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January 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Academics are increasingly expected to share their research widely beyond academia. However, our recent study of academics in Australia and Japan suggests Australian universities are still very much focused on supporting the production of scholarly outputs. They ... <a title="Unis want research shared widely. So why don’t they properly back academics to do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/11/unis-want-research-shared-widely-so-why-dont-they-properly-back-academics-to-do-it-151375/" aria-label="Read more about Unis want research shared widely. So why don’t they properly back academics to do it?">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University For many of us, one of the upsides of 2020 was being freed from the grind of the daily commute. For the 40% of the workforce able to “telecommute”, COVID-19 social distancing measures saved ... <a title="The commuter’s paradox: there’s something to gain in the space between home and work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/11/the-commuters-paradox-theres-something-to-gain-in-the-space-between-home-and-work-152887/" aria-label="Read more about The commuter’s paradox: there’s something to gain in the space between home and work">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Greater Brisbane’s 72-hour COVID lockdown, which takes effect at 6pm on Friday, has a crucial difference from the months-long lockdown endured by Melbourne earlier this year, or the current restrictions aimed at stamping out Sydney’s COVID clusters. In Brisbane’s case, ... <a title="Brisbane’s COVID lockdown has a crucial difference: it aims to squash an outbreak before it even starts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/brisbanes-covid-lockdown-has-a-crucial-difference-it-aims-to-squash-an-outbreak-before-it-even-starts-152892/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane’s COVID lockdown has a crucial difference: it aims to squash an outbreak before it even starts">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Maund, Research Affiliate, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle In cities around the world, temperatures could rise by more than 4℃ by 2100 under a high-emissions climate change scenario, suggests research published this week in Nature Climate Change. It comes as the Bureau ... <a title="Cities could get more than 4°C hotter by 2100. To keep cool in Australia, we urgently need a national planning policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/cities-could-get-more-than-4-c-hotter-by-2100-to-keep-cool-in-australia-we-urgently-need-a-national-planning-policy-152680/" aria-label="Read more about Cities could get more than 4°C hotter by 2100. To keep cool in Australia, we urgently need a national planning policy">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Teaching Fellow and PhD candidate, University of Melbourne Nearly overshadowed by the chaos in the US this week was a dramatic escalation of the crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Authorities arrested more than 50 pro-democracy figures in early morning raids under the territory’s ... <a title="With mass arrests, running for office in Hong Kong is now not only futile, it can be criminal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/with-mass-arrests-running-for-office-in-hong-kong-is-now-not-only-futile-it-can-be-criminal-152755/" aria-label="Read more about With mass arrests, running for office in Hong Kong is now not only futile, it can be criminal">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordan McSwiney, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Hundreds of pro-Trump rioters today charged into the US Capitol, where Congress was set to certify Joe Biden’s presidency. Four people have reportedly died in relation to this protest, including a woman who was shot. The protesters included “Proud Boys”, ... <a title="Why were the Capitol rioters so angry? Because they’re scared of losing grip on their perverse idea of democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/why-were-the-capitol-rioters-so-angry-because-theyre-scared-of-losing-grip-on-their-perverse-idea-of-democracy-152812/" aria-label="Read more about Why were the Capitol rioters so angry? Because they’re scared of losing grip on their perverse idea of democracy">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Htwe Htwe Thein, Associate professor, Curtin University Myanmar’s transition from five decades of military rule is a work in progress. Despite the junta’s formal dissolution in 2010, the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and democratic reforms allowing National League Democracy to ... <a title="Ethical minefields: the dirty business of doing deals with Myanmar’s military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/ethical-minefields-the-dirty-business-of-doing-deals-with-myanmars-military-152318/" aria-label="Read more about Ethical minefields: the dirty business of doing deals with Myanmar’s military">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophia Nimphius, Professor of Human Performance, Edith Cowan University Review: Girls Can’t Surf, directed by Christopher Nelius The documentary Girls Can’t Surf spans the 1980s and early 1990s as women surfers battled in and out of the ocean. It has the predictable surf movie elements — a ... <a title="Girls Can’t Surf shows how determined women battled sexism in their sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/girls-cant-surf-shows-how-determined-women-battled-sexism-in-their-sport-151919/" aria-label="Read more about Girls Can’t Surf shows how determined women battled sexism in their sport">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout will now begin in mid- to late February. Vaccination will commence with workers dealing with international arrivals or quarantine facilities, frontline health workers and those living in aged care or with ... <a title="Australia’s vaccine rollout will now start next month. Here’s what we’ll need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/australias-vaccine-rollout-will-now-start-next-month-heres-what-well-need-152612/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s vaccine rollout will now start next month. Here’s what we’ll need">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordan McSwiney, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Hundreds of pro-Trump rioters today charged into the US Capitol, where Congress was set to certify Joe Biden’s presidency. Four people have reportedly died in relation to this protest, including a woman who was shot. The protesters included “Proud Boys”, ... <a title="Why are the Capitol rioters so angry? Because they’re scared of losing grip on their perverse idea of democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/why-are-the-capitol-rioters-so-angry-because-theyre-scared-of-losing-grip-on-their-perverse-idea-of-democracy-152812/" aria-label="Read more about Why are the Capitol rioters so angry? Because they’re scared of losing grip on their perverse idea of democracy">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Graham, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has locked his account, with 88.7 million followers, for 12 hours. Facebook and Instagram quickly followed suit, locking Trump’s accounts — with 35.2 ... <a title="Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait until there was a riot in the Capitol?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/social-media-giants-have-finally-confronted-trumps-lies-but-why-wait-until-there-was-a-riot-in-the-capitol-152820/" aria-label="Read more about Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait until there was a riot in the Capitol?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jared Mondschein, Senior Advisor, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney History took place in the United States today. Two Democrats were announced the winners of the run-off elections for Georgia’s two Senate seats, allowing the Democrats to take back control of the chamber from the Republicans. Jon ... <a title="Biden’s job gets easier after Senate wins in Georgia — but don’t expect a progressive revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/bidens-job-gets-easier-after-senate-wins-in-georgia-but-dont-expect-a-progressive-revolution-152176/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s job gets easier after Senate wins in Georgia — but don’t expect a progressive revolution">Read more</a>
