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March 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mould and mildew: long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places. Most adults visit the bathroom around 8-10 times a day. With an ... <a title="We know hand dryers can circulate germs through the air. Why are they still used everywhere?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/we-know-hand-dryers-can-circulate-germs-through-the-air-why-are-they-still-used-everywhere-157410/" aria-label="Read more about We know hand dryers can circulate germs through the air. Why are they still used everywhere?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Revelations of alleged sexual assault, harassment and bullying in Canberra have driven a wider debate about what some female MPs have described as a “toxic workplace culture” at parliament pouse. Some have now floated the ... <a title="Alcohol testing at parliament house would not solve the broader problem of a sexist workplace culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/alcohol-testing-at-parliament-house-would-not-solve-the-broader-problem-of-a-sexist-workplace-culture-158049/" aria-label="Read more about Alcohol testing at parliament house would not solve the broader problem of a sexist workplace culture">Read more</a>
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March 29, 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 Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup – Housing announcement a blow for those at the bottom Hayden Donnell (RNZ) Investor-economist alliance dominates media’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 29 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-29-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 29 2021">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Thirty Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers are working with other security personnel and the NCD covid-19 team to carry out a two-week awareness campaign in urban communities in the capital Port Moresby. PNGDF commander Major-General Gilbert Toropo told the PNG Post-Courier that the 30 officers from the military ... <a title="PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/png-military-police-help-out-with-covid-19-awareness-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia has been accused of a ‘disgraceful attack on the people of West Papua’ by considering listing the pro-independence militia Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) as a terrorist organisation. The exiled interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda has condemned the reported move by Jakarta, saying ... <a title="OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/opm-isnt-a-terrorist-group-the-indonesian-state-is-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
RNZ News More than a thousand people have turned out for a rally in central Auckland calling for discrimination against Asians to stop. They claim Asians have been the target of derogatory comments since covid-19 broke out. They say Asian communities in New Zealand and around the world have suffered discrimination for too long. Organiser ... <a title="Rally protests against anti-Asian covid violence, abuse in US and NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/rally-protests-against-anti-asian-covid-violence-abuse-in-us-and-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Rally protests against anti-Asian covid violence, abuse in US and NZ">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divyangana Rakesh, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne Growing up in a poor or disadvantaged neighbourhood can affect the way adolescents’ brains function, according to our new research. It can alter the communication between brain regions involved in planning, goal-setting and self-reflection. These brain changes can have ... <a title="Growing up in a rough neighbourhood can shape kids’ brains, so good parenting and schooling is crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/growing-up-in-a-rough-neighbourhood-can-shape-kids-brains-so-good-parenting-and-schooling-is-crucial-157884/" aria-label="Read more about Growing up in a rough neighbourhood can shape kids’ brains, so good parenting and schooling is crucial">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pauline Grosjean, Professor of Economics, UNSW It has been a momentous, demanding few weeks for Australia. Amid growing revelations of sexual assaults and toxic workplaces and people taking to the streets to voice their anger and frustration, it’s possible we are finally facing a reckoning on gender ... <a title="History repeating: the surprising link between toxic masculinity and Australia’s convict past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/history-repeating-the-surprising-link-between-toxic-masculinity-and-australias-convict-past-157881/" aria-label="Read more about History repeating: the surprising link between toxic masculinity and Australia’s convict past">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Bryant, Laboratory Head, Immunology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute The COVID vaccine rollout is underway in Australia, with people in phase 1b now eligible to be vaccinated. So far, we have two vaccines available in Australia: the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, approved for people aged 16 and ... <a title="We don’t yet know how effective COVID vaccines are for people with immune deficiencies. But we know they’re safe — and worthwhile" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/we-dont-yet-know-how-effective-covid-vaccines-are-for-people-with-immune-deficiencies-but-we-know-theyre-safe-and-worthwhile-155741/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t yet know how effective COVID vaccines are for people with immune deficiencies. But we know they’re safe — and worthwhile">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynlea Small, Casual Academic, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast A series of government policy reforms over recent decades aimed to increase the proportion of Australian workers with university degrees. They got that result, but what they did not expect to see ... <a title="1 in 4 unemployed Australians has a degree. How did we get to this point?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/1-in-4-unemployed-australians-has-a-degree-how-did-we-get-to-this-point-156867/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 4 unemployed Australians has a degree. How did we get to this point?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Shearer, Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Despite early forecasts of a COVID-driven slump, house prices are now surging in many parts of Australia. This is further widening the gap between the housing “haves” and “have-nots”, and we are seeing related rises in housing stress, ... <a title="Loving the idea of tiny house living, even if you don’t live in one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/loving-the-idea-of-tiny-house-living-even-if-you-dont-live-in-one-157052/" aria-label="Read more about Loving the idea of tiny house living, even if you don’t live in one">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Crowley, Associate, Grattan Institute Single parents with dependent children — eight out of ten of them women — were far more likely than others to lose work at the height of the pandemic and are far more likely to still be out of work now. Even ... <a title="Already badly off, single parents went dramatically backwards during COVID. They are raising our future adults" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/already-badly-off-single-parents-went-dramatically-backwards-during-covid-they-are-raising-our-future-adults-157767/" aria-label="Read more about Already badly off, single parents went dramatically backwards during COVID. They are raising our future adults">Read more</a>
