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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Saunders, Associate professor, UNSW Watching the world adjust to the horrific new reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led me to contemplate a much more important lesson we might be learning together as we face this crisis. We’ve all been ripped out of our comfort zones, ... <a title="Uncertain? Many questions but no clear answers? Welcome to the mind of a scientist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/uncertain-many-questions-but-no-clear-answers-welcome-to-the-mind-of-a-scientist-134388/" aria-label="Read more about Uncertain? Many questions but no clear answers? Welcome to the mind of a scientist">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s declaration of “war” against the COVID-19 pandemic requires a mobilisation of all available resources to the front-lines of the response – and this includes a bigger role for our armed ... <a title="In the war against coronavirus, we need the military to play a much bigger role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/in-the-war-against-coronavirus-we-need-the-military-to-play-a-much-bigger-role-134149/" aria-label="Read more about In the war against coronavirus, we need the military to play a much bigger role">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Langley, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University With constraints on our movements and general way of life becoming more and more restricted, we are feeling a loss of control not experienced since the second world war. In being confined to our homes, we are missing our normal ... <a title="Singing away the coronavius blues: making music in a time of crisis reminds us we belong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/singing-away-the-coronavius-blues-making-music-in-a-time-of-crisis-reminds-us-we-belong-133790/" aria-label="Read more about Singing away the coronavius blues: making music in a time of crisis reminds us we belong">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pauline Taylor-Guy, Professor, Australian Council for Educational Research Most Australian universities are moving courses online to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. This includes lectures and tutorials, which will likely be delivered via the university learning management systems such as Moodle or Blackboard. Some students believe universities ... <a title="Universities need to train lecturers in online delivery, or they risk students dropping out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/universities-need-to-train-lecturers-in-online-delivery-or-they-risk-students-dropping-out-133921/" aria-label="Read more about Universities need to train lecturers in online delivery, or they risk students dropping out">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Colvin, Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia has the technology to move from fossil fuels to renewable energy, but the social dynamics remain challenging. The Stop Adani protest convoy during the 2019 federal election campaign brought this difficulty to the fore. A ... <a title="Our social identity shapes how we feel about the Adani mine – and it makes the energy wars worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/our-social-identity-shapes-how-we-feel-about-the-adani-mine-and-it-makes-the-energy-wars-worse-133686/" aria-label="Read more about Our social identity shapes how we feel about the Adani mine – and it makes the energy wars worse">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Colvin, Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia has the technology to move from fossil fuels to renewable energy, but the social dynamics remain challenging. The Stop Adani protest convoy during the 2019 federal election campaign brought this difficulty to the fore. A ... <a title="Our social identity shapes how we feel about the Adani mine – and it’s making the energy wars worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/our-social-identity-shapes-how-we-feel-about-the-adani-mine-and-its-making-the-energy-wars-worse-133686/" aria-label="Read more about Our social identity shapes how we feel about the Adani mine – and it’s making the energy wars worse">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Conor Wynn, PhD Candidate at BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Monash University To some people, fighting in the aisles over toilet paper makes sense. Driven by the social proof of empty shelves and in fear of losing out, they fight. To others, such behaviour would ... <a title="Coronavirus and you: how your personality affects how you cope and what you can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/coronavirus-and-you-how-your-personality-affects-how-you-cope-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-134037/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and you: how your personality affects how you cope and what you can do about it">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University Romance fiction has two defining features. First, it centres on a love story. Secondly, it always ends well. Our protagonists end up together (if not forever, then at least for the foreseeable future) and this makes the ... <a title="Love and a happy ending: romance fiction to help you through a coronavirus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/love-and-a-happy-ending-romance-fiction-to-help-you-through-a-coronavirus-lockdown-133784/" aria-label="Read more about Love and a happy ending: romance fiction to help you through a coronavirus lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Only five people will be able to attend a wedding – the couple, the celebrant and two witnesses – and funerals will be restricted to 10 in the latest round of life-changing restrictions to be imposed on Australians to fight ... <a title="In the age of coronavirus, only tiny weddings are allowed and the extended family BBQ is out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/in-the-age-of-coronavirus-only-tiny-weddings-are-allowed-and-the-extended-family-bbq-is-out-134584/" aria-label="Read more about In the age of coronavirus, only tiny weddings are allowed and the extended family BBQ is out">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne At the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in 2013, Tokyo won the right to host the Summer Olympics in 2020. The city was to join Athens, London, Paris and Los Angeles in the small ... <a title="Why the fall-out from postponing the Olympics may not be as bad as we think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/why-the-fall-out-from-postponing-the-olympics-may-not-be-as-bad-as-we-think-134531/" aria-label="Read more about Why the fall-out from postponing the Olympics may not be as bad as we think">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Valli, Director of ECU Security Research Institute, Edith Cowan University Apart from the obvious health and economic impacts, the coronavirus also presents a major opportunity for cybercriminals. As staff across sectors and university students shift to working and studying from home, large organisations are at increased ... <a title="‘Click for urgent coronavirus update’: how working from home may be exposing us to cybercrime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/click-for-urgent-coronavirus-update-how-working-from-home-may-be-exposing-us-to-cybercrime-133778/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Click for urgent coronavirus update’: how working from home may be exposing us to cybercrime">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine H. Greenaway, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne We are now a society at a distance. As of this week, New South Wales has closed restaurants, bars, gyms, and entertainment venues where people gather in large numbers. Victoria has similarly implemented a shut down of all non-essential ... <a title="Why are we calling it ‘social distancing’? Right now, we need social connections more than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/why-are-we-calling-it-social-distancing-right-now-we-need-social-connections-more-than-ever-134249/" aria-label="Read more about Why are we calling it ‘social distancing’? Right now, we need social connections more than ever">Read more</a>
