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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hendy, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University The recent killing of a police officer and the wounding of his colleague in West Auckland will inevitably change police attitudes to their jobs. Firstly, it will affect how they interact with the public. Such tragedies offer a direct challenge ... <a title="Trust, risk and routine arming: the killing of a frontline officer challenges New Zealand police practice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/trust-risk-and-routine-arming-the-killing-of-a-frontline-officer-challenges-new-zealand-police-practice-141191/" aria-label="Read more about Trust, risk and routine arming: the killing of a frontline officer challenges New Zealand police practice">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Two small studies published recently suggested most men hospitalised with COVID-19 are bald, generating headlines around the world. While this may sound strange, science does offer a plausible explanation. Male pattern baldness is associated ... <a title="Coronavirus and sex hormones — baldness may be a risk factor and anti-androgens a treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/coronavirus-and-sex-hormones-baldness-may-be-a-risk-factor-and-anti-androgens-a-treatment-140340/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and sex hormones — baldness may be a risk factor and anti-androgens a treatment">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Williams, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University Writing is a pastime best conducted on your own — or so common wisdom would have it. Yet writing teams exist, and in many realms they are expected. Take television, where the writers’ room is the norm. Or the academy: one ... <a title="Collaboration made easy: 6 ways to build a writing relationship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/collaboration-made-easy-6-ways-to-build-a-writing-relationship-132348/" aria-label="Read more about Collaboration made easy: 6 ways to build a writing relationship">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has expressed concern about Google’s proposed acquisition of fitness tracker company Fitbit. The acquisition will let Google add years’ worth of Fitbit users’ ... <a title="Every step you take: why Google’s plan to buy Fitbit has the ACCC’s pulse racing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/every-step-you-take-why-googles-plan-to-buy-fitbit-has-the-acccs-pulse-racing-141052/" aria-label="Read more about Every step you take: why Google’s plan to buy Fitbit has the ACCC’s pulse racing">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Rennie, Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a sense history had ended, and that the United States represented a supreme endpoint. Today, the US is not dominant, it is in crisis: convulsed by riots and protest, riven ... <a title="Is America a ‘failing state’? How a superpower has been brought to the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/is-america-a-failing-state-how-a-superpower-has-been-brought-to-the-brink-139680/" aria-label="Read more about Is America a ‘failing state’? How a superpower has been brought to the brink">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Saddler, Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University Amid the urgent need to slow climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency makes sense. But as Australia’s chief scientist Alan Finkel last week warned, we’re not “anywhere close to having ... <a title="Australia has failed miserably on energy efficiency – and government figures hide the truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/australia-has-failed-miserably-on-energy-efficiency-and-government-figures-hide-the-truth-123176/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has failed miserably on energy efficiency – and government figures hide the truth">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Fischetti, Professor, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Education and Arts; Dean/Head of School of Education, University of Newcastle Federal education minister Dan Tehan in recent days announced an overhaul of the fee structures for undergraduate degrees – and the courses based in those degrees ... <a title="The government’s funding changes are meddling with the purpose of universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/the-governments-funding-changes-are-meddling-with-the-purpose-of-universities-141133/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s funding changes are meddling with the purpose of universities">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland As we emerge from the lockdown phase of the pandemic, there are many lessons to learn. One is that when given credible warning of an existential threat, it is better to act early and risk doing too ... <a title="If we could design JobKeeper within weeks, we can exit coal by 2030. Here’s how to do it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/if-we-could-design-jobkeeper-within-weeks-we-can-exit-coal-by-2030-heres-how-to-do-it-141178/" aria-label="Read more about If we could design JobKeeper within weeks, we can exit coal by 2030. Here’s how to do it">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Frances O’Dowd, Independent Scholar, Ethical Citizenship & Racism Studies, CQUniversity Australia Colonisation is invasion: a group of people taking over the land and imposing their own culture on Indigenous people. Modern colonisation dates back to the Age of Discovery in the 15th century, as European nations ... <a title="Explainer: what is decolonisation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/explainer-what-is-decolonisation-131455/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is decolonisation?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kcasey McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle An investigation commissioned by the High Court of Australia has found six former court staff members who were judges’ associates were sexually harassed by former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon. In a strongly worded statement, Chief Justice Susan ... <a title="Dyson Heydon finding may spark a #MeToo moment for the legal profession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/dyson-heydon-finding-may-spark-a-metoo-moment-for-the-legal-profession-141212/" aria-label="Read more about Dyson Heydon finding may spark a #MeToo moment for the legal profession">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An investigation commissioned by the High Court has found former judge Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six young female associates who worked for him when he was on the court. In a statement late Monday, Chief Justice Susan Kiefel said: “We’re ... <a title="High Court apologies for Dyson Heydon’s sexual harassment of six associates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/high-court-apologies-for-dyson-heydons-sexual-harassment-of-six-associates-141215/" aria-label="Read more about High Court apologies for Dyson Heydon’s sexual harassment of six associates">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia On Sunday, Victoria recorded 19 new COVID-19 cases for the preceding day. Only New South Wales (5) and Western Australia (1) also had new cases. Reports indicate in the 24 hours since, Victoria can count another 16 infections. ... <a title="Victoria’s coronavirus hotspots: not quite a second wave, but still cause for concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/victorias-coronavirus-hotspots-not-quite-a-second-wave-but-still-cause-for-concern-141193/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s coronavirus hotspots: not quite a second wave, but still cause for concern">Read more</a>
