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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Blyth, Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommends Australians aged 16 years and older have a COVID booster vaccine three months after receiving their second dose. You now ... <a title="Do COVID boosters cause more or fewer side effects? How quickly does protection wane? Your questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/do-covid-boosters-cause-more-or-fewer-side-effects-how-quickly-does-protection-wane-your-questions-answered-176695/" aria-label="Read more about Do COVID boosters cause more or fewer side effects? How quickly does protection wane? Your questions answered">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Munro, Lecturer, University of South Australia Topbunk Review: Invisibility, MOD museum, Adelaide Disinformation, algorithms, big data, care work, climate change, cultural knowledge: they can all be invisible. In her New York Times bestseller, Weapons of Math Destruction (2016), subtitled “how big data increases inequality and threatens ... <a title="A new exhibition explores invisible data, from facial algorithms to satellite tracking as a return to Country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/a-new-exhibition-explores-invisible-data-from-facial-algorithms-to-satellite-tracking-as-a-return-to-country-176567/" aria-label="Read more about A new exhibition explores invisible data, from facial algorithms to satellite tracking as a return to Country">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Maritz, Professor of Entrepreneurship, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University GettyImages Research has found Indigenous start-up businesses could improve the welfare and well-being of First Nations individuals and communities. This has the potential to reduce many economic and social setbacks experienced by Indigenous people. Australia ... <a title="Indigenous entrepreneurship may well be the driver of social innovation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/indigenous-entrepreneurship-may-well-be-the-driver-of-social-innovation-176671/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous entrepreneurship may well be the driver of social innovation">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Wild horses roaming the Snowy Mountains have long been the subject of fierce debate. Some say they’re feral pests destroying Kosciuszko National Park’s fragile ... <a title="Introduced species are animals too: why the debate over compassionate conservation is worth having" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/introduced-species-are-animals-too-why-the-debate-over-compassionate-conservation-is-worth-having-163987/" aria-label="Read more about Introduced species are animals too: why the debate over compassionate conservation is worth having">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A national trade union in Papua New Guinea today blamed State Enterprises Minister William Duma for causing a media freedom furore at the country’s premier television broadcaster EMTV as a general election looms in June. The crisis has led to the suspension of the news chief and a walkout by 19 ... <a title="PNGTUC blames minister Duma’s news blackout order for EMTV crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/pngtuc-blames-minister-dumas-news-blackout-order-for-emtv-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about PNGTUC blames minister Duma’s news blackout order for EMTV crisis">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the omicron outbreak is likely to peak in Aotearoa New Zealand in three to six weeks. At that point, she says, the country will move down the traffic light settings, easing off gathering limits. “We are predicting cases will continue to double every three to four days … ... <a title="Easing of NZ restrictions to begin ‘well beyond’ omicron peak, says Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/easing-of-nz-restrictions-to-begin-well-beyond-omicron-peak-says-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about Easing of NZ restrictions to begin ‘well beyond’ omicron peak, says Ardern">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist Two weeks in and New Zealand’s anti-mandates occupation of Parliament grounds remains a total stalemate with no sign protesters are going anywhere. So where to from here? About 800 vehicles continue to clog streets around the precinct and protester numbers swelled to more than 1000 this weekend. Music ... <a title="NZ’s Parliament anti-mandates protest deadlock – where to from here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nzs-parliament-anti-mandates-protest-deadlock-where-to-from-here/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Parliament anti-mandates protest deadlock – where to from here?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: EMTV’s deputy news editor Jack Lapauve Jr in Port Moresby writes in defence of the newsroom’s decision to walk out in protest over the suspension of head of news and current affairs Sincha Dimara on February 7. The EMTV News editorial decision to run the two stories [about the court cases involving Australian hotel ... <a title="Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/jack-lapauve-why-we-walked-out-in-protest-over-emtv-news-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: Open letter by Nick Rockel to the Parliament protesters. So the Parliament protest goes on, the first protest I can recall having absolutely no sympathy for. I’ve been on marches protesting lack of education funding, nuclear testing, abuse of GCSB [Government Communications Security Bureau] powers, the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] etc. All of which I ... <a title="Nick Rockel: Flower children and neo-Nazis, don’t hold the capital to ransom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nick-rockel-flower-children-and-neo-nazis-dont-hold-the-capital-to-ransom/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Rockel: Flower children and neo-Nazis, don’t hold the capital to ransom">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
RNZ News Some residents of the area around New Zealand’s Parliament in the capital Wellington are worried about leaving their houses with protesters outside, while police say they will clamp down on any abusive behaviour. Protesters have been occupying Parliament’s lawn and surrounding areas for close to two weeks. The growing frustration with the protesters ... <a title="NZ capital’s residents fed up with Parliament protest as new covid cases hit record 2522" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nz-capitals-residents-fed-up-with-parliament-protest-as-new-covid-cases-hit-record-2522/" aria-label="Read more about NZ capital’s residents fed up with Parliament protest as new covid cases hit record 2522">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cowling, Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia ABC Last week, the ABC announced it will begin to track the viewing habits of all users of its iview streaming platform from March 15. This will be done by making users create an account ... <a title="Mandatory logins for ABC iview could open an intimate window onto your life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/mandatory-logins-for-abc-iview-could-open-an-intimate-window-onto-your-life-177540/" aria-label="Read more about Mandatory logins for ABC iview could open an intimate window onto your life">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University Alexei Druzhinin/AP The Beijing Winter Olympics will be remembered not just for China’s efforts to impress the world amid criticisms of its human rights record. The games were also held against the backdrop of ... <a title="Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/why-vladimir-putin-is-so-confident-in-his-ukraine-strategy-he-has-a-trump-card-in-china-177534/" aria-label="Read more about Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China">Read more</a>
