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February 9, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Hipkins’ very smart policy bonfire needs to be bolstered with substance Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ policy bonfire yesterday is exactly what the Labour Government needed to do. It sends the most powerful signal yet that with Jacinda Ardern’s departure, a new direction is being embarked upon – one that ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Hipkins’ very smart policy bonfire needs to be bolstered with substance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-hipkins-very-smart-policy-bonfire-needs-to-be-bolstered-with-substance/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Hipkins’ very smart policy bonfire needs to be bolstered with substance">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Szymek Drobniak, DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney A hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus). Tristan Barrington/Shutterstock As owners of some of the biggest brains in the animal kingdom, we humans often assume cognitive performance, task solving and social interactions were the basic ingredients that promoted the evolution of our complex ... <a title="New bird brain study shows evolving a big brain depends on having ‘good’ parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/new-bird-brain-study-shows-evolving-a-big-brain-depends-on-having-good-parents-198767/" aria-label="Read more about New bird brain study shows evolving a big brain depends on having ‘good’ parents">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Jakubowicz, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney When Warren Mundine, one of the lead “no” campaigners of the Voice to parliament, suggested that migrants be recognised in the Constitution along with Indigenous Australians, it was criticised as a diversionary and potentially destabilising intervention. It ... <a title="Will multicultural Australians support the Voice? The success of the referendum may hinge on it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/will-multicultural-australians-support-the-voice-the-success-of-the-referendum-may-hinge-on-it-199304/" aria-label="Read more about Will multicultural Australians support the Voice? The success of the referendum may hinge on it">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Anderson, Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning (Health, Disability & Inclusion), Deakin University Shutterstock This month, Victoria became the latest Australian state to ban single-use plastics, including straws. While this is a win for the environment and marine life, it will come at a price ... <a title="Banning straws might be good for the planet – but bad for people with disability or swallowing problems. What is ‘eco-ableism’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/banning-straws-might-be-good-for-the-planet-but-bad-for-people-with-disability-or-swallowing-problems-what-is-eco-ableism-199183/" aria-label="Read more about Banning straws might be good for the planet – but bad for people with disability or swallowing problems. What is ‘eco-ableism’?">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hao Tan, Associate Professor, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle Shutterstock The fight against climate change is full of inconvenient truths. The latest? Coal is going to be harder to get rid of than we had hoped. Every victory like the rejection of Clive Palmer’s proposed Rockhampton ... <a title="The coal whack-a-mole: getting rid of coal power will make prices fall and demand rise elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/the-coal-whack-a-mole-getting-rid-of-coal-power-will-make-prices-fall-and-demand-rise-elsewhere-199305/" aria-label="Read more about The coal whack-a-mole: getting rid of coal power will make prices fall and demand rise elsewhere">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Milne, Senior Lecturer in Education, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Until now, the New Zealand Curriculum has focused almost exclusively on the development of technical reading skills. Simply reading for pleasure hasn’t been a priority, which makes its inclusion in the draft version of a ... <a title="Learning to read for pleasure is a serious matter – NZ schools should embrace a new curriculum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/learning-to-read-for-pleasure-is-a-serious-matter-nz-schools-should-embrace-a-new-curriculum-198664/" aria-label="Read more about Learning to read for pleasure is a serious matter – NZ schools should embrace a new curriculum">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Bushell, PhD Candidate and Research Associate, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Shutterstock Melburnians know Myki, Sydneysiders know Opal. These two electronic ticketing systems for public transport may be streets ahead of what they replaced, but are now decidedly old-fashioned compared with systems ... <a title="What if Opal and Myki became one? It’d help more of us than you’d think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/what-if-opal-and-myki-became-one-itd-help-more-of-us-than-youd-think-197684/" aria-label="Read more about What if Opal and Myki became one? It’d help more of us than you’d think">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Whitley, PhD Candidate, Flinders University HBO In the video game turned HBO adaptation The Last of Us, human survivors must contend with hordes of zombie-like “infected” called “clickers” in a battle for survival. Now, the show itself is facing a similar problem: disgruntled fans of the ... <a title="Review bombing is about power, politics and revenge – but it’s not about art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/review-bombing-is-about-power-politics-and-revenge-but-its-not-about-art-199005/" aria-label="Read more about Review bombing is about power, politics and revenge – but it’s not about art">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sathana Dushyanthen, Academic Specialist & Lecturer in Cancer Sciences & Digital Health| Superstar of STEM| Science Communicator, The University of Melbourne CDC/Unsplash Australians aged 18 and over will be eligible for a COVID booster from February 20 if they have not had a vaccine dose or infection ... <a title="Haven’t had COVID or a vaccine dose in the past six months? Consider getting a booster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/08/havent-had-covid-or-a-vaccine-dose-in-the-past-six-months-consider-getting-a-booster-199096/" aria-label="Read more about Haven’t had COVID or a vaccine dose in the past six months? Consider getting a booster">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Flood, Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology shutterstock Some 1.6 million women (17%) and 548,000 men (6.1%) in Australia aged 15 or older have experienced physical or sexual violence from a current or previous cohabiting partner. This means significant proportions of the population in Australia ... <a title="Who is perpetrating domestic, sexual and family violence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/08/who-is-perpetrating-domestic-sexual-and-family-violence-192606/" aria-label="Read more about Who is perpetrating domestic, sexual and family violence?">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin O’Connor, Professor of Cultural Economy, University of South Australia Federal Labor is engaged in urgent reform, making up for the “lost decade” under the Coalition. The Voice, industrial relations, climate change, universities, health, Asian-Pacific diplomacy, research and development are all undergoing significant policy review. We can ... <a title="A story for every place, not jobs and growth: Revive reflects global trends in policy – cultural and otherwise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/08/a-story-for-every-place-not-jobs-and-growth-revive-reflects-global-trends-in-policy-cultural-and-otherwise-198871/" aria-label="Read more about A story for every place, not jobs and growth: Revive reflects global trends in policy – cultural and otherwise">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Talbot-Jones, Senior lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Dr Ajay Kumar Singh As New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins embarks on reprioritising policies to focus on “bread and butter issues”, the details of the contentious Three Waters reforms remain unclear. The reforms ... <a title="It’s near impossible to get good data on water use in New Zealand. This raises questions about public accountability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/08/its-near-impossible-to-get-good-data-on-water-use-in-new-zealand-this-raises-questions-about-public-accountability-198983/" aria-label="Read more about It’s near impossible to get good data on water use in New Zealand. This raises questions about public accountability">Read more</a>
