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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University You don’t hear much about snapback these days. Back in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, snapback was what passed for the Morrison government’s vision of where it wanted the country ... <a title="From ‘snapback’ to ‘comeback’: policy gridlock as Morrison government puts slogans over substance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/from-snapback-to-comeback-policy-gridlock-as-morrison-government-puts-slogans-over-substance-157049/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘snapback’ to ‘comeback’: policy gridlock as Morrison government puts slogans over substance">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sheena G. Sullivan, Epidemiologist, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza While the future of the pandemic remains uncertain, we’ll probably have to live with COVID-19 for some time. We face a range of possible scenarios. At the most optimistic end of the spectrum, new ... <a title="Flu vaccines are updated every year. We can learn from this process as we respond to COVID variants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/flu-vaccines-are-updated-every-year-we-can-learn-from-this-process-as-we-respond-to-covid-variants-156580/" aria-label="Read more about Flu vaccines are updated every year. We can learn from this process as we respond to COVID variants">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolás Younes Cárdenas, Postdoctoral research fellow, James Cook University Australia is home to around 2% of the world’s mangrove forests and is the fifth most mangrove-forested country on Earth. Mangroves play a crucial role in the ecosystem thanks to the dizzying array of plants, animals and birds ... <a title="Mangroves from space: 30 years of satellite images are helping us understand how climate change threatens these valuable forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/mangroves-from-space-30-years-of-satellite-images-are-helping-us-understand-how-climate-change-threatens-these-valuable-forests-156040/" aria-label="Read more about Mangroves from space: 30 years of satellite images are helping us understand how climate change threatens these valuable forests">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwilym Croucher, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne Australian universities, for better or worse, have embraced international rankings, especially those published each year such as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 (the ... <a title="Australian universities may be at a turning point in the rankings chase. So what next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/australian-universities-may-be-at-a-turning-point-in-the-rankings-chase-so-what-next-156282/" aria-label="Read more about Australian universities may be at a turning point in the rankings chase. So what next?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Koh, Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney It almost reads like a John Grisham novel. Self-employed woman contracts cancer. Claims under her income-protection insurance policy. Insurer cancels the policy after investigation reveals omission of unrelated health condition (depression) on her ... <a title="Federal Court rules insurance companies must behave decently. That’s a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/federal-court-rules-insurance-companies-must-behave-decently-thats-a-big-deal-157057/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Court rules insurance companies must behave decently. That’s a big deal">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University The recently reported decline in student performance in international tests for literacy, science and maths confirmed a view in some quarters that New Zealand’s curriculum is in need of an overhaul. Notably, the New Zealand ... <a title="Has a gap in old-school handwriting and spelling tuition contributed to NZ’s declining literacy scores?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/has-a-gap-in-old-school-handwriting-and-spelling-tuition-contributed-to-nzs-declining-literacy-scores-155371/" aria-label="Read more about Has a gap in old-school handwriting and spelling tuition contributed to NZ’s declining literacy scores?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ASIO is changing the language it uses to describe violent threats, because it says the current labels are “no longer fit for purpose.” This means terms including “left”, “right”, and “Islamic extremism” will be avoided. Announcing the update in his ... <a title="ASIO to avoid ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘Islamic’ in an overhaul of its descriptions of extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/asio-to-avoid-left-right-and-islamic-in-an-overhaul-of-its-descriptions-of-extremism-157345/" aria-label="Read more about ASIO to avoid ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘Islamic’ in an overhaul of its descriptions of extremism">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
I stayed away from the livestream that we in EMTV produced out of Port Moresby. I did watch parts of it. But it has been hard to watch a full session without becoming emotional and emotion is something that has been in abundance over the last 16 days. There are a thousand and one narratives ... <a title="Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/scott-waide-grand-chief-somare-and-the-wisdom-he-left-for-everyone/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerith Duncanson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle The trend towards vegetarian and vegan diets means more people are looking for meat-free protein alternatives. Enter seitan (pronounced say-tan), the latest food trend that’s going viral online. Seitan can be made by ... <a title="What is seitan? The vegan protein alternative going viral online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/what-is-seitan-the-vegan-protein-alternative-going-viral-online-157231/" aria-label="Read more about What is seitan? The vegan protein alternative going viral online">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology This week, actors such as Simon Baker, Bryan Brown and Marta Dusseldorp were in Canberra. Their aim was to convince parliament to introduce rules requiring streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ to spend 20% of their ... <a title="How local content rules on streamers could seriously backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/how-local-content-rules-on-streamers-could-seriously-backfire-157233/" aria-label="Read more about How local content rules on streamers could seriously backfire">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Carter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney When the children’s digital game Roblox launched on the New York Stock Exchange last week, the company’s share price rapidly took off. By the end of the day, it was valued at US$38 billion. How ... <a title="Why is kids’ video game Roblox worth $38 billion and what do parents need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/why-is-kids-video-game-roblox-worth-38-billion-and-what-do-parents-need-to-know-157133/" aria-label="Read more about Why is kids’ video game Roblox worth $38 billion and what do parents need to know?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
A View from Afar: Political scientist and former Pentagon analysis Paul G. Buchanan and investigative journalist Selwyn Manning and debate security, intelligence, and foreign policy trends and issues. This week’s episode: Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning discuss this week’s revelations by Paula Penfold and the Stuff Circuit team that a New Zealand tech company ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning: Ethical Trade and China + Myanmar’s Descent into Military Rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/coming-up-live-buchanan-manning-ethical-trade-and-china-myanmars-descent-into-military-rule/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning: Ethical Trade and China + Myanmar’s Descent into Military Rule">Read more</a>
