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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By João Teixeira, Research associate, University of Adelaide Island Southeast Asia has one of the largest and most intriguing hominin fossil records in the world. But our new research suggests there is another prehistoric human species waiting to be discovered in this region: a group called Denisovans, which ... <a title="Evolutionary study suggests prehistoric human fossils ‘hiding in plain sight’ in Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/evolutionary-study-suggests-prehistoric-human-fossils-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-southeast-asia-157587/" aria-label="Read more about Evolutionary study suggests prehistoric human fossils ‘hiding in plain sight’ in Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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March 24, 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 Housing announcement Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Targeting New Zealand’s property speculators is popular, but won’t fix the housing crisis Henry Cooke (Stuff): The bets ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-24-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2021">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University A year after Aotearoa New Zealand went into full lockdown for a month (it felt like longer, but lasted from March 25 to April 27), the country has without doubt fared better than many other places. True, the cost of ... <a title="A year on from New Zealand’s big lockdown the ‘team of 5 million’ needs a new story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/a-year-on-from-new-zealands-big-lockdown-the-team-of-5-million-needs-a-new-story-156955/" aria-label="Read more about A year on from New Zealand’s big lockdown the ‘team of 5 million’ needs a new story">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Barr, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza As the nights begin to close in and the temperatures cool, it’s clear winter is approaching again. With the winter season comes the risk of the usual winter lurgies, most of which result from ... <a title="Yes, COVID vaccines are front and centre. But don’t forget about your flu shot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/yes-covid-vaccines-are-front-and-centre-but-dont-forget-about-your-flu-shot-157051/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, COVID vaccines are front and centre. But don’t forget about your flu shot">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Over the past three years, I’ve been working on the forthcoming report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’m a climate scientist who contributed to the chapter on global water cycle changes. It’s concerning ... <a title="Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/yes-australia-is-a-land-of-flooding-rains-but-climate-change-could-be-making-it-worse-157586/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hogan, Senior lecturer, Queensland University of Technology We have estimated around $8 billion of non-government or private funding flows through Australia’s school system each year — both public and private. The vast majority of this comes from school fees. The rest is from “other private sources”, ... <a title="Education funding is unfair — and public schools asking parents to chip in makes it worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/education-funding-is-unfair-and-public-schools-asking-parents-to-chip-in-makes-it-worse-157144/" aria-label="Read more about Education funding is unfair — and public schools asking parents to chip in makes it worse">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Casey, Research Associate, Future Social Service Institute, RMIT University Many Australians whose jobs were decimated by the COVID business shutdowns will soon be waking up to new income shocks and the prospect of rental stress. This is because people whose employers can’t afford to keep them ... <a title="At least 2.6 million people face poverty when COVID payments end and rental stress soars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/at-least-2-6-million-people-face-poverty-when-covid-payments-end-and-rental-stress-soars-157244/" aria-label="Read more about At least 2.6 million people face poverty when COVID payments end and rental stress soars">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University “Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, France had Voltaire”, the historian Will Durant once commented. Born François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire (1694-1778) was known in his lifetime as the “patriarch” of the French enlightenment. A man of extraordinary energy and ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: Voltaire’s Candide — a darkly satirical tale of human folly in times of crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/guide-to-the-classics-voltaires-candide-a-darkly-satirical-tale-of-human-folly-in-times-of-crisis-157131/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: Voltaire’s Candide — a darkly satirical tale of human folly in times of crisis">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra One potentially solid proposal came out of Scott Morrison’s extraordinary news conference, held on Tuesday morning against the backdrop of the fresh revelations about appalling behaviour in Parliament House. Morrison said he was open to a conversation about having Liberal ... <a title="View from The Hill: Scott Morrison opens door to Liberal quotas, but don’t hold your breath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/view-from-the-hill-scott-morrison-opens-door-to-liberal-quotas-but-dont-hold-your-breath-157693/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Scott Morrison opens door to Liberal quotas, but don’t hold your breath">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University One group of women was strikingly absent from the March4Justice rallies last week: Coalition MPs. Admittedly, there are not many of them (only 23% of the government’s MPs are female), but the refusal of the minister for women to attend ... <a title="Memo Liberal women: if you really want to confront misogyny in your party, you need to fix the policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/memo-liberal-women-if-you-really-want-to-confront-misogyny-in-your-party-you-need-to-fix-the-policies-157687/" aria-label="Read more about Memo Liberal women: if you really want to confront misogyny in your party, you need to fix the policies">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xanthe Mallett, Forensic Criminologist, University of Newcastle As the country watches Scott Morrison grapple with the sex scandals rocking our federal parliament, it is worth wondering what has really changed since former Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s now-famous 2012 “misogyny” speech. The power of that speech is undeniable, ... <a title="‘Cultural misogyny’ and why men’s aggression to women is so often expressed through sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/cultural-misogyny-and-why-mens-aggression-to-women-is-so-often-expressed-through-sex-157680/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cultural misogyny’ and why men’s aggression to women is so often expressed through sex">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tegan Larin, PhD Candidate Monash University XYX Lab, Monash University The recent US shootings at massage businesses in Atlanta should ring alarm bells in Australia. Eight people were killed in the attacks, including four Korean women and two Chinese women. US authorities are still trying to determine ... <a title="US massage parlour shootings should ring alarm bells in Australia: the same racist sexism exists here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/us-massage-parlour-shootings-should-ring-alarm-bells-in-australia-the-same-racist-sexism-exists-here-157591/" aria-label="Read more about US massage parlour shootings should ring alarm bells in Australia: the same racist sexism exists here">Read more</a>
