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February 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Andreallo, Honorary research fellow, University of Sydney A sea of oversized hair bows bobs through primary school gates each morning. It might be dismissed as a harmless children’s fad but big bows are back, driven by current fashions, tween influencers and celebrities. Hair bows have a ... <a title="Friday essay: scarlet ribbons – the huge history of big hair bows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/21/friday-essay-scarlet-ribbons-the-huge-history-of-big-hair-bows-131389/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: scarlet ribbons – the huge history of big hair bows">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Seen as a political narrative, the Morrison government’s handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) fits the patterns of its approaches on border security and anti-terrorism. Stressing the central imperative is to “keep Australians safe”, it has taken the most risk-averse path. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Government juggles health security and wealth security as China travel ban extended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/21/grattan-on-friday-government-juggles-health-security-and-wealth-security-as-china-travel-ban-extended-132202/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Government juggles health security and wealth security as China travel ban extended">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The coronavirus is presenting a major threat to Australia’s education export industry, which is highly dependant upon the China market, and a huge challenge to the universities. Phil Honeywood, CEO of the International Education Association of Australia says: “At the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phil Honeywood on the coronavirus challenge for universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/politics-with-michelle-grattan-phil-honeywood-on-the-coronavirus-challenge-for-universities-132196/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phil Honeywood on the coronavirus challenge for universities">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The corona virus is presenting a major threat to Australia’s education export industry, which is highly dependant upon the China market, and a huge challenge to the universities. Phillip Honeywood, CEO of the International Education Association of Australia says: “At ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phillip Honeywood on the corona virus challenge for universities." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/politics-with-michelle-grattan-phillip-honeywood-on-the-corona-virus-challenge-for-universities-132196/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phillip Honeywood on the corona virus challenge for universities.">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stacey L Rowe, PhD candidate, Monash University Today’s evacuation of about 180 passengers from the cruise ship Diamond Princess to serve another period of quarantine back in Australia has raised questions about the best way to control spread of the coronavirus. The passengers had already spent 14 ... <a title="Yes, Australians on board the Diamond Princess need to go into quarantine again. It’s time to reset the clock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/yes-australians-on-board-the-diamond-princess-need-to-go-into-quarantine-again-its-time-to-reset-the-clock-131906/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Australians on board the Diamond Princess need to go into quarantine again. It’s time to reset the clock">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Hardy, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Melbourne Australian supermarket giant Coles and discount chain Target this week joined an ignominious list of large corporations caught up in “wage theft” scandals. Coles confessed to underpaying salaried employees about A$20 million over the past six years. Target ... <a title="Criminal penalties for corporate wage theft are appealing, but won’t fix the problem on their own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/criminal-penalties-for-corporate-wage-theft-are-appealing-but-wont-fix-the-problem-on-their-own-132021/" aria-label="Read more about Criminal penalties for corporate wage theft are appealing, but won’t fix the problem on their own">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Since July last year, bushfires have burned more than 7.7 million hectares of southeast Australia, putting many threatened species at increased risk of extinction. Now that fires have been ... <a title="How you can help – not harm – wild animals recovering from bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/how-you-can-help-not-harm-wild-animals-recovering-from-bushfires-131385/" aria-label="Read more about How you can help – not harm – wild animals recovering from bushfires">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jianling Xie, Postdoctoral Scientist, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute Researchers in the United States have unveiled the structure of the “spike protein” of 2019-nCoV – the virus behind the current coronavirus disease outbreak. Despite the fact that researchers have already pieced together the virus’s genetic ... <a title="Revealed: the protein ‘spike’ that lets the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pierce and invade human cells" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/revealed-the-protein-spike-that-lets-the-2019-ncov-coronavirus-pierce-and-invade-human-cells-132183/" aria-label="Read more about Revealed: the protein ‘spike’ that lets the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pierce and invade human cells">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute The Australian government will soon decide whether it will extend its ban on travellers from China for another week. The Department of Home Affairs has already extended the original two week travel ban (that began on February 1) by one ... <a title="Australian unis may need to cut staff and research if government extends coronavirus travel ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/australian-unis-may-need-to-cut-staff-and-research-if-government-extends-coronavirus-travel-ban-132175/" aria-label="Read more about Australian unis may need to cut staff and research if government extends coronavirus travel ban">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Piccini, Lecturer, Australian Catholic University Australia has just entered its final year of its membership on the UN Human Rights Council. This position was won on the strength of two key arguments: Australia would be the first Pacific nation to sit on the body, founded in ... <a title="For Australia to be respected on human rights, it needs to look deeper into its own record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/for-australia-to-be-respected-on-human-rights-it-needs-to-look-deeper-into-its-own-record-129550/" aria-label="Read more about For Australia to be respected on human rights, it needs to look deeper into its own record">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Callick, Industry Fellow, Griffith University Brand “People’s Republic of China” is wobbling, as if the massive picture of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square was swaying with an earthquake tremor. But it can only actually fall if pushed from inside. The handling of the coronavirus epidemic is ... <a title="How vulnerable is Xi Jinping over coronavirus? In today’s China, there are few to hold him to account" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/how-vulnerable-is-xi-jinping-over-coronavirus-in-todays-china-there-are-few-to-hold-him-to-account-131760/" aria-label="Read more about How vulnerable is Xi Jinping over coronavirus? In today’s China, there are few to hold him to account">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, Research fellow, La Trobe University Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) people fear discrimination, exclusion and isolation in Australia’s aged care services, we found in our research. With an ageing cohort of LGBTI+ people needing to access, and currently using, Australia’s aged care ... <a title="‘I will euthanise myself before I go into aged care’: how aged care is failing LGBTI+ people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/i-will-euthanise-myself-before-i-go-into-aged-care-how-aged-care-is-failing-lgbti-people-131306/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I will euthanise myself before I go into aged care’: how aged care is failing LGBTI+ people">Read more</a>
