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March 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Deane, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology What Australian politicians call carbon tariffs, the European Union labels a carbon border adjustment mechanism. While one sounds bad (the World Trade Organisation has rules that restrict tariffs) the other sounds understandable — if the European Union is imposing ... <a title="The European Union wants to impose carbon tariffs on Australian exports. Is that legal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/the-european-union-wants-to-impose-carbon-tariffs-on-australian-exports-is-that-legal-156946/" aria-label="Read more about The European Union wants to impose carbon tariffs on Australian exports. Is that legal?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and is now in better economic shape than most countries due to a two-pronged strategy. First, we quickly got the virus largely under control – reflecting the reality it would have been impossible to have ... <a title="Vital Signs: the best thing for jobs now is to accelerate the vaccine roll-out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/vital-signs-the-best-thing-for-jobs-now-is-to-accelerate-the-vaccine-roll-out-157773/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the best thing for jobs now is to accelerate the vaccine roll-out">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Woollacott, Manning Clark Professor of History, Australian National University Rage and roar are two words commonly used to describe the events of Monday 15 March, when tens of thousands joined the March4Justice: the emotional rage fuelling the protests; the roar of angry shouting voices raised against ... <a title="Friday essay: Sex, power and anger — a history of feminist protests in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/friday-essay-sex-power-and-anger-a-history-of-feminist-protests-in-australia-157402/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: Sex, power and anger — a history of feminist protests in Australia">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra “Is your leadership safe?” Scott Morrison was asked on the ABC on Thursday. The Prime Minister’s leadership is quite safe, but that the question was put says volumes for how embattled he’s become in a few weeks. As did some ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The worst is not over in the crisis tearing at Scott Morrison’s government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/grattan-on-friday-the-worst-is-not-over-in-the-crisis-tearing-at-scott-morrisons-government-157906/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The worst is not over in the crisis tearing at Scott Morrison’s government">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Over the last month, as more and more stories of sexually explicit behaviour and misconduct within the walls of Parliament House have been revealed, the “culture” of politics has come into question. One particular issue is the role and representation ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on being a woman in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sussan-ley-on-being-a-woman-in-politics-157888/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on being a woman in politics">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Review: Appropriate, directed by Wesley Enoch. Sydney Theatre Company. Wesley Enoch’s exuberant return to the Sydney Theatre Company to direct African-American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate is a wild ride back to the power of ... <a title="A tight, living room drama of a family in crisis, Appropriate explores truth-telling and dark histories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/a-tight-living-room-drama-of-a-family-in-crisis-appropriate-explores-truth-telling-and-dark-histories-156291/" aria-label="Read more about A tight, living room drama of a family in crisis, Appropriate explores truth-telling and dark histories">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Kevin, Emeritus Fellow, Australian National University The past week has marked a watershed moment in Russia’s relations with the West — and the US in particular. In two dramatic, televised moments, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have changed the dynamics between their ... <a title="Russia and China are sending Biden a message: don’t judge us or try to change us. Those days are over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/russia-and-china-are-sending-biden-a-message-dont-judge-us-or-try-to-change-us-those-days-are-over-157771/" aria-label="Read more about Russia and China are sending Biden a message: don’t judge us or try to change us. Those days are over">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Iliadis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University As federal parliament has been rocked by allegations of sexual violence, one of the frequent questions has been “why don’t victims go to police?” But this is not a straightforward or easy solution. And victims can easily end up ... <a title="Sexual assault victims can easily be re-traumatised going to court — here’s one way to stop this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/sexual-assault-victims-can-easily-be-re-traumatised-going-to-court-heres-one-way-to-stop-this-157428/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual assault victims can easily be re-traumatised going to court — here’s one way to stop this">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning debate:
Whether the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service has accepted its failure to identify and detect terrorist planning activity in the lead up to the tragedy that occurred in Christchurch against Muslim people on March 15, 2019.
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn MacCallum, Associate Professor, University of Canterbury We know COVID-19 and its associated changes to our work and learning habits caused a marked increase in the use of technology. More surprising, perhaps, is the impact these lockdowns have had on children’s and young people’s self-reported enjoyment of ... <a title="After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for the joy of real books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/after-a-year-of-digital-learning-and-virtual-teaching-lets-hear-it-for-the-joy-of-real-books-156851/" aria-label="Read more about After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for the joy of real books">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford When someone gets sick after receiving a vaccine, this might be a complication or coincidence. As the recent rollout out ... <a title="There’s no need to pause vaccine rollouts when there’s a safety scare. Give the public the facts and let them decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/theres-no-need-to-pause-vaccine-rollouts-when-theres-a-safety-scare-give-the-public-the-facts-and-let-them-decide-157405/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no need to pause vaccine rollouts when there’s a safety scare. Give the public the facts and let them decide">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Klein, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University During COVID-19 the government ran what turned out to be a giant real-world experiment into what happens when you boost someone’s unemployment benefits and free them of the “mutual obligation” to apply for jobs. On April 27 2020 the government ... <a title="What happens when you free unemployed Australians from ‘mutual obligations’ and boost their benefits? We just found out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/what-happens-when-you-free-unemployed-australians-from-mutual-obligations-and-boost-their-benefits-we-just-found-out-157506/" aria-label="Read more about What happens when you free unemployed Australians from ‘mutual obligations’ and boost their benefits? We just found out">Read more</a>