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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW A coalition of more than 20 disability organisations released a statement yesterday setting out significant concerns over the federal government’s plans to introduce independent assessments to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The government says this new approach is aimed ... <a title="‘Dehumanising’ and ‘a nightmare’: why disability groups want NDIS independent assessments scrapped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/dehumanising-and-a-nightmare-why-disability-groups-want-ndis-independent-assessments-scrapped-156941/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dehumanising’ and ‘a nightmare’: why disability groups want NDIS independent assessments scrapped">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss the government’s most recent round of subsidy packages – for apprentices and the tourism industry, as well as the success ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a post-JobKeeper economy, the vaccine rollout and half-price plane tickets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/video-michelle-grattan-on-a-post-jobkeeper-economy-the-vaccine-rollout-and-half-price-plane-tickets-156974/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a post-JobKeeper economy, the vaccine rollout and half-price plane tickets">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Loughman, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University If you walk down the supermarket aisle, you may be tempted with foods marketed as being good for your gut. Then there are the multiple health blogs about improving, supporting or maintaining your “gut health”. But what does “gut health” ... <a title="Boosting your ‘gut health’ sounds great. But this wellness trend is vague and often misunderstood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/boosting-your-gut-health-sounds-great-but-this-wellness-trend-is-vague-and-often-misunderstood-155472/" aria-label="Read more about Boosting your ‘gut health’ sounds great. But this wellness trend is vague and often misunderstood">Read more</a>
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March 12, 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 Policing and crime Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): What sort of technology requires clear images of people’s faces – and are the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 12 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-12-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 12 2021">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cathy Foley, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist It’s early days in my tenure as Australia’s Chief Scientist but I have already been struck by how central science is to the national policy agenda. I knew this as an observer, but since I took up ... <a title="Chief Scientist: science will drive a post-pandemic manufacturing boom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/chief-scientist-science-will-drive-a-post-pandemic-manufacturing-boom-156935/" aria-label="Read more about Chief Scientist: science will drive a post-pandemic manufacturing boom">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Satterley, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Most Muslim Australians do not subscribe to extremist Islamist beliefs. However, according to a recent nationwide survey, significant minorities did indicate support for some key ideological features of Islamism. According to the survey, which was completed by 1,034 Muslim Australian citizens ... <a title="New survey sheds light on the depth of extremist beliefs among Muslim Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/new-survey-sheds-light-on-the-depth-of-extremist-beliefs-among-muslim-australians-155471/" aria-label="Read more about New survey sheds light on the depth of extremist beliefs among Muslim Australians">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Briggs, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Yallourn power station — Australia’s oldest, dirtiest coal plant — will close four years ahead of schedule in 2028. Announcing the move this week, operator Energy Australia said it will build a giant energy storage ... <a title="The death of coal-fired power is inevitable — yet the government still has no plan to help its workforce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/the-death-of-coal-fired-power-is-inevitable-yet-the-government-still-has-no-plan-to-help-its-workforce-156863/" aria-label="Read more about The death of coal-fired power is inevitable — yet the government still has no plan to help its workforce">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hockings, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland It’s one year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. While the human and economic toll have been enormous, new findings show the fallout from the virus also seriously damaged nature. Conservation is often funded by ... <a title="COVID-19 wasn’t just a disaster for humanity – new research shows nature suffered greatly too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/covid-19-wasnt-just-a-disaster-for-humanity-new-research-shows-nature-suffered-greatly-too-156838/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 wasn’t just a disaster for humanity – new research shows nature suffered greatly too">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW If you ever doubted the price of renewable energy was falling so rapidly it would eventually replace fossil fuels, the expedited closure of the Yallourn coal-fired power plant should change that. Energy Australia announced this week it would close the 47-year-old ... <a title="Vital Signs: timing of Yallourn’s closure shows it’s high time for a carbon price" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/vital-signs-timing-of-yallourns-closure-shows-its-high-time-for-a-carbon-price-156936/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: timing of Yallourn’s closure shows it’s high time for a carbon price">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mridula Nath Chakraborty, Monash Intercultural Lab and National Convenor of the Asian Australian Studies Research Network, Monash University In 399 CE, Faxian — a monk in China’s Jin Dynasty — went on a pilgrimage to the Indian subcontinent to collect Buddhist scriptures. Returning after 13 years, he ... <a title="Friday essay: is this the end of translation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/friday-essay-is-this-the-end-of-translation-156375/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: is this the end of translation?">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia If Apple and other tech companies have their way, it will only become harder to have our phones and other devices repaired by third-party businesses. Smartphones and many other tech devices are increasingly being designed in ... <a title="Screwed over: how Apple and others are making it impossible to get a cheap and easy phone repair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/screwed-over-how-apple-and-others-are-making-it-impossible-to-get-a-cheap-and-easy-phone-repair-156871/" aria-label="Read more about Screwed over: how Apple and others are making it impossible to get a cheap and easy phone repair">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ameena Leah Payne, eLearning Advisor, Swinburne University of Technology “I completed high school 20 years ago and wanted a ‘little break’ before furthering my study. That ‘little break’ was extended as my family grew. Life happened, and I never quite found the right time to keep my ... <a title="‘A lot of us can relate to struggling to keep on top of everything.’ This is what mature-age students need from online higher education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/a-lot-of-us-can-relate-to-struggling-to-keep-on-top-of-everything-this-is-what-mature-age-students-need-from-online-higher-education-155201/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A lot of us can relate to struggling to keep on top of everything.’ This is what mature-age students need from online higher education">Read more</a>
