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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University The Australian National University (ANU) is facing a backlash from students over the proposed use of a digital platform to invigilate exams remotely. The university recently announced plans to use the Proctorio platform to ensure the legitimacy ... <a title="ANU will invigilate students’ exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/anu-will-invigilate-students-exams-using-remote-software-and-many-students-are-unhappy-137067/" aria-label="Read more about ANU will invigilate students’ exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Stanley, Perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist; distinguished professorial fellow, Telethon Kids Institute There seems to be a myth in Australia that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people mostly live in remote communities. But the vast majority (79%) live in urban areas. The federal government has rightly decided ... <a title="Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/urban-aboriginal-people-face-unique-challenges-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-136050/" aria-label="Read more about Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including how China and the World Health Organization will come out of the coronavirus crisis, the success of the Australian government’s economic packages so far, and ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and ‘the road back’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-governments-contact-tracing-app-the-world-health-organization-and-the-road-back-137161/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and ‘the road back’">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Before COVID-19, children would spend a lot of the day at school. There they would be taught about internet safety and be protected when going online by systems that filter or restrict access to online content. Schools ... <a title="Cyber threats at home: how to keep kids safe while they’re learning online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/cyber-threats-at-home-how-to-keep-kids-safe-while-theyre-learning-online-136264/" aria-label="Read more about Cyber threats at home: how to keep kids safe while they’re learning online">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s Anzac Day Smithometer Chart shows the fatal impact in New Zealand of World War 1 battles at Gallipoli and on the Somme in France. (Earlier this week the Smithometer showed the impact of 1917 WW1 battles in Belgium – Messines and Passchendaele – and the dramatic, though short-lived, impact of ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Smithometer: New Zealand’s World War 1 Mortality Peaks 1915-16" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-smithometer-new-zealands-world-war-1-mortality-peaks-1915-16/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Smithometer: New Zealand’s World War 1 Mortality Peaks 1915-16">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanicka Arora, PhD Candidate at Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Since the Gorkha earthquake killed almost 9,000 people in April 2015, Nepal has been on a slow and arduous route to recovery. Nepal’s vibrant cultural heritage of monuments, religious places, crafts, festivals and traditional ... <a title="Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/five-years-on-from-the-earthquake-in-bhaktapur-nepal-heritage-led-recovery-is-uniting-community-136255/" aria-label="Read more about Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Wakefield, Professor of Construction, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor, International, and Dean, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us our health is intimately connected to the health of the person next to us, and that everyone needs shelter. It has ... <a title="The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here’s a 2-step strategy to get it done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/the-need-to-house-everyone-has-never-been-clearer-heres-a-2-step-strategy-to-get-it-done-137069/" aria-label="Read more about The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here’s a 2-step strategy to get it done">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Hamilton, Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeoecology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History The HMS Endeavour’s week-long stay on the shores of Kamay in 1770 yielded so many botanical specimens unknown to western science, Captain James Cook called the area Botany Bay. During this visit, ... <a title="Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/buried-under-colonial-concrete-botany-bay-has-even-been-robbed-of-its-botany-135315/" aria-label="Read more about Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandie Shean, Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University Most Australian children are stuck at home due to the outbreak of COVID-19. They need to find ways to socialise, do their school work, exercise and entertain themselves. It’s not surprising parents may be hearing “I’m bored” a ... <a title="Parents, you don’t always need to entertain your kids – boredom is good for them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/parents-you-dont-always-need-to-entertain-your-kids-boredom-is-good-for-them-136383/" aria-label="Read more about Parents, you don’t always need to entertain your kids – boredom is good for them">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Kosovac, Research Fellow in International Urban Politics, University of Melbourne We may have a surprising new ally in the bid to contain the COVID-19 outbreak: your sewage. Australia’s government recently announced that sewage is to be tested for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Federal health ... <a title="Flushing is our next weapon against COVID-19, if you’re happy to have your sewage scrutinised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/flushing-is-our-next-weapon-against-covid-19-if-youre-happy-to-have-your-sewage-scrutinised-136844/" aria-label="Read more about Flushing is our next weapon against COVID-19, if you’re happy to have your sewage scrutinised">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology In the space of six weeks, the threat posed by COVID-19 and the sudden absence of partisanship from the political landscape have ushered in a focus on leadership for the greater good, the likes of which we ... <a title="How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-finally-resulting-in-leadership-for-the-greater-good-136508/" aria-label="Read more about How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Lecturer of art history, Griffith University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains references to deceased people. This has been a difficult review to write. The late Aurukun artist Mavis Ngallametta’s major survey exhibition Show Me the Way to Go Home ... <a title="Mavis Ngallametta review – a bittersweet collection of a songwoman’s stories of home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/mavis-ngallametta-review-a-bittersweet-collection-of-a-songwomans-stories-of-home-133152/" aria-label="Read more about Mavis Ngallametta review – a bittersweet collection of a songwoman’s stories of home">Read more</a>