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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University Janis Joplin died 50 years ago this Sunday, aged just 27, but her songs reach beyond time. Her enduring influence and popularity can be attributed to her raw, unadulterated, fearless performances. We respond to vocalists who can express ... <a title="On the 50th anniversary of her death, Janis Joplin still ignites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/on-the-50th-anniversary-of-her-death-janis-joplin-still-ignites-147097/" aria-label="Read more about On the 50th anniversary of her death, Janis Joplin still ignites">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University Amid the ongoing disaster in Victorian aged-care homes, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety yesterday released its special report into the COVID-19 pandemic. This report finally states who is ... <a title="Older Australians deserve more than the aged care royal commission’s COVID-19 report delivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/older-australians-deserve-more-than-the-aged-care-royal-commissions-covid-19-report-delivers-147273/" aria-label="Read more about Older Australians deserve more than the aged care royal commission’s COVID-19 report delivers">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University The Australian government has released a series of manufacturing industry policies in the lead-up to the October 6 budget. Yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke about a A$1.5 billion strategy to strengthen Australian manufacturing and supply chains. ... <a title="Advanced apprenticeships will boost skills for future jobs, but not in time to counter COVID impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/advanced-apprenticeships-will-boost-skills-for-future-jobs-but-not-in-time-to-counter-covid-impacts-147113/" aria-label="Read more about Advanced apprenticeships will boost skills for future jobs, but not in time to counter COVID impacts">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Wright, Professor of History, La Trobe University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. What’s in a name? A rose might very well smell as sweet if it was called a turnip, but clearly there is ... <a title="We have enough electorates named after dead white men. It’s time we chose a woman instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/we-have-enough-electorates-named-after-dead-white-men-its-time-we-chose-a-woman-instead-146923/" aria-label="Read more about We have enough electorates named after dead white men. It’s time we chose a woman instead">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Leaver, Associate Professor in Internet Studies, Curtin University Facebook Messenger and Instragram’s direct messaging services will be integrated into one system, Facebook has announced. The merge will allow shared messaging across both platforms, as well as video calls and the use of a range of tools ... <a title="Facebook is merging Messenger and Instagram chat features. It’s for Zuckerberg’s benefit, not yours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/facebook-is-merging-messenger-and-instagram-chat-features-its-for-zuckerbergs-benefit-not-yours-147261/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook is merging Messenger and Instagram chat features. It’s for Zuckerberg’s benefit, not yours">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity Most of us are living through a year that is unprecedented in our lifetimes. Too young to remember the Spanish flu, we’ve grown up in a world where we take Western wonder drugs ... <a title="God, plagues and pestilence – what history can teach us about living through a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/god-plagues-and-pestilence-what-history-can-teach-us-about-living-through-a-pandemic-146094/" aria-label="Read more about God, plagues and pestilence – what history can teach us about living through a pandemic">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University From Tasmania’s majestic forest giants to the eucalypt on your nature strip, trees in Australia are many, varied and sometimes huge. But how many are there exactly? And how does ... <a title="Every year in Australia, nature grows 8 new trees for you — but that alone won’t fix climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/every-year-in-australia-nature-grows-8-new-trees-for-you-but-that-alone-wont-fix-climate-change-146922/" aria-label="Read more about Every year in Australia, nature grows 8 new trees for you — but that alone won’t fix climate change">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Mackenzie, Lecturer in Education, Western Sydney University Year 12 exams can be stressful at the best of times; this is particularly true for the Class of 2020. Here are five ways parents and carers of Year 12 students preparing for their final exams can support them. ... <a title="Year 12 exams in the time of COVID: 5 ways to support your child to stress less and do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/year-12-exams-in-the-time-of-covid-5-ways-to-support-your-child-to-stress-less-and-do-better-146197/" aria-label="Read more about Year 12 exams in the time of COVID: 5 ways to support your child to stress less and do better">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Casey, Research Associate, Future Social Service Institute, RMIT University On Monday “mutual obligation” was switched back on for programs such as ParentsNext. In the case of ParentsNext that means parents selected for it are required to attend initial and three-monthly appointments (by phone/online if preferred) negotiate ... <a title="The bad bits of ParentsNext just came back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/the-bad-bits-of-parentsnext-just-came-back-133079/" aria-label="Read more about The bad bits of ParentsNext just came back">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It’s unlikely The New York Times’ publication of Donald Trump’s tax records just before the first presidential candidates’ debate was a coincidence. This looks like a classic example of what political scientists and commentators call an “October Surprise” – a news ... <a title="Vital Signs: how to time a bombshell like Trump’s tax returns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/vital-signs-how-to-time-a-bombshell-like-trumps-tax-returns-147141/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: how to time a bombshell like Trump’s tax returns">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University For three decades, Australia’s economic story has been marked by abundance and wealth. Much of it has flowed from minerals, and a good deal more from earlier economic reforms. COVID-19 ... <a title="The 5-prong plan for a budget that will set us up for the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/the-5-prong-plan-for-a-budget-that-will-set-us-up-for-the-future-147099/" aria-label="Read more about The 5-prong plan for a budget that will set us up for the future">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet McCalman, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, University of Melbourne We are living through the greatest disruption of the postwar era; what is likely to be the defining historical period of our lives. And the disrupter is a piece of RNA surrounded by fat, a virus human beings ... <a title="Friday essay: it’s possible — how we can create a fairer, greener Australia beyond COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/02/friday-essay-its-possible-how-we-can-create-a-fairer-greener-australia-beyond-covid-145698/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: it’s possible — how we can create a fairer, greener Australia beyond COVID">Read more</a>
