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February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: Open letter by Nick Rockel to the Parliament protesters. So the Parliament protest goes on, the first protest I can recall having absolutely no sympathy for. I’ve been on marches protesting lack of education funding, nuclear testing, abuse of GCSB [Government Communications Security Bureau] powers, the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] etc. All of which I ... <a title="Nick Rockel: Flower children and neo-Nazis, don’t hold the capital to ransom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nick-rockel-flower-children-and-neo-nazis-dont-hold-the-capital-to-ransom/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Rockel: Flower children and neo-Nazis, don’t hold the capital to ransom">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
RNZ News Some residents of the area around New Zealand’s Parliament in the capital Wellington are worried about leaving their houses with protesters outside, while police say they will clamp down on any abusive behaviour. Protesters have been occupying Parliament’s lawn and surrounding areas for close to two weeks. The growing frustration with the protesters ... <a title="NZ capital’s residents fed up with Parliament protest as new covid cases hit record 2522" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nz-capitals-residents-fed-up-with-parliament-protest-as-new-covid-cases-hit-record-2522/" aria-label="Read more about NZ capital’s residents fed up with Parliament protest as new covid cases hit record 2522">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cowling, Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia ABC Last week, the ABC announced it will begin to track the viewing habits of all users of its iview streaming platform from March 15. This will be done by making users create an account ... <a title="Mandatory logins for ABC iview could open an intimate window onto your life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/mandatory-logins-for-abc-iview-could-open-an-intimate-window-onto-your-life-177540/" aria-label="Read more about Mandatory logins for ABC iview could open an intimate window onto your life">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University Alexei Druzhinin/AP The Beijing Winter Olympics will be remembered not just for China’s efforts to impress the world amid criticisms of its human rights record. The games were also held against the backdrop of ... <a title="Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/why-vladimir-putin-is-so-confident-in-his-ukraine-strategy-he-has-a-trump-card-in-china-177534/" aria-label="Read more about Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Kennedy, Adjunct Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock The stark difference between an aged care “home” and a real home has been laid bare by the COVID pandemic. Residential aged care buildings are often institutionally designed, even if they have the ... <a title="How good design can make aged care facilities feel more like home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/how-good-design-can-make-aged-care-facilities-feel-more-like-home-176465/" aria-label="Read more about How good design can make aged care facilities feel more like home">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Davina Porock, Professor of Nursing, Director of Centre for Research in Aged Care, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Bill? Why isn’t he home from work? I have to go and look for him. He’s never late – something’s happened. My chest is getting tight and tears start on ... <a title="Today’s aged care falls well short of how we’d like to be treated – but there is another way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/todays-aged-care-falls-well-short-of-how-wed-like-to-be-treated-but-there-is-another-way-177067/" aria-label="Read more about Today’s aged care falls well short of how we’d like to be treated – but there is another way">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominique Potvin, Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn’t expect to discover an entirely new social behaviour rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to learn ... <a title="Altruism in birds? Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/altruism-in-birds-magpies-have-outwitted-scientists-by-helping-each-other-remove-tracking-devices-175246/" aria-label="Read more about Altruism in birds? Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Grant-Smith, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Multi-level marketing (MLM) is a business model that relies on direct selling and consultants recruiting friends and relatives to also become consultants, salespeople or distributors. MLM salespeople sell products – such as beauty products, kitchenwares, essential oils or ... <a title="Thinking of joining a multi-level marketing scheme or MLM as your side hustle? Read this first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/thinking-of-joining-a-multi-level-marketing-scheme-or-mlm-as-your-side-hustle-read-this-first-175052/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of joining a multi-level marketing scheme or MLM as your side hustle? Read this first">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clifford Lewis, Senior lecturer, Charles Sturt University Dan Himbrechts/ AAP In 1985, calls for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade to be cancelled in response to concerns about HIV/AIDS were successfully countered by the organisers. The parade is now recognised as an important way of ... <a title="Homage, pilgrimage and protest: why Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade should go back to the streets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/homage-pilgrimage-and-protest-why-sydneys-mardi-gras-parade-should-go-back-to-the-streets-171820/" aria-label="Read more about Homage, pilgrimage and protest: why Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade should go back to the streets">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison on Tuesday will announce $804.4 million over a decade to strengthen Australia’s strategic and scientific capabilities in the Antarctic. The funding, including for drones, helicopters and vehicles, will enable Australia’s to penetrate inland areas of its claimed territory ... <a title="Scott Morrison commits $804 million over a decade for the Antarctic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/scott-morrison-commits-804-million-over-a-decade-for-the-antarctic-177548/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison commits $804 million over a decade for the Antarctic">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University shutterstock Two events in the past week mark a watershed for Australia’s electricity industry. The first, on Thursday, was Origin Energy’s surprise announcement that it intends to close the mammoth Eraring power station in the NSW Hunter region ... <a title="The battle for AGL heralds a new dawn for Australian electricity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/21/the-battle-for-agl-heralds-a-new-dawn-for-australian-electricity-177530/" aria-label="Read more about The battle for AGL heralds a new dawn for Australian electricity">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Eltham, Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University Shutterstock Canberra thinktank A New Approach put out an interesting paper last week on the state of public funding for Australian arts and culture. The report made some bold statements about the level of support given ... <a title="No, the federal government didn’t spend $4 billion on COVID support for culture and the arts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/21/no-the-federal-government-didnt-spend-4-billion-on-covid-support-for-culture-and-the-arts-177443/" aria-label="Read more about No, the federal government didn’t spend $4 billion on COVID support for culture and the arts">Read more</a>
