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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia’s policy performance on COVID-19 in 2020 was world-leading in terms of both public health and economics. Sadly, our vaccine roll-out strategy has been anything but. I’ve spent plenty of time highlighting this in recent months. But perhaps the most instructive ... <a title="Vital Signs: Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/vital-signs-israel-shows-how-to-do-vaccinations-right-its-a-race-and-were-behind-157242/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Koh, Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney It almost reads like a John Grisham novel. Self-employed woman contracts cancer. Claims under her income-protection insurance policy. Insurer cancels the policy after investigation reveals omission of unrelated health condition (depression) on her ... <a title="Federal Court rules insurance companies have to behave decently. That’s a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/federal-court-rules-insurance-companies-have-to-behave-decently-thats-a-big-deal-157057/" aria-label="Read more about Federal Court rules insurance companies have to behave decently. That’s a big deal">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Hoy, Respiratory Physician. Senior Research Fellow. Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Monash University In 2012 my wife and I renovated our house — a two-storey extension with a brand new kitchen. Inspired by various renovation-themed TV shows and magazines, we chose a sleek stone ... <a title="Renovating your kitchen? Help Australia’s tradies avoid silicosis by not choosing artificial stone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/renovating-your-kitchen-help-australias-tradies-avoid-silicosis-by-not-choosing-artificial-stone-156208/" aria-label="Read more about Renovating your kitchen? Help Australia’s tradies avoid silicosis by not choosing artificial stone">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss the marches which took place all over the nation, consisting ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on March 4 Justice, Christian Porter, and industrial relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/video-michelle-grattan-on-march-4-justice-christian-porter-and-industrial-relations-157507/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on March 4 Justice, Christian Porter, and industrial relations">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela McCabe, Lecturer, Management, La Trobe University Australia has long been seen as failing to fully capitalise on its ground-breaking research. A consultation paper on university research commercialisation is the latest federal government effort to increase the impact of research. Its focus is on creating incentives for ... <a title="How to get the most out of research when universities and industry team up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-research-when-universities-and-industry-team-up-156590/" aria-label="Read more about How to get the most out of research when universities and industry team up">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gareth Wearne, Lecturer in Biblical Studies, School of Theology, Australian Catholic University On Tuesday news broke of the discovery of fresh fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll in Israel. The fragments were said to come from the evocatively named Cave of Horror, near the western shore of ... <a title="Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/cave-of-horror-fresh-fragments-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls-echo-dramatic-human-stories-157423/" aria-label="Read more about Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Henne, Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University Yesterday, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller suggested technology should be part of the solution to growing concerns around sexual assault. He encouraged serious discussion about using a digital app to record ... <a title="Apps against sexual violence have been tried before. They don’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/apps-against-sexual-violence-have-been-tried-before-they-dont-work-157415/" aria-label="Read more about Apps against sexual violence have been tried before. They don’t work">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University The AFL season kicked off this week with the defending champion Richmond Tigers taking on Carlton in front of nearly 50,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground — apparently the largest sport crowd in Australia since the beginning ... <a title="Concussion risks aren’t limited to the AFL. We need urgent action to make sure our kids are safe, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/concussion-risks-arent-limited-to-the-afl-we-need-urgent-action-to-make-sure-our-kids-are-safe-too-155638/" aria-label="Read more about Concussion risks aren’t limited to the AFL. We need urgent action to make sure our kids are safe, too">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan W. Marshall, Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Review: Galup, by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, Perth Festival with Same Drum and Performing Lines. Galup is a “theatricalised” walking tour created by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger. The ... <a title="Galup theatrical walking tour recalls the dancing and violence of the colonial encounter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/galup-theatrical-walking-tour-recalls-the-dancing-and-violence-of-the-colonial-encounter-155120/" aria-label="Read more about Galup theatrical walking tour recalls the dancing and violence of the colonial encounter">Read more</a>
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March 19, 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 Bernard Hickey (Spinoff): A cacophony of magical thinking on housing 1News: Kiwis think Govt not doing enough to address housing crisis ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 19 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-19-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 19 2021">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gosia Mikolajczak, Research fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne In her departing speech this week, federal Liberal politician Nicolle Flint slammed the sexist abuse and harassment she endured in the lead-up to the 2019 election. Together with Brittany Higgins’ rape claim and ... <a title="Sexism, harassment, bullying: just like federal MPs, women standing for local government cop it all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/sexism-harassment-bullying-just-like-federal-mps-women-standing-for-local-government-cop-it-all-157396/" aria-label="Read more about Sexism, harassment, bullying: just like federal MPs, women standing for local government cop it all">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Heynen, Program Coordinator, Sustainable Energy, The University of Queensland Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, is battling an unfolding COVID crisis. The Morrison government is urgently deploying 8,000 vaccine doses to the nation’s health workers – but poor electricity access means there are serious questions over ... <a title="Australia is sending 8,000 vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/australia-is-sending-8-000-vaccine-doses-to-png-but-without-reliable-electricity-how-will-they-be-kept-cold-156798/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is sending 8,000 vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?">Read more</a>
