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March 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific Unions in Fiji say it is hard to believe the Prime Minister only found out about the controversial draft Police Bill after public uproar. The draft legislation would have given police more surveillance powers if passed in Parliament. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama pulled the plug on the bill last week following widespread condemnation ... <a title="Unions call on Fiji PM to explain draft police bill ‘crazy insult’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/unions-call-on-fiji-pm-to-explain-draft-police-bill-crazy-insult/" aria-label="Read more about Unions call on Fiji PM to explain draft police bill ‘crazy insult’">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Brendon Blue for The Democracy Project The day after New Zealand’s first lockdown was announced, I expressed to a senior colleague my concern for those around the country whose livelihoods would suffer as a result. She agreed, but was confident that the spirit of “we’re all in it together” accompanying these drastic public ... <a title="Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/brendon-blue-non-homeowners-are-paying-the-cost-of-the-covid-19-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce You can’t get the right answer if you keep asking the wrong question. A question this neoliberal New Zealand government and previous ones continue to ask is:“How can people get to own a home?” There are very, very limited answers to that question. But if you ask: “How can we give ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/bryan-bruce-nzs-housing-crisis-ask-the-right-questions-and-we-may-get-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Chappell, Scientia Professor, UNSW In the wake of yet another week of disgusting behaviour and inadequate responses rolling out of federal parliament, it is abundantly clear Prime Minister Scott Morrison is clueless about how to fix it. He is not the only one, judging by the ... <a title="Bad times call for bold measures: 3 ways to fix the appalling treatment of women in our national parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/bad-times-call-for-bold-measures-3-ways-to-fix-the-appalling-treatment-of-women-in-our-national-parliament-157683/" aria-label="Read more about Bad times call for bold measures: 3 ways to fix the appalling treatment of women in our national parliament">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Moss, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in maternal and child health, The University of Queensland New South Wales and Queensland are in the grip of a major flood crisis. Homes have been swept away, businesses inundated, and thousands evacuated. Natural disasters like this are devastating, and in the ... <a title="Pregnant mothers’ stress during floods can disadvantage their babies, but it’s not inevitable. Here’s what we can do right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/pregnant-mothers-stress-during-floods-can-disadvantage-their-babies-but-its-not-inevitable-heres-what-we-can-do-right-now-157682/" aria-label="Read more about Pregnant mothers’ stress during floods can disadvantage their babies, but it’s not inevitable. Here’s what we can do right now">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kailah Thorn, EdCC Earth Science Museum Curator, University of Western Australia Many of us, at some point or another, dreamed of hunting for dinosaur fossils when we grew up. Palaeontology — the study of natural history through fossils — is the scientific reality of this. It encompasses ... <a title="How to hunt fossils responsibly: 5 tips from a professional palaeontologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/how-to-hunt-fossils-responsibly-5-tips-from-a-professional-palaeontologist-156861/" aria-label="Read more about How to hunt fossils responsibly: 5 tips from a professional palaeontologist">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katy Thomas, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania In recent days, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australians the treatment of women is not “of a scale that any government can simply change, it is something we must change as a society”. And as a society, we are in ... <a title="Parents, your kids are watching you. Sex education begins at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/parents-your-kids-are-watching-you-sex-education-begins-at-home-157502/" aria-label="Read more about Parents, your kids are watching you. Sex education begins at home">Read more</a>
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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>
