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April 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asha Bowen, Head, Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute In mid March, cases of COVID-19 – the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 – dramatically increased in Australia and the government responded with an effective public health strategy. People who could, shifted to working from home, social distancing measures were ... <a title="5 reasons it’s safe for kids to go back to school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/26/5-reasons-its-safe-for-kids-to-go-back-to-school-137064/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons it’s safe for kids to go back to school">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it shapes us today. We will be publishing more stories ... <a title="Tall ship tales: oral accounts illuminate past encounters and objects, but we need to get our story straight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/25/tall-ship-tales-oral-accounts-illuminate-past-encounters-and-objects-but-we-need-to-get-our-story-straight-129978/" aria-label="Read more about Tall ship tales: oral accounts illuminate past encounters and objects, but we need to get our story straight">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Staples, Senior Lecturer in Management, RMIT University Ever since Australia’s two airline policy of regulated competition was abandoned in 1990 ushering in an era of deregulation, Australian governments have prioritised airline competition over stability and reliability of services. Just how much airlines were operating on a ... <a title="Virgin Australia was never going to last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/virgin-australia-was-never-going-to-last-136847/" aria-label="Read more about Virgin Australia was never going to last">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University The Australian National University (ANU) is facing a backlash from students over the proposed use of a digital platform to invigilate exams remotely. The university recently announced plans to use the Proctorio platform to ensure the legitimacy ... <a title="ANU will invigilate exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/anu-will-invigilate-exams-using-remote-software-and-many-students-are-unhappy-137067/" aria-label="Read more about ANU will invigilate exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Collings, Research Fellow, University of Sydney The coronavirus pandemic is keeping us at home due to widespread unemployment, school closures and social distancing. This has already led to concerns about an upsurge in domestic and family violence. But women with a disability, particularly those with an ... <a title="Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/mums-with-an-intellectual-disability-already-risk-family-violence-and-losing-their-kids-coronavirus-could-make-things-worse-131468/" aria-label="Read more about Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University The Australian National University (ANU) is facing a backlash from students over the proposed use of a digital platform to invigilate exams remotely. The university recently announced plans to use the Proctorio platform to ensure the legitimacy ... <a title="ANU will invigilate students’ exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/anu-will-invigilate-students-exams-using-remote-software-and-many-students-are-unhappy-137067/" aria-label="Read more about ANU will invigilate students’ exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Stanley, Perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist; distinguished professorial fellow, Telethon Kids Institute There seems to be a myth in Australia that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people mostly live in remote communities. But the vast majority (79%) live in urban areas. The federal government has rightly decided ... <a title="Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/urban-aboriginal-people-face-unique-challenges-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-136050/" aria-label="Read more about Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including how China and the World Health Organization will come out of the coronavirus crisis, the success of the Australian government’s economic packages so far, and ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and ‘the road back’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-governments-contact-tracing-app-the-world-health-organization-and-the-road-back-137161/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and ‘the road back’">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Before COVID-19, children would spend a lot of the day at school. There they would be taught about internet safety and be protected when going online by systems that filter or restrict access to online content. Schools ... <a title="Cyber threats at home: how to keep kids safe while they’re learning online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/cyber-threats-at-home-how-to-keep-kids-safe-while-theyre-learning-online-136264/" aria-label="Read more about Cyber threats at home: how to keep kids safe while they’re learning online">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanicka Arora, PhD Candidate at Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Since the Gorkha earthquake killed almost 9,000 people in April 2015, Nepal has been on a slow and arduous route to recovery. Nepal’s vibrant cultural heritage of monuments, religious places, crafts, festivals and traditional ... <a title="Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/five-years-on-from-the-earthquake-in-bhaktapur-nepal-heritage-led-recovery-is-uniting-community-136255/" aria-label="Read more about Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Wakefield, Professor of Construction, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor, International, and Dean, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us our health is intimately connected to the health of the person next to us, and that everyone needs shelter. It has ... <a title="The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here’s a 2-step strategy to get it done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/the-need-to-house-everyone-has-never-been-clearer-heres-a-2-step-strategy-to-get-it-done-137069/" aria-label="Read more about The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here’s a 2-step strategy to get it done">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Hamilton, Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeoecology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History The HMS Endeavour’s week-long stay on the shores of Kamay in 1770 yielded so many botanical specimens unknown to western science, Captain James Cook called the area Botany Bay. During this visit, ... <a title="Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/buried-under-colonial-concrete-botany-bay-has-even-been-robbed-of-its-botany-135315/" aria-label="Read more about Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany">Read more</a>
