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February 26, 2020
By Nicola Igusa The value of different perspectives in film making is valued now more than ever, says Auckland University of Technology screen production Associate Professor Arezou Zalipour. “We’ve just seen the historic win of Parasite at the 2020s Oscars – the first non-English language production to win Best Picture,” she says. “In the same ... <a title="‘Outsider’ voice films open new storytelling spaces, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/outsider-voice-films-open-new-storytelling-spaces-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Outsider’ voice films open new storytelling spaces, says academic">Read more</a>
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February 26, 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 Child poverty, welfare Max Rashbrooke (RNZ): Child poverty stats promising, but more is needed Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Child poverty is the KiwiBuild of social failure Heather du Plessis Allan (Newstalk ZB): Child poverty ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 26 2020">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Opposition leader Anthony Albanese sought to claim the climate policy high ground last week with his commitment to a net-zero emissions target by 2050. But figures on Australia’s emissions from the Department of the Environment and Energy help frame the ... <a title="Carbon pricing: it’s a proven way to reduce emissions but everyone’s too scared to mention it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/carbon-pricing-its-a-proven-way-to-reduce-emissions-but-everyones-too-scared-to-mention-it-132342/" aria-label="Read more about Carbon pricing: it’s a proven way to reduce emissions but everyone’s too scared to mention it">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Marston, Head of School, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland The Australian government touts compulsory income management as a way to stop welfare payments being spent on alcohol, drugs or gambling. The Howard government introduced the BasicsCard more than a decade ago. About 22,500 ... <a title="‘I don’t want anybody to see me using it’: cashless welfare cards do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/i-dont-want-anybody-to-see-me-using-it-cashless-welfare-cards-do-more-harm-than-good-132341/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I don’t want anybody to see me using it’: cashless welfare cards do more harm than good">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Clarkson, Professor in Archaeology, The University of Queensland About 74,000 years ago a volcanic eruption at what is now Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia, created one of the most dramatic natural disasters of the past 2 million years. The plume of the eruption punched 30 kilometres ... <a title="Stone tools show humans in India survived the cataclysmic Toba eruption 74,000 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/stone-tools-show-humans-in-india-survived-the-cataclysmic-toba-eruption-74-000-years-ago-132101/" aria-label="Read more about Stone tools show humans in India survived the cataclysmic Toba eruption 74,000 years ago">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliet Watson, Senior Lecturer, Housing and Homelessness, RMIT University Mental health inpatient units should be safe and healing places. But we’ve found women staying in these units are being threatened, harassed and sexually and physically assaulted by men. These are mostly men also staying on the ward, ... <a title="‘They wouldn’t let me call anybody’: women in mental health wards need better protection from sexual assault" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/they-wouldnt-let-me-call-anybody-women-in-mental-health-wards-need-better-protection-from-sexual-assault-131998/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They wouldn’t let me call anybody’: women in mental health wards need better protection from sexual assault">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Omer Yezdani, Director, Office of Planning and Strategic Management, Australian Catholic University Philanthropy is a growing source of revenue for Australian universities. It’s essential to advancing quality research, equity and learning. On average, Australia’s top five fundraising universities receive nearly 20 times more donation revenue than their ... <a title="Five Australian universities get the bulk of philanthropic donations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/five-australian-universities-get-the-bulk-of-philanthropic-donations-104001/" aria-label="Read more about Five Australian universities get the bulk of philanthropic donations">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Dawson, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne The assumption that retired people have minimal housing costs underpins the settings of our retirement incomes system. But the real state of housing for older Australians today makes it critical for the Retirement Incomes ... <a title="Older and poorer: Australia Retirement Income Review can’t ignore the changing role of home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/older-and-poorer-retirement-income-review-cant-ignore-the-changing-role-of-home-131151/" aria-label="Read more about Older and poorer: Australia Retirement Income Review can’t ignore the changing role of home">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University We are continually being told that more of us are employed than ever before. Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe points out (correctly) that a higher proportion of us are in jobs than at any other ... <a title="The jobs market is nowhere near as good as you’ve heard, and it’s changing us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/the-jobs-market-is-nowhere-near-as-good-as-youve-heard-and-its-changing-us-132249/" aria-label="Read more about The jobs market is nowhere near as good as you’ve heard, and it’s changing us">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide Berlin. February 26 1920. A new silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, is released to unsuspecting German audiences and quickly becomes a worldwide sensation. “When will I die?” asks one character to another. “At first dawn” ... <a title="100 years of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: the film that inspired Virginia Woolf, David Bowie and Tim Burton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/100-years-of-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-the-film-that-inspired-virginia-woolf-david-bowie-and-tim-burton-131899/" aria-label="Read more about 100 years of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: the film that inspired Virginia Woolf, David Bowie and Tim Burton">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
OPINION: By Murray Horton in Christchurch For as long as the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (Cafca) has existed – more than 45 years now – we have called for the closure of the aluminium smelter, owned by giant transnational corporation, Rio Tinto. There are numerous grounds for doing so, all of which amount ... <a title="Rio Tinto, clean up your own toxic smelter mess (and go away)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/rio-tinto-clean-up-your-own-toxic-smelter-mess-and-go-away/" aria-label="Read more about Rio Tinto, clean up your own toxic smelter mess (and go away)">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The inquiry into allegations of misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan is examining 55 separate incidents or issues, according to the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force report, tabled Tuesday. These involve “predominantly” allegations of unlawful killings of non-combatants ... <a title="Inquiry probing 55 matters relating to special forces’ alleged misconduct in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/25/inquiry-probing-55-matters-relating-to-special-forces-alleged-misconduct-in-afghanistan-132454/" aria-label="Read more about Inquiry probing 55 matters relating to special forces’ alleged misconduct in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
