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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Henderson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Latin America is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fastest spread of the disease in the region’s cities follows a pattern of contagion that is anything but arbitrary. Disturbing images in international media ... <a title="From the COVID-19 epicentre: lessons from Latin American cities’ successes and failures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/from-the-covid-19-epicentre-lessons-from-latin-american-cities-successes-and-failures-144000/" aria-label="Read more about From the COVID-19 epicentre: lessons from Latin American cities’ successes and failures">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kantha Dayaram, Associate Professor, School of Management, Curtin University How to stop sick people going to work? That’s a question the Victorian government has been grappling with since it became clear about 80% of new COVID-19 infections in the state’s second-wave outbreak were from workplace transmissions. Read ... <a title="Workplace transmissions: a predictable result of the class divide in worker rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/workplace-transmissions-a-predictable-result-of-the-class-divide-in-worker-rights-143896/" aria-label="Read more about Workplace transmissions: a predictable result of the class divide in worker rights">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Ranald, Honorary research fellow, University of Sydney In the negotiations for an Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement at present underway, the European Union is pushing for longer monopolies on medicines for its pharmaceutical companies. If it gets them, Australians will wait longer for cheaper versions of ... <a title="Last to know: the European Union knows more about our trade talks than we do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/last-to-know-the-european-union-knows-more-about-our-trade-talks-than-we-do-144196/" aria-label="Read more about Last to know: the European Union knows more about our trade talks than we do">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Kimball, PHD Student in Classics, University of Newcastle Hello, curious kids! Have you got a question you’d like an expert to answer? Ask an adult to send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au Are witches and wizards real? Mabel, age 7, Anglesea, Victoria. They are, but not in ... <a title="Curious Kids: are witches and wizards real?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/curious-kids-are-witches-and-wizards-real-141799/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: are witches and wizards real?">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tradespeople and others in licensed occupations would find it easier to work across state and territory boundaries next year under a plan being developed. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, announcing the plan, agreed to by the nation’s treasurers, said it would ... <a title="Frydenberg announces ‘automatic recognition’ plan to help workers and businesses operate across state borders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/frydenberg-announces-automatic-recognition-plan-to-help-workers-and-businesses-operate-across-state-borders-144553/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg announces ‘automatic recognition’ plan to help workers and businesses operate across state borders">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The inquiry commissioned by the Berejiklian government into the Ruby Princess COVID-19 disaster has laid blame on NSW health officials, who made “inexcusable” and “inexplicable” mistakes. It also exonerated the Australian Border Force. In the report, the federal government was ... <a title="Ruby Princess inquiry blames NSW health officials for debacle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/ruby-princess-inquiry-blames-nsw-health-officials-for-debacle-144512/" aria-label="Read more about Ruby Princess inquiry blames NSW health officials for debacle">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janak Rogers, Associate Lecturer, Broadcast Journalism, RMIT University A Johannes Leak cartoon published in The Australian today, in which US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is depicted calling his vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris a “little brown girl”, has drawn widespread condemnation. Several Australian politicians, including former ... <a title="The Australian’s racist Kamala Harris cartoon shows why diversity in newsrooms matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-australians-racist-kamala-harris-cartoon-shows-why-diversity-in-newsrooms-matters-144503/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian’s racist Kamala Harris cartoon shows why diversity in newsrooms matters">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Security guards at Melbourne’s quarantine hotels have been widely blamed for Victoria’s current outbreak of COVID-19. Reports have suggested they mixed inappropriately with people under quarantine, and did not properly follow instructions around infection control. But late yesterday ... <a title="Finding the source of an outbreak is important. But the term ‘patient zero’ is a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/finding-the-source-of-an-outbreak-is-important-but-the-term-patient-zero-is-a-problem-144493/" aria-label="Read more about Finding the source of an outbreak is important. But the term ‘patient zero’ is a problem">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has variously been described as a “breakthrough” and an important staging moment towards a comprehensive Middle East peace. These conclusions are, at best, premature. Normalisation ... <a title="Marriage of convenience: what does the historic Israel-UAE agreement mean for Middle East peace?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/marriage-of-convenience-what-does-the-historic-israel-uae-agreement-mean-for-middle-east-peace-144495/" aria-label="Read more about Marriage of convenience: what does the historic Israel-UAE agreement mean for Middle East peace?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney It could be a brother or sister. It could be a neighbour. It could be a person you work with. We probably all know someone who doesn’t wear a mask in public even though ... <a title="How to talk to someone who doesn’t wear a mask, and actually change their mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/how-to-talk-to-someone-who-doesnt-wear-a-mask-and-actually-change-their-mind-143995/" aria-label="Read more about How to talk to someone who doesn’t wear a mask, and actually change their mind">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cecelia Cmielewski, Research Officer, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University This week the NSW government’s arts funding arm, Create NSW, removed or significantly reduced funding to arts service organisations including Writing NSW, Playwriting Australia, the National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA) and Ausdance NSW. This ... <a title="State arts service organisations: effective, engaged but endangered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/state-arts-service-organisations-effective-engaged-but-endangered-144419/" aria-label="Read more about State arts service organisations: effective, engaged but endangered">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Graham, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology At midday on August 12 2020, the hashtag #DanLiedPeopleDied started trending on Twitter. By evening it had attracted over 10,000 tweets. The hashtag appeared to reflect widespread public distrust in Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ handling of the coronavirus outbreak. ... <a title="The story of #DanLiedPeopleDied: how a hashtag reveals Australia’s ‘information disorder’ problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/the-story-of-danliedpeopledied-how-a-hashtag-reveals-australias-information-disorder-problem-144403/" aria-label="Read more about The story of #DanLiedPeopleDied: how a hashtag reveals Australia’s ‘information disorder’ problem">Read more</a>
