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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 21-24 from a sample of 1,510, gave Labor a 51-49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, four weeks ago. Primary votes were 41% Coalition ... <a title="Coalition and Morrison gain in Newspoll, and the new Resolve poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/coalition-and-morrison-gain-in-newspoll-and-the-new-resolve-poll-159628/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition and Morrison gain in Newspoll, and the new Resolve poll">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fullagar, Professor of History, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University This week, the Philippines is marking a significant event in the history of European colonialism in the Asia-Pacific region — the 500th anniversary of the death of Portuguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães (more ... <a title="Ferdinand Magellan’s death 500 years ago is being remembered as an act of Indigenous resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/ferdinand-magellans-death-500-years-ago-is-being-remembered-as-an-act-of-indigenous-resistance-158226/" aria-label="Read more about Ferdinand Magellan’s death 500 years ago is being remembered as an act of Indigenous resistance">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Isakhan, Professor of International Politics, Deakin University At least 82 people are dead after a horrific fire swept through the COVID intensive care unit of one of Iraq’s main hospitals over the weekend. The Iraqi prime minster has suspended the nation’s health minister over the incident. ... <a title="Baghdad hospital fire: what happened and what it tells us about Iraq’s health system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/baghdad-hospital-fire-what-happened-and-what-it-tells-us-about-iraqs-health-system-159700/" aria-label="Read more about Baghdad hospital fire: what happened and what it tells us about Iraq’s health system">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – West Papuan envoy John Anari in New York … “moral and legal obligation” for the UN over West Papua. IMAGE: John Anari FB By DAVID ROBIE A WEST Papuan envoy who was gagged while addressing the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues two years ago ... <a title="Gagged West Papuan envoy blocked again from raising self-determination issue at UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/gagged-west-papuan-envoy-blocked-again-from-raising-self-determination-issue-at-un/" aria-label="Read more about Gagged West Papuan envoy blocked again from raising self-determination issue at UN">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne In September, it will be ten years since the Gillard government established the Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation in Australia, otherwise known as the Finkelstein inquiry. In the succeeding decade, media accountability ... <a title="10 years after Finkelstein, media accountability in Australia has gone backwards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/10-years-after-finkelstein-media-accountability-in-australia-has-gone-backwards-159530/" aria-label="Read more about 10 years after Finkelstein, media accountability in Australia has gone backwards">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Blackwell, Research Fellow (Indigenous Policy), UNSW With Peter Dutton recently shifting into a more outward-facing portfolio as Australia’s new defence minister, we must begin to assess his past actions and statements through an international policy lens. Placing someone like Dutton — a strong political partisan with ... <a title="With Dutton in defence, the Morrison government risks progress on climate and Indigenous affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/with-dutton-in-defence-the-morrison-government-risks-progress-on-climate-and-indigenous-affairs-158420/" aria-label="Read more about With Dutton in defence, the Morrison government risks progress on climate and Indigenous affairs">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter J. Dean, Chair of Defence Studies and Director, UWA Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia Defence is always one of the Australian government’s busiest — and most powerful — portfolios. Now, as Peter Dutton takes the helm, this is no exception, and he ... <a title="Why the defence portfolio could make or break Peter Dutton’s political career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/why-the-defence-portfolio-could-make-or-break-peter-duttons-political-career-159214/" aria-label="Read more about Why the defence portfolio could make or break Peter Dutton’s political career">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW With Australia’s COVID vaccination campaign set to open up to over 50s on May 3, many at-risk Australians eligible under phase 1A are still waiting. Last week we learned only 6.5% of residents in disability care homes had received the ... <a title="Vaccinating the highest-risk groups first was the plan. But people with disability are being left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/vaccinating-the-highest-risk-groups-first-was-the-plan-but-people-with-disability-are-being-left-behind-159439/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccinating the highest-risk groups first was the plan. But people with disability are being left behind">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabi Mocatta, Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University, and Research Fellow in Climate Change Communication, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania It’s unusual for researchers who study our catastrophically changing climate to use the words “optimism” and “climate change” in the same sentence. As an Intergovernmental Panel on ... <a title="More reasons for optimism on climate change than we’ve seen for decades: 2 climate experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/more-reasons-for-optimism-on-climate-change-than-weve-seen-for-decades-2-climate-experts-explain-159233/" aria-label="Read more about More reasons for optimism on climate change than we’ve seen for decades: 2 climate experts explain">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Little, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Chanel Contos’ recent petition called for an overhaul of sexual education at schools and for consent to be taught earlier on, and better. Adequate, formal sexual education is important for young people, but discussions about consent can take place in many ... <a title="Young people learn about relationships from media. You can use books and movies to start discussions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/young-people-learn-about-relationships-from-media-you-can-use-books-and-movies-to-start-discussions-158784/" aria-label="Read more about Young people learn about relationships from media. You can use books and movies to start discussions">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Davies, Professor of Human Geography, The University of Western Australia In a year of lockdowns, social distancing and working from home, Australia’s volunteering rate plunged. In 2020, two out of every three volunteers stopped volunteering. This equates to a loss of 12.2 million hours per week ... <a title="Loss of two-thirds of volunteers delivers another COVID blow to communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/loss-of-two-thirds-of-volunteers-delivers-another-covid-blow-to-communities-159327/" aria-label="Read more about Loss of two-thirds of volunteers delivers another COVID blow to communities">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne It’s not just the end of JobKeeper that will push up unemployment in April. The most-recently published figures, for March, had the unemployment rate coming ... <a title="Post-JobKeeper, unemployment could head north of 7%: here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/post-jobkeeper-unemployment-could-head-north-of-7-heres-why-159428/" aria-label="Read more about Post-JobKeeper, unemployment could head north of 7%: here’s why">Read more</a>
