just two months, we have seen Brittany Higgins’ claims she was ... <a title="Now for some better news: 9 Australians fighting for gender equality and making a difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/now-for-some-better-news-9-australians-fighting-for-gender-equality-and-making-a-difference-158127/" aria-label="Read more about Now for some better news: 9 Australians fighting for gender equality and making a difference">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Very recently in the Bay of Bengal a naval exercise took place involving India, France, Japan and Australia. While it received little or no coverage in New Zealand, it nonetheless represented a foreign policy challenge as serious as any ... <a title="Without evidence of real progress, NZ’s foreign policy towards China looks increasingly empty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/without-evidence-of-real-progress-nzs-foreign-policy-towards-china-looks-increasingly-empty-158946/" aria-label="Read more about Without evidence of real progress, NZ’s foreign policy towards China looks increasingly empty">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Australia’s aged-care system is in a state of a disaster. The aged care royal commission’s final report, released last month, is just the latest in a decades-long string of depressing reports and inquiries exposing horrific abuse, neglect, and systemic failures. ... <a title="Next month’s federal budget is the time to stop talking about aged care and start fixing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/next-months-federal-budget-is-the-time-to-stop-talking-about-aged-care-and-start-fixing-it-158951/" aria-label="Read more about Next month’s federal budget is the time to stop talking about aged care and start fixing it">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University They’re one of the most damaging environmental forces on Earth. They’ve colonised pretty much every place humans have set foot ... <a title="Attack of the alien invaders: pest plants and animals leave a frightening $1.7 trillion bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/attack-of-the-alien-invaders-pest-plants-and-animals-leave-a-frightening-1-7-trillion-bill-158628/" aria-label="Read more about Attack of the alien invaders: pest plants and animals leave a frightening $1.7 trillion bill">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, PhD Candidate, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney People may think of comics and science as worlds apart, but they have been cross-pollinating each other in more than ways than one. Many classic comic book characters are inspired by biology such as ... <a title="Heroes, villains … biology: 3 reasons comic books are great science teachers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/heroes-villains-biology-3-reasons-comic-books-are-great-science-teachers-143251/" aria-label="Read more about Heroes, villains … biology: 3 reasons comic books are great science teachers">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Gahan, Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne The Australian government has abandoned its ambitious targets to have the adult population vaccinated by the end of October. It has, in fact, abandoned having any target. We all sometimes find ourselves in ... <a title="To abandon vaccination targets is to abandon the mantle of leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/to-abandon-vaccination-targets-is-to-abandon-the-mantle-of-leadership-159123/" aria-label="Read more about To abandon vaccination targets is to abandon the mantle of leadership">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Prescott, Lecturer, School of Humanities and Creative Arts, Flinders University With the release of the first-world-war film Gallipoli in 1981, director Peter Weir could finally shrug off the nickname he had laboured under since making his first films: “Peter Weird”. Idiosyncratic work like Homesdale (1971), The ... <a title="Peter Weir’s Gallipoli 40 years on: deftly directed and still devastating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/peter-weirs-gallipoli-40-years-on-deftly-directed-and-still-devastating-158614/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Weir’s Gallipoli 40 years on: deftly directed and still devastating">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hancock, School visitor, Australian National University Andrew Sharp Peacock, for so long “the coming man” of Australian politics, has died in the United States aged 82. Born in 1939, he was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, acquired a law degree at the University of Melbourne, where ... <a title="Remembering Andrew Peacock, a Liberal leader of intelligence, wit and charm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/17/remembering-andrew-peacock-a-liberal-leader-of-intelligence-wit-and-charm-159195/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Andrew Peacock, a Liberal leader of intelligence, wit and charm">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keane, Professor of Chinese Digital Media and Culture, Queensland University of Technology China’s state-run anti-monopoly bureau has tightened its regulations on big tech players, as shown by its recent move against the country’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group. Alibaba was hit with a record antitrust fine ... <a title="China’s record fine against Alibaba spells the end of big tech’s romance with the state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/chinas-record-fine-against-alibaba-spells-the-end-of-big-techs-romance-with-the-state-158878/" aria-label="Read more about China’s record fine against Alibaba spells the end of big tech’s romance with the state">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss the evidence given by Christine Holgate before a senate inquiry ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on unemployment figures, Christine Holgate, and the withdrawal from Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/video-michelle-grattan-on-unemployment-figures-christine-holgate-and-the-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-159128/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on unemployment figures, Christine Holgate, and the withdrawal from Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Recently, we have witnessed an uprising of thousands marching in the streets fuelled by outrage against the violence and sexual assault experienced by women. Indigenous women and gender diverse people also marched and shared this outrage. They empathise with other ... <a title="No public outrage, no vigils: Australia’s silence at violence against Indigenous women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/no-public-outrage-no-vigils-australias-silence-at-violence-against-indigenous-women-158875/" aria-label="Read more about No public outrage, no vigils: Australia’s silence at violence against Indigenous women">Read more</a>
