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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Moana Kolff, Lecturer, UNSW Two videos were removed this week from the Australian government’s recently released sexuality education resource for schools. The government released the Good Society resource in mid April, which consists of more than 350 materials including videos, digital stories and podcasts to teach ... <a title="Teaching young people about sex is too important to get wrong. Here are 5 videos that actually hit the mark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/teaching-young-people-about-sex-is-too-important-to-get-wrong-here-are-5-videos-that-actually-hit-the-mark-159438/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching young people about sex is too important to get wrong. Here are 5 videos that actually hit the mark">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shams Rahman, Professor of Supply Chain Management, RMIT University The 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring 2,600 more, is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. It is not just the body count, though, that made the collapse of the Rana ... <a title="8 years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment workers are still bottom of the pile" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/8-years-after-the-rana-plaza-tragedy-bangladeshs-garment-workers-are-still-bottom-of-the-pile-159224/" aria-label="Read more about 8 years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment workers are still bottom of the pile">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University As tensions with China continue to grow, Japan is making moves to join the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance. This week, Japan’s ambassador to Australia, Shingo Yamagami, told The Sydney Morning Herald he was “optimistic” about his country ... <a title="From Five Eyes to Six? Japan’s push to join the West’s intelligence alliance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/from-five-eyes-to-six-japans-push-to-join-the-wests-intelligence-alliance-159429/" aria-label="Read more about From Five Eyes to Six? Japan’s push to join the West’s intelligence alliance">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The recent crash of a Tesla car in the United States, in which two people died, has reignited debate about the capabilities and safety of today’s “self-driving” technologies. Tesla cars include an “autopilot” feature which monitors ... <a title="‘Self-driving’ cars are still a long way off. Here are three reasons why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/self-driving-cars-are-still-a-long-way-off-here-are-three-reasons-why-159234/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Self-driving’ cars are still a long way off. Here are three reasons why">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Douglass S Rovinsky, Associate research scientist, Monash University The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, is an Aussie icon. It was the largest historical marsupial predator and a powerful example of human-caused extinction. And despite being extinct since 1936, it still gets featured in ... <a title="Like a jackal in wolf’s clothing: the Tasmanian tiger was no wolfish predator — it hunted small prey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/like-a-jackal-in-wolfs-clothing-the-tasmanian-tiger-was-no-wolfish-predator-it-hunted-small-prey-159343/" aria-label="Read more about Like a jackal in wolf’s clothing: the Tasmanian tiger was no wolfish predator — it hunted small prey">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne After the Bank of Queensland agreed to buy ME Bank from Australia’s industry superannuation funds in February, it needed to raise A$1.35 billion quickly. The way it did it depleted the wealth of quite a few retail ... <a title="Small shareholders can be left worse off when companies raise funds. Here’s how to protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/small-shareholders-can-be-left-worse-off-when-companies-raise-funds-heres-how-to-protect-them-159346/" aria-label="Read more about Small shareholders can be left worse off when companies raise funds. Here’s how to protect them">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University As part of a major overhaul of the health system, health minister Andrew Little yesterday announced a new Māori health authority. The authority will be ... <a title="New authority could transform Māori health, but only if it’s a leader, not a partner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/new-authority-could-transform-maori-health-but-only-if-its-a-leader-not-a-partner-159425/" aria-label="Read more about New authority could transform Māori health, but only if it’s a leader, not a partner">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Health reforms: Analysis Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Labour’s health reforms: Boldly going where it might not be wise to venture Luke Malpass ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 22 2021">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Brown, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, but often it doesn’t work out that way. Children are exposed to all the stresses and strains that affect the families and communities in which they grow up. Recent ... <a title="How intimate partner violence affects children’s health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/how-intimate-partner-violence-affects-childrens-health-159132/" aria-label="Read more about How intimate partner violence affects children’s health">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Days out from a much-anticipated climate summit convened by US President Joe Biden, the federal government has moved to position itself as serious about emissions reduction. On Wednesday Prime Minister Scott Morrison pledged A$539 million to ... <a title="Scott Morrison can’t spin this one: Australia’s climate pledges at this week’s summit won’t convince the world we’re serious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/scott-morrison-cant-spin-this-one-australias-climate-pledges-at-this-weeks-summit-wont-convince-the-world-were-serious-159381/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison can’t spin this one: Australia’s climate pledges at this week’s summit won’t convince the world we’re serious">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolas Pirsoul, Policy Analyst and Research Assistant, University of Auckland Since the fatal Havelock North campylobacter outbreak in 2016, freshwater quality has rightfully been a major political issue in Aotearoa New Zealand. Pipes bursting in Wellington, lead contamination in Otago and concerns about tolerable levels of nitrates ... <a title="If we want to improve NZ’s freshwater quality, first we need to improve the quality of our democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/if-we-want-to-improve-nzs-freshwater-quality-first-we-need-to-improve-the-quality-of-our-democracy-159322/" aria-label="Read more about If we want to improve NZ’s freshwater quality, first we need to improve the quality of our democracy">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Carroll, Researcher and Senior Manager, Strategic Information, Monash University Career-related motivations are among the most important factors in Australian students’ decision to undertake higher education. This means universities must demonstrate their graduates’ ability to find work when seeking to recruit students in an increasingly competitive tertiary ... <a title="Want to improve your chances of getting a full-time job? A double degree can do that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/want-to-improve-your-chances-of-getting-a-full-time-job-a-double-degree-can-do-that-157306/" aria-label="Read more about Want to improve your chances of getting a full-time job? A double degree can do that">Read more</a>
