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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato GettyImages The mass appeal of creative, youth-oriented events such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics is a virtual case study of how the once radical can go mainstream. And while audiences ... <a title="How snowboarding became a marquee event at the Winter Olympics – but lost some of its cool factor in the process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/how-snowboarding-became-a-marquee-event-at-the-winter-olympics-but-lost-some-of-its-cool-factor-in-the-process-175053/" aria-label="Read more about How snowboarding became a marquee event at the Winter Olympics – but lost some of its cool factor in the process">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Border, MIQ, Charlotte Bellis RNZ: Cabinet ministers to finalise dates for reopening borders ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 2 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-2-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 2 2022">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Pixabay, CC BY-SA Audio streaming giant Spotify is getting a crash course in the tension between free speech and the need to protect the public from harmful misinformation. The Swedish-founded platform, which has 400 million active ... <a title="Spotify’s response to Rogan-gate falls short of its ethical and editorial obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/spotifys-response-to-rogan-gate-falls-short-of-its-ethical-and-editorial-obligations-176022/" aria-label="Read more about Spotify’s response to Rogan-gate falls short of its ethical and editorial obligations">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yan Bennett, Assistant Director for the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China, Princeton University Zhang Ling/Xinhua/AP Aside from fake snow and COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Games are controversial for many reasons. They are a potent political symbol of the Chinese state’s ambitions and authority. Held ... <a title="Why the Winter Olympics are so vital to the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/why-the-winter-olympics-are-so-vital-to-the-chinese-communist-partys-legitimacy-176130/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Winter Olympics are so vital to the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David S G Goodman, Director, China Studies Centre, Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney David J. Phillip/AP The Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics start on Friday – the first time in history the same city has hosted both the summer and winter games. Compared to ... <a title="How will China handle the dual threats of COVID and political protests at the Winter Olympics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/how-will-china-handle-the-dual-threats-of-covid-and-political-protests-at-the-winter-olympics-175637/" aria-label="Read more about How will China handle the dual threats of COVID and political protests at the Winter Olympics?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Yates, Research Fellow, UNSW Shutterstock Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides individualised funding to nearly 500,000 Australians with disability. Despite an even male-female split among under-65s with a disability (49% female), only 37% of NDIS participants are women and girls. To better understand what’s behind ... <a title="Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/women-make-up-half-the-disability-population-but-just-over-a-third-of-ndis-recipients-173747/" aria-label="Read more about Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Louise Nelson, Associate Professor in Law, The University of Melbourne Tarcutta Hills Reserve Bush Heritage Australia, Author provided Australia has the world’s largest network of privately owned conservation areas that protect a range of rare wildlife, from bilbies to endangered fish. There are some 6,000 non-government ... <a title="Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/queensland-has-an-important-network-of-private-conservation-areas-but-theyre-dangerously-exposed-to-mining-175519/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Francis, Professor of Mathematics, Western Sydney University Shutterstock On Christmas Eve 2021, the pub-test folly struck again. The two of us found ourselves, angry and heartsore, resigning from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) highly respected College of Experts in protest at the minister’s rejection of grant ... <a title="Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts after minister vetoed research grants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/why-we-resigned-from-the-arc-college-of-experts-after-minister-vetoed-research-grants-175925/" aria-label="Read more about Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts after minister vetoed research grants">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry/Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University Wikimedia Commons It’s only February and already 2022 is shaping up badly. A huge volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga, the prospect of war with Russia, the ... <a title="Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the ‘worst year to be alive’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/volcanoes-plague-famine-and-endless-winter-welcome-to-536-what-historians-and-scientists-believe-was-the-worst-year-to-be-alive-175654/" aria-label="Read more about Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the ‘worst year to be alive’">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hobbs, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Co-Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Within a month of the first community exposure to Omicron in Aotearoa New Zealand, the variant has already become the dominant strain of COVID-19. We are yet to ... <a title="The most challenging phase of the Omicron outbreak is yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than other countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/the-most-challenging-phase-of-the-omicron-outbreak-is-yet-to-come-but-new-zealand-may-be-better-prepared-than-other-countries-175819/" aria-label="Read more about The most challenging phase of the Omicron outbreak is yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than other countries">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. This week Michelle and Amanda Dunn discuss Scott Morrison’s ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On Scott Morrison admitting some regrets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/word-from-the-hill-on-scott-morrison-admitting-some-regrets-176158/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On Scott Morrison admitting some regrets">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Defence Minister Peter Dutton says he would like to see more American combat capability based in Australia. Speaking on the “Politics with Michelle Grattan” podcast, Dutton says: “I’d be very open to it. I would be very, very happy to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on US combat assets in Australia, China, and Vladimir Putin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/politics-with-michelle-grattan-peter-dutton-on-us-combat-assets-in-australia-china-and-vladimir-putin-176150/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on US combat assets in Australia, China, and Vladimir Putin">Read more</a>
