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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University This week, the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court in protest over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, Jacob Blake, who remains paralysed in hospital. The players’ boycott immediately threatened the ... <a title="Athletes won’t stay silent on politics anymore. But will leagues support their protests if it costs them real money?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/athletes-wont-stay-silent-on-politics-anymore-but-will-leagues-support-their-protests-if-it-costs-them-real-money-145238/" aria-label="Read more about Athletes won’t stay silent on politics anymore. But will leagues support their protests if it costs them real money?">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen McPhillips, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle Investigative journalist Suzie Smith’s new book The Altar Boys is a searing read that raises new questions about the suicides of three former victims of Catholic clergy child sexual abuse. Smith, a former award-winning ... <a title="The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors should spark another inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/the-altar-boys-new-questions-about-suicides-of-clergy-abuse-survivors-should-spark-another-inquiry-144962/" aria-label="Read more about The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors should spark another inquiry">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University Australia is a nation of enthusiastic travellers, it is one of our defining national characteristics. At any given time, around a million of us are living and working overseas. In 2019, ... <a title="Australians don’t have a ‘right’ to travel. Does COVID mean our days of carefree overseas trips are over?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/australians-dont-have-a-right-to-travel-does-covid-mean-our-days-of-carefree-overseas-trips-are-over-144862/" aria-label="Read more about Australians don’t have a ‘right’ to travel. Does COVID mean our days of carefree overseas trips are over?">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cheryl Brown, Associate Professor of e-Learning, University of Canterbury Walking into my building just prior to New Zealand’s most recent heightened alert levels, I found students and staff alike were cramming in a last bit of social contact before the one metre rule came into effect. I ... <a title="What do students need in the age of lockdown learning? Early lessons from New Zealand’s online frontline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/what-do-students-need-in-the-age-of-lockdown-learning-early-lessons-from-new-zealands-online-frontline-144406/" aria-label="Read more about What do students need in the age of lockdown learning? Early lessons from New Zealand’s online frontline">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Gough, Professor Emerita of Science and Environmental Education, RMIT University Young people are increasingly frightened by the spectre of natural hazards and disasters, but they see schools as failing to equip them with the skills they need for these events. That’s according to the recent Our ... <a title="More bushfires, less volcanoes: young Australians need to learn about more relevant disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/more-bushfires-less-volcanoes-young-australians-need-to-learn-about-more-relevant-disasters-145163/" aria-label="Read more about More bushfires, less volcanoes: young Australians need to learn about more relevant disasters">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Meese, Research fellow, RMIT University Given the recent commentary about the reforms proposed for the news media sector, you would be forgiven for thinking Google and Facebook are the only game in town. The planned reforms arose from last year’s Digital Platforms Inquiry by the Australian ... <a title="Facebook and Google used to be the future of news. But now media companies need more strings to their bow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/facebook-and-google-used-to-be-the-future-of-news-but-now-media-companies-need-more-strings-to-their-bow-145024/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook and Google used to be the future of news. But now media companies need more strings to their bow">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University On November 3, Americans will vote not only for president, but for all members of the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate and a long list of state and local positions. While the names of ... <a title="Winning the presidency won’t be enough: Biden needs the Senate too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/winning-the-presidency-wont-be-enough-biden-needs-the-senate-too-145034/" aria-label="Read more about Winning the presidency won’t be enough: Biden needs the Senate too">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoë Hyde, Senior Research Officer, University of Western Australia Over the weekend, the World Health Organisation made an announcement you might have missed. It recommended children aged 12 years and older should wear masks, and that masks should be considered for those aged 6-11 years. The German ... <a title="Children might play a bigger role in COVID transmission than first thought. Schools must prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/children-might-play-a-bigger-role-in-covid-transmission-than-first-thought-schools-must-prepare-144947/" aria-label="Read more about Children might play a bigger role in COVID transmission than first thought. Schools must prepare">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Mathematics, University of Canterbury As Auckland prepares to relax restrictions on Monday, contact-tracing data show the rapid decision to place New Zealand’s largest city under alert level 3 lockdown has undoubtedly prevented an explosive outbreak of COVID-19. Our model of COVID-19 spread in ... <a title="Auckland’s rapid lockdown has given New Zealand a better chance of eliminating coronavirus – again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/aucklands-rapid-lockdown-has-given-new-zealand-a-better-chance-of-eliminating-coronavirus-again-145011/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s rapid lockdown has given New Zealand a better chance of eliminating coronavirus – again">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lubans, Professor, University of Newcastle Primary school teachers often provide students with short physical activity breaks to energise kids and minimise classroom disruptions. Our study, published in the journal Educational Psychology Review, found we should be doing this for senior students too. We found a short ... <a title="Short exercise breaks during class improve concentration for senior students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/short-exercise-breaks-during-class-improve-concentration-for-senior-students-140545/" aria-label="Read more about Short exercise breaks during class improve concentration for senior students">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pablo Guillen, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Walking and cycling are in the spotlight given the need to keep fit, get about and keep a social distance from others during the pandemic. We have pop-up cycleways, enlarged footpaths and even whole streets closed to ... <a title="What Australia can learn from bicycle-friendly cities overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/what-australia-can-learn-from-bicycle-friendly-cities-overseas-144283/" aria-label="Read more about What Australia can learn from bicycle-friendly cities overseas">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Boe Pahari’s short reign as boss of AMP’s lucrative investment management division and the resignations this week of AMP chairman David Murray and board member John Fraser have shown the power of major shareholders in public companies. There was, you may ... <a title="Vital Signs: No, we won’t change the corporate world with divestment and boycotts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/vital-signs-no-we-wont-change-the-corporate-world-with-divestment-and-boycotts-145021/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: No, we won’t change the corporate world with divestment and boycotts">Read more</a>
