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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University The Queensland election is a history-making poll. For the first time in a state or federal election, two women are going head-to-head. Does this mean gender equality issues are finally writ ... <a title="Queensland is making election history with two women leaders, so why is the campaign focused on men?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/queensland-is-making-election-history-with-two-women-leaders-so-why-is-the-campaign-focused-on-men-148261/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland is making election history with two women leaders, so why is the campaign focused on men?">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute Of the 215 nations and territories that have reported COVID-19 cases, 120 have experienced clear second waves or late first waves that began in July or later. That’s according to the Worldometer global database, which sources data from national ... <a title="Of all the places that have seen off a second coronavirus wave, only Vietnam and Hong Kong have done as well as Victorians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/of-all-the-places-that-have-seen-off-a-second-coronavirus-wave-only-vietnam-and-hong-kong-have-done-as-well-as-victorians-148520/" aria-label="Read more about Of all the places that have seen off a second coronavirus wave, only Vietnam and Hong Kong have done as well as Victorians">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Lykins, Associate Professor, University of New England This week, the bushfire royal commission is due to hand down its findings. Already, the commission’s officials have warned the status quo is “no longer enough to defend us from the impact of global warming”. Australia’s young people appear ... <a title="Distress, depression and drug use: young people fear for their future after the bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/distress-depression-and-drug-use-young-people-fear-for-their-future-after-the-bushfires-146320/" aria-label="Read more about Distress, depression and drug use: young people fear for their future after the bushfires">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Selwyn, Distinguished Research Professor, Monash University It is estimated around half the world’s students’ schools remain shut down. All told, this has been a potentially damaging disruption to the education of a generation. But one of the few positive outcomes from this experience is an opportunity ... <a title="How creative use of technology may have helped save schooling during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/how-creative-use-of-technology-may-have-helped-save-schooling-during-the-pandemic-146488/" aria-label="Read more about How creative use of technology may have helped save schooling during the pandemic">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Bentley, Professor of Social Epidemiology, Principal Research Fellow in Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Housing in Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne The World Health Organisation has always been interested in housing as one of ... <a title="Mould and damp health costs are about 3 times those of sugary drinks. We need a healthy housing agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/mould-and-damp-health-costs-are-about-3-times-those-of-sugary-drinks-we-need-a-healthy-housing-agenda-147743/" aria-label="Read more about Mould and damp health costs are about 3 times those of sugary drinks. We need a healthy housing agenda">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia In a new series, our writers explore their best worst film. They’ll tell you what the critics got wrong – and why it’s time to give these movies another chance. While some may know John Waters through ... <a title="My best worst film: Pink Flamingos – ‘one of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/my-best-worst-film-pink-flamingos-one-of-the-most-vile-stupid-and-repulsive-films-ever-made-147358/" aria-label="Read more about My best worst film: Pink Flamingos – ‘one of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made’?">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Australian government has registered “serious concerns” with Qatar about an incident in which female passengers, including Australians, were taken off a flight bound for Australia and subjected to an invasive search. The incident happened at Hamad international airport in ... <a title="Australia expresses ‘serious concerns’ about invasive searches of women at Doha airport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/25/australia-expresses-serious-concerns-about-invasive-searches-of-women-at-doha-airport-148784/" aria-label="Read more about Australia expresses ‘serious concerns’ about invasive searches of women at Doha airport">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government and business have reacted angrily to Daniel Andrews’ “cautious pause” on announcing the easing of COVID restrictions in Melbourne, suggesting it showed the state government lacked faith in its contact tracing. The delay of the announcement – ... <a title="Daniel Andrews’ delay prompts new questions about Victoria’s contact tracing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/25/daniel-andrews-delay-prompts-new-questions-about-victorias-contact-tracing-148783/" aria-label="Read more about Daniel Andrews’ delay prompts new questions about Victoria’s contact tracing">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s leading economists have struggled to grade this month’s budget. Challenged by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation to rate it on a scale of A to F when judged by its stated ... <a title="‘Could do better’: Top Australian economists award the budget a cautious pass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/25/could-do-better-top-australian-economists-award-the-budget-a-cautious-pass-148624/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Could do better’: Top Australian economists award the budget a cautious pass">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra James Shipton, chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Corporation, has stood aside after an adverse Audit Office report about $118,557 paid by ASIC on his behalf when he relocated from the US. The Audit Office also found payments of ... <a title="ASIC chair James Shipton steps aside after adverse finding by Auditor-General" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/asic-chair-james-shipton-steps-aside-after-adverse-finding-by-auditor-general-148728/" aria-label="Read more about ASIC chair James Shipton steps aside after adverse finding by Auditor-General">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ketaki Sharma, PhD student, University of Sydney An ideal COVID-19 vaccine would not only protect people from becoming ill, it would also stop the virus spreading through the population. The best way to do this is to vaccinate as many people as possible. If the best available ... <a title="Children may need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 too. Here’s what we need to consider" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/children-may-need-to-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19-too-heres-what-we-need-to-consider-146404/" aria-label="Read more about Children may need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 too. Here’s what we need to consider">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Georgakis, Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions to all major sports in Australia, but perhaps the most fascinating — and unlikely — change is the playing of the AFL grand final in Brisbane. When most ... <a title="The Gabba Grand Final: how Queensland fell in love with Australian Rules football again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/the-gabba-grand-final-how-queensland-fell-in-love-with-australian-rules-football-again-148344/" aria-label="Read more about The Gabba Grand Final: how Queensland fell in love with Australian Rules football again">Read more</a>
