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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato GettyImages Children have participated in protests against nuclear weapons, wars, the loss of Māori land and customary rights, racism and child poverty. Young people themselves led the School Strike 4 Climate marches. But the continuing presence of children at ... <a title="What are the rights of children at the parliament protest – and who protects them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/what-are-the-rights-of-children-at-the-parliament-protest-and-who-protects-them-177356/" aria-label="Read more about What are the rights of children at the parliament protest – and who protects them?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Yesterday I watched Kenneth Branagh’s recent movie, Belfast. A wonderful ‘biopic’ of that fraught city in 1969/70. It brought back memories of my own brief visit there in April 1976, when I rode into town on my trusty Honda – past Carrickfergus Castle. Then parked, and walked along Donegal Place, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – High Noon?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/keith-rankin-essay-high-noon/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – High Noon?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Lukas Coch/AAP This week’s Newspoll gives Labor a 55-45 lead over the Coalition, which is unchanged since the previous poll a fortnight ago. The poll was conducted from February 23 to 26 from a ... <a title="Labor maintains big federal Newspoll lead and is likely to win in South Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/labor-maintains-big-federal-newspoll-lead-and-is-likely-to-win-in-south-australia-178013/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains big federal Newspoll lead and is likely to win in South Australia">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Gundlach, Lecturer in Education, The University of Melbourne Money might at first attract us to a profession, but does it keep us in it? The report of the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review, released in recent days, found teachers in Australia reach the top pay scale ... <a title="Higher salaries might attract teachers but pay isn’t one of the top 10 reasons for leaving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/higher-salaries-might-attract-teachers-but-pay-isnt-one-of-the-top-10-reasons-for-leaving-177825/" aria-label="Read more about Higher salaries might attract teachers but pay isn’t one of the top 10 reasons for leaving">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Flinders University Anna Kotarba-Morley, Author provided The medieval settlement of Unguja Ukuu, on the Zanzibar Archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, was a key port in an extensive Indian Ocean trade network that linked eastern Africa, southern Arabia, India and ... <a title="At Unguja Ukuu, human activity transformed the coast of Zanzibar more than 1,000 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/at-unguja-ukuu-human-activity-transformed-the-coast-of-zanzibar-more-than-1-000-years-ago-176035/" aria-label="Read more about At Unguja Ukuu, human activity transformed the coast of Zanzibar more than 1,000 years ago">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikolaj Travica, Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University Shutterstock Many Australians can feel overwhelmed at some stage of their life with feelings of tension, nervousness and fear for the worst. A staggering 3.2 million Australians have an anxiety-related condition, with the largest increases over recent years witnessed in ... <a title="Water really can provide some relief from anxiety and help us see the glass half full" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/water-really-can-provide-some-relief-from-anxiety-and-help-us-see-the-glass-half-full-177458/" aria-label="Read more about Water really can provide some relief from anxiety and help us see the glass half full">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Russian invasion of Ukraine, Foreign affairs, trade Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): Russia’s invasion ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 28 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-28-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 28 2022">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Ogilvie-White, Senior Fellow at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University Russian president Vladimir Putin overnight ordered the defence minister and the chief of the military to put nuclear deterrent forces in a “special regime of combat duty”, possibly referring to readying ... <a title="As Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert, here are 5 genuine nuclear dangers for us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/as-putin-puts-nuclear-forces-on-high-alert-here-are-5-genuine-nuclear-dangers-for-us-all-177923/" aria-label="Read more about As Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert, here are 5 genuine nuclear dangers for us all">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Two years ago today, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. Few of us could have imagined the huge impact this pandemic would still be having two years later. As ... <a title="Two years on from the first COVID case, New Zealand’s successful pandemic response still faces major challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/two-years-on-from-the-first-covid-case-new-zealands-successful-pandemic-response-still-faces-major-challenges-177134/" aria-label="Read more about Two years on from the first COVID case, New Zealand’s successful pandemic response still faces major challenges">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne There is a great deal more at stake than national security in Scott Morrison’s hyper-partisan and grossly dishonest accusation that Anthony Albanese and his deputy, Richard Marles, are carrying the hopes of the Chinese ... <a title="Scare-mongering on China is a threat to our democracy, and responsible media must guard against it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/scare-mongering-on-china-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy-and-responsible-media-must-guard-against-it-177741/" aria-label="Read more about Scare-mongering on China is a threat to our democracy, and responsible media must guard against it">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Dwyer, Lecturer in Arts and Teacher Education, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock The 2005 National Review of School Music Education found many Australian students missed out on music education, with massive disparities between states. In 2020, our research for the Tony Foundation found the same ... <a title="Music can help lift our kids out of the literacy rut, but schools in some states are still missing out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/music-can-help-lift-our-kids-out-of-the-literacy-rut-but-schools-in-some-states-are-still-missing-out-173908/" aria-label="Read more about Music can help lift our kids out of the literacy rut, but schools in some states are still missing out">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Michaelsen, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney A key feature of the international community’s response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been the adoption of sanctions. But what exactly are sanctions and how do they operate in practice? And most importantly, are they likely to have any meaningful ... <a title="What are sanctions, do they ever work – and could they stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/28/what-are-sanctions-do-they-ever-work-and-could-they-stop-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-177926/" aria-label="Read more about What are sanctions, do they ever work – and could they stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?">Read more</a>
