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August 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Barnes, Senior Lecturer, Journalism, University of the Sunshine Coast The news that 8chan, the far-right online community allegedly home to mass shooting manifestos, has been effectively removed from the internet is cause for celebration, but should also make us pause and consider the implications. 8chan has ... <a title="8chan’s demise is a win against hate, but could drive extremists to the dark web" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/08/8chans-demise-is-a-win-against-hate-but-could-drive-extremists-to-the-dark-web-121521/" aria-label="Read more about 8chan’s demise is a win against hate, but could drive extremists to the dark web">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Chapple, Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington In a survey of 1000 New Zealanders, taken a month after the Christchurch mosque shootings of 15 March 2019, we asked respondents how much they trusted people from different religious groups living in New ... <a title="New survey reveals which religions New Zealanders trust most – and least – after Christchurch shootings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/08/new-survey-reveals-which-religions-new-zealanders-trust-most-and-least-after-christchurch-shootings-120069/" aria-label="Read more about New survey reveals which religions New Zealanders trust most – and least – after Christchurch shootings">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Pearson, Professor of Journalism and Social Media, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Griffith University Each year, academics and students make countless applications for research ethics approval, based on the promise of confidentiality to their interview subjects. Interviewees sometimes offer academic researchers information ... <a title="Australian metadata laws put confidential interviews at risk, with no protections for research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/08/australian-metadata-laws-put-confidential-interviews-at-risk-with-no-protections-for-research-121320/" aria-label="Read more about Australian metadata laws put confidential interviews at risk, with no protections for research">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cynthia Mathew, Research Assistant, University of Canberra Viruses are mostly known for their aggressive and infectious nature. It’s true, most viruses have a pathogenic relationship with their hosts – meaning they cause diseases ranging from a mild cold to serious conditions like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). ... <a title="Viruses aren’t all nasty – some can actually protect our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/08/viruses-arent-all-nasty-some-can-actually-protect-our-health-117678/" aria-label="Read more about Viruses aren’t all nasty – some can actually protect our health">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Grimmer, Lecturer in Retail Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania Do you have a corner store? Once an icon of suburban Australia, many neighbourhood corner stores vanished in the face of unrelenting competition from large supermarkets, global convenience franchises, modern service stations ... <a title="More than milk and bread: corner store revival can rebuild neighbourhood ties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/08/more-than-milk-and-bread-corner-store-revival-can-rebuild-neighbourhood-ties-121244/" aria-label="Read more about More than milk and bread: corner store revival can rebuild neighbourhood ties">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Pallant, Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology Barneys, the iconic chain of upscale New York department stores established in 1923, has just filed for bankruptcy protection. Another of America’s great department store brands, Chicago’s Sears (dating from 1925), did the same a year ago. Times ... <a title="Death of the department store: don’t just blame the internet, it’s to do with a dwindling middle class" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/08/death-of-the-department-store-dont-just-blame-the-internet-its-to-do-with-a-dwindling-middle-class-121499/" aria-label="Read more about Death of the department store: don’t just blame the internet, it’s to do with a dwindling middle class">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Giles, Professor, Challis Chair of English, University of Sydney Toni Morrison, who has died aged 88, was the most influential and studied American author of her generation. Born as Chloe Wofford in Ohio in 1931, she graduated in 1953 with a B.A. in English from Howard ... <a title="The most influential American author of her generation, Toni Morrison’s writing was radically ambiguous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/the-most-influential-american-author-of-her-generation-toni-morrisons-writing-was-radically-ambiguous-121557/" aria-label="Read more about The most influential American author of her generation, Toni Morrison’s writing was radically ambiguous">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, UNSW What kind of person do you imagine having a heart attack? Is it a middle-aged white businessman clutching his chest? Someone like the Roger Sterling character from the popular television ... <a title="According to TV, heart attack victims are rich, white men who clutch their hearts and collapse. Here’s why that’s a worry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/according-to-tv-heart-attack-victims-are-rich-white-men-who-clutch-their-hearts-and-collapse-heres-why-thats-a-worry-120894/" aria-label="Read more about According to TV, heart attack victims are rich, white men who clutch their hearts and collapse. Here’s why that’s a worry">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University The Israel Folau termination case has dominated headlines for months now. Many Australians have been intrigued by the extent to which employers like Rugby Australia are able to control the social media activity of their employees – in Folau’s ... <a title="Will the High Court ruling on public servant’s tweets have a ‘powerful chill’ on free speech?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/will-the-high-court-ruling-on-public-servants-tweets-have-a-powerful-chill-on-free-speech-121556/" aria-label="Read more about Will the High Court ruling on public servant’s tweets have a ‘powerful chill’ on free speech?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shanthi Robertson, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Recent articles in the media have raised concerns about the rapid rise in migrants living and working in Australia on bridging visas, whose numbers have more than doubled in the last four years. A ... <a title="Most migrants on bridging visas aren’t ‘scammers’, they’re well within their rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/most-migrants-on-bridging-visas-arent-scammers-theyre-well-within-their-rights-120989/" aria-label="Read more about Most migrants on bridging visas aren’t ‘scammers’, they’re well within their rights">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor H. Worthy, Associate professor, Flinders University Say hello to Heracles inexpectatus, a parrot the size of a human child. But don’t worry, you won’t meet one face to face. Our new discovery, published today, lived around 20 million years ago in what is now New Zealand ... <a title="Meet the ‘Hercules parrot’ from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/meet-the-hercules-parrot-from-prehistoric-new-zealand-the-biggest-ever-discovered-121437/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the ‘Hercules parrot’ from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Weijers, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato At a conference about disruptive innovations in food production last week, dairy industry spokespeople criticised the “milk” labelling of non-dairy products such as almond or rice milks. Federated Farmers, a rural advocacy group, ... <a title="Almonds don’t lactate, but that’s no reason to start calling almond milk juice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/almonds-dont-lactate-but-thats-no-reason-to-start-calling-almond-milk-juice-121306/" aria-label="Read more about Almonds don’t lactate, but that’s no reason to start calling almond milk juice">Read more</a>
