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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Willsteed, Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. We hadn’t packed bags yet, but it was about all that ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: the dizzying spectacle of Gaudí’s Basílica de la Sagrada Família" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/if-i-could-go-anywhere-the-dizzying-spectacle-of-gaudis-basilica-de-la-sagrada-familia-159532/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: the dizzying spectacle of Gaudí’s Basílica de la Sagrada Família">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2021
COMMENT: By David Robie in Auckland International reporting has hardly been a strong feature of New Zealand journalism. No New Zealand print news organisation has serious international news departments or foreign correspondents with the calibre of such overseas media as The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. It has traditionally been that way for decades. ... <a title="West Papua and other critical issues – why is NZ media glossing over them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/05/west-papua-and-other-critical-issues-why-is-nz-media-glossing-over-them/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua and other critical issues – why is NZ media glossing over them?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Cardinal George Pell preparing to make a statement at the Vatican in 2017. Gregoria Borgia/AP/AAP In February, Australian media companies pleaded guilty to contempt of court over their reporting of Cardinal George Pell’s conviction ... <a title="Why have media outlets been fined more than $1 million for their Pell reporting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/why-have-media-outlets-been-fined-more-than-1-million-for-their-pell-reporting-162173/" aria-label="Read more about Why have media outlets been fined more than $1 million for their Pell reporting?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Two COVID-19 cases previously linked to Melbourne’s current outbreak have now been reclassified as false positives. They’re no longer included in Victoria’s official case counts, while a number of exposure sites linked to these cases have ... <a title="Why are some COVID test results false positives, and how common are they?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/why-are-some-covid-test-results-false-positives-and-how-common-are-they-162163/" aria-label="Read more about Why are some COVID test results false positives, and how common are they?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. New Zealand’s rosy Covid19 picture does not look so good, once we do an analysis of excess deaths. Calculating excess deaths is the new statistical procedure to evaluate the true toll of Covid19. (I did an excess deaths’ Smithometer analysis of the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand.) For this chart, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Covid19 and excess deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-and-excess-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Covid19 and excess deaths">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The National Party has a major problem with standards, especially amongst its MPs and election candidates. The latest controversies involve the resignation of their longest-serving MP Nick Smith over an employment dispute, and allegations of abhorrent behaviour by election candidate Jake Bezzant. The party has been beset by a series of ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Low standards in the National Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-low-standards-in-the-national-party/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Low standards in the National Party">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Peter Wegner’s Guy Warren in his 100th Year, winner of the 2021 Archibald Prize. AGNSW/Peter Wegner/Photo Jenni Carter The artist Guy ... <a title="Peter Wegner’s portrait of Guy Warren at 100 wins the 100th Archibald Prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/peter-wegners-portrait-of-guy-warren-at-100-wins-the-100th-archibald-prize-162159/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Wegner’s portrait of Guy Warren at 100 wins the 100th Archibald Prize">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yogi Vidyattama, Associate Professor, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra Among the bolder claims in last month’s budget was that “under the Coalition, home ownership will always be supported”. Since the Howard government took office in 1996, the proportion of Australian households owning ... <a title="Here’s what the budget did to get Australians into homes (hint: not much)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/heres-what-the-budget-did-to-get-australians-into-homes-hint-not-much-160773/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what the budget did to get Australians into homes (hint: not much)">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Russo, Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University Earlier this year, we visited the Howard Springs quarantine facility in the Northern Territory, Australia’s alternative to the hotel quarantine system. Now Victoria is set to build its own dedicated COVID-19 quarantine facility, ... <a title="This is how we should build and staff Victoria’s new quarantine facility, say two infection control experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/this-is-how-we-should-build-and-staff-victorias-new-quarantine-facility-say-two-infection-control-experts-162157/" aria-label="Read more about This is how we should build and staff Victoria’s new quarantine facility, say two infection control experts">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Colledge, Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching), Faculty of Theology & Philosophy, Australian Catholic University Rob Crandall/Shutterstock The Job-Ready Graduates Package is nearing the end of its first full semester of implementation. Its basic premise is that the main reason the modern Australian university exists is to ... <a title="In this ‘job-ready’ era, it’s worth looking at how a US-style broader education can benefit uni students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/in-this-job-ready-era-its-worth-looking-at-how-a-us-style-broader-education-can-benefit-uni-students-160461/" aria-label="Read more about In this ‘job-ready’ era, it’s worth looking at how a US-style broader education can benefit uni students">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum George Aldridge, Author provided Bilbies and bandicoots are less famous than koalas and kangaroos, but several species of these small Australian marsupials are highly threatened. Most of us are unlikely to encounter the nocturnal mammals in the wild, though ... <a title="Ancient bilby and bandicoot fossils shed light on the mystery of marsupial evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/ancient-bilby-and-bandicoot-fossils-shed-light-on-the-mystery-of-marsupial-evolution-159437/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient bilby and bandicoot fossils shed light on the mystery of marsupial evolution">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Christopher, Scientia Fellow, UNSW South Sea Islander children in Queensland, around 1902-05. Queensland State Library There are moves afoot to scrub colonial businessman Benjamin Boyd’s name from the map. The owners of historic Boydtown on the NSW south coast are planning to change its name, while ... <a title="From the Caribbean to Queensland: re-examining Australia’s ‘blackbirding’ past and its roots in the global slave trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/from-the-caribbean-to-queensland-re-examining-australias-blackbirding-past-and-its-roots-in-the-global-slave-trade-158530/" aria-label="Read more about From the Caribbean to Queensland: re-examining Australia’s ‘blackbirding’ past and its roots in the global slave trade">Read more</a>
