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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Barratt, Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” HAL’s cold, if polite, refusal to open the pod bay doors in 2001 A Space Odyssey has become a defining warning about putting too much trust in ... <a title="Algorithms workers can’t see are increasingly pulling the management strings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/algorithms-workers-cant-see-are-increasingly-pulling-the-management-strings-144724/" aria-label="Read more about Algorithms workers can’t see are increasingly pulling the management strings">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Bennett, Research Professor in Social and Cultural Theory, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University New analysis shows landscape art is the most popular visual art genre among Australians, with Aboriginal art coming in second place, followed by portraits and modern art. But Aboriginal art ... <a title="Australians’ favourites show Aboriginal art can transcend social divisions and art boundaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/australians-favourites-show-aboriginal-art-can-transcend-social-divisions-and-art-boundaries-143827/" aria-label="Read more about Australians’ favourites show Aboriginal art can transcend social divisions and art boundaries">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Lester, Director, Institute for Social Change, University of Tasmania The Conversation is running a series of explainers on key figures in Australian political history, looking at the way they changed the nature of debate, its impact then, and its relevance to politics today. You can also ... <a title="How Bob Brown taught Australians to talk about, and care for, the ‘wilderness’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/how-bob-brown-taught-australians-to-talk-about-and-care-for-the-wilderness-131559/" aria-label="Read more about How Bob Brown taught Australians to talk about, and care for, the ‘wilderness’">Read more</a>
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August 24, 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 Border failures, criticism Hayden Donnell (RNZ): Mediawatch: A backlash over tough questions for Dr Ashley Bloomfield Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup – How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups? Andrea Vance (Stuff): Big little ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 24 2020">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Cavalcanti, Associate Professor (ARC Future Fellow), Griffith University If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Perhaps not, some say. And if someone is there to hear it? If you think that means it ... <a title="A new quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/a-new-quantum-paradox-throws-the-foundations-of-observed-reality-into-question-144426/" aria-label="Read more about A new quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Moulds, Senior Lecturer of Law, University of South Australia Federal parliament is back today after a nine-week break. And it’s going to look a bit different. Some MPs, unable to travel to Canberra for health reasons or COVID-19 border restrictions will participate via video. It will ... <a title="As the first ‘remote’ sitting starts in Canberra, virtual parliaments should be the new norm, not a COVID bandaid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/as-the-first-remote-sitting-starts-in-canberra-virtual-parliaments-should-be-the-new-norm-not-a-covid-bandaid-144737/" aria-label="Read more about As the first ‘remote’ sitting starts in Canberra, virtual parliaments should be the new norm, not a COVID bandaid">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Whittle, Associate Professor in Psychiatry, University of Melbourne The negative mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are clear, but there is particular concern children will be most affected in the long run. By the end of March school closures were impacting 91% of the world’s ... <a title="To safeguard children’s mental health during COVID-19, parents must look after their own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/to-safeguard-childrens-mental-health-during-covid-19-parents-must-look-after-their-own-143897/" aria-label="Read more about To safeguard children’s mental health during COVID-19, parents must look after their own">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Llewelyn Hughes, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Last month, the Japanese government announced a plan to retire its fleet of old, inefficient coal-fired generation by 2030. And what happens to coal power in Japan matters a lot to Australia. ... <a title="Japan is closing its old, dirty power plants – and that’s bad news for Australia’s coal exports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/japan-is-closing-its-old-dirty-power-plants-and-thats-bad-news-for-australias-coal-exports-144452/" aria-label="Read more about Japan is closing its old, dirty power plants – and that’s bad news for Australia’s coal exports">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Morton, Associate Professor, Journalism, Stream Leader, Climate Justice Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney On top of announcing three Renewable Energy Zones this week the Queensland Parliament paved the way for an exclusive deal to build one of the biggest onshore wind farms in the Southern ... <a title="Forest Wind and Australia’s renewables revolution: how big clean energy projects risk leaving local communities behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/forest-wind-and-australias-renewables-revolution-how-big-clean-energy-projects-risk-leaving-local-communities-behind-144675/" aria-label="Read more about Forest Wind and Australia’s renewables revolution: how big clean energy projects risk leaving local communities behind">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kok-Sing Tang, Associate Professor, Curtin University It seems today the mistrust of official health advice and spread of “alternative” treatments for COVID-19 are as frightening as the virus itself. How is it that so many people are ill-informed (and seemingly choose to be so) about the pandemic, ... <a title="Teach questions, not answers: science literacy is a crucial skill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/teach-questions-not-answers-science-literacy-is-a-crucial-skill-144731/" aria-label="Read more about Teach questions, not answers: science literacy is a crucial skill">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Colley, Associate Professor HRM/IR, CQUniversity Australia It has been almost 50 years ago since visionaries started predicting a digital revolution enabling many of us to work from home. But that revolution has long been thwarted by resistance – crucially from management concerned about productivity and performance. ... <a title="With management resistance overcome, working from home may be here to stay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/with-management-resistance-overcome-working-from-home-may-be-here-to-stay-144850/" aria-label="Read more about With management resistance overcome, working from home may be here to stay">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Lee, Senior Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies, Curtin University We all have our own ghosts, my grandmother would say. But sometimes the pain of past trauma can seep from one generation to the next, haunting an entire family. – May Le On the 15th night ... <a title="Hungry Ghosts review: a culturally rich supernatural drama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/hungry-ghosts-review-a-culturally-rich-supernatural-drama-143191/" aria-label="Read more about Hungry Ghosts review: a culturally rich supernatural drama">Read more</a>
