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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gianluca Demartini, Associate professor, The University of Queensland The Australian government’s push to make Google pay news organisations for linking to their content has seen the search giant threaten to pull out of Australia. Google Australia’s managing director Mel Silva said if the government’s proposal goes ahead, ... <a title="If Google does pull its search engine out of Australia, there are alternatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/if-google-does-pull-its-search-engine-out-of-australia-there-are-alternatives-154060/" aria-label="Read more about If Google does pull its search engine out of Australia, there are alternatives">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology The federal government is talking tough about making Google and Facebook pay Australian news businesses for linking to, or featuring, these publishers’ content. The digital platforms have been talking equally tough. Facebook is threatening to remove Australian ... <a title="The old news business model is broken: making Google and Facebook pay won’t save journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/the-old-news-business-model-is-broken-making-google-and-facebook-pay-wont-save-journalism-150357/" aria-label="Read more about The old news business model is broken: making Google and Facebook pay won’t save journalism">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University Review: Maverick Modigliani, directed by Valeria Parisi. It is not surprising we are fascinated by the story of Amedeo Modigliani, a boy from Livorno who arrived in Paris in his early 20s determined to make a reputation as an artist. ... <a title="Maverick Modigliani review: unimaginative documentary avoids the dramatic truths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/maverick-modigliani-review-unimaginative-documentary-avoids-the-dramatic-truths-154072/" aria-label="Read more about Maverick Modigliani review: unimaginative documentary avoids the dramatic truths">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Wilson, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Despite a recent best-in-the-world ranking for its handling of COVID-19, New Zealand remains at risk as the pandemic intensifies globally. With more infectious variants of the virus emerging, there are many persisting concerns. In particular, the number of ... <a title="COVID-19: the science and law are clear — it’s time for NZ to turn down the travel tap from high-risk countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/covid-19-the-science-and-law-are-clear-its-time-for-nz-to-turn-down-the-travel-tap-from-high-risk-countries-154159/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19: the science and law are clear — it’s time for NZ to turn down the travel tap from high-risk countries">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Anthony Albanese’s sudden change of heart, swapping out Labor’s climate spokesman Mark Butler in favour of the more conservative Chris Bowen, can be read in two ways. First, as a shrewd chess move: one that sharpens the economic ... <a title="Albanese throws a bone to Labor’s Right, but Joel Fitzgibbon remains off the leash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/albanese-throws-a-bone-to-labors-right-but-joel-fitzgibbon-remains-off-the-leash-154179/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese throws a bone to Labor’s Right, but Joel Fitzgibbon remains off the leash">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Doran, Associate professor/Deputy head of school, UNSW How does a small retail company that sells video games, worth less than US$400 million in the middle of 2020, become a US$10 billion company in less than six months? How does its share price climb from about US$20 ... <a title="GameStop: how Redditors played hedge funds for billions (and what might come next)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/gamestop-how-redditors-played-hedge-funds-for-billions-and-what-might-come-next-154076/" aria-label="Read more about GameStop: how Redditors played hedge funds for billions (and what might come next)">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It seems it doesn’t take much of an economic recovery before people start pressuring policymakers to pull back the very policies that have contributed to the recovery. The Reserve Bank of Australia wisely (if rather too late) cut short-term interest rates ... <a title="Vital Signs: Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/vital-signs-any-talk-about-raising-interest-rates-is-a-huge-mistake-154073/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University Two slippery and elusive phantoms seem to be escaping UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative government. The first is the fiendishly viral and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The number of covid-related deaths in the UK has ... <a title="As Britain passes 100,000 COVID deaths, Boris Johnson is in a crisis of his own making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/as-britain-passes-100-000-covid-deaths-boris-johnson-is-in-a-crisis-of-his-own-making-154061/" aria-label="Read more about As Britain passes 100,000 COVID deaths, Boris Johnson is in a crisis of his own making">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The Productivity Commission yesterday released the health section of its annual Report on Government Services, bringing together a range of data on hospitals, primary care, ambulance services and mental health care in Australia. Comprising more than 200 spreadsheets, it’s difficult ... <a title="Productivity Commission health report provides useful information, but leaves some big questions unanswered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/productivity-commission-health-report-provides-useful-information-but-leaves-some-big-questions-unanswered-154170/" aria-label="Read more about Productivity Commission health report provides useful information, but leaves some big questions unanswered">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jyoteeshkumar Reddy Papari, PhD Candidate, UNSW Long heatwaves during entrenched drought often trigger fears of bushfire. It’s easy to imagine rolling days of hot, dry weather desiccating leaves, bark and twigs, transforming them into a potent fuel. Victoria’s heatwave in 2009, which reached a record temperature of ... <a title="How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/how-heatwaves-and-drought-combine-to-produce-the-perfect-firestorm-153890/" aria-label="Read more about How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Graham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW At a time when the world has been in chaos, it’s easy to forget young people might have completely different, yet significant and real, worries. We asked children about their sense of safety and what they worry about in their community. ... <a title="Children in Darwin are more worried about their safety than their grades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/children-in-darwin-are-more-worried-about-their-safety-than-their-grades-153306/" aria-label="Read more about Children in Darwin are more worried about their safety than their grades">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It seems it doesn’t take much of an economic recovery before people start pressuring policymakers to pull back the very policies that have contributed to the recovery. The Reserve Bank of Australia wisely (if rather too late) cut short-term interest rates ... <a title="Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/any-talk-about-raising-interest-rates-is-a-huge-mistake-154073/" aria-label="Read more about Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake">Read more</a>
