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February 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University Netflix Two of Netflix’s top trending series, Inventing Anna and The Tinder Swindler retell the true stories of convicted con artists, who fleeced their victims through the well-established ruse ... <a title="We’re obsessed with shows about con artists like Inventing Anna: the fascination lies in how easily these people can dupe us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/25/were-obsessed-with-shows-about-con-artists-like-inventing-anna-the-fascination-lies-in-how-easily-these-people-can-dupe-us-177535/" aria-label="Read more about We’re obsessed with shows about con artists like Inventing Anna: the fascination lies in how easily these people can dupe us">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As Russia’s attack on Ukraine unfolds dramatically, Australia is in the choir stalls, not centre stage, when it comes to the West’s response. But Scott Morrison is determined its voice be loud. His denunciation of the Russian “thugs” and “bullies” ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Faraway conflict feeds into Morrison’s national security pitch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/25/grattan-on-friday-faraway-conflict-feeds-into-morrisons-national-security-pitch-177833/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Faraway conflict feeds into Morrison’s national security pitch">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mamoun Alazab, Associate Professor, Charles Darwin University Getty Images As Ukrainian cities come under air attack from Russian forces, the country has also suffered the latest blows in an ongoing campaign of cyber attacks. Several of Ukraine’s bank and government department websites crashed on Wednesday, the BBC ... <a title="Russia is using an onslaught of cyber attacks to undermine Ukraine’s defence capabilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/russia-is-using-an-onslaught-of-cyber-attacks-to-undermine-ukraines-defence-capabilities-177638/" aria-label="Read more about Russia is using an onslaught of cyber attacks to undermine Ukraine’s defence capabilities">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The mainstream political narrative that emerged in late March 2020 was a ‘narrative of fear’ which set up the Covid19 coronavirus as a ‘tricky’ enemy that was out to get us by finding ways through our defences; and that we had to build collective barrier defences; defences such as lockdowns, border ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Omicron Covid and Political Narrative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/keith-rankin-analysis-omicron-covid-and-political-narrative/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Omicron Covid and Political Narrative">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel J Cass, Research Affiliate, The University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flatly opposed the bid led by tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes to buy Australia’s biggest energy company AGL and spend A$20 billion switching it to renewables. This includes closing ... <a title="Why the Australian government should welcome Mike Cannon-Brookes’ plan to takeover AGL" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/why-the-australian-government-should-welcome-mike-cannon-brookes-plan-to-takeover-agl-177720/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Australian government should welcome Mike Cannon-Brookes’ plan to takeover AGL">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Flynn, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work, Monash University Paul Miller/AAP In Australia, on any given day, about 43,000 children have a parent in prison. We have to use the word “about”, as there is no official process to identify this group of children. There is ... <a title="About 43,000 Australian kids have a parent in jail but there is no formal system to support them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/about-43-000-australian-kids-have-a-parent-in-jail-but-there-is-no-formal-system-to-support-them-176039/" aria-label="Read more about About 43,000 Australian kids have a parent in jail but there is no formal system to support them">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock Although mask mandates are lifting in some states, many people will continue to wear masks to protect themselves and others from the more transmissible Omicron variant. For ... <a title="How to get the most out of your N95 mask or other respirator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-n95-mask-or-other-respirator-177229/" aria-label="Read more about How to get the most out of your N95 mask or other respirator">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat Taggart, Adjunct Fellow, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Rabbits are an enormous problem for Australian ecosystems – they’re a major threat to 322 species of plants and animals already at risk of extinction. This is more than double the number of species threatened by cats and foxes. To ... <a title="Releasing a virus against rabbits is effective, but can make them immune if let loose at the wrong time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/releasing-a-virus-against-rabbits-is-effective-but-can-make-them-immune-if-let-loose-at-the-wrong-time-176028/" aria-label="Read more about Releasing a virus against rabbits is effective, but can make them immune if let loose at the wrong time">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss whether sanctions will be effective in deterring Russian president Vladimir Putin from a full invasion of Ukraine and indeed cause Russian military to return to the Russian side of the Ukraine border.
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Alexei Nikolsky/AP There is no shortage of speculation about what Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to do with the vast Russian military force now virtually encircling Ukraine, and why he has amassed it. Its sheer size ... <a title="Putin is on a personal mission to rewrite Cold War history, making the risks in Ukraine far graver" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/putin-is-on-a-personal-mission-to-rewrite-cold-war-history-making-the-risks-in-ukraine-far-graver-177730/" aria-label="Read more about Putin is on a personal mission to rewrite Cold War history, making the risks in Ukraine far graver">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute SHVETS/Pexels, CC BY Many older Australian women face insecure futures. Those who are single, divorced or widowed are much more likely to suffer poverty, housing stress and homelessness. Our new Grattan Institute proposal for a national shared equity scheme ... <a title="Older women often rent in poverty – shared home equity could help some escape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/older-women-often-rent-in-poverty-shared-home-equity-could-help-some-escape-177452/" aria-label="Read more about Older women often rent in poverty – shared home equity could help some escape">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Kvalsvig, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Pixabay/pedro_wroclaw , CC BY-ND As New Zealand’s Omicron outbreak accelerates, with new community infections doubling every few days, the rising number of child cases is a reminder of the challenge to protect the health and ... <a title="To protect children during Aotearoa’s Omicron outbreak, we need to consider their families, not just schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/to-protect-children-during-aotearoas-omicron-outbreak-we-need-to-consider-their-families-not-just-schools-176458/" aria-label="Read more about To protect children during Aotearoa’s Omicron outbreak, we need to consider their families, not just schools">Read more</a>
