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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Piterman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University Heads have rolled at AMP, and rightly so. Particularly the head of chairman David Murray, who this week resigned, somewhat unapologetically, over the sexual harassment scandal that has enveloped the embattled Australian financial services giant. As chair, the buck stopped ... <a title="Social licence: the idea AMP should embrace now David Murray has left the building" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/social-licence-the-idea-amp-should-embrace-now-david-murray-has-left-the-building-145029/" aria-label="Read more about Social licence: the idea AMP should embrace now David Murray has left the building">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide Review: Tenet, directed by Christopher Nolan. “Don’t try to understand it,” says the character Laura early on in Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s marvellous new film. The “it” here is time travel, or “technology that can reverse an object’s ... <a title="Tenet is marvellous: a staggeringly ambitious blend of popular effects and complex storytelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/tenet-is-marvellous-a-staggeringly-ambitious-blend-of-popular-effects-and-complex-storytelling-144872/" aria-label="Read more about Tenet is marvellous: a staggeringly ambitious blend of popular effects and complex storytelling">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Clive Palmer’s legal challenge to the Western Australian border closures seems less likely to succeed after findings made by the Federal Court. Palmer started his case in the High Court, arguing the Western Australian border closure breached section ... <a title="Federal Court finds border closures safest way to protect public health in Clive Palmer case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/federal-court-finds-border-closures-safest-way-to-protect-public-health-in-clive-palmer-case-145038/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Court finds border closures safest way to protect public health in Clive Palmer case">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Jackson, Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney On Tuesday, former Greens leader Richard Di Natale will give his farewell speech to the Senate. The party has now had six months to get used to its new leader, Adam Bandt. But COVID-19 has ... <a title="Where are the Greens? As Di Natale leaves, Bandt must find a spotlight for his party in a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/where-are-the-greens-as-di-natale-leaves-bandt-must-find-a-spotlight-for-his-party-in-a-pandemic-144869/" aria-label="Read more about Where are the Greens? As Di Natale leaves, Bandt must find a spotlight for his party in a pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Australia’s leading scientists today sent an open letter to Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, speaking out against his support for natural gas. Finkel has said natural gas plays a critical role ... <a title="4 reasons why a gas-led economic recovery is a terrible, naïve idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/4-reasons-why-a-gas-led-economic-recovery-is-a-terrible-na-ve-idea-145009/" aria-label="Read more about 4 reasons why a gas-led economic recovery is a terrible, naïve idea">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Windholz, Senior Lecturer and Associate, Monash Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University The Victorian government has announced its intention to amend the Public Health and Wellbeing Act to give it the power to extend Victoria’s state of emergency for up to another 12 ... <a title="Explainer: why is the Victorian government extending the state of emergency, and is it justified?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/explainer-why-is-the-victorian-government-extending-the-state-of-emergency-and-is-it-justified-145020/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why is the Victorian government extending the state of emergency, and is it justified?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Garrido, NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow, Western Sydney University The NSW health department recently instructed schools to stop certain activities to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Among these — which includes school formals and graduation ceremonies — is a ban to all “school-related group singing ... <a title="NSW hits pause on school choirs, but we can’t stop the music forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/nsw-hits-pause-on-school-choirs-but-we-cant-stop-the-music-forever-145010/" aria-label="Read more about NSW hits pause on school choirs, but we can’t stop the music forever">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Scolyer-Gray, Research Fellow, Cyber Security, Deakin University Throughout our lifetimes we consume, collate, curate, host and produce a staggering quantity of data – some by our own hand, some by others on our behalf, and some without our knowledge or consent. Collectively, our “digital footprints” represent ... <a title="Digging your own digital grave: how should you manage the data you leave behind?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/digging-your-own-digital-grave-how-should-you-manage-the-data-you-leave-behind-143755/" aria-label="Read more about Digging your own digital grave: how should you manage the data you leave behind?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Schmulow, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong The sexual harassment scandal enveloping AMP is another graceless turn in what looks like the death spiral of one of Australia’s oldest and formerly most trusted companies. Joining a long line of executives to walk the plank ... <a title="AMP doesn’t just have a women problem. It has an everyone problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/amp-doesnt-just-have-a-women-problem-it-has-an-everyone-problem-144937/" aria-label="Read more about AMP doesn’t just have a women problem. It has an everyone problem">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter Warning: This story includes details of the 15 March 2019 mosque terrorism attacks. New Zealand’s High Court will hear from further victims of the Christchurch terror attack today. Brenton Harrison Tarrant, who has admitted 51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one of terrorism in relation to ... <a title="Mosque victim’s mother tells terrorist: ‘You killed your own humanity’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/mosque-victims-mother-tells-terrorist-you-killed-your-own-humanity/" aria-label="Read more about Mosque victim’s mother tells terrorist: ‘You killed your own humanity’">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content PM’s levels announcement, govt management of coronavirus Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern plays it safe with Covid levels extension Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern faces little opposition to alert level extension Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): A ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 25 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-25-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 25 2020">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Sarvasy, Research Fellow in Linguistics, Western Sydney University Languages like Japanese, Korean, Turkish and the indigenous languages of the Amazon, East Africa, and New Guinea build sentences in a way that lets them grow to enormous length. Our research shows learning one of these languages may ... <a title="Kids who learn ‘clause-chain’ languages are quicker to develop complex sentences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/25/kids-who-learn-clause-chain-languages-are-quicker-to-develop-complex-sentences-144740/" aria-label="Read more about Kids who learn ‘clause-chain’ languages are quicker to develop complex sentences">Read more</a>
