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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University November 2 marks 20 years since the first residents arrived on the International Space Station (ISS). The orbiting habitat has been continuously occupied ever since. Twenty straight years of life in space makes the ISS the ... <a title="How to live in space: what we’ve learned from 20 years of the International Space Station" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/how-to-live-in-space-what-weve-learned-from-20-years-of-the-international-space-station-144851/" aria-label="Read more about How to live in space: what we’ve learned from 20 years of the International Space Station">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan McDonnell, Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University According to a formal measure of language simplicity, United States President Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at this year’s Republican National Convention was far more complex than challenger Joe Biden’s at the Democratic Convention. While Biden’s speech ... <a title="We compared the language of populist leaders with their mainstream opponents — the results were unexpected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/we-compared-the-language-of-populist-leaders-with-their-mainstream-opponents-the-results-were-unexpected-148343/" aria-label="Read more about We compared the language of populist leaders with their mainstream opponents — the results were unexpected">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University Tourism in the South Pacific has been hit hard by COVID-19 border closures with thousands of people out of work. Tourism normally provides one in four jobs in Vanuatu and one in three jobs in Cook Islands. It contributes ... <a title="Traditional skills help people on the tourism-deprived Pacific Islands survive the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/traditional-skills-help-people-on-the-tourism-deprived-pacific-islands-survive-the-pandemic-148987/" aria-label="Read more about Traditional skills help people on the tourism-deprived Pacific Islands survive the pandemic">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Hyatt, Senior Researcher, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre As you fire up your computer for a telehealth appointment, or prepare to walk in to see your doctor, you may be wondering whether to record your appointment. You might even think about doing it without asking permission first. ... <a title="Want to record your doctor’s appointment? Great idea, but first, check it’s legal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/want-to-record-your-doctors-appointment-great-idea-but-first-check-its-legal-147747/" aria-label="Read more about Want to record your doctor’s appointment? Great idea, but first, check it’s legal">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science, Griffith University Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this new series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. The start of November marks the end of the whale ... <a title="Photos from the field: these magnificent whales are adapting to warming water, but how much can they take?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/photos-from-the-field-these-magnificent-whales-are-adapting-to-warming-water-but-how-much-can-they-take-148329/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: these magnificent whales are adapting to warming water, but how much can they take?">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zlatko Skrbis, Provost, Australian Catholic University We have been following more than 2,000 Queenslanders from their adolescence into adulthood. The aim of the Our Lives study is to investigate how young people think about their future and how they master their trajectories in a world of rapid ... <a title="We’ve been tracking young people’s mental health since 2006. COVID has accelerated a worrying decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/weve-been-tracking-young-peoples-mental-health-since-2006-covid-has-accelerated-a-worrying-decline-147657/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve been tracking young people’s mental health since 2006. COVID has accelerated a worrying decline">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a body blow to CBD retailers, but it’s just the latest of their challenges in recent years. They were already under pressure from cautious consumer spending, intense competition from online retailing ... <a title="The suburbs are the future of post-COVID retail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/the-suburbs-are-the-future-of-post-covid-retail-148802/" aria-label="Read more about The suburbs are the future of post-COVID retail">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University COVID has shown us what’s possible when it comes to alleviating poverty. For six months JobSeeker payments were doubled and then maintained at a level 50% above normal. When the bonus finishes at ... <a title="$1 billion per year (or less) could halve rental housing stress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/1-billion-per-year-or-less-could-halve-rental-housing-stress-146397/" aria-label="Read more about $1 billion per year (or less) could halve rental housing stress">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney How do filmmakers communicate big ideas on screen? In this video series, film scholar Bruce Isaacs analyses pivotal film scenes in detail. (Warning: this video contains violence and may be upsetting for some viewers.) [embedded content] Hollywood has ... <a title="Close up: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/close-up-in-jfks-opening-montage-oliver-stone-gets-creative-with-history-146920/" aria-label="Read more about Close up: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In an election victory driven by her management of COVID, the dire second wave in Victoria likely helped Annastacia Pałaszczuk. Defending her tough border policy and her message about keeping Queenslanders safe, she had a real life example to illustrate ... <a title="View from The Hill: Victoria’s pain reinforced Pałaszczuk’s winning message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/view-from-the-hill-victorias-pain-reinforced-palaszczuks-winning-message-149244/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Victoria’s pain reinforced Pałaszczuk’s winning message">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Salisbury, Research Assistant, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland Queensland’s state election was always going to deliver an outcome for the record books. This was Australia’s first poll at state or federal level contested by two female leaders. It was also ... <a title="‘Three-peat Palaszczuk’: why Queenslanders swung behind Labor in historic election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/three-peat-palaszczuk-why-queenslanders-swung-behind-labor-in-historic-election-149076/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Three-peat Palaszczuk’: why Queenslanders swung behind Labor in historic election">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 48% of enrolled voters counted in Saturday’s Queensland election, the ABC is giving Labor 47 of the 93 seats (a bare majority), the LNP 33, all Others seven and six seats remain in doubt. ... <a title="Labor wins Queensland election, as Greens could win up to four seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/labor-wins-queensland-election-as-greens-could-win-up-to-four-seats-148715/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wins Queensland election, as Greens could win up to four seats">Read more</a>
