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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Brady, Research Fellow – Community Resilience, University of Melbourne The joy Melburnians feel about coming out of lockdown is palpable, but another thread is also emerging: if you don’t live in Melbourne and haven’t experienced what we’ve experienced, you can’t actually understand what we’ve been through. ... <a title="Dear Australia, your sympathy helps, but you can’t quite understand Melbourne’s lockdown experience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/dear-australia-your-sympathy-helps-but-you-cant-quite-understand-melbournes-lockdown-experience-148900/" aria-label="Read more about Dear Australia, your sympathy helps, but you can’t quite understand Melbourne’s lockdown experience">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University American presidential elections do not, as a rule, change the calculus much for Australian foreign policy. Elections come and go, American presidents complete their terms and business continues more or less as normal. Even Richard Nixon’s resignation ... <a title="What would a Biden presidency mean for Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/what-would-a-biden-presidency-mean-for-australia-148516/" aria-label="Read more about What would a Biden presidency mean for Australia?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Windt, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Many feel the coronavirus pandemic has changed not just our everyday lives, but also our inner mental lives. There has been talk of a mental health pandemic, but also of lockdown brain fog when we are awake, as well as ... <a title="Our minds may be wandering more during the pandemic — and this can be a good thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/our-minds-may-be-wandering-more-during-the-pandemic-and-this-can-be-a-good-thing-145764/" aria-label="Read more about Our minds may be wandering more during the pandemic — and this can be a good thing">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dempster, Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Water is more abundant on the Moon than we might have suspected, according to two papers published today in Nature Astronomy that confirm the presence of ice on and near ... <a title="Cool discovery: new studies confirm Moon has icy poles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/cool-discovery-new-studies-confirm-moon-has-icy-poles-148639/" aria-label="Read more about Cool discovery: new studies confirm Moon has icy poles">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Wiseman, Director, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University Lasers were created 60 years ago this year, when three different laser devices were unveiled by independent laboratories in the United States. A few years later, one of these inventors called the unusual light sources “a solution seeking ... <a title="Reimagining the laser: new ideas from quantum theory could herald a revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/reimagining-the-laser-new-ideas-from-quantum-theory-could-herald-a-revolution-147436/" aria-label="Read more about Reimagining the laser: new ideas from quantum theory could herald a revolution">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Cahill, Associate Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney The COVID crisis has exposed the destructive consequences of an over-reliance on casual labour across the economy. Australian universities provide one of the clearest examples of this. For the past two decades, universities have leaned into ... <a title="Wage theft and casual work are built into university business models" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/wage-theft-and-casual-work-are-built-into-university-business-models-147555/" aria-label="Read more about Wage theft and casual work are built into university business models">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews today announced the most significant easing of Melbourne’s coronavirus restrictions since the state went into “stage 3” lockdown on July 9. From 11.59pm on Tuesday night, retail, restaurants, cafes and bars will finally be able to ... <a title="Today marks the official end of the second wave in Victoria, as old freedoms return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/today-marks-the-official-end-of-the-second-wave-in-victoria-as-old-freedoms-return-148626/" aria-label="Read more about Today marks the official end of the second wave in Victoria, as old freedoms return">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute If the past few months have been like a long-haul flight, Victorians are now standing in the aisles waiting for the cabin door to open, a little groggy and disoriented but relieved. They have every right to be. No other ... <a title="Finally at zero new cases, Victoria is on top of the world after unprecedented lockdown effort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/finally-at-zero-new-cases-victoria-is-on-top-of-the-world-after-unprecedented-lockdown-effort-148808/" aria-label="Read more about Finally at zero new cases, Victoria is on top of the world after unprecedented lockdown effort">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University Independent MP Helen Haines has just introduced a bill into parliament that seeks to establish a robust new federal integrity commission. This is a consensus bill that involved consultation with legal academics, panels of retired judges, civil society ... <a title="As the government drags its heels, a better model for a federal integrity commission has emerged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/as-the-government-drags-its-heels-a-better-model-for-a-federal-integrity-commission-has-emerged-148796/" aria-label="Read more about As the government drags its heels, a better model for a federal integrity commission has emerged">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Chand, Lecturer in Visual Communication Design and Creative Industries, University of Newcastle Review: Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Why do drawers draw? Drawing is historically connected to creative practice, but also truth and accuracy. It helps materialise story and ... <a title="Dobell Biennial showcases drawing today as we consider its future in the real world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/dobell-biennial-showcases-drawing-today-as-we-consider-its-future-in-the-real-world-146837/" aria-label="Read more about Dobell Biennial showcases drawing today as we consider its future in the real world">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwyn McClelland, Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will finally come into force after the 50th country (Honduras) ratified it over the weekend. The treaty will make the development, testing, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons illegal ... <a title="‘I still cannot get over it’: 75 years after Japan atomic bombs, a nuclear weapons ban treaty is finally realised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/i-still-cannot-get-over-it-75-years-after-japan-atomic-bombs-a-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty-is-finally-realised-147851/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I still cannot get over it’: 75 years after Japan atomic bombs, a nuclear weapons ban treaty is finally realised">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Anderson. Palawa, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Student and University Experience, Australian National University The new National Agreement on Closing the Gap has a higher education target for the first time. It’s also the first time an agreement between governments on Indigenous issues was negotiated and signed by Indigenous ... <a title="For the first time, Closing the Gap has a higher education target – here’s how to achieve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/for-the-first-time-closing-the-gap-has-a-higher-education-target-heres-how-to-achieve-it-147984/" aria-label="Read more about For the first time, Closing the Gap has a higher education target – here’s how to achieve it">Read more</a>
