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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University Just days after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews signalled the state won’t be ready for a major loosening of COVID-19 restrictions next week as planned, a legal challenge is expected to be filed in the High Court to force ... <a title="Can a High Court challenge of Melbourne’s lockdown succeed? Here’s what the Constitution says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/can-a-high-court-challenge-of-melbournes-lockdown-succeed-heres-what-the-constitution-says-147904/" aria-label="Read more about Can a High Court challenge of Melbourne’s lockdown succeed? Here’s what the Constitution says">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mayuri Wijayasundara, Lecturer, Deakin University Face masks are part of our daily lives during the pandemic. Many are made from plastics and designed to be used just once, which means thousands of tonnes of extra waste going to landfill. Masks may help stop the spread of the ... <a title="Millions of face masks are being thrown away during COVID-19. Here’s how to choose the best one for the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/millions-of-face-masks-are-being-thrown-away-during-covid-19-heres-how-to-choose-the-best-one-for-the-planet-147787/" aria-label="Read more about Millions of face masks are being thrown away during COVID-19. Here’s how to choose the best one for the planet">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lewis Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide 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="Do social media algorithms erode our ability to make decisions freely? The jury is out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/do-social-media-algorithms-erode-our-ability-to-make-decisions-freely-the-jury-is-out-140729/" aria-label="Read more about Do social media algorithms erode our ability to make decisions freely? The jury is out">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor of History, Deakin University Who turns out to vote, who stays at home, and who mails or drops in a ballot are all likely to play a significant role in the outcome of the US presidential election. Race and racism are important in ... <a title="Racism has long shaped US presidential elections. Here’s how it might play out in 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/racism-has-long-shaped-us-presidential-elections-heres-how-it-might-play-out-in-2020-147556/" aria-label="Read more about Racism has long shaped US presidential elections. Here’s how it might play out in 2020">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Centaine Snoswell, Research Fellow Health Economics, The University of Queensland The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in rapid changes to the way Australians access health care. We’re now using telehealth more than ever. Last week’s federal budget confirmed a six-month extension of Medicare subsidies for telehealth consultations, worth ... <a title="Video and phone consultations only scratch the surface of what telehealth has to offer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/video-and-phone-consultations-only-scratch-the-surface-of-what-telehealth-has-to-offer-146580/" aria-label="Read more about Video and phone consultations only scratch the surface of what telehealth has to offer">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica C Lai, Associate Professor in Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand has allocated an undisclosed sum, in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars, to access COVID-19 vaccines when they become available. The funding is on top of a ... <a title="How patent law and medicine regulations could affect New Zealand’s access to a COVID-19 vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/how-patent-law-and-medicine-regulations-could-affect-new-zealands-access-to-a-covid-19-vaccine-147653/" aria-label="Read more about How patent law and medicine regulations could affect New Zealand’s access to a COVID-19 vaccine">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandie Shean, Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University The 2020-21 budget has continued funding for the National School Chaplaincy Program that received A$247 million over four years in the 2018-19 budget. According to the program’s website, it: …supports the well-being of students and school communities through ... <a title="Yes, there’s money in the budget for school chaplains. But that doesn’t mean your child will be preached to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/yes-theres-money-in-the-budget-for-school-chaplains-but-that-doesnt-mean-your-child-will-be-preached-to-147845/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, there’s money in the budget for school chaplains. But that doesn’t mean your child will be preached to">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Kaufman, PhD Candidate, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Long-term planning has delivered mass transit systems to cater for high-patronage, hub-and-spoke transport systems. Unfortunately, this has left many city residents without basic access to public transport services. And we could never have planned for the impacts of ... <a title="COVID impacts demand a change of plan: funding a shift from commuting to living locally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/covid-impacts-demand-a-change-of-plan-funding-a-shift-from-commuting-to-living-locally-144802/" aria-label="Read more about COVID impacts demand a change of plan: funding a shift from commuting to living locally">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Liuzzo, Sessional Lecturer, School of Business, School of Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology Treasurer Josh Frydenberg mocked the idea of a “well-being budget” as “laughable” back in February. He’s got less reason to laugh now. According to an Essential Research poll last week, 78% of ... <a title="A question for the treasurer: how do you treat mental health without measuring well-being?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/a-question-for-the-treasurer-how-do-you-treat-mental-health-without-measuring-well-being-147572/" aria-label="Read more about A question for the treasurer: how do you treat mental health without measuring well-being?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Stevens, Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management, University of Melbourne The 2020 federal budget has allocated A$53 million towards Australian screen production. The funding comes attached to policy reforms harmonising incentives across film and television production and removing requirements for films to play in cinemas. Arts ... <a title="$53 million for screen production, but policy reforms could spell the end of the Australian feature film" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/53-million-for-screen-production-but-policy-reforms-could-spell-the-end-of-the-australian-feature-film-147834/" aria-label="Read more about $53 million for screen production, but policy reforms could spell the end of the Australian feature film">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Maxwell, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland The proportion of Earth’s surface designated as “protected” has expanded over the past decade. But new findings show these areas have failed to improve the state of the environment, casting doubt on government commitments to biodiversity conservation. Our global ... <a title="How much the budget undervalued conservation: 16 World Heritage sites received less than Sydney Harbour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/09/how-much-the-budget-undervalued-conservation-16-world-heritage-sites-received-less-than-sydney-harbour-147663/" aria-label="Read more about How much the budget undervalued conservation: 16 World Heritage sites received less than Sydney Harbour">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a special “The Week in Politics”, Michelle Grattan discusses the 2020 budget with Professor Robert Tanton, of the University of Canberra’s National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling. The pair discuss the modelling of NATSEM in light of this ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan and Robert Tanton on the 2020 budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/09/video-michelle-grattan-and-robert-tanton-on-the-2020-budget-147795/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan and Robert Tanton on the 2020 budget">Read more</a>
