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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nematullah Bizhan, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, and Senior Research Associate with the Global Economic Governance Program, Oxford University, Australian National University Two days ago, a close friend in Afghanistan told me Kabul seems like a graveyard. Silenced. Helpless. And ... <a title="‘I feel suffocated’: Afghans are feeling hopeless, but there’s still a chance to preserve some rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/i-feel-suffocated-afghans-are-feeling-hopeless-but-theres-still-a-chance-to-preserve-some-rights-166171/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I feel suffocated’: Afghans are feeling hopeless, but there’s still a chance to preserve some rights">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Crosby, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University Shutterstock With the launch of the Paramount+, Australian consumers of video streaming are arguably drowning in choice. We now have more than a dozen “subscription video on demand” services to choose from, with many dozens more options available worldwide ... <a title="The more video streaming services we get, the more we’ll turn to piracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/the-more-video-streaming-services-we-get-the-more-well-turn-to-piracy-166090/" aria-label="Read more about The more video streaming services we get, the more we’ll turn to piracy">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney The 17 socioeconomic targets in the Closing the Gap report intend to reduce the incarceration rate of First Nations people. Despite this, according to the recent Productivity Commission update on the Closing the Gap targets, First Nations incarceration ... <a title="The role of ‘re-storying’ in addressing over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/the-role-of-re-storying-in-addressing-over-incarceration-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-163577/" aria-label="Read more about The role of ‘re-storying’ in addressing over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Reid, Professor Emeritus of Education, University of South Australia Shutterstock The education debate in Australia has, for some time now, been marred by the presence of a simple binary: explicit teaching, or direct instruction, versus inquiry-based learning. Simply put, explicit teaching is a structured sequence of ... <a title="Teachers use many teaching approaches to impart knowledge. Pitting one against another harms education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/teachers-use-many-teaching-approaches-to-impart-knowledge-pitting-one-against-another-harms-education-166178/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers use many teaching approaches to impart knowledge. Pitting one against another harms education">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Howard, Deputy Section Editor: Arts + Culture Mario Perez/HBO Freud and Nietzsche may not be what you have in mind when thinking of pool-side reads, but they are among the books flipped through in The White Lotus — the tense, new TV drama about the lives ... <a title="Freud, Nietzsche, Paglia, Fanon: our expert guide to the books of The White Lotus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/freud-nietzsche-paglia-fanon-our-expert-guide-to-the-books-of-the-white-lotus-166187/" aria-label="Read more about Freud, Nietzsche, Paglia, Fanon: our expert guide to the books of The White Lotus">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Higgins, Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Just hours after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Australia joined the international community in calling for the “safe and orderly departure of foreign nationals and Afghans who wish to leave the country”. The scenes at ... <a title="Afghan refugees can no longer wait — Australia must offer permanent protection now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/afghan-refugees-can-no-longer-wait-australia-must-offer-permanent-protection-now-166180/" aria-label="Read more about Afghan refugees can no longer wait — Australia must offer permanent protection now">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University JoeLogan/Shutterstock Buried within the prime minister’s response to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is just about everything we’re at risk of getting wrong at the Glasgow climate talks in October. ... <a title="Australia is at risk of taking the wrong tack at the Glasgow climate talks, and slamming China is only part of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/australia-is-at-risk-of-taking-the-wrong-tack-at-the-glasgow-climate-talks-and-slamming-china-is-only-part-of-it-166154/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is at risk of taking the wrong tack at the Glasgow climate talks, and slamming China is only part of it">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia David Mariuz/AAP Prince Andrew is making headlines again for all the wrong reasons. In November 2019 he stood down from royal duties “for the foreseeable future” over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal (and a disastrous ... <a title="The PR disaster around Prince Andrew has taken a legal twist — what does this mean for the Duke of York?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/the-pr-disaster-around-prince-andrew-has-taken-a-legal-twist-what-does-this-mean-for-the-duke-of-york-166108/" aria-label="Read more about The PR disaster around Prince Andrew has taken a legal twist — what does this mean for the Duke of York?">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, UNSW Rupixen.com/Unsplash, CC BY-SA I spent last week studying the 26,000 words of privacy terms published by eBay and Amazon, trying to extract some straight answers, and comparing them to the privacy terms of other online marketplaces ... <a title="How one simple rule change could curb online retailers’ snooping on you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/how-one-simple-rule-change-could-curb-online-retailers-snooping-on-you-166174/" aria-label="Read more about How one simple rule change could curb online retailers’ snooping on you">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland www.shutterstock.com In light of last week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report confirming human activity is “unequivocally” driving global warming, here’s a striking statistic: in Auckland, road transport modes are responsible for 35% of the city’s climate-altering ... <a title="To get New Zealanders out of their cars we’ll need to start charging the true cost of driving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/to-get-new-zealanders-out-of-their-cars-well-need-to-start-charging-the-true-cost-of-driving-166167/" aria-label="Read more about To get New Zealanders out of their cars we’ll need to start charging the true cost of driving">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute Cui Jingying/AP Cases of COVID-19 are surging around the world, but the course of the pandemic varies widely country to country. To provide you with a global view as we approach a year and a half since the official ... <a title="From ground zero to zero tolerance – how China learnt from its COVID response to quickly stamp out its latest outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/from-ground-zero-to-zero-tolerance-how-china-learnt-from-its-covid-response-to-quickly-stamp-out-its-latest-outbreak-165963/" aria-label="Read more about From ground zero to zero tolerance – how China learnt from its COVID response to quickly stamp out its latest outbreak">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, The University of Melbourne A major new report published last week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) contained grave warnings on where Earth’s climate is headed. So what happens if humanity doesn’t get its act together? How bad could climate ... <a title="There’s no end to the damage humans can wreak on the climate. This is how bad it’s likely to get" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/theres-no-end-to-the-damage-humans-can-wreak-on-the-climate-this-is-how-bad-its-likely-to-get-166031/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no end to the damage humans can wreak on the climate. This is how bad it’s likely to get">Read more</a>
