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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Simpson, Chair of Indigenous Linguistics and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University Indigenous languages have been in the news this week. For the first time, an Indigenous language, Ngunnawal, was used for the acknowledgment of country ... <a title="Talking the talk: fresh Closing the Gap targets require a tailored approach to language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/talking-the-talk-fresh-closing-the-gap-targets-require-a-tailored-approach-to-language-143683/" aria-label="Read more about Talking the talk: fresh Closing the Gap targets require a tailored approach to language">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Senior Lecturer, UNSW When announcing a ban on people in six local government areas south-west of Melbourne hosting visitors in their homes, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said this week: People are not necessarily keeping their distance in their family home. It’s a natural thing, you ... <a title="We’re more likely to let our COVID-19 guard down around those we love most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/were-more-likely-to-let-our-covid-19-guard-down-around-those-we-love-most-142908/" aria-label="Read more about We’re more likely to let our COVID-19 guard down around those we love most">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Graham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW The federal government this week unveiled the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. Under the strategy, all Australian governments committed to 16 targets, three of which are directly related to early childhood and school education. They are: to increase the proportion ... <a title="There are 3 new Closing the Gap education targets: here’s what they miss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/there-are-3-new-closing-the-gap-education-targets-heres-what-they-miss-143741/" aria-label="Read more about There are 3 new Closing the Gap education targets: here’s what they miss">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Southerton, Postdoctoral Fellow, UNSW When the news surfaced that three young women had travelled from Melbourne to Brisbane via Sydney, failed to quarantine and two in the group subsequently tested positive to COVID-19, there was severe backlash. The two women were named and shamed in the ... <a title="Queensland’s coronavirus controversy: past pandemics show us public shaming could harm public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/queenslands-coronavirus-controversy-past-pandemics-show-us-public-shaming-could-harm-public-health-143699/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland’s coronavirus controversy: past pandemics show us public shaming could harm public health">Read more</a>
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July 31, 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 Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss Melbourne’s continuing and potentially soon-to-be-heightened lockdown, the federal government’s responsibility to the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Victoria, aged care, and ‘Closing the Gap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/video-michelle-grattan-on-victoria-aged-care-and-closing-the-gap-143749/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Victoria, aged care, and ‘Closing the Gap’">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in Business Law. Director of the UNSW Business School Cybersecurity and Data Governance Research Network, UNSW The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its draft news media bargaining code, announced today by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. The draft code allows commercial news businesses ... <a title="In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/in-a-world-first-australia-plans-to-force-facebook-and-google-to-pay-for-news-but-abc-and-sbs-miss-out-143740/" aria-label="Read more about In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out)">Read more</a>
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July 31, 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 Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss Melbourne’s continuing and potentially soon-to-be-heightened lockdown, the federal government’s responsibility to the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Victoria, aged care, and the ‘Closing the Gap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/video-michelle-grattan-on-victoria-aged-care-and-the-closing-the-gap-143749/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Victoria, aged care, and the ‘Closing the Gap’">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University The onset of COVID-19 saw a dramatic shift, with many in the workforce suddenly finding themselves working from home. As hashtags sprung up on social media documenting makeshift work-from-home setups, it rapidly became evident that ... <a title="Get a proper chair, don’t eat at your desk, and no phones in the loo – how to keep your home workspace safe and hygienic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/get-a-proper-chair-dont-eat-at-your-desk-and-no-phones-in-the-loo-how-to-keep-your-home-workspace-safe-and-hygienic-143535/" aria-label="Read more about Get a proper chair, don’t eat at your desk, and no phones in the loo – how to keep your home workspace safe and hygienic">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Horses, like our dogs and cats, are familiar to many of us, be they racehorses, police horses, or much-loved pony club mounts. So it might surprise you that horses, in Australia, are more deadly ... <a title="10 things we do that puzzle and scare horses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/10-things-we-do-that-puzzle-and-scare-horses-143675/" aria-label="Read more about 10 things we do that puzzle and scare horses">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, School of Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast The storm of climate change is approaching the Pacific Islands. Its likely impact has been hugely amplified by decades of global inertia and the islands’ growing dependency on developed countries. The background ... <a title="Pacific Islands must stop relying on foreign aid to adapt to climate change, because the money won’t last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/pacific-islands-must-stop-relying-on-foreign-aid-to-adapt-to-climate-change-because-the-money-wont-last-132095/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands must stop relying on foreign aid to adapt to climate change, because the money won’t last">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University The various restrictions put in place to combat the spread of coronavirus in recent months have disrupted life for everyone – including criminals. More than six months into the pandemic, it is clear the pandemic has had a major ... <a title="Some crimes have seen drastic decreases during coronavirus — but not homicides in the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/some-crimes-have-seen-drastic-decreases-during-coronavirus-but-not-homicides-in-the-us-142718/" aria-label="Read more about Some crimes have seen drastic decreases during coronavirus — but not homicides in the US">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne The two young women who got into Queensland from Victoria by allegedly breaking the laws on coronavirus border restrictions have been tried, convicted and sentenced to naming and shaming by the media. In the febrile ... <a title="Naming and shaming two young women show the only ‘enemies of the state’ are the media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/naming-and-shaming-two-young-women-show-the-only-enemies-of-the-state-are-the-media-143685/" aria-label="Read more about Naming and shaming two young women show the only ‘enemies of the state’ are the media">Read more</a>
