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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University This year’s Pacific Islands Forum marked the beginning of a more dangerous era as Pacific leaders tried to find common responses to both the climate crisis and sharpening geostrategic competition. There was unprecedented interest in this year’s forum, ... <a title="Pacific Islands are back on the map, and climate action is non-negotiable for would-be allies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/pacific-islands-are-back-on-the-map-and-climate-action-is-non-negotiable-for-would-be-allies-187086/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands are back on the map, and climate action is non-negotiable for would-be allies">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology Universities throughout the country have obligations to ensure their graduates leave with the knowledge and skills necessary to interact in a culturally safe way with Indigenous people. T.J. Thomson, Author provided Content warning: this ... <a title="University journalism courses need to teach about cultural safety before students enter the workforce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/university-journalism-courses-need-to-teach-about-cultural-safety-before-students-enter-the-workforce-185497/" aria-label="Read more about University journalism courses need to teach about cultural safety before students enter the workforce">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images We hear the phrase “digital transformation” a lot these days. It’s often used to describe the process of replacing functions and services that were once done face-to-face by human beings with online interactions ... <a title="The downside of digital transformation: why organisations must allow for those who can’t or won’t move online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/the-downside-of-digital-transformation-why-organisations-must-allow-for-those-who-cant-or-wont-move-online-186905/" aria-label="Read more about The downside of digital transformation: why organisations must allow for those who can’t or won’t move online">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology NASA/JWST It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Images such as the one below give us a chance ... <a title="A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/a-cosmic-time-machine-how-the-james-webb-space-telescope-lets-us-see-the-first-galaxies-in-the-universe-187015/" aria-label="Read more about A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yen Ying Lim, Associate Professor, Monash University Shutterstock As part of a series on cycles of disadvantage, supported by a philanthropic grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, we’re publishing three articles on the social determinants of health. They look at how factors like income, where you live ... <a title="How your status, where you live and your family background affect your risk of dementia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/how-your-status-where-you-live-and-your-family-background-affect-your-risk-of-dementia-183922/" aria-label="Read more about How your status, where you live and your family background affect your risk of dementia">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Lewis, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University www.shutterstock.com Apple products are already a central part of our lives in so many ways. We use them to work, socialise, monitor our heart rates, pay for things and watch TV. But did you know they are also involved ... <a title="Why is tech giant Apple trying to teach our teachers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/why-is-tech-giant-apple-trying-to-teach-our-teachers-186752/" aria-label="Read more about Why is tech giant Apple trying to teach our teachers?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Dolgopolov, Senior Lecturer in Film, UNSW Sydney When 13 Ukrainian soldiers were defending Snake Island in March, Russian forces told them to lay down their weapons. In response, the Ukrainians said “Russian warship, go fuck yourself!”. This maritime call sign has its precursor in the naval ... <a title="U311 Cherkasy, the little minesweeper of a Ukrainian film that gave the finger to the Russian Navy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/u311-cherkasy-the-little-minesweeper-of-a-ukrainian-film-that-gave-the-finger-to-the-russian-navy-186559/" aria-label="Read more about U311 Cherkasy, the little minesweeper of a Ukrainian film that gave the finger to the Russian Navy">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Handing out a cushy job to a political mate might seem harmless – after all, everyone does it, right? – but the politicisation of public appointments has real, pervasive consequences for Australian democracy. Increasingly, many government boards, tribunals and ... <a title="Here’s a simple way to stop governments giving jobs to mates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/heres-a-simple-way-to-stop-governments-giving-jobs-to-mates-186816/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s a simple way to stop governments giving jobs to mates">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will reinstate the pandemic leave payment for workers who have to isolate but do not have sick leave, after earlier vigorously defending its ending on budgetary grounds. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the decision after a national ... <a title="Albanese government restores pandemic leave payment until September 30, saying COVID wave will peak in August" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/16/albanese-government-restores-pandemic-leave-payment-until-september-30-saying-covid-wave-will-peak-in-august-187146/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government restores pandemic leave payment until September 30, saying COVID wave will peak in August">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olga Oleinikova, Senior Lecturer and Director of the SITADHub (Social Impact Technologies and Democracy Research Hub) in the School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Ukraine this month, promising an extra A$100 million in military aid and pledging to help the ... <a title="Australia’s special visa program for Ukrainians to end, despite war raging on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/australias-special-visa-program-for-ukrainians-to-end-despite-war-raging-on-186829/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s special visa program for Ukrainians to end, despite war raging on">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Turner, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide The beloved Asian elephant Tricia died at Perth Zoo this month at the ripe old age of 65, making her one of the world’s oldest elephants. Tricia was born in 1957 and arrived at Perth Zoo in 1963 from Vietnam. ... <a title="Was Tricia the elephant happy? Experts on the ethics of keeping such big, roaming creatures in captivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/was-tricia-the-elephant-happy-experts-on-the-ethics-of-keeping-such-big-roaming-creatures-in-captivity-187016/" aria-label="Read more about Was Tricia the elephant happy? Experts on the ethics of keeping such big, roaming creatures in captivity">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW Sydney Back in mid 2020, it was suggested mask use was similar to seat belt wearing in cars. Not everyone wore a seat belt start straight away, but now it’s unheard of to get into a car and not put it on. ... <a title="Mask mandates – will we only act on public health advice if someone makes us?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/mask-mandates-will-we-only-act-on-public-health-advice-if-someone-makes-us-186914/" aria-label="Read more about Mask mandates – will we only act on public health advice if someone makes us?">Read more</a>
