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March 17, 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 Keith Lynch (Stuff): What happened after Jacinda Ardern said house prices can’t keep skyrocketing Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing crisis: Greens ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 17 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-17-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 17 2021">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Berg, Principal Research Fellow and Co-Director, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT University Over the past few months, Twitter took down the account of the then-President of the United States and Facebook temporarily stopped users from sharing Australian media content. This begs the question: do social media ... <a title="Social media has huge problems with free speech and moderation. Could decentralised platforms fix this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/social-media-has-huge-problems-with-free-speech-and-moderation-could-decentralised-platforms-fix-this-157053/" aria-label="Read more about Social media has huge problems with free speech and moderation. Could decentralised platforms fix this?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra This week’s March 4 Justice protests saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets. It gave Australians – outraged by gendered violence connected to Parliament House and beyond ... <a title="The women’s march was a huge success. Now comes the hard part: how to actually get something done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/the-womens-march-was-a-huge-success-now-comes-the-hard-part-how-to-actually-get-something-done-157225/" aria-label="Read more about The women’s march was a huge success. Now comes the hard part: how to actually get something done">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University The COVID vaccine rollout is now underway in Australia and around the world. It’s incredible we’ve been able to develop and produce safe and effective vaccines so quickly — but the current crop of ... <a title="Why do we need booster shots, and could we mix and match different COVID vaccines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/why-do-we-need-booster-shots-and-could-we-mix-and-match-different-covid-vaccines-155951/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we need booster shots, and could we mix and match different COVID vaccines?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Hughes, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University There is much at stake at the highly anticipated United Nations climate summit in Glasgow this November. There, almost 200 nations signed up to the Paris Agreement will make emissions reduction pledges as part of the international effort ... <a title="Wake up, Mr Morrison: Australia’s slack climate effort leaves our children 10 times more work to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/wake-up-mr-morrison-australias-slack-climate-effort-leaves-our-children-10-times-more-work-to-do-157136/" aria-label="Read more about Wake up, Mr Morrison: Australia’s slack climate effort leaves our children 10 times more work to do">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Crates, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University Just as humans learn languages, animals learn behaviours crucial for survival and reproduction from older, experienced individuals of the same species. In this way, important “cultures” such as bird songs are passed from one generation to the next. But global ... <a title="Only the lonely: an endangered bird is forgetting its song as the species dies out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/only-the-lonely-an-endangered-bird-is-forgetting-its-song-as-the-species-dies-out-156950/" aria-label="Read more about Only the lonely: an endangered bird is forgetting its song as the species dies out">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luci Pangrazio, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University Children, like adults, are spending more time online. At home and school pre-schoolers now use an array of apps and platforms to learn, play and be entertained. While there are reported benefits, including learning through exploration, many parents are still ... <a title="Apps that help parents protect kids from cybercrime may be unsafe too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/apps-that-help-parents-protect-kids-from-cybercrime-may-be-unsafe-too-156583/" aria-label="Read more about Apps that help parents protect kids from cybercrime may be unsafe too">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Buning, Lecturer in Tourism, School of Business, The University of Queensland Bike-share programs have in the past been designed and operated with residents as the main focus. These shared bikes have mainly been regarded as a way to solve the “last mile problem” – the distance ... <a title="When 1 in 3 users are tourists, that changes the bike-share equation for cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/when-1-in-3-users-are-tourists-that-changes-the-bike-share-equation-for-cities-152895/" aria-label="Read more about When 1 in 3 users are tourists, that changes the bike-share equation for cities">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University As the NRL competition ushers in its 2021 season, women waving pom poms while clad in figure hugging attire and white, knee-high boots will be missing from some games. The Parramatta Eels are the latest and fifth ... <a title="Cheerleaders are athletes. The NRL should pause on packing away the pom poms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/cheerleaders-are-athletes-the-nrl-should-pause-on-packing-away-the-pom-poms-156963/" aria-label="Read more about Cheerleaders are athletes. The NRL should pause on packing away the pom poms">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne This week’s federal Newspoll, conducted March 10-13 from a sample of 1,521 people, gave Labor a 52-48% lead on a two-party preferred basis, a two-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll three weeks ... <a title="Morrison still enjoys strong ratings in separate polls, indicating Labor’s gains may be short-lived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/morrison-still-enjoys-strong-ratings-in-separate-polls-indicating-labors-gains-may-be-short-lived-157129/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison still enjoys strong ratings in separate polls, indicating Labor’s gains may be short-lived">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management & Logistics, Curtin University On March 11 — exactly a year after the World Health Organization declared COVID a pandemic — Australia’s health department secretary Brendan Murphy fronted a Senate select committee to discuss potential delays to the government’s ... <a title="Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout is well behind schedule — but don’t panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/australias-covid-vaccine-rollout-is-well-behind-schedule-but-dont-panic-157048/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout is well behind schedule — but don’t panic">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarryd Bartle, Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University Last night, Four Corners revealed a number of allegations against a self-described “BDSM master”, James Davis, recently charged with federal slavery and servitude offences by the Australian Federal Police in New South Wales. The alleged offending occurred within the context of ... <a title="When does BDSM cross the line into abuse and slavery?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/when-does-bdsm-cross-the-line-into-abuse-and-slavery-157224/" aria-label="Read more about When does BDSM cross the line into abuse and slavery?">Read more</a>
