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Word from The Hill: Morrison suggests voters judge him as they would their dentist

April 12, 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 includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Morrison suggests voters judge him as they would their dentist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/word-from-the-hill-morrison-suggests-voters-judge-him-as-they-would-their-dentist-181172/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Morrison suggests voters judge him as they would their dentist">Read more</a>

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Forget the election gaffes: Australia’s unemployment rate of 4% is good news – and set to get even better by polling day

April 12, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University When Labor leader Anthony Albanese couldn’t say whether the unemployment rate was 5% or 4% on Monday, he might have had a point. It’s 4%. But for a decade – the entire decade leading up ... <a title="Forget the election gaffes: Australia’s unemployment rate of 4% is good news – and set to get even better by polling day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/forget-the-election-gaffes-australias-unemployment-rate-of-4-is-good-news-and-set-to-get-even-better-by-polling-day-181141/" aria-label="Read more about Forget the election gaffes: Australia’s unemployment rate of 4% is good news – and set to get even better by polling day">Read more</a>

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Bungled vaccine rollout, welcome financial support – here’s what Aussies thought of Morrison’s COVID response

April 12, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, leader of the Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, UNSW Sydney, and leader of the UNSW Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney Before calling the election, Prime Minister Scott ... <a title="Bungled vaccine rollout, welcome financial support – here’s what Aussies thought of Morrison’s COVID response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/bungled-vaccine-rollout-welcome-financial-support-heres-what-aussies-thought-of-morrisons-covid-response-181149/" aria-label="Read more about Bungled vaccine rollout, welcome financial support – here’s what Aussies thought of Morrison’s COVID response">Read more</a>

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Op-Ed: Employees are make or break to the Zero Trust journey

April 12, 2022

Op-Ed by Raymond Maisano, Head of Australia and New Zealand, Cloudflare It’s been over ten years since Forrester initially coined the term ‘Zero Trust’. The cybersecurity concept has surged in popularity in recent years, becoming the choice approach to protecting remote and hybrid workers from the growing cyber threats and data breaches brought on by ... <a title="Op-Ed: Employees are make or break to the Zero Trust journey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/op-ed-employees-are-make-or-break-to-the-zero-trust-journey/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Employees are make or break to the Zero Trust journey">Read more</a>

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Newsletter – Political Roundup: 12 April 2022

April 12, 2022

Political Roundup: 12 April 2022 Thanks to those who have provided feedback on the new merged Political Roundup service. And a special thank you to those that have made donations. Please remember that Political Roundup receives no resources from business or taxpayers, and is instead entirely funded by subscribers. You can donate here to keep it going: https://bit.ly/VUWDemocracyProject ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: 12 April 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/newsletter-political-roundup-12-april-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: 12 April 2022">Read more</a>

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Did the Morrison government really prevent 40,000 COVID deaths? A health economist checks claims against facts

April 12, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Eckermann, Professor of Health Economics, University of Wollongong AAP Image/Supplied by Office of the Prime Minister As an opening gambit to his re-election campaign, Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed his handling of the pandemic had saved 40,000 lives. This figure compares Australia over 2020 and 2021 ... <a title="Did the Morrison government really prevent 40,000 COVID deaths? A health economist checks claims against facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/did-the-morrison-government-really-prevent-40-000-covid-deaths-a-health-economist-checks-claims-against-facts-181052/" aria-label="Read more about Did the Morrison government really prevent 40,000 COVID deaths? A health economist checks claims against facts">Read more</a>

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The Black Ferns review shows – again – why real change in women’s high performance sport is urgently overdue

April 12, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato GettyImages New Zealand Rugby’s just released report into the culture of the Black Ferns national women’s team is damning, but sadly all too familiar. Like a number of previous investigations into elite sporting codes ... <a title="The Black Ferns review shows – again – why real change in women’s high performance sport is urgently overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/the-black-ferns-review-shows-again-why-real-change-in-womens-high-performance-sport-is-urgently-overdue-181144/" aria-label="Read more about The Black Ferns review shows – again – why real change in women’s high performance sport is urgently overdue">Read more</a>

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Voters love the Greens’ message more than ever – but it may not lead to a surge of votes for them

April 12, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University The Greens have long battled against the perception they’re the radical fringe or the electoral ingenues of Australian politics. Today, neither of these labels bedevil them in quite the same way they might have previously. Two factors make ... <a title="Voters love the Greens’ message more than ever – but it may not lead to a surge of votes for them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/voters-love-the-greens-message-more-than-ever-but-it-may-not-lead-to-a-surge-of-votes-for-them-180671/" aria-label="Read more about Voters love the Greens’ message more than ever – but it may not lead to a surge of votes for them">Read more</a>

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What our negative comments and consumer gripes on social media reveal about us

April 12, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela R. Dobele, Associate professor, RMIT University Shutterstock A supermarket starts stocking hot-cross buns straight after Christmas. A cling-wrap brand shifts its serrated cutter bar from the base of the box to inside the lid. The maker of M&M’s chocolates changes its marketing. Each time people take ... <a title="What our negative comments and consumer gripes on social media reveal about us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/what-our-negative-comments-and-consumer-gripes-on-social-media-reveal-about-us-175148/" aria-label="Read more about What our negative comments and consumer gripes on social media reveal about us">Read more</a>

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Lockdowns doubled your risk of mental health symptoms

April 12, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University During the almost two years of on-again off-again COVID lockdowns, we heard lots of concern from many different corners about the mental health effects of forcing people to stay home and keep away from friends ... <a title="Lockdowns doubled your risk of mental health symptoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/lockdowns-doubled-your-risk-of-mental-health-symptoms-180953/" aria-label="Read more about Lockdowns doubled your risk of mental health symptoms">Read more</a>

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‘Don’t vote for money, relatives or cargo,’ warns PNG’s Marape

April 12, 2022

PNG Post-Courier Prime Minister James Marape has called on Papua New Guineans not to vote for “money, relatives or cargo” in the country’s 2022 general election that kicks off later this month. He made the call yesterday on the third anniversary of his resignation from the O’Neill-led government on 11 April 2019 due to “sheer ... <a title="‘Don’t vote for money, relatives or cargo,’ warns PNG’s Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/dont-vote-for-money-relatives-or-cargo-warns-pngs-marape/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t vote for money, relatives or cargo,’ warns PNG’s Marape">Read more</a>

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Labor trending down in Newspoll before Albanese’s stumble

April 12, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 6-9 from a sample of 1,506, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since last week. Primary votes were 37% Labor (down one), ... <a title="Labor trending down in Newspoll before Albanese’s stumble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/labor-trending-down-in-newspoll-before-albaneses-stumble-181048/" aria-label="Read more about Labor trending down in Newspoll before Albanese’s stumble">Read more</a>