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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University Meet Otis. He’s eight years old and until recently he didn’t want to read or write. Then his teacher changed the way she taught and things began to improve. After a few weeks, Otis (not ... <a title="Young New Zealanders are turning off reading in record numbers – we need a new approach to teaching literacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/young-new-zealanders-are-turning-off-reading-in-record-numbers-we-need-a-new-approach-to-teaching-literacy-141527/" aria-label="Read more about Young New Zealanders are turning off reading in record numbers – we need a new approach to teaching literacy">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Last week Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe, and his top lieutenants, appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. This time-honoured tradition goes roughly as follows. The governor makes an opening statement that contains nothing not said ... <a title="Vital Signs: the Reserve Bank has done as much as it can. Now it’s up to the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/vital-signs-the-reserve-bank-has-done-as-much-as-it-can-now-its-up-to-the-government-144667/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the Reserve Bank has done as much as it can. Now it’s up to the government">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University Masks have emerged as unlikely fashion heroes as the COVID-19 pandemic has developed. Every conceivable colour and pattern seems to have become available, from facehuggers to Darth Vader to bejewelled bridal numbers. Many show how brevity and style can combine ... <a title="Friday essay: vizards, face gloves and window hoods – a history of masks in western fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/friday-essay-vizards-face-gloves-and-window-hoods-a-history-of-masks-in-western-fashion-143994/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: vizards, face gloves and window hoods – a history of masks in western fashion">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Most of us are only starting to realise how grim this Christmas is likely to be. Not only will so many people be without jobs, but lots of usual family get-togethers will be stymied because of restricted travel. An overseas ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison hypes vaccine hopes but there is a long road ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrison-hypes-vaccine-hopes-but-there-is-a-long-road-ahead-144801/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison hypes vaccine hopes but there is a long road ahead">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A federal cabinet minister has lashed out with an extraordinary attack on premiers, declaring Friday’s national cabinet meeting “has become a flashpoint for the future of Australia’s federation”. Agriculture minister David Littleproud accused premiers of “city centric decisions” and said ... <a title="Federal government fires a shot ahead of national cabinet discussing border wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/federal-government-fires-a-shot-ahead-of-national-cabinet-discussing-border-wars-144816/" aria-label="Read more about Federal government fires a shot ahead of national cabinet discussing border wars">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Eckard, Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, University of Melbourne The National Farmer’s Federation says Australia needs a tougher policy on climate, today calling on the Morrison government to commit to an economy wide target of net-zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050. It’s quite ... <a title="Australia’s farmers want more climate action – and they’re starting in their own (huge) backyards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/australias-farmers-want-more-climate-action-and-theyre-starting-in-their-own-huge-backyards-144792/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s farmers want more climate action – and they’re starting in their own (huge) backyards">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus Wagner, Associate Professor of Law, University of Wollongong It’s on again. This time it’s Australia’s wine industry that’s under investigation in China for allegedly violating anti-dumping rules. The investigation has sent shock waves through the wine industry and beyond. Broadly speaking, anti-dumping rules prohibit producers from ... <a title="It’s hard to tell why China is targeting Australian wine. There are two possibilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/its-hard-to-tell-why-china-is-targeting-australian-wine-there-are-two-possibilities-144734/" aria-label="Read more about It’s hard to tell why China is targeting Australian wine. There are two possibilities">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Prime Minister Scott Morrison took many people by surprise this week when he said a COVID-19 vaccine would be “as mandatory as you could possibly make it”. Although he ... <a title="Can the government, or my employer, force me to get a COVID-19 vaccine under the law?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/can-the-government-or-my-employer-force-me-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-under-the-law-144739/" aria-label="Read more about Can the government, or my employer, force me to get a COVID-19 vaccine under the law?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Egliston, Postdoctoral research fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology There has been a clash of clans in mobile gaming, with angry birds Apple, Google and Epic Games in a saga over in-app payments. Video game developer Epic’s massively popular “battle royale” game Fortnite ... <a title="Apple, Google and Fortnite’s stoush is a classic case of how far big tech will go to retain power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/apple-google-and-fortnites-stoush-is-a-classic-case-of-how-far-big-tech-will-go-to-retain-power-144728/" aria-label="Read more about Apple, Google and Fortnite’s stoush is a classic case of how far big tech will go to retain power">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Willsteed, Senior lecturer, Queensland University of Technology In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. This road down to Nashville is like crystal and stone, it’s a place where a man sells his ... <a title="Winter Winds by hippy cowboy Mickey Newbury: the perfect soundtrack to wintry times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/winter-winds-by-hippy-cowboy-mickey-newbury-the-perfect-soundtrack-to-wintry-times-143542/" aria-label="Read more about Winter Winds by hippy cowboy Mickey Newbury: the perfect soundtrack to wintry times">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larisa Labzin, Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland Could we have some immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, without ever having been exposed to it? Some new studies found people who were never symptomatic, exposed to, or tested positive for COVID-19 ... <a title="Exposure to common colds might give some people a head start in fighting COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/exposure-to-common-colds-might-give-some-people-a-head-start-in-fighting-covid-19-143455/" aria-label="Read more about Exposure to common colds might give some people a head start in fighting COVID-19">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The Department of Social Services has confirmed Australia’s pensioners will not receive an automatic indexation increase this September, because inflation has gone backwards. This will be the first time since 1997 the pension hasn’t risen with ... <a title="There will be no pension increase in September for the first time in 23 years. But there is a simple fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/there-will-be-no-pension-increase-in-september-for-the-first-time-in-23-years-but-there-is-a-simple-fix-144732/" aria-label="Read more about There will be no pension increase in September for the first time in 23 years. But there is a simple fix">Read more</a>
