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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Shutterstock The speed and scale of the shift to remote online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has really tested students’ adaptability. Our study of more than 1,500 students at nine Australian high schools during 2020 found ... <a title="Students who are more adaptable do best in remote learning – and it’s a skill we can teach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/students-who-are-more-adaptable-do-best-in-remote-learning-and-its-a-skill-we-can-teach-165003/" aria-label="Read more about Students who are more adaptable do best in remote learning – and it’s a skill we can teach">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Costanza, Professor and VC’s Chair, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock Coastal communities around the world are facing increasing threats from tropical cyclones. Climate change is causing rising sea levels and bigger, more frequent storms. Many coastal communities are pondering what to do. ... <a title="Forget massive seawalls, coastal wetlands offer the best storm protection money can buy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/forget-massive-seawalls-coastal-wetlands-offer-the-best-storm-protection-money-can-buy-165872/" aria-label="Read more about Forget massive seawalls, coastal wetlands offer the best storm protection money can buy">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney MIFF Review: Ablaze, directed by Alec Morgan and Tiriki Onus Opera singer Tiriki Onus comes across a dusty, aged suitcase stowed away in the basement. It belonged to his grandfather, Bill Onus, and contains ... <a title="Ablaze review: a powerful, personal portrait of Aboriginal activist and filmmaker Bill Onus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/ablaze-review-a-powerful-personal-portrait-of-aboriginal-activist-and-filmmaker-bill-onus-165870/" aria-label="Read more about Ablaze review: a powerful, personal portrait of Aboriginal activist and filmmaker Bill Onus">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan finally captured Australians’ attention, Scott Morrison had some well rehearsed talking points during a Monday media blitz dominated by COVID and the lost war. The questions were predictable. The answers were, to be blunt, ... <a title="View from The Hill: There’s no getting away from it – we’ve all failed Afghanistan’s hopeful girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/view-from-the-hill-theres-no-getting-away-from-it-weve-all-failed-afghanistans-hopeful-girls-166205/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: There’s no getting away from it – we’ve all failed Afghanistan’s hopeful girls">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan finally captured Australians’ attention, Scott Morrison had some well rehearsed talking points during a Monday media blitz dominated by COVID and the lost war. The questions were predictable. The answers were, to be blunt, ... <a title="View from The Hill: There’s no gilding the lily – we’ve all failed Afghanistan’s hopeful girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/view-from-the-hill-theres-no-gilding-the-lily-weve-all-failed-afghanistans-hopeful-girls-166205/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: There’s no gilding the lily – we’ve all failed Afghanistan’s hopeful girls">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University AAP/EPA/Stringer In the 19th century, the phrase “The Great Game” was used to describe competition for power and influence in Afghanistan, and neighbouring central and south Asia territories, between the British and Russian empires. Neither side prevailed in what became ... <a title="As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/as-afghanistan-falls-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east-166169/" aria-label="Read more about As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Azadah Raz Mohammad, PhD student, The University of Melbourne Michael Reynolds/EPA/AAP As the Taliban takes control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to be a woman. Even before the fall of Kabul on Sunday, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, exacerbated by the ... <a title="As the Taliban returns, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/as-the-taliban-returns-20-years-of-progress-for-women-looks-set-to-disappear-overnight-165012/" aria-label="Read more about As the Taliban returns, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Syed Wajid Ali Shah, Research Fellow, Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation, Deakin University Shutterstock It’s now well known that usernames and passwords aren’t enough to securely access online services. A recent study highlighted more than 80% of all hacking-related breaches happen due to compromised and ... <a title="How hackers can use message mirroring apps to see all your SMS texts — and bypass 2FA security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/how-hackers-can-use-message-mirroring-apps-to-see-all-your-sms-texts-and-bypass-2fa-security-165817/" aria-label="Read more about How hackers can use message mirroring apps to see all your SMS texts — and bypass 2FA security">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Buising, Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Shutterstock Melbourne’s second wave of COVID-19 last year, which led to a lockdown lasting more than 100 days, provided us with many lessons about controlling transmission. Some of these are pertinent as New South Wales endures ... <a title="We studied how to reduce airborne COVID spread in hospitals. Here’s what we learnt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/we-studied-how-to-reduce-airborne-covid-spread-in-hospitals-heres-what-we-learnt-166018/" aria-label="Read more about We studied how to reduce airborne COVID spread in hospitals. Here’s what we learnt">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Vatsikopoulos, Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney ABC Publicity Review: The Newsreader, ABC TV 1986 was a very big news year: history-making moments captured by television. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded live on air. Who can forget the camera lingering on the horrified faces of ... <a title="Sexism, big hair, contact books: The Newsreader gets a lot right about 80s TV journalism but the times were not so diverse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/sexism-big-hair-contact-books-the-newsreader-gets-a-lot-right-about-80s-tv-journalism-but-the-times-were-not-so-diverse-165876/" aria-label="Read more about Sexism, big hair, contact books: The Newsreader gets a lot right about 80s TV journalism but the times were not so diverse">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne AAP/Jono Searle Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party advertisements inferentially objecting to COVID-19 lockdowns demonstrate one more way in which the freedoms essential to a democracy can be abused to the detriment of the public ... <a title="Why Clive Palmer’s lockdown ads can be rejected by newspapers on ethical grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/why-clive-palmers-lockdown-ads-can-be-rejected-by-newspapers-on-ethical-grounds-166099/" aria-label="Read more about Why Clive Palmer’s lockdown ads can be rejected by newspapers on ethical grounds">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tobias Speare, Lecturer, Pharmacy Academic, Rural and Remote Health NT, Flinders University from www.shutterstock.com There’s a rush to vaccinate vulnerable remote Aboriginal communities in New South Wales after spread of the coronavirus out of metropolitan areas has led to a state-wide lockdown. So focus is turning to ... <a title="‘Don’t leave the esky in the sun’: how to get cold vaccines to hot, remote Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/dont-leave-the-esky-in-the-sun-how-to-get-cold-vaccines-to-hot-remote-australia-164551/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t leave the esky in the sun’: how to get cold vaccines to hot, remote Australia">Read more</a>
