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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia There were some extraordinary films released in 2021: Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure, an electric neon romp through the porn world, Ildikó Enyedi’s period epic, The Story of My Wife, Paul Verhoeven’s nun-film, Benedetta. It should come ... <a title="From Dune to The Power of the Dog: our predictions for the Oscars 2022 best picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/from-dune-to-the-power-of-the-dog-our-predictions-for-the-oscars-2022-best-picture-179660/" aria-label="Read more about From Dune to The Power of the Dog: our predictions for the Oscars 2022 best picture">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Political observers hang out for when the prime minister will announce the election date, marking the start of the “campaign”. This year, it hardly seems to matter, and not just because we know the election now must be on one ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: what comes after this grinding election campaign passes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/grattan-on-friday-what-comes-after-this-grinding-election-campaign-passes-179959/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: what comes after this grinding election campaign passes?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts each compare, for the second year of the covid pandemic, a country with comparatively low mortality with another country with higher pandemic-related mortality. Each chart is to the same scale. And for each country, I will note its mask-mandate levels through the pandemic. USA and France France has performed ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Deaths and Facemasks: some rich countries compared" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-and-facemasks-some-rich-countries-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Deaths and Facemasks: some rich countries compared">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Overwhelmingly, Australia’s top economists would rather the budget funds measures to cut carbon emissions than cuts income tax or company tax. They are also dead against rumoured cuts to petrol ... <a title="Cut emissions, not petrol tax; fund childcare, not beer. What economists want from next week’s budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/cut-emissions-not-petrol-tax-fund-childcare-not-beer-what-economists-want-from-next-weeks-budget-179837/" aria-label="Read more about Cut emissions, not petrol tax; fund childcare, not beer. What economists want from next week’s budget">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Bell, Professor and Commissioner, Yoorrook Justice Commission, Monash University Formal hearings of the Yoorrook Justice Commission began today in Melbourne. This is timely because March 24 is the International Day for the Right to the Truth. Yoorrook is a royal commission to establish an official public ... <a title="First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/first-peoples-in-victoria-have-a-right-to-the-truth-about-the-impact-of-colonisation-178398/" aria-label="Read more about First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Bell, Professor and Commissioner, Yoorrook Justice Commission, Monash University Formal hearings of the Yoorrook Justice Commission began today in Melbourne. This is timely because March 24 is the International Day for the Right to the Truth. Yoorrook is a royal commission to establish an official public ... <a title="The right to the truth about the impact of colonisation on First Peoples in Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/the-right-to-the-truth-about-the-impact-of-colonisation-on-first-peoples-in-victoria-178398/" aria-label="Read more about The right to the truth about the impact of colonisation on First Peoples in Victoria">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Butt, Lecturer, Clinical Psychologist, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock You might be hearing more about kava over coming months, the psychoactive drink better known in the Pacific, but becoming more widely available in Australia. How it’s imported and regulated has changed. So you might be able to ... <a title="Kava may be coming to a supermarket or cafe near you. But what is it? Is it safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/kava-may-be-coming-to-a-supermarket-or-cafe-near-you-but-what-is-it-is-it-safe-177216/" aria-label="Read more about Kava may be coming to a supermarket or cafe near you. But what is it? Is it safe?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mamoun Alazab, Associate Professor, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock For weeks, Russia’s military assault on Ukraine has been complemented by full-fledged information warfare. The Kremlin has propagandised Russian state media, and is trying to control the narrative online too. We’ve seen a bombardment of “imposter content” circulating – ... <a title="Why Telegram became the go-to app for Ukrainians – despite being rife with Russian disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/why-telegram-became-the-go-to-app-for-ukrainians-despite-being-rife-with-russian-disinformation-179560/" aria-label="Read more about Why Telegram became the go-to app for Ukrainians – despite being rife with Russian disinformation">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a major turnaround, the Morrison government has accepted New Zealand’s long-standing offer to resettle annually 150 refugees who came by boat. The Coalition government previously refused to take up the offer, which goes back to 2013, on the ground ... <a title="Morrison government finally accepts deal with New Zealand to resettle refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/morrison-government-finally-accepts-deal-with-new-zealand-to-resettle-refugees-179949/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government finally accepts deal with New Zealand to resettle refugees">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giovanni E Ferreira, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney Shutterstock Orthopaedic surgery (surgery for problems related to bones, joints, tendons and ligaments) is the third most common reason Australians go under the knife. Last year, more than 100,000 orthopaedic surgeries were performed in Australian public ... <a title="3 orthopaedic surgeries that might be doing patients (and their pockets) more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/3-orthopaedic-surgeries-that-might-be-doing-patients-and-their-pockets-more-harm-than-good-179370/" aria-label="Read more about 3 orthopaedic surgeries that might be doing patients (and their pockets) more harm than good">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hamlin, Senior Lecturer in Marketing , University of Otago GettyImages As global petrol prices skyrocket and governments step in to reduce the cost, is there a point when car owners will say enough is enough and opt for a different kind of transport? If history is ... <a title="No silver lining for climate change: pain at the petrol pump will do little to get us out of our cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/no-silver-lining-for-climate-change-pain-at-the-petrol-pump-will-do-little-to-get-us-out-of-our-cars-179190/" aria-label="Read more about No silver lining for climate change: pain at the petrol pump will do little to get us out of our cars">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland AP Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has upended all kinds of certainties, created new possibilities and closed off old ones. This is certainly true for the world’s use of nuclear power. Late last month, Russia seized the ... <a title="Atomic disruption: how Russia’s war on Ukraine has rattled the nuclear world order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/atomic-disruption-how-russias-war-on-ukraine-has-rattled-the-nuclear-world-order-179939/" aria-label="Read more about Atomic disruption: how Russia’s war on Ukraine has rattled the nuclear world order">Read more</a>
