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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne In September, it will be ten years since the Gillard government established the Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation in Australia, otherwise known as the Finkelstein inquiry. In the succeeding decade, media accountability ... <a title="10 years after Finkelstein, media accountability in Australia has gone backwards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/10-years-after-finkelstein-media-accountability-in-australia-has-gone-backwards-159530/" aria-label="Read more about 10 years after Finkelstein, media accountability in Australia has gone backwards">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Blackwell, Research Fellow (Indigenous Policy), UNSW With Peter Dutton recently shifting into a more outward-facing portfolio as Australia’s new defence minister, we must begin to assess his past actions and statements through an international policy lens. Placing someone like Dutton — a strong political partisan with ... <a title="With Dutton in defence, the Morrison government risks progress on climate and Indigenous affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/with-dutton-in-defence-the-morrison-government-risks-progress-on-climate-and-indigenous-affairs-158420/" aria-label="Read more about With Dutton in defence, the Morrison government risks progress on climate and Indigenous affairs">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter J. Dean, Chair of Defence Studies and Director, UWA Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia Defence is always one of the Australian government’s busiest — and most powerful — portfolios. Now, as Peter Dutton takes the helm, this is no exception, and he ... <a title="Why the defence portfolio could make or break Peter Dutton’s political career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/why-the-defence-portfolio-could-make-or-break-peter-duttons-political-career-159214/" aria-label="Read more about Why the defence portfolio could make or break Peter Dutton’s political career">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW With Australia’s COVID vaccination campaign set to open up to over 50s on May 3, many at-risk Australians eligible under phase 1A are still waiting. Last week we learned only 6.5% of residents in disability care homes had received the ... <a title="Vaccinating the highest-risk groups first was the plan. But people with disability are being left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/vaccinating-the-highest-risk-groups-first-was-the-plan-but-people-with-disability-are-being-left-behind-159439/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccinating the highest-risk groups first was the plan. But people with disability are being left behind">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabi Mocatta, Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University, and Research Fellow in Climate Change Communication, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania It’s unusual for researchers who study our catastrophically changing climate to use the words “optimism” and “climate change” in the same sentence. As an Intergovernmental Panel on ... <a title="More reasons for optimism on climate change than we’ve seen for decades: 2 climate experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/more-reasons-for-optimism-on-climate-change-than-weve-seen-for-decades-2-climate-experts-explain-159233/" aria-label="Read more about More reasons for optimism on climate change than we’ve seen for decades: 2 climate experts explain">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Little, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Chanel Contos’ recent petition called for an overhaul of sexual education at schools and for consent to be taught earlier on, and better. Adequate, formal sexual education is important for young people, but discussions about consent can take place in many ... <a title="Young people learn about relationships from media. You can use books and movies to start discussions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/young-people-learn-about-relationships-from-media-you-can-use-books-and-movies-to-start-discussions-158784/" aria-label="Read more about Young people learn about relationships from media. You can use books and movies to start discussions">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Davies, Professor of Human Geography, The University of Western Australia In a year of lockdowns, social distancing and working from home, Australia’s volunteering rate plunged. In 2020, two out of every three volunteers stopped volunteering. This equates to a loss of 12.2 million hours per week ... <a title="Loss of two-thirds of volunteers delivers another COVID blow to communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/loss-of-two-thirds-of-volunteers-delivers-another-covid-blow-to-communities-159327/" aria-label="Read more about Loss of two-thirds of volunteers delivers another COVID blow to communities">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne It’s not just the end of JobKeeper that will push up unemployment in April. The most-recently published figures, for March, had the unemployment rate coming ... <a title="Post-JobKeeper, unemployment could head north of 7%: here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/post-jobkeeper-unemployment-could-head-north-of-7-heres-why-159428/" aria-label="Read more about Post-JobKeeper, unemployment could head north of 7%: here’s why">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathomi Gatwiri, Senior lecturer, Southern Cross University Film review: Rosemary’s Way, directed by Ros Horin. I love finding myself new heroes. Rosemary Kariuki is an extraordinary change-maker and leader I have recently added to my list. As the 2021 recipient of the Australian of the Year Local ... <a title="‘She beams goodness and light’: Rosemary’s Way is about a hero transforming the lives of migrant and refugee women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/she-beams-goodness-and-light-rosemarys-way-is-about-a-hero-transforming-the-lives-of-migrant-and-refugee-women-159124/" aria-label="Read more about ‘She beams goodness and light’: Rosemary’s Way is about a hero transforming the lives of migrant and refugee women">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Perth is the latest Australian city to head into a snap lockdown aimed at stamping out a coronavirus cluster resulting from another breach in CBD hotel quarantine. The three-day lockdown, covering Perth and the Peel region south of the city, ... <a title="Here we go again — Perth’s snap lockdown raises familiar hotel quarantine questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/24/here-we-go-again-perths-snap-lockdown-raises-familiar-hotel-quarantine-questions-159649/" aria-label="Read more about Here we go again — Perth’s snap lockdown raises familiar hotel quarantine questions">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Walker, Adjunct Fellow, Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University “Working at an Amazon warehouse is no easy thing. The shifts are long. The pace is super-fast. You are constantly being watched and monitored. They seem to think you are just another machine.” So testified Jennifer Bates ... <a title="‘They track our every move’: why the cards were stacked against a union at Amazon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/they-track-our-every-move-why-the-cards-were-stacked-against-a-union-at-amazon-159531/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They track our every move’: why the cards were stacked against a union at Amazon">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Tenbensel, Associate Professor, Health Policy, University of Auckland This week’s announcement that all district health boards (DHBs) would be abolished and replaced with a centralised health agency took a lot of people by surprise. Most key health sector interest groups appear to support the proposed agency, ... <a title="No one is mourning the end of district health boards, but rebuilding trust in the system won’t be easy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/no-one-is-mourning-the-end-of-district-health-boards-but-rebuilding-trust-in-the-system-wont-be-easy-159545/" aria-label="Read more about No one is mourning the end of district health boards, but rebuilding trust in the system won’t be easy">Read more</a>
