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March 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Carr, Senior Lecturer, Environment and Society Group, UNSW Days after US rioters stormed Capitol Hill in January, a manatee was found in a Florida river with the word “TRUMP” scraped into its back. The aftermath of the disturbing incident revealed a pervasive left-right divide that has ... <a title="A manatee with ‘TRUMP’ scraped into its back was itself disturbing. But it reflects a deeper environmental problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/a-manatee-with-trump-scraped-into-its-back-was-itself-disturbing-but-it-reflects-a-deeper-environmental-problem-154189/" aria-label="Read more about A manatee with ‘TRUMP’ scraped into its back was itself disturbing. But it reflects a deeper environmental problem">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcia Devlin, Adjunct Professor, Victoria University Australian university leaders are nearly three times more likely to be a man than a woman. Of 37 public university chancellors, just 10 are women (27%) and 27 (73%) are men. It’s exactly the same for vice-chancellors: 10 are women and ... <a title="No change at the top for university leaders as men outnumber women 3 to 1" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/no-change-at-the-top-for-university-leaders-as-men-outnumber-women-3-to-1-154556/" aria-label="Read more about No change at the top for university leaders as men outnumber women 3 to 1">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Duffy, Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University The New South Wales Education Department said last week said it would trial a program to hand out free pads and tampons in schools. Department secretary Mark Scott said: We are developing work on a pilot program around ... <a title="Imagine having your period and no money for pads or tampons. Would you still go to school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/imagine-having-your-period-and-no-money-for-pads-or-tampons-would-you-still-go-to-school-156570/" aria-label="Read more about Imagine having your period and no money for pads or tampons. Would you still go to school?">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastien Darchen, Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland Electronic music is the fifth-most-popular music genre globally. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the electronic music industry. Its estimated value fell from US$7.3 billion in 2019 to US$3.3 billion in 2020. Hundreds of electronic ... <a title="Electronic cities: between COVID and gentrification, dance music is struggling to find its groove again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/electronic-cities-between-covid-and-gentrification-dance-music-is-struggling-to-find-its-groove-again-149168/" aria-label="Read more about Electronic cities: between COVID and gentrification, dance music is struggling to find its groove again">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, The University of Melbourne Flexible workplace policies designed to improve gender gaps in employment and pay might actually make things worse for women. Flexible work has been on offer to both men and women in ... <a title="Flexible work arrangements help women, but only if they are also offered to men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/flexible-work-arrangements-help-women-but-only-if-they-are-also-offered-to-men-155882/" aria-label="Read more about Flexible work arrangements help women, but only if they are also offered to men">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dawn LaValle Norman, Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University When we conjure up ancient philosophers the image that springs to mind might be a bald Socrates discoursing with beautiful young men in the sun, or a scholarly Aristotle lecturing among cool columns. ... <a title="Wise women: 6 ancient female philosophers you should know about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/wise-women-6-ancient-female-philosophers-you-should-know-about-156033/" aria-label="Read more about Wise women: 6 ancient female philosophers you should know about">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report New Caledonia, one of the Pacific territories to have avoided the covid-19 pandemic so far, is to go into strict two-week lockdown after detecting nine cases, reports Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes. The outbreak on the French archipelago was detected after a school headteacher fell ill on the Wallis and Futuna islands leading authorities ... <a title="Covid outbreak forces New Caledonia into snap two-week lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/covid-outbreak-forces-new-caledonia-into-snap-two-week-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Covid outbreak forces New Caledonia into snap two-week lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
OPEN LETTER: By Gary Juffa in Port Moresby Dear all, I had covid-19. I am now covid-free for 13 days now. Not sure where I contracted it, but I gave all details for contact tracing to the papua New Guinea’s National Department of Health (NDOH) who are doing the best they can despite circumstances. I ... <a title="Gary Juffa: People, covid is real … and dangerous. I know, I’m recovering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/gary-juffa-people-covid-is-real-and-dangerous-i-know-im-recovering/" aria-label="Read more about Gary Juffa: People, covid is real … and dangerous. I know, I’m recovering">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Dave Parry, Auckland University of Technology Although international travel restrictions for Australia have been extended to at least June, there may still be potential for a trans-Tasman bubble with New Zealand (and maybe some other countries), according to reports. Air New Zealand will begin trialling digital vaccine passports (or “immunity passports”) on routes ... <a title="How would digital covid vaccine passports work? And what’s stopping people from faking them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/06/how-would-digital-covid-vaccine-passports-work-and-whats-stopping-people-from-faking-them/" aria-label="Read more about How would digital covid vaccine passports work? And what’s stopping people from faking them?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Papua New Guinea’s Supreme and National Courts in Port Moresby will be partially closed for a week beginning yesterday after a judge has been tested positive for the covid-19, reports The National. Registrar Ian Augerea said in a statement the closure was to prevent any further infections to both judicial and administrative ... <a title="PNG courts close for a week after judge tests covid positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/06/png-courts-close-for-a-week-after-judge-tests-covid-positive/" aria-label="Read more about PNG courts close for a week after judge tests covid positive">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2021
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it is hard not to feel like New Zealand is having a run of bad luck, with residents waking up today to a tsunami alert amid the covid-19 restrictions. The tsunami alert was triggered after three quakes overnight – the first of 7.3 magnitude struck about 2.30am ... <a title="NZ the ‘unlucky shaky isles’, says Ardern after tsunami alert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/06/nz-the-unlucky-shaky-isles-says-ardern-after-tsunami-alert/" aria-label="Read more about NZ the ‘unlucky shaky isles’, says Ardern after tsunami alert">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2021
Asia Pacific Report The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has called on the Australian government to stop trying to keep Papua off the agenda at the Pacific Islands Forum and “strenuously support” Pacific leaders in urging Jakarta to allow a PIF fact-finding mission to the territory. Congratulating the PIF Secretary-General Meg Taylor on her statement ... <a title="Papua support group praises Meg Taylor for UN rights statement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/06/papua-support-group-praises-meg-taylor-for-un-rights-statement/" aria-label="Read more about Papua support group praises Meg Taylor for UN rights statement">Read more</a>
