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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University This week, many Australians are holding their breath. On Sunday, we saw the end of the JobKeeper payment, with an estimated 150,000 people expected to now lose ... <a title="There are lots of poverty lines, and JobSeeker doesn’t keep people above any of them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/there-are-lots-of-poverty-lines-and-jobseeker-doesnt-keep-people-above-any-of-them-158068/" aria-label="Read more about There are lots of poverty lines, and JobSeeker doesn’t keep people above any of them">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Getting the Language Correct Aotearoa New Zealand has a housing problem; a very big housing problem, and a problem not unique to New Zealand. While political leaders and privileged commentators do acknowledge the problem, the discussion remains befuddled, presumably largely because of the compromised political and financial interests of those who ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/keith-rankin-essay-solving-the-housing-crisis-making-homes/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Poor people are different to rich people, and not only in the amount of money they’ve got. They are also different in something that flows from it. It’s (lack of) ease. And the consequences can ... <a title="The true cost of the government’s changes to JobSeeker is incalculable. It’s as if it didn’t learn from Robodebt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/the-true-cost-of-the-governments-changes-to-jobseeker-is-incalculable-its-as-if-it-didnt-learn-from-robodebt-158059/" aria-label="Read more about The true cost of the government’s changes to JobSeeker is incalculable. It’s as if it didn’t learn from Robodebt">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Barratt, Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University Uber’s announcement earlier this month it will now treat its drivers in the United Kingdom as “workers” rather than “independent contractors” is a significant development for the so-called gig economy. It follows Uber losing a five-year ... <a title="A better deal for Uber drivers in UK, but Australia’s ‘gig workers’ must wait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/a-better-deal-for-uber-drivers-in-uk-but-australias-gig-workers-must-wait-157597/" aria-label="Read more about A better deal for Uber drivers in UK, but Australia’s ‘gig workers’ must wait">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Evans, Associate Professor, Monash University Discoveries of new overarching rules or “laws” in nature are very rare. Surprisingly, my colleagues and I have found a new rule of biological growth that explains unexpected similarities in sharp structures found across the tree of life — in teeth, ... <a title="We’ve discovered a new rule of nature. It explains why animals’ pointy parts grow the way they do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/weve-discovered-a-new-rule-of-nature-it-explains-why-animals-pointy-parts-grow-the-way-they-do-157229/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve discovered a new rule of nature. It explains why animals’ pointy parts grow the way they do">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Newitt, Lecturer, Criminology, Western Sydney University In the lead-up to the 30th anniversary of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody report, there have been four Indigenous deaths in custody in three weeks. The royal commission report presented 339 recommendations to ensure the safety of ... <a title="Four Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks: is defunding police the answer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/four-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-in-three-weeks-is-defunding-police-the-answer-157879/" aria-label="Read more about Four Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks: is defunding police the answer?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny Shaw From New York Like Palestinians in Israel and Latino, Asian and Muslim immigrants in the U.S., Haitians in the Dominican Republic are demeaned, harassed, and victimized in both extraordinary and mundane ways. Pushed out of their homeland by centuries of neo-colonialism and exploitation, officially 751,080 ... <a title="Dominican Wall of Anti-Haitianism Keeps Neocolonial Inequity Alive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/dominican-wall-of-anti-haitianism-keeps-neocolonial-inequity-alive/" aria-label="Read more about Dominican Wall of Anti-Haitianism Keeps Neocolonial Inequity Alive">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing: Crisis and government announcements Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Pride and Property, an Austentatious tale Sasha Borissenko (Herald): What property does the PM ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 30 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-30-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 30 2021">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Last week, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland announced they might have discovered a brand new force of nature. Or, to be precise, they unveiled “new results which, if confirmed, would suggest hints of a violation of the ... <a title="New physics at the Large Hadron Collider? Scientists are excited, but it’s too soon to be sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/new-physics-at-the-large-hadron-collider-scientists-are-excited-but-its-too-soon-to-be-sure-157871/" aria-label="Read more about New physics at the Large Hadron Collider? Scientists are excited, but it’s too soon to be sure">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Barton, Senior lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Why are some kids left-handed and others are right-handed? — Sofia, aged 8 Hi Sofia, thanks for your great question! For a lot of human history, lefties have been seen as a little odd, and unfortunately ... <a title="Curious Kids: why are some kids left-handed and others are right-handed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/curious-kids-why-are-some-kids-left-handed-and-others-are-right-handed-155548/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why are some kids left-handed and others are right-handed?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Bradstock, Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong In the aftermath of Australia’s devastating Black Summer fires, research has begun to clarify the role of climate change. We already know climate change contributed to the record-breaking drought and fire weather conditions, leading to the bushfires’ unprecedented range across ... <a title="A staggering 1.8 million hectares burned in ‘high-severity’ fires during Australia’s Black Summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/a-staggering-1-8-million-hectares-burned-in-high-severity-fires-during-australias-black-summer-157883/" aria-label="Read more about A staggering 1.8 million hectares burned in ‘high-severity’ fires during Australia’s Black Summer">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Gibbs, Academic, Population Health, The University of Melbourne Ten years on from the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday fires, in which 173 people died, 3,500 buildings were destroyed and entire townships were wiped out, about two thirds of people from highly impacted communities reported they felt “mostly” ... <a title="More than a decade after the Black Saturday fires, it’s time we got serious about long-term disaster recovery planning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/more-than-a-decade-after-the-black-saturday-fires-its-time-we-got-serious-about-long-term-disaster-recovery-planning-158078/" aria-label="Read more about More than a decade after the Black Saturday fires, it’s time we got serious about long-term disaster recovery planning">Read more</a>
