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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Alan Tudge will not return to his post as education minister, although an independent inquiry concluded there was “insufficient evidence” to find he bullied or harassed a former staffer. Vivienne Thom, who conducted the inquiry, said the evidence available to ... <a title="Alan Tudge will not return to education post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/alan-tudge-will-not-return-to-education-post-178552/" aria-label="Read more about Alan Tudge will not return to education post">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Paddy Nixon talk about this week in politics. They canvass the war between Russia and Ukraine, as Western nations continue to ramp up tough sanctions against Russia ... <a title="VIDEO: The war, the floods, and COVID and campaigning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/video-the-war-the-floods-and-covid-and-campaigning-178519/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: The war, the floods, and COVID and campaigning">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley J. Moggridge, Associate Professor in Indigenous Water Science, University of Canberra The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) assessment reports have great influence over government decision-making on climate change. The latest report, launched this week, for the first time features Indigenous Knowledges alongside Western scientific research. ... <a title="IPCC reports still exclude Indigenous voices. Come join us at our sacred fires to find answers to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/ipcc-reports-still-exclude-indigenous-voices-come-join-us-at-our-sacred-fires-to-find-answers-to-climate-change-178045/" aria-label="Read more about IPCC reports still exclude Indigenous voices. Come join us at our sacred fires to find answers to climate change">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate R Saunders, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology The extreme rain and flooding bombarding Australia’s east coast has inflicted a heavy toll on lives and livelihoods. This, however, could’ve been minimised if weather warning systems had been clearly translated into on-the-ground, local impacts for communities. Early and ... <a title="People could’ve prepared for the floods better if the impacts of weather forecasts were clearly communicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/people-couldve-prepared-for-the-floods-better-if-the-impacts-of-weather-forecasts-were-clearly-communicated-178309/" aria-label="Read more about People could’ve prepared for the floods better if the impacts of weather forecasts were clearly communicated">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Fortescue, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney There has been constant speculation for most of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 22 years in power as to what it would take to bring about his departure. Authoritarian leaders tend to depart according to two scenarios (beyond natural causes): forced out ... <a title="As the Ukraine war drags on, how secure will Putin’s hold on power remain?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/as-the-ukraine-war-drags-on-how-secure-will-putins-hold-on-power-remain-178312/" aria-label="Read more about As the Ukraine war drags on, how secure will Putin’s hold on power remain?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University The latest report from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) shows the homicide rate is increasing in Australia. But should we be concerned and how does Australia compare to other similar countries? Is crime in general increasing or is ... <a title="Homicide is on the rise in Australia. Should we be concerned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/homicide-is-on-the-rise-in-australia-should-we-be-concerned-178320/" aria-label="Read more about Homicide is on the rise in Australia. Should we be concerned?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University The flooding crisis that has engulfed much of Australia’s east coast is yet more evidence of the catastrophic impacts of climate change. While all people are forced to confront similar challenges such as forced evacuations, loss of ... <a title="Like many disasters in Australia, Aboriginal people are over-represented and under-resourced in the NSW floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/like-many-disasters-in-australia-aboriginal-people-are-over-represented-and-under-resourced-in-the-nsw-floods-178420/" aria-label="Read more about Like many disasters in Australia, Aboriginal people are over-represented and under-resourced in the NSW floods">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law, University of Auckland Shutterstock The free trade agreement (FTA) signed between New Zealand and the United Kingdom this week demonstrates the intransigence of political leaders and their official advisers in the face of concerted demands to rethink the country’s trade policy paradigm. ... <a title="Behind the ‘inclusive’ window dressing, the NZ-UK free trade deal disappoints politically and economically" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/behind-the-inclusive-window-dressing-the-nz-uk-free-trade-deal-disappoints-politically-and-economically-178408/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the ‘inclusive’ window dressing, the NZ-UK free trade deal disappoints politically and economically">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Vonasch, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Canterbury GettyImages Like the many similar movements against vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions around the world, New Zealand’s protests have expressed a unifying concern with personal freedoms. One of the highest-profile groups at the occupation of parliament grounds ... <a title="How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from COVID restrictions ignore the way liberty really works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/how-protesters-demanding-freedom-from-covid-restrictions-ignore-the-way-liberty-really-works-178287/" aria-label="Read more about How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from COVID restrictions ignore the way liberty really works">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Norton, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Auckland Getty Images With the effective end of New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system this week, the outcome of the court battle over the government’s border restrictions may have become moot. But the principles at stake are ... <a title="How will history – and the law – judge New Zealand’s mothballed MIQ system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/how-will-history-and-the-law-judge-new-zealands-mothballed-miq-system-177436/" aria-label="Read more about How will history – and the law – judge New Zealand’s mothballed MIQ system?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University Shutterstock With a federal election expected in May, at a time of great upheaval at home and around the world, the need for trusted media to accurately inform voters’ choices and debunk myths will ... <a title="Fact-checking can actually harm trust in media: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/fact-checking-can-actually-harm-trust-in-media-new-research-176032/" aria-label="Read more about Fact-checking can actually harm trust in media: new research">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen McLean, Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital; Research officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Unsplash/Caleb Woods, CC BY More than 10,000 Victorian children and young people live with a foster or kinship (relative) carer. They enter such care because of court orders aiming to protect them from abuse or ... <a title="We checked the records of 6,000 kids entering care. Only a fraction received recommended health checks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/we-checked-the-records-of-6-000-kids-entering-care-only-a-fraction-received-recommended-health-checks-177634/" aria-label="Read more about We checked the records of 6,000 kids entering care. Only a fraction received recommended health checks">Read more</a>
