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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Auckland University of Technology The impact of COVID-19 on New Zealand’s international education sector can hardly be overstated. Almost overnight, the global travel ban thwarted the plans of thousands of international students. Lecture theatres, halls of residence and private accommodations ... <a title="Learning from experience: how our universities can turn the international student crisis into an opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/learning-from-experience-how-our-universities-can-turn-the-international-student-crisis-into-an-opportunity-139202/" aria-label="Read more about Learning from experience: how our universities can turn the international student crisis into an opportunity">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Weihuan Zhou, Senior Lecturer and member of Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW China’s landmark investigations into Australian barley led to the imposition of “anti-dumping” and “anti-subsidy” tariffs of 80.5% in May, threatening an Australian export market worth $A600 million a year. ... <a title="Why China believed it had a case to hit Australian barley with tariffs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/why-china-believed-it-had-a-case-to-hit-australian-barley-with-tariffs-140633/" aria-label="Read more about Why China believed it had a case to hit Australian barley with tariffs">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Humphry, Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney Last year, nearly one third of Australian adults owned a smart speaker device allowing them to call on “Alexa” or “Siri”. Now, with more time spent indoors due to COVID-19, smart voice assistants may be playing even bigger ... <a title="From HAL 9000 to Westworld’s Dolores: the pop culture robots that influenced smart voice assistants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/from-hal-9000-to-westworlds-dolores-the-pop-culture-robots-that-influenced-smart-voice-assistants-140341/" aria-label="Read more about From HAL 9000 to Westworld’s Dolores: the pop culture robots that influenced smart voice assistants">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government’s higher education changes, announced last week, appear driven by three factors. How you judge the result will depend on where you sit. In sum, the shake up will reduce student fees for courses in areas the government identifies ... <a title="View from The Hill: Tehan’s student fees are not just about jobs, but about funding and a dash of ideology too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/21/view-from-the-hill-tehans-student-fees-are-not-just-about-jobs-but-about-funding-and-a-dash-of-ideology-too-141185/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Tehan’s student fees are not just about jobs, but about funding and a dash of ideology too">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Max Finlayson, Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University Water use in the Murray-Darling Basin has long been a source of conflict. Damage to rivers and wetlands, including fish kills and algal blooms, has featured prominently in the news. But the Winton Wetlands, in the south-east basin, represents a ... <a title="Restoring a gem in the Murray-Darling Basin: the success story of the Winton Wetlands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/restoring-a-gem-in-the-murray-darling-basin-the-success-story-of-the-winton-wetlands-140337/" aria-label="Read more about Restoring a gem in the Murray-Darling Basin: the success story of the Winton Wetlands">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Dwyer, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney The Australian government is setting out to develop a “bargaining code” to address power imbalances between news media publishers and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. The creation of this code was recommended last ... <a title="Facebook vs news: Australia wants to level the playing field, Facebook politely disagrees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/facebook-vs-news-australia-wants-to-level-the-playing-field-facebook-politely-disagrees-141043/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook vs news: Australia wants to level the playing field, Facebook politely disagrees">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahmoud Elkhodr, Lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies, CQUniversity Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison had some alarming news for Australians this morning: we are under cyber attack. He informed the nation the attacks “hadn’t just started”, and that Australian businesses and governments are being widely targeted. It ... <a title="Australia is under sustained cyber attack, warns the government. What’s going on, and what should businesses do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/australia-is-under-sustained-cyber-attack-warns-the-government-whats-going-on-and-what-should-businesses-do-141119/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is under sustained cyber attack, warns the government. What’s going on, and what should businesses do?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Eva, Senior Lecturer, Monash University The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way many of us work. With the switch to working from home, in particular, a fundamental workplace behaviour has gone by the wayside. Informal feedback. At the office it is easy to get, and give. ... <a title="Informal feedback: we crave it more than ever, and don’t care who it’s from" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/informal-feedback-we-crave-it-more-than-ever-and-dont-care-who-its-from-138932/" aria-label="Read more about Informal feedback: we crave it more than ever, and don’t care who it’s from">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Education minister Dan Tehan has announced changes to funding rates for university courses as part of a plan to create “job ready graduates”. He said: Projections prepared before the COVID-19 pandemic showed that over the five years to 2024 ... <a title="Humanities graduates earn more than those who study science and maths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/humanities-graduates-earn-more-than-those-who-study-science-and-maths-141112/" aria-label="Read more about Humanities graduates earn more than those who study science and maths">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics including: The Prime Minister’s announcement that Australia was under a Cyber attack, Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s speech regarding Australia actively engaged in pushing ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on cyber attacks, unemployment and branch stacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/video-michelle-grattan-on-cyber-attacks-unemployment-and-branch-stacking-141124/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on cyber attacks, unemployment and branch stacking">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Rix, Lecturer/Academic, School of Health & Human Sciences & Gnibi College of Indigenous Australians, Southern Cross University, Southern Cross University The global Black Lives Matter movement is forcing us all to confront past and current injustices Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face. It’s also a ... <a title="Black Lives Matter in health care too. But convincing tomorrow’s health workers is tough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/black-lives-matter-in-health-care-too-but-convincing-tomorrows-health-workers-is-tough-140631/" aria-label="Read more about Black Lives Matter in health care too. But convincing tomorrow’s health workers is tough">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, PhD Candidate, Monash University We are entering our first pink-tinged recession. The official unemployment figures released on Thursday confirmed that female work has has been more heavily impacted than male work. Since February 457,517 women have lost their jobs and 380,737 men. The disparity is ... <a title="Young women are hit doubly hard by recessions, especially this one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/young-women-are-hit-doubly-hard-by-recessions-especially-this-one-140943/" aria-label="Read more about Young women are hit doubly hard by recessions, especially this one">Read more</a>
