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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Lehmann, Honorary Lecturer, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University COVID-19 has not stopped international education. As of August 24, 524,000 international students were living among us in Australian cities and communities. They represent 78% of all student visa holders, according to data the ... <a title="4 out of 5 international students are still in Australia – how we treat them will have consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/4-out-of-5-international-students-are-still-in-australia-how-we-treat-them-will-have-consequences-145099/" aria-label="Read more about 4 out of 5 international students are still in Australia – how we treat them will have consequences">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Van Bergen, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University Most of us can remember a favourite teacher. Some of us can also remember a teacher we didn’t get on with or with whom we always seemed to get in trouble. Relationships between students and teachers at ... <a title="We asked kids who their favourite teacher is, and why. Here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/we-asked-kids-who-their-favourite-teacher-is-and-why-heres-what-they-said-145093/" aria-label="Read more about We asked kids who their favourite teacher is, and why. Here’s what they said">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta Murray, Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University A search for “Coronavirus Diary” on Google yields 910,000 results. News outlets like the Guardian, The Atlantic and The New York Times have chronicled an increase in personal record-keeping. Whether for future historians, self-care ... <a title="Note to self: a pandemic is a great time to keep a diary, plus 4 tips for success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/note-to-self-a-pandemic-is-a-great-time-to-keep-a-diary-plus-4-tips-for-success-144063/" aria-label="Read more about Note to self: a pandemic is a great time to keep a diary, plus 4 tips for success">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Six out of every ten of the 2.24 million people set to be on JobKeeper in the December quarter are expected to be in Victoria, according to estimates issued by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Looking ahead to the 2021 March quarter, ... <a title="Victoria will have more people on JobKeeper in December and March quarters than the rest of Australia combined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/victoria-will-have-more-people-on-jobkeeper-in-december-and-march-quarters-than-the-rest-of-australia-combined-145301/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria will have more people on JobKeeper in December and March quarters than the rest of Australia combined">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The five consecutive consecutive hikes in compulsory super contributions due to start next July should be deferred or abandoned in the view of the overwhelming majority of the leading Australian economists surveyed by the Economic ... <a title="Australia’s top economists oppose the next increases in compulsory super: new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/30/australias-top-economists-oppose-the-next-increases-in-compulsory-super-new-poll-145111/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s top economists oppose the next increases in compulsory super: new poll">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended weeks of speculation about the state of his health by announcing his surprise resignation today. The 65-year-old Abe was finally forced to concede to the ulcerative colitis intestinal disease that had ... <a title="Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, leaves office a diminished figure with an unfulfilled legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/shinzo-abe-japans-longest-serving-leader-leaves-office-a-diminished-figure-with-an-unfulfilled-legacy-145250/" aria-label="Read more about Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, leaves office a diminished figure with an unfulfilled legacy">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has further ramped up his pressure on states to relax border restrictions by declaring “there will be a Commonwealth definition of a hotspot – come rain, hail or shine”. The Prime Minister said he hoped such a definition ... <a title="Scott Morrison pressures national cabinet to agree to ‘hotspot’ definition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/scott-morrison-pressures-national-cabinet-to-agree-to-hotspot-definition-145262/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison pressures national cabinet to agree to ‘hotspot’ definition">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney British soldiers have reportedly been given insect repellent to help protect themselves against COVID-19. The UK government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory released a study showing the citriodiol-based spray can kill SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that ... <a title="Could an insect repellent with citriodiol help fight the bite of COVID-19? Not so fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/could-an-insect-repellent-with-citriodiol-help-fight-the-bite-of-covid-19-not-so-fast-145171/" aria-label="Read more about Could an insect repellent with citriodiol help fight the bite of COVID-19? Not so fast">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss a week’s worth of question time, the government’s proposed bill to cancel agreements entered into ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a week of parliament, aged-care, and the Victorian state of emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/video-michelle-grattan-on-a-week-of-parliament-aged-care-and-the-victorian-state-of-emergency-145247/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a week of parliament, aged-care, and the Victorian state of emergency">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology There was public celebration of the sentence of life without parole for the Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant who admitted murdering 51 people and attempting to murder 40 others. Aged 29, the convicted mass murderer and terrorist is still ... <a title="No rehab and little chance of appeal for the Christchurch terrorist jailed for life without parole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/no-rehab-and-little-chance-of-appeal-for-the-christchurch-terrorist-jailed-for-life-without-parole-145242/" aria-label="Read more about No rehab and little chance of appeal for the Christchurch terrorist jailed for life without parole">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Senior Lecturer, UNSW When we hear of people who have allegedly escaped from mandatory quarantine — whether that’s from hotels in Perth, Toowoomba, Sydney or Auckland — it’s easy to ask: “What were they thinking? Why didn’t they just follow the rules?”. But our recent ... <a title="7 ways to better design quarantine, based on what we know about human behaviour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/7-ways-to-better-design-quarantine-based-on-what-we-know-about-human-behaviour-144791/" aria-label="Read more about 7 ways to better design quarantine, based on what we know about human behaviour">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Heap, Adjunct professor, Australian Catholic University There has been little comfort for AMP’s female employees in the corporate heavyweight’s bid to put its sexual harassment scandal to bed. Nor, for that matter, women in any workplace. The resignations of AMP’s chairman David Murray and board member ... <a title="Sexual harassment at work isn’t just discrimination. It needs to be treated as a health and safety issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/sexual-harassment-at-work-isnt-just-discrimination-it-needs-to-be-treated-as-a-health-and-safety-issue-144940/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual harassment at work isn’t just discrimination. It needs to be treated as a health and safety issue">Read more</a>
