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Year: 2021

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How can governments communicate with multicultural Australians about COVID vaccines? It’s not as simple as having a poster in their language

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW Australia launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign last week, beginning with frontline workers in hotel quarantine, health care and aged care. But one critical question is whether the immunisation program will meet the needs of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. ... <a title="How can governments communicate with multicultural Australians about COVID vaccines? It’s not as simple as having a poster in their language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/how-can-governments-communicate-with-multicultural-australians-about-covid-vaccines-its-not-as-simple-as-having-a-poster-in-their-language-156097/" aria-label="Read more about How can governments communicate with multicultural Australians about COVID vaccines? It’s not as simple as having a poster in their language">Read more</a>

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Playing Beatie Bow is brought to thundering life in a joyous stage production

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Berry, Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Sydney Review: Playing Beatie Bow, directed by Kip Williams. Playing Beatie Bow is the coming-of-age story of the teenage Abigail who, from her home in Sydney’s The Rocks, slips back in time to 1873. Here, she is taken in ... <a title="Playing Beatie Bow is brought to thundering life in a joyous stage production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/playing-beatie-bow-is-brought-to-thundering-life-in-a-joyous-stage-production-154647/" aria-label="Read more about Playing Beatie Bow is brought to thundering life in a joyous stage production">Read more</a>

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I asked hundreds of people about their biggest life decisions. Here’s what I learned

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian R. Camilleri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Technology Sydney You make decisions all the time. Most are small. However, some are really big: they have ramifications for years or even decades. In your final moments, you might well think back on these decisions — and ... <a title="I asked hundreds of people about their biggest life decisions. Here’s what I learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/i-asked-hundreds-of-people-about-their-biggest-life-decisions-heres-what-i-learned-154885/" aria-label="Read more about I asked hundreds of people about their biggest life decisions. Here’s what I learned">Read more</a>

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A rare and significant win for prisoners — new limits around drug tests and strip searches

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barns, Sessional Lecturer in Law, RMIT University Australian prisoners are regularly subjected to drug and alcohol testing and strip searches. Each state and territory has rules that allow for drug testing and strip searching in prisons, driven by a desire to maintain security. But they can ... <a title="A rare and significant win for prisoners — new limits around drug tests and strip searches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/a-rare-and-significant-win-for-prisoners-new-limits-around-drug-tests-and-strip-searches-155737/" aria-label="Read more about A rare and significant win for prisoners — new limits around drug tests and strip searches">Read more</a>

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Despite claims NZ’s policing is too ‘woke’, crime rates are largely static — and even declining

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Auckland When National MP Simon Bridges called Police Commissioner Andrew Coster a “wokester” recently, his intention was apparently to suggest the police are too soft on crime. Debating the concept of “policing by consent” during a recent ... <a title="Despite claims NZ’s policing is too ‘woke’, crime rates are largely static — and even declining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/despite-claims-nzs-policing-is-too-woke-crime-rates-are-largely-static-and-even-declining-156103/" aria-label="Read more about Despite claims NZ’s policing is too ‘woke’, crime rates are largely static — and even declining">Read more</a>

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Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering

March 1, 2021

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis Last month, I wrote on Facebook that the resumption of my blog Grubsheet for 2021 was being postponed out of consideration for the national effort to assist the victims of tropical cyclones Yasa and Ana. I made the observation that it was not the time for politics but for supporting the ... <a title="Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/graham-davis-fat-cat-leaders-laughing-in-the-face-of-fijis-suffering/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering">Read more</a>

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NZ covid: Ardern on latest 3 cases: ‘Everyone is angry… we have to fix it’

March 1, 2021

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she gets that everyone is angry over the latest New Zealand community covid-19 cases after it emerged there was contact between two families, but the important thing is to fix the situation. Contact between the families was not disclosed to contact tracers prior to the earlier family ... <a title="NZ covid: Ardern on latest 3 cases: ‘Everyone is angry… we have to fix it’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/nz-covid-ardern-on-latest-3-cases-everyone-is-angry-we-have-to-fix-it/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: Ardern on latest 3 cases: ‘Everyone is angry… we have to fix it’">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 01 2021

March 1, 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 Covid: Auckland community outbreak Richard Harman: Ardern’s new tough talk Claire Trevett (Herald): When will Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s patience with rule-breakers wear thin? (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): Blame and fear for the team of five million, as ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 01 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-01-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 01 2021">Read more</a>

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Just the facts, or more detail? To battle vaccine hesitancy, the messaging has to be just right

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Attwell, Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia As Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out commences, all eyes are on the government’s communication strategy — particularly with some studies finding vaccine hesitancy is on the rise in the country. Our new study arrives at an opportune time. We analysed ... <a title="Just the facts, or more detail? To battle vaccine hesitancy, the messaging has to be just right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/just-the-facts-or-more-detail-to-battle-vaccine-hesitancy-the-messaging-has-to-be-just-right-155953/" aria-label="Read more about Just the facts, or more detail? To battle vaccine hesitancy, the messaging has to be just right">Read more</a>

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3 ways to vaccinate the world and make sure everyone benefits, rich and poor

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute As of February 25, a total of 221.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered around the world. Well over one-third of these doses were in just two countries — the United States and the United Kingdom. A ... <a title="3 ways to vaccinate the world and make sure everyone benefits, rich and poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/3-ways-to-vaccinate-the-world-and-make-sure-everyone-benefits-rich-and-poor-155943/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways to vaccinate the world and make sure everyone benefits, rich and poor">Read more</a>

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Look up! A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard after a night surveying kilometres of territory

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bradsworth, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Picture this: you’re in your backyard gardening when you get that strange, ominous feeling of being watched. You find a grey oval-shaped ball about the size of a thumb, filled with bones and fur — a pellet, or “owl vomit”. You ... <a title="Look up! A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard after a night surveying kilometres of territory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/look-up-a-powerful-owl-could-be-sleeping-in-your-backyard-after-a-night-surveying-kilometres-of-territory-155479/" aria-label="Read more about Look up! A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard after a night surveying kilometres of territory">Read more</a>

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RMIT attack underlines need to train all uni staff in cyber safety

March 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abu Barkat ullah, Associate Professor of Cyber Security, University of Canberra Cyber criminals are very persistent and the daily numbers of cyber attacks show no sign of decreasing. The latest reported attack on an Australian university has disrupted the start of the semester at RMIT. The suspected ... <a title="RMIT attack underlines need to train all uni staff in cyber safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/rmit-attack-underlines-need-to-train-all-uni-staff-in-cyber-safety-151845/" aria-label="Read more about RMIT attack underlines need to train all uni staff in cyber safety">Read more</a>