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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Warburton, Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Innovation (Acting), University of New England We are increasingly becoming digital bystanders, continually monitoring our different palm-and-TV-sized screens. From dawn to dusk and even in moments of insomnia we turn to digitally communicated news and social media. In the world of education, ... <a title="In a world of digital bystanders the challenge is for all of us to design engaging online education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/in-a-world-of-digital-bystanders-the-challenge-is-for-all-of-us-to-design-engaging-online-education-147195/" aria-label="Read more about In a world of digital bystanders the challenge is for all of us to design engaging online education">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University The record A$8.5 million fine imposed on iSelect in Australia for false and misleading conduct confirms the appalling state of the commercial price-comparison market. The company promises to help consumers save money by cutting through the confusing pricing ... <a title="You can’t trust the price-comparison market, as iSelect’s $8.5 million fine shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/you-cant-trust-the-price-comparison-market-as-iselects-8-5-million-fine-shows-147840/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t trust the price-comparison market, as iSelect’s $8.5 million fine shows">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne The budget plan to scrap Australia’s decade-old responsible lending obligations warrants detailed examination. It is hard to see how the stated reasons for easing what’s asked of banks and other lenders make much sense, and the timing is strange. ... <a title="None of the justifications for weakening bank lending standards quite makes sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/none-of-the-justifications-for-weakening-bank-lending-standards-quite-makes-sense-147843/" aria-label="Read more about None of the justifications for weakening bank lending standards quite makes sense">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Smith, Senior Lecturer in Music, University of New England A child’s toy may seem like an unlikely candidate for the classical concert hall. Around the world, however, thousands of musicians gather every year for festivals, conferences and concerts dedicated to the toy piano. Exploring its sound, ... <a title="How toy pianos went from child’s play into classical concert halls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/how-toy-pianos-went-from-childs-play-into-classical-concert-halls-146206/" aria-label="Read more about How toy pianos went from child’s play into classical concert halls">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has admitted having a secret intimate relationship with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire, which she only ended recently, despite his being forced to quit state parliament in 2018. Berejiklian’s explosive appearance on Monday at the NSW ... <a title="Gladys Berejiklian determined to tough out scandal of secret relationship with disgraced former MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/gladys-berejiklian-determined-to-tough-out-scandal-of-secret-relationship-with-disgraced-former-mp-147917/" aria-label="Read more about Gladys Berejiklian determined to tough out scandal of secret relationship with disgraced former MP">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch In this new covid-19 world, environmental and climate crisis defenders are developing new ways to cope and operate under the pandemic constraints. Groups as diverse as the local branch of the global environmental campaigner Greenpeace Pacific, Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Green Party in ... <a title="How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/how-pacific-environmental-defenders-are-coping-with-the-covid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted October 8–10 from a sample of 1,527 voters, gave the Coalition a 52–48% lead over Labor in the two-party preferred question, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll ... <a title="Coalition gains in Newspoll after budget; Trump falls further behind Biden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/coalition-gains-in-newspoll-after-budget-trump-falls-further-behind-biden-147916/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition gains in Newspoll after budget; Trump falls further behind Biden">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Help with living costs while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want given more attention with the New Zealand general election. Universities NZ figures show there were 10,000 full-time Pasifika students enrolled in May, an increase of 35 percent since 2010. The ... <a title="Pacific students see mental health, living costs as election priorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/pacific-students-see-mental-health-living-costs-as-election-priorities/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific students see mental health, living costs as election priorities">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Many Melburnians have despaired in recent days as it became clear the next step on its roadmap out of lockdown will be taken a bit later than originally planned, or in smaller steps. That’s because Victoria is unlikely to meet ... <a title="A 14-day rolling average of 5 new daily cases is the wrong trigger for easing Melbourne lockdown. Let’s look at ‘under investigation’ cases instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/a-14-day-rolling-average-of-5-new-daily-cases-is-the-wrong-trigger-for-easing-melbourne-lockdown-lets-look-at-under-investigation-cases-instead-147906/" aria-label="Read more about A 14-day rolling average of 5 new daily cases is the wrong trigger for easing Melbourne lockdown. Let’s look at ‘under investigation’ cases instead">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacinthe Flore, Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University The arts industry is among the most devastated by the pandemic. Artists and arts workers often rely on casual, project-based or fixed-term contracts, and COVID-19 restrictions have left many with little or no income. ... <a title="‘Parts of life will be damaged forever’ — arts workers describe the pandemic’s impact on their mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/parts-of-life-will-be-damaged-forever-arts-workers-describe-the-pandemics-impact-on-their-mental-health-147252/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Parts of life will be damaged forever’ — arts workers describe the pandemic’s impact on their mental health">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University Just days after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews signalled the state won’t be ready for a major loosening of COVID-19 restrictions next week as planned, a legal challenge is expected to be filed in the High Court to force ... <a title="Can a High Court challenge of Melbourne’s lockdown succeed? Here’s what the Constitution says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/can-a-high-court-challenge-of-melbournes-lockdown-succeed-heres-what-the-constitution-says-147904/" aria-label="Read more about Can a High Court challenge of Melbourne’s lockdown succeed? Here’s what the Constitution says">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region. It wrote to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and also asked him to follow through on his commitment to meet with Papuan pro-referendum groups. The churches said they were writing because of the escalation ... <a title="West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/west-papua-churches-call-on-widodo-to-end-militarisation/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation">Read more</a>
