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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor at UNSW Art & Design, UNSW Given the restrictions on international borders as a result of COVID-19, it is convenient The National has always been dedicated to the work of Australian artists. Launched in 2017 as a series of three biennial exhibitions, The ... <a title="Despair and hope; anger and optimism: The National 2021 highlights care in Australian art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/despair-and-hope-anger-and-optimism-the-national-2021-highlights-care-in-australian-art-157769/" aria-label="Read more about Despair and hope; anger and optimism: The National 2021 highlights care in Australian art">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer of Law and Convenor of the BA in Law, University of Waikato For many of the thousands of tertiary students who have just settled into university halls of residence, not to mention their parents, the current parliamentary inquiry into student accommodation will be ... <a title="NZ student accommodation is expensive and under-regulated — here are 10 ways to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/nz-student-accommodation-is-expensive-and-under-regulated-here-are-10-ways-to-fix-it-157408/" aria-label="Read more about NZ student accommodation is expensive and under-regulated — here are 10 ways to fix it">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is speeding up the establishment of its planned $1 billion Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise, which aims to boost Australia’s own defence production capabilities as it faces a deteriorating security outlook. The defence department will now start the process ... <a title="Australia’s plan for manufacturing missiles to be accelerated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/australias-plan-for-manufacturing-missiles-to-be-accelerated-158160/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s plan for manufacturing missiles to be accelerated">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will promise a Labor government would deliver a discount to cut the cost of electric cars and install community batteries, in modest initiatives costing $400 million over several years. The announcement, to be made Wednesday, comes as Labor ... <a title="Labor proposes discounts for electric cars and ‘community batteries’ to store solar power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/labor-proposes-discounts-for-electric-cars-and-community-batteries-to-store-solar-power-158146/" aria-label="Read more about Labor proposes discounts for electric cars and ‘community batteries’ to store solar power">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Keyzer, Dean of Law, Australian Catholic University Recent reports about the deportation of a 15-year-old from Australia to New Zealand have reignited a dispute between the two countries about the proper management of offenders who have been born overseas. The reports came at the time Australia’s ... <a title="New Zealanders have a right to be angry when Australia deports a 15-year-old" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/new-zealanders-have-a-right-to-be-angry-when-australia-deports-a-15-year-old-157583/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders have a right to be angry when Australia deports a 15-year-old">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xi Wen (Carys) Chan, Lecturer in Organisational Psychology, Griffith University As allegations of rape and sexual assault engulf Australian federal politics, several current and former female staffers and politicians have come forward to share their stories of a culture of toxic masculinity within Australia’s political bubble. It’s ... <a title="Depression, burnout, insomnia, headaches: how a toxic and sexist workplace culture can affect your health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/depression-burnout-insomnia-headaches-how-a-toxic-and-sexist-workplace-culture-can-affect-your-health-158062/" aria-label="Read more about Depression, burnout, insomnia, headaches: how a toxic and sexist workplace culture can affect your health">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University On Sunday afternoon, Channel 9 posted a cryptic tweet indicating it was under attack. The accompanying video acknowledged that the failure to run the Weekend Today show that morning was attributed to a major cyber incident. Reporting ... <a title="Holding the news to ransom? What we know so far about the Channel 9 cyber attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/holding-the-news-to-ransom-what-we-know-so-far-about-the-channel-9-cyber-attack-158069/" aria-label="Read more about Holding the news to ransom? What we know so far about the Channel 9 cyber attack">Read more</a>
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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>
