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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University If we survive this economic crisis (and it is looking increasingly like we will, although the end of JobKeeper at the end of the month will be a setback) it will in large measure be ... <a title="You can’t fix the economy if you can’t see it: how the ABS became our secret weapon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/you-cant-fix-the-economy-if-you-cant-see-it-how-the-abs-became-our-secret-weapon-156637/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t fix the economy if you can’t see it: how the ABS became our secret weapon">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content PM pulls out of weekly Mike Hosking interviews Mike Hosking (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern doesn’t answer the tough questions Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): PM turning her back on voters by abandoning interview slot Barry Soper ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-09-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2021">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Mitchell Lee, PhD Candidate, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University YouTube has gained a reputation for facilitating far-right radicalisation and spreading antisocial ideas. However, in an interesting twist, the same subversive, comedic, satiric and ironic tactics used by far-right internet figures are now being ... <a title="Meet BreadTube, the YouTube activists trying to beat the far-right at their own game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/meet-breadtube-the-youtube-activists-trying-to-beat-the-far-right-at-their-own-game-156125/" aria-label="Read more about Meet BreadTube, the YouTube activists trying to beat the far-right at their own game">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Phillimore, Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University Last March, Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan donned an AC/DC t-shirt to pay tribute to Bon Scott, the late lead singer of the legendary band. He joined some 150,000 fans who gathered along Perth’s Canning ... <a title="Meet Mark McGowan: the WA leader with a staggering 88% personal approval rating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/meet-mark-mcgowan-the-wa-leader-with-a-staggering-88-personal-approval-rating-156293/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Mark McGowan: the WA leader with a staggering 88% personal approval rating">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University It’s not a new thing for people to try to mislead you when it comes to science. But in the age of COVID-19 — when we’re being bombarded with even more information than usual, when there’s increased uncertainty, and when ... <a title="5 ways to spot if someone is trying to mislead you when it comes to science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/5-ways-to-spot-if-someone-is-trying-to-mislead-you-when-it-comes-to-science-138814/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways to spot if someone is trying to mislead you when it comes to science">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenni Downes, Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University To start dealing with Australia’s mounting plastic crisis, the federal government last week launched its first National Plastics Plan. The plan will fight plastic on various fronts, such as banning plastic on beaches, ending polystyrene ... <a title="‘Biodegradable’ plastic will soon be banned in Australia. That’s a big win for the environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/biodegradable-plastic-will-soon-be-banned-in-australia-thats-a-big-win-for-the-environment-156566/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Biodegradable’ plastic will soon be banned in Australia. That’s a big win for the environment">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahmood Nathie, Lecturer and researcher, University of South Australia More Islamic-school students in years 11 to 12 are enrolled in science and maths than other students in Australia. In our study of Islamic-school students’ career aspirations, about 28% of our sample were enrolled in science compared to ... <a title="Senior maths and science are super popular with Islamic-school students, but that could limit their career options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/senior-maths-and-science-are-super-popular-with-islamic-school-students-but-that-could-limit-their-career-options-156387/" aria-label="Read more about Senior maths and science are super popular with Islamic-school students, but that could limit their career options">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Mair, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Brisbane is in pole position to win the rights to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032, after being named as the preferred candidate city last month. The excitement is building, but the hard economic realities of staging ... <a title="Reduce, re-use, recycle: how the new relaxed Olympic rules make Brisbane’s 2032 bid affordable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/reduce-re-use-recycle-how-the-new-relaxed-olympic-rules-make-brisbanes-2032-bid-affordable-156100/" aria-label="Read more about Reduce, re-use, recycle: how the new relaxed Olympic rules make Brisbane’s 2032 bid affordable">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Knight, Honorary Research Professor, The University of Melbourne In this series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on the page and on screen. Arthur Morrison’s detective Martin Hewitt first appeared in The Strand magazine in March 1894. It was four months after Conan Doyle had published ... <a title="My favourite detective: Martin Hewitt, the cheery yet gritty antidote to Sherlock Holmes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/my-favourite-detective-martin-hewitt-the-cheery-yet-gritty-antidote-to-sherlock-holmes-152482/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: Martin Hewitt, the cheery yet gritty antidote to Sherlock Holmes">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will announce on Tuesday a $1.2 billion extension of the government’s wage subsidy for businesses taking on apprentices, as the government starts to roll out targeted assistance for the post-JobKeeper economy. The Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements’ wage subsidy program ... <a title="Another $1.2 billion for apprentices’ subsidy, with post-JobKeeper targeted package imminent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/another-1-2-billion-for-apprentices-subsidy-with-post-jobkeeper-targeted-package-imminent-156666/" aria-label="Read more about Another $1.2 billion for apprentices’ subsidy, with post-JobKeeper targeted package imminent">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Murray Horton in Christchurch Owen Wilkes, an internationally renowned peace researcher and Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) founder, died in 2005, aged 65 (see my obituary in Watchdog 109, August 2005). And yet, 16 years later, I’m still learning more about him and gaining insights into his life and character. In ... <a title="Murray Horton: Reflections on Owen Wilkes, iconic peace researcher, adventurer and ‘bird watcher’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/murray-horton-reflections-on-owen-wilkes-iconic-peace-researcher-adventurer-and-bird-watcher/" aria-label="Read more about Murray Horton: Reflections on Owen Wilkes, iconic peace researcher, adventurer and ‘bird watcher’">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The Western Australian election will be held on Saturday, March 13. Polls close at 9pm AEDT. I am not aware of any WA polling conducted since the blowout 68-32 lead for Labor in a ... <a title="WA election could be historical Labor landslide, but party with less than 1% vote may win upper house seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/wa-election-could-be-historical-labor-landslide-but-party-with-less-than-1-vote-may-win-upper-house-seat-156202/" aria-label="Read more about WA election could be historical Labor landslide, but party with less than 1% vote may win upper house seat">Read more</a>
