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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Naar, Facilitator, Australian Paralympic History Project, The University of Queensland In sport, timing can be everything. The 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, which started 20 years ago this week, came at a time when the Paralympic movement was growing and becoming more visible. And the Sydney Games ... <a title="Why the 2000 Sydney Paralympics were such a success — and forever changed the games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/why-the-2000-sydney-paralympics-were-such-a-success-and-forever-changed-the-games-146400/" aria-label="Read more about Why the 2000 Sydney Paralympics were such a success — and forever changed the games">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Even as the results rolled in on election night there were mutterings that a parliamentary majority controlled by one political party is somehow inconsistent with the spirit of MMP. The magnitude of the Jacinda Ardern-led Labour Party’s victory will no ... <a title="Labour’s single-party majority is not a failure of MMP, it is a sign NZ’s electoral system is working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/labours-single-party-majority-is-not-a-failure-of-mmp-it-is-a-sign-nzs-electoral-system-is-working-148328/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s single-party majority is not a failure of MMP, it is a sign NZ’s electoral system is working">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Sandy, Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws. This is the first large-scale review of Victorian sex work laws since 1985 and presents a huge opportunity for change. With ... <a title="Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully decriminalise sex work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/will-victoria-be-the-first-place-in-the-world-to-fully-decriminalise-sex-work-146751/" aria-label="Read more about Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully decriminalise sex work?">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By TaeWoo Kim, Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of The ... <a title="Hey Google … what movie should I watch today? How AI can affect our decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/hey-google-what-movie-should-i-watch-today-how-ai-can-affect-our-decisions-141783/" aria-label="Read more about Hey Google … what movie should I watch today? How AI can affect our decisions">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Speculation China may be seeking to lower the temperature in its fractious dealings with Australia appears to be premature. This follows confirmation that Chinese customers have been advised to defer orders of Australian thermal and metallurgical coal. ... <a title="Hopes of an improvement in Australia-China relations dashed as Beijing ups the ante" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/hopes-of-an-improvement-in-australia-china-relations-dashed-as-beijing-ups-the-ante-147989/" aria-label="Read more about Hopes of an improvement in Australia-China relations dashed as Beijing ups the ante">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The United States has registered the largest fall in relative regional power of any country in the Indo-Pacific during the last year, according to the Lowy Institute’s Asia Power Index. The index, started in 2018, ranks 26 countries and territories ... <a title="United States’ standing wanes on Lowy Asia power index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/united-states-standing-wanes-on-lowy-asia-power-index-148317/" aria-label="Read more about United States’ standing wanes on Lowy Asia power index">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women’s Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia Aspirin is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. Its main ingredient comes from a natural product, salicin, found in plants such as willow and myrtle. Aspirin is also a ... <a title="Hippocrates and willow bark? What you know about the history of aspirin is probably wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/hippocrates-and-willow-bark-what-you-know-about-the-history-of-aspirin-is-probably-wrong-148087/" aria-label="Read more about Hippocrates and willow bark? What you know about the history of aspirin is probably wrong">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Antarctica, the world’s last true wilderness, has been protected by an international treaty for the last 60 years. But the same isn’t true for most of the ocean surrounding ... <a title="Humans threaten the Antarctic Peninsula’s fragile ecosystem. A marine protected area is long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/humans-threaten-the-antarctic-peninsulas-fragile-ecosystem-a-marine-protected-area-is-long-overdue-147671/" aria-label="Read more about Humans threaten the Antarctic Peninsula’s fragile ecosystem. A marine protected area is long overdue">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Wyatt-Smith, Professor of Educational Assessment and Literacy and Institute Director of the Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University The recently released report of the NAPLAN review — commissioned by the New South Wales, Queensland, Victorian and Australian Capital Territory education ministers — found many young ... <a title="Writing needs to be taught and practised. Australian schools are dropping the focus too early" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/writing-needs-to-be-taught-and-practised-australian-schools-are-dropping-the-focus-too-early-148104/" aria-label="Read more about Writing needs to be taught and practised. Australian schools are dropping the focus too early">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW COVID-19 triggered multimillion-dollar commitments by state governments to tackle homelessness. Our research for the Australian Homelessness Monitor 2020, released today, reveals at least 33,000 rough sleepers and other homeless people have ... <a title="COVID spurred action on rough sleepers but greater homelessness challenges lie ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/covid-spurred-action-on-rough-sleepers-but-greater-homelessness-challenges-lie-ahead-147102/" aria-label="Read more about COVID spurred action on rough sleepers but greater homelessness challenges lie ahead">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Josh Frydenberg has told us his 2020 Budget is “all about jobs”. What he hasn’t said is that it is actually aiming for a slower recovery from the recession, as far as unemployment goes, than from most recessions in ... <a title="No snapback: the budget sets us up for an unreasonably slow recovery. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/no-snapback-the-budget-sets-us-up-for-an-unreasonably-slow-recovery-heres-how-148098/" aria-label="Read more about No snapback: the budget sets us up for an unreasonably slow recovery. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Ford, Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Newcastle 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. The critical consensus on She’s ... <a title="My best worst film: She’s The Man – Amanda Bynes shines in a hilarious commentary on gender" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/my-best-worst-film-shes-the-man-amanda-bynes-shines-in-a-hilarious-commentary-on-gender-147570/" aria-label="Read more about My best worst film: She’s The Man – Amanda Bynes shines in a hilarious commentary on gender">Read more</a>
