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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Gauld, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean, University of Otago GettyImages This year significant reforms to New Zealand’s health care system will be introduced. But to achieve its goals of an equitable system, the government needs to make deeper changes than it has proposed. For two decades, New Zealand ... <a title="New Zealand’s health restructure is doomed to fall short unless its funding model is tackled first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/new-zealands-health-restructure-is-doomed-to-fall-short-unless-its-funding-model-is-tackled-first-179935/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s health restructure is doomed to fall short unless its funding model is tackled first">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney Getty Images For the sixth time in the last 25 years, the Great Barrier Reef is bleaching. During bleaching events, people are quick to point the finger at different causes, including sunscreen. Why sunscreen? Some ... <a title="No, sunscreen chemicals are not bleaching the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/no-sunscreen-chemicals-are-not-bleaching-the-great-barrier-reef-179938/" aria-label="Read more about No, sunscreen chemicals are not bleaching the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom van Laer, Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney Shutterstock A fancy term for how stories persuade us is through “narrative transportation”. People get transported through two main components: empathy with the characters, and imagination of the plot. Empathy is when people develop positive feelings toward ... <a title="Agricultural productivity, sex education and gender equity: 5 times soap operas enabled social change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/agricultural-productivity-sex-education-and-gender-equity-5-times-soap-operas-enabled-social-change-176566/" aria-label="Read more about Agricultural productivity, sex education and gender equity: 5 times soap operas enabled social change">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison finally got his way at the weekend when the Liberal federal executive agreed to candidates for several key NSW seats being picked by a three-person committee rather than the rank and file having their say. The executive decision ... <a title="Morrison wins battle to head off rank-and-file preselections, as government readies to deliver vote-bait budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/28/morrison-wins-battle-to-head-off-rank-and-file-preselections-as-government-readies-to-deliver-vote-bait-budget-180100/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison wins battle to head off rank-and-file preselections, as government readies to deliver vote-bait budget">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2022
Analysis Keith Rankin. One of the major themes in my life, as a baby-boomer growing up in the 1960s, has been the relationship between ‘man’ (aka humankind) and ‘nature’. Science – especially applied science, and western philosophy – was presented as a progressive economic project which involved ‘taming nature’. And indeed there were successes, many ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Nature: Friend or Foe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/26/keith-rankin-essay-nature-friend-or-foe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Nature: Friend or Foe?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney Wimbledon, the most iconic tennis grand slam, is considering its position on the participation of Russian nationals. The British sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, recently suggested that for any Russian to play at Wimbledon, “assurances” might be ... <a title="Is banning Russian tennis players from Wimbledon the right call?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/is-banning-russian-tennis-players-from-wimbledon-the-right-call-179551/" aria-label="Read more about Is banning Russian tennis players from Wimbledon the right call?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terri Libesman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney Getty In New South Wales, as of June 2021, 42% of children in out-of-home care were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. This stark over-representation has been the subject of multiple child welfare reviews, from Bringing ... <a title="New bill in NSW could prove crucial to helping reduce numbers of First Nations children in out-of-home care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/new-bill-in-nsw-could-prove-crucial-to-helping-reduce-numbers-of-first-nations-children-in-out-of-home-care-170795/" aria-label="Read more about New bill in NSW could prove crucial to helping reduce numbers of First Nations children in out-of-home care">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Holland, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Readers are advised that the following article contains the names and images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons. This article also contains mention of past deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There is also mention of sexual ... <a title="The Kumanjayi Walker murder case echoes a long history of police violence against First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/the-kumanjayi-walker-murder-case-echoes-a-long-history-of-police-violence-against-first-nations-people-179289/" aria-label="Read more about The Kumanjayi Walker murder case echoes a long history of police violence against First Nations people">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Paddy Nixon talk about this week in politics. They discuss the imminent election-oriented budget, the government’s about-face to finally accept the New Zealand offer to resettle up ... <a title="VIDEO: On budgeting and barnacle-scraping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/video-on-budgeting-and-barnacle-scraping-180022/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: On budgeting and barnacle-scraping">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide The draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands circulating on social media raises important questions about how the Australian government and national security community understand power dynamics in the Pacific Islands. In Australian debates, the term “influence” ... <a title="Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic and shows how little Australia understands power in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/saying-china-bought-a-military-base-in-the-solomons-is-simplistic-and-shows-how-little-australia-understands-power-in-the-pacific-180020/" aria-label="Read more about Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic and shows how little Australia understands power in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the devastating war in Ukraine continues, Michelle Grattan speaks with ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson about her experiences in reporting her Four Corners episode Despair and Defiance – how she was able to capture this story – and her views ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Ferguson on reporting from Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sarah-ferguson-on-reporting-from-ukraine-180023/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Ferguson on reporting from Ukraine">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Moore, Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock From rainforests to savannas, ecosystems on land absorb almost 30% of the carbon dioxide human activities release into the atmosphere. These ecosystems are critical to stop the planet warming beyond 1.5℃ this century – but climate change ... <a title="In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/in-20-years-of-studying-how-ecosystems-absorb-carbon-heres-why-were-worried-about-a-tipping-point-of-collapse-179554/" aria-label="Read more about In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse">Read more</a>
