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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Dwyer, Lecturer in Arts and Teacher Education, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock The 2005 National Review of School Music Education found many Australian students missed out on music education, with massive disparities between states. In 2020, our research for the Tony Foundation found the same ... <a title="Music can help lift our kids out of the literacy rut, but schools in some states are still missing out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/music-can-help-lift-our-kids-out-of-the-literacy-rut-but-schools-in-some-states-are-still-missing-out-173908/" aria-label="Read more about Music can help lift our kids out of the literacy rut, but schools in some states are still missing out">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Michaelsen, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney A key feature of the international community’s response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been the adoption of sanctions. But what exactly are sanctions and how do they operate in practice? And most importantly, are they likely to have any meaningful ... <a title="What are sanctions, do they ever work – and could they stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/what-are-sanctions-do-they-ever-work-and-could-they-stop-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-177926/" aria-label="Read more about What are sanctions, do they ever work – and could they stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Australian companies are being taken over like never before. On Saturday February 19 a consortium involving tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian asset manager Brookfield offered A$5 billion to buy AGL Energy. AGL is Australia’s biggest ... <a title="AGL said no to an $5 billion bid, but it isn’t over – here’s how takeover bids work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/agl-said-no-to-an-5-billion-bid-but-it-isnt-over-heres-how-takeover-bids-work-177607/" aria-label="Read more about AGL said no to an $5 billion bid, but it isn’t over – here’s how takeover bids work">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor has maintained a 55-45% two-party lead in a Newspoll that also sees Anthony Albanese registering good personal ratings, against a background that has elevated national security issues. The poll, published in Monday’s Australian, will be a relief for those ... <a title="Labor maintains 55-45% Newspoll lead despite elevation of ‘national security’ issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/labor-maintains-55-45-newspoll-lead-despite-elevation-of-national-security-issues-178004/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains 55-45% Newspoll lead despite elevation of ‘national security’ issues">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The financial measures just announced against Russia are unprecedented for a country of Russia’s size. This of course means it’s impossible to predict exactly how their impacts will reverberate around ... <a title="‘Just short of nuclear’: the latest financial sanctions will cripple Russia’s economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/just-short-of-nuclear-the-latest-financial-sanctions-will-cripple-russias-economy-178000/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Just short of nuclear’: the latest financial sanctions will cripple Russia’s economy">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Reid, PhD Researcher in Atmospheric Science, The University of Melbourne The severe floods in southeast Queensland this week have forced hundreds of residents to flee the town of Gympie and cut off major roads, after intense rain battered the state for several days. The rain is ... <a title="Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/like-rivers-in-the-sky-the-weather-system-bringing-floods-to-queensland-will-become-more-likely-under-climate-change-176711/" aria-label="Read more about Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
By Jake McKee, RNZ News reporter Ukrainians and their supporters at a protest on the New Zealand capital Wellington say it’s agonising not being able to help those at home, but are unimpressed at a request to merge protests with supporters of the Parliament grounds occupation. The presence of two different protest groups at Wellington’s ... <a title="Ukraine, covid mandate protesters compete for attention in NZ’s capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/ukraine-covid-mandate-protesters-compete-for-attention-in-nzs-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine, covid mandate protesters compete for attention in NZ’s capital">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ News Hospitals across New Zealand are receiving anti-covid-19 mandate protesters returning from Parliament, and are pleading with those experiencing cold and flu symptoms to get tested and isolate. There were mounting tensions at the Parliament protest today, where police have formed a line to keep protesters back. More people have turned up in Wellington ... <a title="Protesters show up as covid-19 patients at hospitals across New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/protesters-show-up-as-covid-19-patients-at-hospitals-across-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters show up as covid-19 patients at hospitals across New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ News All southbound traffic lanes on State Highway One over the Auckland Harbour Bridge have now reopened after they were closed while New Zealand anti-mandate protesters marched across the bridge. The southbound lanes of the bridge were closed for about an hour and a half while the protesters marched from the North Shore to ... <a title="NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/nz-anti-mandate-protesters-march-across-auckland-harbour-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific The invasion of Ukraine is likely to have a signficant impact on the Pacific, warns a senior USP academic. On Thursday, Russia launched a massive invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been killed in the fighting so far, with no figures for the Russians. The invasion has ... <a title="Russia-Ukraine conflict will impact on Pacific economies, says USP academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/russia-ukraine-conflict-will-impact-on-pacific-economies-says-usp-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Russia-Ukraine conflict will impact on Pacific economies, says USP academic">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
Kaniva News Kaniva News correspondent Patimiosi Ngūngūtau took this photo of an emotional farewell for a grieving Tongan family at the Tanoa hotel in Nukua’alofa this week. The family requested that they stop outside the quarantine facility so that her daughter, who was in managed isolation after recently arriving from New Zealand could pay her ... <a title="Omicron Tonga: Heartbreak as hearse arrives outside MIQ hotel for daughter to say goodbye" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/omicron-tonga-heartbreak-as-hearse-arrives-outside-miq-hotel-for-daughter-to-say-goodbye/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron Tonga: Heartbreak as hearse arrives outside MIQ hotel for daughter to say goodbye">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology Amid the alarming images of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine over the past few days, millions of people have also seen misleading, manipulated or false information about the conflict on social media platforms such as ... <a title="Fake viral footage is spreading alongside the real horror in Ukraine. Here are 5 ways to spot it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/fake-viral-footage-is-spreading-alongside-the-real-horror-in-ukraine-here-are-5-ways-to-spot-it-177921/" aria-label="Read more about Fake viral footage is spreading alongside the real horror in Ukraine. Here are 5 ways to spot it">Read more</a>
