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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Trismegist san/Shutterstock Australian consumers don’t understand how companies – including data brokers – track, target and profile them. This is revealed in new research on consumer understanding of privacy terms, released by the non-profit Consumer Policy ... <a title="70% of Australians don’t feel in control of their data as companies hide behind meaningless privacy terms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/70-of-australians-dont-feel-in-control-of-their-data-as-companies-hide-behind-meaningless-privacy-terms-224072/" aria-label="Read more about 70% of Australians don’t feel in control of their data as companies hide behind meaningless privacy terms">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-resident fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Should American allies be worried that if Donald Trump returns to the White House next year, he will tear apart treaties, recast decades-old international arrangements and adopt a go-it-alone approach to global affairs? Recent comments from ... <a title="Should world leaders worry about another Trump presidency?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/should-world-leaders-worry-about-another-trump-presidency-224245/" aria-label="Read more about Should world leaders worry about another Trump presidency?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago February 28 marks four years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. Many of us are probably surprised this virus is still causing a pandemic. The World Health Organization refers to COVID-19 as a continuing pandemic. ... <a title="A pandemic that won’t go away – as COVID enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/a-pandemic-that-wont-go-away-as-covid-enters-its-5th-year-nz-needs-a-realistic-strategy-224047/" aria-label="Read more about A pandemic that won’t go away – as COVID enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, Lead Economist, Monash University Shutterstock Men continue to outstrip women in the salary stakes, with men’s median annual salary $11,542 greater than women’s, according to newly released data for Australian private companies. It’s a gap of 14.5%, down from last year’s 15.4%. Men’s median annual ... <a title="QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/qantas-pays-women-37-less-telstra-and-bhp-20-fifty-years-after-equal-pay-laws-we-still-have-a-long-way-to-go-223870/" aria-label="Read more about QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonja Klebe, Associare Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University Asbestos is making national news once again after being found in contaminated mulch used in hundreds of locations, including schools and hospitals, across Sydney and regional New South Wales. With headlines featuring terms such as ... <a title="From a ‘magic mineral’ to the stuff of nightmares: a 6,700-year history of asbestos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/from-a-magic-mineral-to-the-stuff-of-nightmares-a-6-700-year-history-of-asbestos-223972/" aria-label="Read more about From a ‘magic mineral’ to the stuff of nightmares: a 6,700-year history of asbestos">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magnus Söderberg, Professor & Director, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Aunging/Shutterstock Building transmission lines is often controversial. Farmers who agree to host new lines on their property may be paid, while other community members protest against the visual intrusion. Pushback against new ... <a title="Is there an alternative to 10,000 kilometres of new transmission lines? Yes – but you may not like it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/is-there-an-alternative-to-10-000-kilometres-of-new-transmission-lines-yes-but-you-may-not-like-it-223964/" aria-label="Read more about Is there an alternative to 10,000 kilometres of new transmission lines? Yes – but you may not like it">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley O’Neill, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Lisa Fotios/Pexels We all want to eat healthily, especially as we reset our health goals at the start of a new year. But sometimes these plans are sabotaged by powerful cravings for sweet, salty or ... <a title="I want to eat healthily. So why do I crave sugar, salt and carbs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/i-want-to-eat-healthily-so-why-do-i-crave-sugar-salt-and-carbs-212114/" aria-label="Read more about I want to eat healthily. So why do I crave sugar, salt and carbs?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Crawford, Senior Lecturer, Management, University of Tasmania Andrew Neel/Pexels , CC BY The federal government has released the final report on a Universities Accord. Taking more than a year to prepare, it is billed as a “blueprint” for reform for the next decade and beyond. It ... <a title="Universities Accord: almost 50% students don’t feel like they belong at uni. We need to fix this if we’re going to double enrolments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/universities-accord-almost-50-students-dont-feel-like-they-belong-at-uni-we-need-to-fix-this-if-were-going-to-double-enrolments-224249/" aria-label="Read more about Universities Accord: almost 50% students don’t feel like they belong at uni. We need to fix this if we’re going to double enrolments">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
PNG Post-Courier A kidnapped Australian pilot of a Hevilift helicopter and two Papua New Guinean subcontractors have been released in without harm following a rapid deployment of security forces. Security forces were mobilised and deployed in the Mt Sisa, a remote area near the border of Hela and Southern Highlands, in large numbers this afternoon ... <a title="Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/kidnapped-australian-helicopter-pilot-subcontractors-set-free-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Bradshaw, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock There will be nervous executives all over Australia this week. Come Tuesday, large private sector organisations will have their company’s gender pay gaps published for the first time for all to see, name, and shame. As they brace for the ... <a title="Now you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/now-youre-able-to-look-up-individual-companies-gender-pay-gaps-224167/" aria-label="Read more about Now you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has released its Universities Accord report, produced by a committee chaired by Mary O’Kane, a former vice-chancellor at the University of Adelaide. The recommendations will be considered by the Minister for Education, Jason Clare and the government over ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on the future of education in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jason-clare-on-the-future-of-education-in-australia-224369/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on the future of education in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Bradshaw, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock There will be nervous executives all over Australia this week. Come Tuesday, large private sector organisations will have their company’s gender pay gaps published for the first time for all to see, name, and shame. As they brace for the ... <a title="From this week you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/from-this-week-youre-able-to-look-up-individual-companies-gender-pay-gaps-224167/" aria-label="Read more about From this week you’re able to look up individual companies’ gender pay gaps">Read more</a>
