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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Last week, posters appeared at the University of Auckland inviting young white men to “assume the mantle of re-taking control of our own country” and to confront “anti-racism ideology”. The group was obviously unaware of the significance ... <a title="There are differences between free speech, hate speech and academic freedom – and they matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/there-are-differences-between-free-speech-hate-speech-and-academic-freedom-and-they-matter-124764/" aria-label="Read more about There are differences between free speech, hate speech and academic freedom – and they matter">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Morrison, Senior Lecturer, Business School, Auckland University of Technology A key reason many organisations want to move their employees to open-plan workspaces is to encourage collaboration and improve communication. The assumption is that the increased visibility and access workers have to one another will ease the ... <a title="How women’s life-long experiences of being judged by their appearance affect how they feel in open-plan offices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/how-womens-life-long-experiences-of-being-judged-by-their-appearance-affect-how-they-feel-in-open-plan-offices-124765/" aria-label="Read more about How women’s life-long experiences of being judged by their appearance affect how they feel in open-plan offices">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne If you live in a major Australian city, expect your daily routine to be disrupted this week. Protest group Extinction Rebellion is carrying out week of flash mobs, sit-ins and marches to block traffic and bring ... <a title="Extinction Rebellion protesters might be annoying. But they have a point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/extinction-rebellion-protesters-might-be-annoying-but-they-have-a-point-124490/" aria-label="Read more about Extinction Rebellion protesters might be annoying. But they have a point">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Morrison, Senior Lecturer, Business School, Auckland University of Technology A key reason many organisations want to move their employees to open-plan workspaces is to encourage collaboration and improve communication. The assumption is that the increased visibility and access workers have to one another will ease the ... <a title="Do women’s life-long experiences of being judged on appearance change how they feel in open-plan offices?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/do-womens-life-long-experiences-of-being-judged-on-appearance-change-how-they-feel-in-open-plan-offices-124765/" aria-label="Read more about Do women’s life-long experiences of being judged on appearance change how they feel in open-plan offices?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra D’urso, Researcher, The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne Anthem, directed by Susie Dee, Arts Centre Melbourne for Melbourne International Arts Festival What does it mean to be an “ordinary” Australian in an atomising and globalised world economy? Anthem brings together the writers behind the celebrated 1998 ... <a title="Anthem review: a portrait of Melbourne’s working class" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/anthem-review-a-portrait-of-melbournes-working-class-124767/" aria-label="Read more about Anthem review: a portrait of Melbourne’s working class">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Director, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney The supermassive black hole at the heart of our Galaxy spat out an enormous flare of radiation 3.5 million years ago that would have been clearly visible from Earth. In new research that will soon be published ... <a title="A dormant volcano: the black hole at the heart of our galaxy is more explosive than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/a-dormant-volcano-the-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-our-galaxy-is-more-explosive-than-we-thought-124696/" aria-label="Read more about A dormant volcano: the black hole at the heart of our galaxy is more explosive than we thought">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A report from The Australia Institute rejects government claims new dams are not being built, saying at least 20 to 30 large private dams have been constructed in the Murray-Darling basin in recent years. While information on the number of ... <a title="Dams are being built, but they are private: Australia Institute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/dams-are-being-built-but-they-are-private-australia-institute-124807/" aria-label="Read more about Dams are being built, but they are private: Australia Institute">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Zadro, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney When people visit a GP clinic or hospital in Australia or the United States, they receive the recommended care around 55-57% of the time. Recommended care means they get the tests or treatments that evidence-based guidelines say a patient ... <a title="Only 2 in 3 physios provide ‘recommended care’, but that’s still higher than medicine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/only-2-in-3-physios-provide-recommended-care-but-thats-still-higher-than-medicine-122931/" aria-label="Read more about Only 2 in 3 physios provide ‘recommended care’, but that’s still higher than medicine">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute More than two years on from the sudden closure of Victoria’s Hazelwood coal power station, quite a mess remains. It is clear the federal government’s market interventions have not worked. Electricity prices are higher and supply is tight. Consumers are not ... <a title="Governments took the hard road on clean energy – and consumers are feeling the bumps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/governments-took-the-hard-road-on-clean-energy-and-consumers-are-feeling-the-bumps-124575/" aria-label="Read more about Governments took the hard road on clean energy – and consumers are feeling the bumps">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Ford, Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Newcastle It’s 1963. Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a college-bound teenager staying at Kellerman’s Mountain Lodge with her family. Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) is a dance instructor at the resort – and Baby’s love interest. ... <a title="The Real Dirty Dancing reduces a political film to little more than coy dance numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/the-real-dirty-dancing-reduces-a-political-film-to-little-more-than-coy-dance-numbers-124483/" aria-label="Read more about The Real Dirty Dancing reduces a political film to little more than coy dance numbers">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly called drones, are now a fundamental part of defence force capability, from intelligence gathering to unmanned engagement in military operations. But what happens if our own technology is turned against us? Between ... <a title="Aerial threat: why drone hacking could be bad news for the military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/aerial-threat-why-drone-hacking-could-be-bad-news-for-the-military-124588/" aria-label="Read more about Aerial threat: why drone hacking could be bad news for the military">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Barrie, Honorary Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University This is part of a new series looking at the national security challenges facing Australia, how our leaders are responding to them through legislation and how these measures are impacting society. Read the rest of ... <a title="Climate change poses a ‘direct threat’ to Australia’s national security. It must be a political priority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/climate-change-poses-a-direct-threat-to-australias-national-security-it-must-be-a-political-priority-123264/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change poses a ‘direct threat’ to Australia’s national security. It must be a political priority">Read more</a>
