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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Patfield, Postdoctoral Fellow, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle It’s that time of year again when hundreds of thousands of Australian students start university for the first time. Commencing students account for about 40% of the more than 1.6 million Australians enrolled in university ... <a title="Odds are against ‘first in family’ uni students but equity policies are blind to them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/odds-are-against-first-in-family-uni-students-but-equity-policies-are-blind-to-them-155647/" aria-label="Read more about Odds are against ‘first in family’ uni students but equity policies are blind to them">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Australia’s electricity market is unsustainable. Texas shows us why. A week ago Texas experienced a bout of severe weather as arctic air reached deep into the state, driving temperature down to levels that had not been experienced for ... <a title="Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/texas-was-a-warning-australia-needs-to-rethink-the-design-of-its-electricity-market-155856/" aria-label="Read more about Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Stokes, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University Tim Hart was sitting on his couch one evening in November 2011 when he got an email with the subject line: “I’m watching”. The message that followed was short and to the point … Did you hear me? I’m ... <a title="Friday essay: How can the dead send us emails? The ethical dilemma of digital souls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/friday-essay-how-can-the-dead-send-us-emails-the-ethical-dilemma-of-digital-souls-154646/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: How can the dead send us emails? The ethical dilemma of digital souls">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Edwards, Associate Professor, Sydney School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney Brisbane has just been confirmed as the preferred host for the 2032 Olympics. But Olympic organisers have more immediate concerns in mind — how to safely run the postponed Tokyo Olympics, due to start in ... <a title="COVID vaccines won’t be compulsory for the Tokyo Olympics. But if offered, here’s what athletes need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/covid-vaccines-wont-be-compulsory-for-the-tokyo-olympics-but-if-offered-heres-what-athletes-need-to-know-155470/" aria-label="Read more about COVID vaccines won’t be compulsory for the Tokyo Olympics. But if offered, here’s what athletes need to know">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Defence Minister Linda Reynolds faces an agonising question. Should she say to Scott Morrison she doesn’t feel up to staying in what is one of the most demanding portfolios in the government? Reynolds broke down in parliament last week. On ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Linda Reynolds’ future as defence minister is in her own hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/grattan-on-friday-linda-reynolds-future-as-defence-minister-is-in-her-own-hands-156053/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Linda Reynolds’ future as defence minister is in her own hands">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sheldon Chanel in Suva Much of archipelagic Fiji was forced indoors by lockdowns and a nationwide curfew in March last year when the country recorded its first case of covid-19. The quick and decisive action by legislators was successful in helping contain the spread of a highly contagious virus and received international ... <a title="‘Crisis within a crisis’: Violence more risky for Fiji women than covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/26/crisis-within-a-crisis-violence-more-risky-for-fiji-women-than-covid/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Crisis within a crisis’: Violence more risky for Fiji women than covid">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report The indigenous people of West Papua have rejected the extension of special autonomy and the planned expansion of new provinces announced by the central government of Indonesia. The rejection comes from grassroots communities across West Papua and Papuan students who are studying in Indonesia and overseas. Responding to the expansion of a ... <a title="West Papuans reject Jakarta plan for extension of special autonomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/west-papuans-reject-jakarta-plan-for-extension-of-special-autonomy/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans reject Jakarta plan for extension of special autonomy">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Harris, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNSW Tiger Woods’ medical team has released a statement on Twitter to explain the injuries he sustained in his car crash earlier this week. The statement was from the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a trauma centre, where golfer Woods was taken for ... <a title="Tiger Woods’ car crash injuries explained, according to a trauma surgeon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/tiger-woods-car-crash-injuries-explained-according-to-a-trauma-surgeon-156029/" aria-label="Read more about Tiger Woods’ car crash injuries explained, according to a trauma surgeon">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University Review: A Forest of Hooks and Nails, Fremantle Arts Centre for Perth Festival Several years ago, when being shown around an exhibition under preparation with a Nobel prize-winning guest, an academic colleague asked what one of the install crew was ... <a title="A Forest of Hooks and Nails is a joyous exhibition about the art of hanging art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/a-forest-of-hooks-and-nails-is-a-joyous-exhibition-about-the-art-of-hanging-art-155742/" aria-label="Read more about A Forest of Hooks and Nails is a joyous exhibition about the art of hanging art">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael McGreevy, Research Associate, Flinders University Less than two decades ago, South Australia generated all its electricity from fossil fuels. Last year, renewables provided a whopping 60% of the state’s electricity supply. The remarkable progress came as national climate policy was gripped by paralysis – so how ... <a title="Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/against-the-odds-south-australia-is-a-renewable-energy-powerhouse-how-on-earth-did-they-do-it-153789/" aria-label="Read more about Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kamaljit K Sangha, Senior Ecological Economist, Charles Darwin University Northern Australia is by far the most fire-prone region of Australia, with enormous bushfires occurring annually across thousands of square kilometres. Many of these vast, flammable landscapes have precious few barriers to slow down a fire. Infrastructure and ... <a title="Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in northern Australia. It’s time to consider similar approaches for other disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/indigenous-expertise-is-reducing-bushfires-in-northern-australia-its-time-to-consider-similar-approaches-for-other-disasters-155361/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in northern Australia. It’s time to consider similar approaches for other disasters">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tauel Harper, Lecturer, Media and Communication, UWA, University of Western Australia The federal government’s News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, which passed the Senate today, makes strong points about the need to regulate misinformation. In response, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, TikTok, Redbubble and Twitter have agreed ... <a title="We can’t trust big tech or the government to weed out fake news, but a public-led approach just might work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/we-cant-trust-big-tech-or-the-government-to-weed-out-fake-news-but-a-public-led-approach-just-might-work-155955/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t trust big tech or the government to weed out fake news, but a public-led approach just might work">Read more</a>
