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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University lilmiquela/Instagram Earlier this month, Meta announced it is working on a set of ethical guidelines for “virtual influencers” – animated, typically computer-generated, characters designed to attract attention on social media. When Facebook renamed itself Meta late last year, it ... <a title="‘Virtual influencers’ are here, but should Meta really be setting the ethical ground rules?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/virtual-influencers-are-here-but-should-meta-really-be-setting-the-ethical-ground-rules-175524/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Virtual influencers’ are here, but should Meta really be setting the ethical ground rules?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kenny, Professor of Political Science, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock It’s widely believed that this is the age of misinformation, of alternative facts, and of conspiracy theories gone mainstream, from QAnon to anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown movements. In this telling, claims spread by internet crackpots are amplified by ... <a title="Here’s why misinformation is a smaller problem than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/heres-why-misinformation-is-a-smaller-problem-than-you-think-172968/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why misinformation is a smaller problem than you think">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian McAllister, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Do political rorts deliver extra votes at elections? Politicians seem to think so, judging by the number and frequency of pork-barrelling scandals involving the misuse of public spending. Indeed, according to the former NSW premier, ... <a title="Does pork-barrelling actually work? New research suggests it’s not a big vote winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/does-pork-barrelling-actually-work-new-research-suggests-its-not-a-big-vote-winner-173329/" aria-label="Read more about Does pork-barrelling actually work? New research suggests it’s not a big vote winner">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Kent, Professor and Laboratory Head, The University of Melbourne AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi COVID is rampant in Australia and many parts of the world right now. Some people battling or recovering from infection may wonder if catching COVID will give them longer term immunity for when ... <a title="What we know now about COVID immunity after infection – including Omicron and Delta variants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/what-we-know-now-about-covid-immunity-after-infection-including-omicron-and-delta-variants-175653/" aria-label="Read more about What we know now about COVID immunity after infection – including Omicron and Delta variants">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney Rick Rycroft/AP With hospitals under strain from COVID-19, we need to safeguard them against another threat set to increase as the world warms. That threat? Flooding. Many Australian hospitals were built on cheap land near rivers. But ... <a title="Our hospitals are at greater risk of flooding as the climate changes. We need better evacuation plans." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/our-hospitals-are-at-greater-risk-of-flooding-as-the-climate-changes-we-need-better-evacuation-plans-174467/" aria-label="Read more about Our hospitals are at greater risk of flooding as the climate changes. We need better evacuation plans.">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor has opened a 56-44% two-party lead and Scott Morrison’s net satisfaction rating has plunged 11 points in Newspoll, after a disastrous summer in which Omicron has ripped through most of the country and deaths have spiked. The poll, published ... <a title="Labor leads Coalition 56-44% and Morrison slumps dramatically in first 2022 Newspoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/labor-leads-coalition-56-44-and-morrison-slumps-dramatically-in-first-2022-newspoll-175994/" aria-label="Read more about Labor leads Coalition 56-44% and Morrison slumps dramatically in first 2022 Newspoll">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Deputy Program Director, School Education, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Almost all teachers (92%) in our study out today said they don’t have enough time to prepare effectively for classroom teaching – the core of their job. The Grattan Institute surveyed 5,442 Australian teachers and school leaders ... <a title="Teachers don’t have enough time to prepare well for class. We have a solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/30/teachers-dont-have-enough-time-to-prepare-well-for-class-we-have-a-solution-175633/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers don’t have enough time to prepare well for class. We have a solution">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Mark Baker/AP The lead-up to the 2022 Australian Open was dominated by the unvaccinated top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic’s ignominious deportation from Australia. Djokovic’s absence prompted claims this would be an ... <a title="What the Ash Barty and ‘Special K’ tennis triumphs say about Australia and the buttoned-up sport industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/30/what-the-ash-barty-and-special-k-tennis-triumphs-say-about-australia-and-the-buttoned-up-sport-industry-175993/" aria-label="Read more about What the Ash Barty and ‘Special K’ tennis triumphs say about Australia and the buttoned-up sport industry">Read more</a>
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January 30, 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 Australia’s leading forecasters expect the Reserve Bank to resist pressure to lift interest rates all year, despite rising interest rates overseas, much higher inflation, plunging unemployment, and financial market traders ... <a title="Top economists expect RBA to hold interest rates low in 2022, as real wages fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/30/top-economists-expect-rba-to-hold-interest-rates-low-in-2022-as-real-wages-fall-175054/" aria-label="Read more about Top economists expect RBA to hold interest rates low in 2022, as real wages fall">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2022
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist Concern is growing around low covid-19 vaccine rates in the Pacific. People in developing nations are generally missing out due to accessibility issues, a slow roll out of vaccines, difficulties getting to remote areas, a lack health of resources and misinformation resulting in vaccine hesitancy. But ChildFund director of ... <a title="Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/30/vaccine-inequity-in-the-pacific-we-need-to-support-our-neighbours/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Deputy Police Commissioner Operations Anton Billie has given the green light for Papuan New Guinean police in the National Capital District to carry out a major eviction operation. Settlers who have built their homes on land at the back of the University of PNG, bordering with Gerehu stage 3B and Morata stage one ... <a title="Mass eviction back on again near UPNG as police give green light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/mass-eviction-back-on-again-near-upng-as-police-give-green-light/" aria-label="Read more about Mass eviction back on again near UPNG as police give green light">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2022
RNZ Pacific Three more children have died from covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll since the pandemic hit the country in 2020 to 791. The Fiji government also confirmed on Wednesday that a 10-day-old infant, 8-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy are among 12 covid-19 patients who have died. There are 223 new cases in ... <a title="Covid-19: Three more children among 12 latest deaths in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/covid-19-three-more-children-among-12-latest-deaths-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Three more children among 12 latest deaths in Fiji">Read more</a>
