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March 9, 2021
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. It’s not entirely surprising that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has quit her weekly Newstalk ZB interview with Mike Hosking. After all, it was a tough interview each week, from a broadcaster clearly keen to put ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s unsurprising search for favourable media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-unsurprising-search-for-favourable-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s unsurprising search for favourable media">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Review: Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra In London, Covid-19 has closed ... <a title="Botticelli to Van Gogh: from luminous, lyrical beauty to the spoils of empire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/botticelli-to-van-gogh-from-luminous-lyrical-beauty-to-the-spoils-of-empire-155963/" aria-label="Read more about Botticelli to Van Gogh: from luminous, lyrical beauty to the spoils of empire">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Milani, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Western Sydney University Pope Francis’s historic trip to Iraq, including visits to the war-torn north, has been deeply significant. It is one that needs to be seen in the context of peace rather than politics. The pope, as a de ... <a title="Why Pope Francis’s historic trip to Iraq was a mission of peace over politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/why-pope-franciss-historic-trip-to-iraq-was-a-mission-of-peace-over-politics-156647/" aria-label="Read more about Why Pope Francis’s historic trip to Iraq was a mission of peace over politics">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Women journalists, feminists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world are facing virtual harassment. In this series, global civil society alliance CIVICUS highlights the gendered nature of virtual harassment through the stories of women working to defend our democratic freedoms. Today’s testimony on International Women’s Day is published here through a partnership between CIVICUS ... <a title="For this Filipina journalist, every day is a battle with fear – and defying silence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/for-this-filipina-journalist-every-day-is-a-battle-with-fear-and-defying-silence/" aria-label="Read more about For this Filipina journalist, every day is a battle with fear – and defying silence">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Bauman, Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Bond University Imagine you’re in the middle of watching a riveting episode of your favourite TV show. You decide the situation calls for popcorn, so you get up and head to the kitchen. But when you arrive in the kitchen ... <a title="It’s not just doorways that make us forget what we came for in the next room" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/its-not-just-doorways-that-make-us-forget-what-we-came-for-in-the-next-room-156030/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just doorways that make us forget what we came for in the next room">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University If we survive this economic crisis (and it is looking increasingly like we will, although the end of JobKeeper at the end of the month will be a setback) it will in large measure be ... <a title="You can’t fix the economy if you can’t see it: how the ABS became our secret weapon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/you-cant-fix-the-economy-if-you-cant-see-it-how-the-abs-became-our-secret-weapon-156637/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t fix the economy if you can’t see it: how the ABS became our secret weapon">Read more</a>
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March 9, 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 PM pulls out of weekly Mike Hosking interviews Mike Hosking (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern doesn’t answer the tough questions Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): PM turning her back on voters by abandoning interview slot Barry Soper ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-09-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2021">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Mitchell Lee, PhD Candidate, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University YouTube has gained a reputation for facilitating far-right radicalisation and spreading antisocial ideas. However, in an interesting twist, the same subversive, comedic, satiric and ironic tactics used by far-right internet figures are now being ... <a title="Meet BreadTube, the YouTube activists trying to beat the far-right at their own game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/meet-breadtube-the-youtube-activists-trying-to-beat-the-far-right-at-their-own-game-156125/" aria-label="Read more about Meet BreadTube, the YouTube activists trying to beat the far-right at their own game">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Phillimore, Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University Last March, Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan donned an AC/DC t-shirt to pay tribute to Bon Scott, the late lead singer of the legendary band. He joined some 150,000 fans who gathered along Perth’s Canning ... <a title="Meet Mark McGowan: the WA leader with a staggering 88% personal approval rating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/meet-mark-mcgowan-the-wa-leader-with-a-staggering-88-personal-approval-rating-156293/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Mark McGowan: the WA leader with a staggering 88% personal approval rating">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University It’s not a new thing for people to try to mislead you when it comes to science. But in the age of COVID-19 — when we’re being bombarded with even more information than usual, when there’s increased uncertainty, and when ... <a title="5 ways to spot if someone is trying to mislead you when it comes to science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/5-ways-to-spot-if-someone-is-trying-to-mislead-you-when-it-comes-to-science-138814/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways to spot if someone is trying to mislead you when it comes to science">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenni Downes, Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University To start dealing with Australia’s mounting plastic crisis, the federal government last week launched its first National Plastics Plan. The plan will fight plastic on various fronts, such as banning plastic on beaches, ending polystyrene ... <a title="‘Biodegradable’ plastic will soon be banned in Australia. That’s a big win for the environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/biodegradable-plastic-will-soon-be-banned-in-australia-thats-a-big-win-for-the-environment-156566/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Biodegradable’ plastic will soon be banned in Australia. That’s a big win for the environment">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahmood Nathie, Lecturer and researcher, University of South Australia More Islamic-school students in years 11 to 12 are enrolled in science and maths than other students in Australia. In our study of Islamic-school students’ career aspirations, about 28% of our sample were enrolled in science compared to ... <a title="Senior maths and science are super popular with Islamic-school students, but that could limit their career options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/senior-maths-and-science-are-super-popular-with-islamic-school-students-but-that-could-limit-their-career-options-156387/" aria-label="Read more about Senior maths and science are super popular with Islamic-school students, but that could limit their career options">Read more</a>