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August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael James Walsh, Associate Professor, University of Canberra Shutterstock Twitter has come under increasing public scrutiny for facilitating hostile communication online. While the micro-blogging site promotes itself as providing a “free” and “safe” space to talk, critics have highlighted the company’s inept response to repeated instances of ... <a title="Twitter’s design stokes hostility and controversy. Here’s why, and how it might change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/twitters-design-stokes-hostility-and-controversy-heres-why-and-how-it-might-change-166555/" aria-label="Read more about Twitter’s design stokes hostility and controversy. Here’s why, and how it might change">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Birgita Hansen, Senior Research Fellow, Federation University and Better Data for Better Decisions Constellation Leader, Food Agility CRC, Federation University Australia David Bassett, Author provided Imagine having to fly non-stop for five days over thousands of kilometres of ocean for your survival. That’s what the Latham’s Snipe ... <a title="This bird’s stamina is remarkable: it flies non-stop for 5 days from Japan to Australia, but now its habitat is under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/this-birds-stamina-is-remarkable-it-flies-non-stop-for-5-days-from-japan-to-australia-but-now-its-habitat-is-under-threat-165964/" aria-label="Read more about This bird’s stamina is remarkable: it flies non-stop for 5 days from Japan to Australia, but now its habitat is under threat">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Read, Professor of History, Australian National University This article contains mentions of the Stolen Generations, and policies using outdated and potentially offensive terminology when referring to First Nations people. Earlier this month, the Commonwealth government announced a reparations scheme for Stolen Generations survivors in the Northern ... <a title="The government’s Stolen Generations redress scheme is piecemeal and unrealistic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/the-governments-stolen-generations-redress-scheme-is-piecemeal-and-unrealistic-165878/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s Stolen Generations redress scheme is piecemeal and unrealistic">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabine Matook, Associate Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Australian universities invest heavily in the employability of their graduates. The Australian government supports this goal with annual funding to increase to A$20 billion by 2024. This includes $900 million in grants through the National ... <a title="How work-integrated learning helps to make billions in uni funding worth it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/how-work-integrated-learning-helps-to-make-billions-in-uni-funding-worth-it-166017/" aria-label="Read more about How work-integrated learning helps to make billions in uni funding worth it">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Latoya Aroha Rule, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney This article contains information on deaths in custody and the violence experienced by First Nations people in our encounters with the Australian carceral system. It also contains references to and the names of people who are now deceased. ... <a title="Incarceration Nation exposes the racist foundations of policing and imprisonment in Australia, but at what cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/incarceration-nation-exposes-the-racist-foundations-of-policing-and-imprisonment-in-australia-but-at-what-cost-165951/" aria-label="Read more about Incarceration Nation exposes the racist foundations of policing and imprisonment in Australia, but at what cost?">Read more</a>
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August 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 Government management of outbreak Andrea Vance (Stuff): If the Government is making the right decisions on Covid-19, it will ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 30 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-30-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 30 2021">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
REVIEW: By Krishan Dutta While the covid-19 pandemic’s relentless cyclone continues across the globe wreaking havoc on economies and social systems, this book sheds light on the adversarial reporting culture of the media, and how it impacts on racism and politicisation driving the coverage. It explores the global response to the covid-19 pandemic, and the ... <a title="New covid book exposes global media bias, racism and stigmatisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/new-covid-book-exposes-global-media-bias-racism-and-stigmatisation/" aria-label="Read more about New covid book exposes global media bias, racism and stigmatisation">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Higgins, Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Jose Luis Magana/AP US President Joe Biden’s deadline of August 31 to complete US evacuation efforts from Afghanistan is fast approaching. And after last week’s bombing at the Kabul airport, the security situation for Afghans ... <a title="There’s a way to get refugees out of Afghanistan after this week’s deadline — if the Taliban agrees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/theres-a-way-to-get-refugees-out-of-afghanistan-after-this-weeks-deadline-if-the-taliban-agrees-166739/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a way to get refugees out of Afghanistan after this week’s deadline — if the Taliban agrees">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock With a 6% drop in revenue, 2020 was a year Australian universities would prefer to forget, a report released today by the Mitchell Institute shows. Mitchell Institute report into investment in higher education. The report, Australian investment in ... <a title="Universities lost 6% of their revenue in 2020 — and the next 2 years are looking worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/universities-lost-6-of-their-revenue-in-2020-and-the-next-2-years-are-looking-worse-166749/" aria-label="Read more about Universities lost 6% of their revenue in 2020 — and the next 2 years are looking worse">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid Magner, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, RMIT University Shutterstock Audiobook listening has been called a “silent revolution” in the publishing industry over the last decade. The US audiobook market is estimated to be worth US$1.1 billion annually and is growing at a rate of more than ... <a title="Yes, audiobooks count as ‘real reading’. Here are 3 top titles to get you started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/yes-audiobooks-count-as-real-reading-here-are-3-top-titles-to-get-you-started-166097/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, audiobooks count as ‘real reading’. Here are 3 top titles to get you started">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke at today’s 1pm press conference about the importance of mental health and support services in the community during New Zealand’s delta covid-19 outbreak. “Having positive cases in our communities, along with the impact of lockdowns I know can be hugely unsettling, and that uncertainty can impact on everyone’s ... <a title="‘You’re not alone’, PM Ardern tells lockdown nation on mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/youre-not-alone-pm-ardern-tells-lockdown-nation-on-mental-health/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You’re not alone’, PM Ardern tells lockdown nation on mental health">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney To cover up the humiliating defeat for the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, the Anglo-American media is spinning tales of a great “humanitarian” airlift to save Afghani women from assumed brutality when the Taliban consolidate their power across Afghanistan. But, at the United Nations Human Rights Council ... <a title="West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/west-spins-humanitarian-tale-over-afghanistan-china-talks-up-war-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war crimes">Read more</a>
