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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Clark, Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Public History, University of Technology Sydney The federal Education Minister, Alan Tudge, has announced a major edit of the draft history curriculum by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) as part of an effort to lift educational ... <a title="10 things every politician should know about history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/10-things-every-politician-should-know-about-history-170626/" aria-label="Read more about 10 things every politician should know about history">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Shutterstock Until very recently, people with intersex variations have often been unseen, stigmatised and routinely discriminated against. Intersex Awareness Day today (October 26) is therefore an opportunity to examine how much progress has been made and how far we ... <a title="Intersex children in New Zealand are routinely undergoing unnecessary surgery – that needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/intersex-children-in-new-zealand-are-routinely-undergoing-unnecessary-surgery-that-needs-to-change-168936/" aria-label="Read more about Intersex children in New Zealand are routinely undergoing unnecessary surgery – that needs to change">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny C Price, Senior research fellow, Curtin University CSIRO, Author provided In December last year, the media reported an intriguing signal we at the Breakthrough Listen project found in our radio telescope data. Dubbed BLC1, the signal didn’t appear to be the result of any recognisable astrophysical ... <a title="A mysterious signal looked like a sign of alien technology — but it turned out to be radio interference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/a-mysterious-signal-looked-like-a-sign-of-alien-technology-but-it-turned-out-to-be-radio-interference-170548/" aria-label="Read more about A mysterious signal looked like a sign of alien technology — but it turned out to be radio interference">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ausma Bernot, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Ng Han Guan/AP China’s 5G technology has now been banned in many countries, including Australia, New Zealand, the US and many in the European Union. In 2019, a NATO Cyber Defence Centre report identified Huawei’s 5G technology as a security risk. ... <a title="China is accused of exporting authoritarian technology. But the west has done so, too, more covertly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/china-is-accused-of-exporting-authoritarian-technology-but-the-west-has-done-so-too-more-covertly-168190/" aria-label="Read more about China is accused of exporting authoritarian technology. But the west has done so, too, more covertly">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Larkin, Senior Lecturer Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Scientists are learning more and more about human biological variation, including of sex characteristics. But images of the human body in anatomy remain mostly muscular, white, and male with limited diversity, including of sex. Intersex people represent ... <a title="Anatomy texts should show sex as a spectrum to include intersex people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/anatomy-texts-should-show-sex-as-a-spectrum-to-include-intersex-people-170205/" aria-label="Read more about Anatomy texts should show sex as a spectrum to include intersex people">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock A series of recent announcements about Australia’s borders reopening mean there is hope of an end to the crisis in our international education sector. But there is still a long way to go. Over 145,000 international student visa ... <a title="Why the international education crisis will linger long after students return to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/why-the-international-education-crisis-will-linger-long-after-students-return-to-australia-170360/" aria-label="Read more about Why the international education crisis will linger long after students return to Australia">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Thompson, Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sydney BLB Media, Netflix Studios, Netflix English departments are strange places. Even to those of us who spend our working lives inside them, they can seem utterly mysterious. Those looking in from outside must find them even more baffling. ... <a title="Liked Netflix’s The Chair? Here are 4 moving, funny novels set in English departments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/liked-netflixs-the-chair-here-are-4-moving-funny-novels-set-in-english-departments-170110/" aria-label="Read more about Liked Netflix’s The Chair? Here are 4 moving, funny novels set in English departments">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Barnaby Joyce is finding the taste of his success in landing the net zero deal rather more bitter than sweet. The deputy prime minister has delivered for Scott Morrison. The Nationals have signed up to the 2050 climate target. But ... <a title="View from The Hill: Will Barnaby Joyce be less ‘on board’ with net zero when he’s in the backblocks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/view-from-the-hill-will-barnaby-joyce-be-less-on-board-with-net-zero-when-hes-in-the-backblocks-170572/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Will Barnaby Joyce be less ‘on board’ with net zero when he’s in the backblocks?">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University If governments won’t act quickly enough on climate change, who will? Enter the new breed of (mostly young) billionaire philanthropists. Their goal is to use their influence and money to push the boundaries of science and ... <a title="Billionaires taking action on climate change are part of a long tradition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/billionaires-taking-action-on-climate-change-are-part-of-a-long-tradition-170463/" aria-label="Read more about Billionaires taking action on climate change are part of a long tradition">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Breen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Publishing, Griffith University David Kelly Review: Return to the Dirt, written by Steve Pirie and directed by Lee Lewis, Queensland Theatre I head to the world premiere of Return to the Dirt by Steve Pirie without reading the press materials. ... <a title="We get there in the end: Return to the Dirt pulls back the curtain on life and death in a funeral home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/we-get-there-in-the-end-return-to-the-dirt-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-life-and-death-in-a-funeral-home-169618/" aria-label="Read more about We get there in the end: Return to the Dirt pulls back the curtain on life and death in a funeral home">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Jackson Pulver, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Sydney Redfern’s Community Chaplain Pastor Ray Minniecon, recently made a compelling video urging people to get the COVID-19 vaccination. Pastor Minniecon regarded the simple act of becoming vaccinated as an act of love for ... <a title="Getting vaccinated is the act of love needed right now to support the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/getting-vaccinated-is-the-act-of-love-needed-right-now-to-support-the-survival-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-during-the-pandemic-169245/" aria-label="Read more about Getting vaccinated is the act of love needed right now to support the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples during the pandemic">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Joel Carrett This week’s Newspoll, presumably conducted October 20-23 from a sample a bit over 1,500, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a one point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. ... <a title="Coalition drops in Newspoll; Australia “not doing enough” response on climate change falls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/coalition-drops-in-newspoll-australia-not-doing-enough-response-on-climate-change-falls-170266/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition drops in Newspoll; Australia “not doing enough” response on climate change falls">Read more</a>
