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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel William Crawford, Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute It emerged today that two aged-care residents in Brisbane were given an incorrect dose of the Pfizer vaccine — more than the amount recommended. The 88-year-old man and 94-year-old woman were receiving their vaccinations yesterday as part of ... <a title="When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/when-vaccinating-26-million-australians-expect-a-mistake-or-two-but-we-can-minimise-the-risk-of-repeating-queenslands-overdose-incident-155945/" aria-label="Read more about When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Analysis – Keith Rankin. It is not poor countries with poor access to vaccines that are getting the most new cases. But there are a number of very small countries in the Caribbean Sea and the Indian Ocean which are or were European colonial dependencies, and are very exposed to European covid spreaders. San Marino and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Where are the New Cases now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-where-are-the-new-cases-now/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Where are the New Cases now?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey Martin, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Paris Hilton — model, reality TV star, actor, pop singer and DJ — gained worldwide notoriety in 2003 because of a leaked sex tape. Over the years she has been viciously parodied and lampooned, famously on South Park and ... <a title="Podcast host, DJ …. how the much lampooned Paris Hilton has rewritten the celebrity script" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/podcast-host-dj-how-the-much-lampooned-paris-hilton-has-rewritten-the-celebrity-script-155304/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast host, DJ …. how the much lampooned Paris Hilton has rewritten the celebrity script">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology In every crisis there is opportunity. Even during New Zealand’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown last year, many people felt the pandemic offered a chance to tackle other global crises, especially climate change. The government responded to the pandemic ... <a title="New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/new-zealands-covid-19-stimulus-is-a-lost-opportunity-to-move-towards-a-low-emissions-economy-155838/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-heres-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethan Greener, Associate Professor of Politics, Massey University National Party justice spokesperson Simon Bridges has accused New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of being a “wokester” whose commitment to “policing by consent” is out of step with the law. The claims were in response to Coster’s avowed ... <a title="Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/policing-by-consent-is-not-woke-it-is-fundamental-to-a-democratic-society-155866/" aria-label="Read more about Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University Disaster resilience and recovery conversations are filled with mentions of “community”, but collapsing various groups together this way fails to acknowledge that people experience disasters differently. For Indigenous peoples — whose experiences are shaped by vastly different ... <a title="Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/unwelcoming-and-reluctant-to-help-bushfire-recovery-hasnt-considered-aboriginal-culture-but-things-are-finally-starting-to-change-154954/" aria-label="Read more about Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Fifty dollars sounds like a lot. But the increase in the JobSeeker unemployment benefit announced by Prime Minister Morrison on Tuesday is $50 per fortnight, which is just $25 per week, and it will replace the ... <a title="The $50 boost to JobSeeker will take Australia’s payment from the lowest in the OECD to the second-lowest after Greece" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/the-50-boost-to-jobseeker-will-take-australias-payment-from-the-lowest-in-the-oecd-to-the-second-lowest-after-greece-155739/" aria-label="Read more about The $50 boost to JobSeeker will take Australia’s payment from the lowest in the OECD to the second-lowest after Greece">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
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 report and inequality Janet McAllister (Spinoff): What the new child poverty stats tells us – and what they don’t Claire Trevett (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s do-or-die child poverty promise (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Poverty figures ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 24 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-24-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 24 2021">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamh Kinchin, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Wollongong Developments in global border control technologies are providing innovative ways to address issues relating to migration, asylum-seeking and the introduction of illegal goods into countries. But while governments and national security can benefit from this, advanced surveillance ... <a title="AI facial analysis is scientifically questionable. Should we be using it for border control?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/ai-facial-analysis-is-scientifically-questionable-should-we-be-using-it-for-border-control-155474/" aria-label="Read more about AI facial analysis is scientifically questionable. Should we be using it for border control?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Tiernan, Professor of Politics. Dean (Engagement) Griffith Business School, Griffith University Since news broke last week of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape in a ministerial office in 2019, three other women have come forward, alleging sexual assault by the same Morrison government ministerial staffer. Higgins is expected ... <a title="Yes, the culture in Parliament House is appalling. But there are systemic problems that also need urgent reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/yes-the-culture-in-parliament-house-is-appalling-but-there-are-systemic-problems-that-also-need-urgent-reform-155755/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, the culture in Parliament House is appalling. But there are systemic problems that also need urgent reform">Read more</a>
