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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shasha Wang, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology The ACT Legislative Assembly recently passed a motion to ban banking programs, like Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites, from schools later this year. The move comes a few months after Victoria announced it would also ban such programs in state schools. The ... <a title="School banking programs target ‘vulnerable consumers’. But research shows kids are smarter than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/school-banking-programs-target-vulnerable-consumers-but-research-shows-kids-are-smarter-than-you-think-155360/" aria-label="Read more about School banking programs target ‘vulnerable consumers’. But research shows kids are smarter than you think">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mengbi Li, Lecturer in Built Environment (Architecture), First Year College and Research Fellow, ISILC, Victoria University The coronavirus has been escaping with distressing frequency from quarantine hotels, threatening serious outbreaks. To make things worse, multiple variants of the virus, possibly more infectious and deadly, have recently been ... <a title="I teach architecture and have been in quarantine a lot lately. Here are ways design can protect us against COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/i-teach-architecture-and-have-been-in-quarantine-a-lot-lately-here-are-ways-design-can-protect-us-against-covid-19-154840/" aria-label="Read more about I teach architecture and have been in quarantine a lot lately. Here are ways design can protect us against COVID-19">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The fight between Facebook and the Morrison government is over almost before it began. Having drastically overplayed its hand by banning a vast range of content, Facebook has been forced to settle for what appear to be ... <a title="Facebook versus News: Advertising is the real problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/facebook-versus-news-advertising-is-the-real-problem-155639/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook versus News: Advertising is the real problem">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hesketh, ARC Future Fellow and Association Professor, The University of Queensland When Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was first published in On the Origin of Species in 1859, the book was conspicuously silent about how his theory applied to humans. Darwin believed the subject of human ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Darwin’s The Descent of Man 150 years on — sex, race and our ‘lowly’ ape ancestry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/guide-to-the-classics-darwins-the-descent-of-man-150-years-on-sex-race-and-our-lowly-ape-ancestry-155305/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Darwin’s The Descent of Man 150 years on — sex, race and our ‘lowly’ ape ancestry">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
A View from Afar: Thursday March 4 @ midday (NZDST / Wednesday, 6pm USEST) Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will conduct a deep dive into the largely covert role of private enterprise in the intelligence, conflict, and war markets. Most recently, New Zealanders discovered that its national airline had been in business with the ... <a title="SCHEDULED LIVE: Buchanan + Manning on private enterprise and the conflict market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/live-video-buchanan-manning-on-private-enterprise-and-the-conflict-market/" aria-label="Read more about SCHEDULED LIVE: Buchanan + Manning on private enterprise and the conflict market">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel William Crawford, Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute It emerged today that two aged-care residents in Brisbane were given an incorrect dose of the Pfizer vaccine — more than the amount recommended. The 88-year-old man and 94-year-old woman were receiving their vaccinations yesterday as part of ... <a title="When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/when-vaccinating-26-million-australians-expect-a-mistake-or-two-but-we-can-minimise-the-risk-of-repeating-queenslands-overdose-incident-155945/" aria-label="Read more about When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Analysis – Keith Rankin. It is not poor countries with poor access to vaccines that are getting the most new cases. But there are a number of very small countries in the Caribbean Sea and the Indian Ocean which are or were European colonial dependencies, and are very exposed to European covid spreaders. San Marino and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Where are the New Cases now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-where-are-the-new-cases-now/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Where are the New Cases now?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey Martin, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Paris Hilton — model, reality TV star, actor, pop singer and DJ — gained worldwide notoriety in 2003 because of a leaked sex tape. Over the years she has been viciously parodied and lampooned, famously on South Park and ... <a title="Podcast host, DJ …. how the much lampooned Paris Hilton has rewritten the celebrity script" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/podcast-host-dj-how-the-much-lampooned-paris-hilton-has-rewritten-the-celebrity-script-155304/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast host, DJ …. how the much lampooned Paris Hilton has rewritten the celebrity script">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology In every crisis there is opportunity. Even during New Zealand’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown last year, many people felt the pandemic offered a chance to tackle other global crises, especially climate change. The government responded to the pandemic ... <a title="New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/new-zealands-covid-19-stimulus-is-a-lost-opportunity-to-move-towards-a-low-emissions-economy-155838/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-heres-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethan Greener, Associate Professor of Politics, Massey University National Party justice spokesperson Simon Bridges has accused New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of being a “wokester” whose commitment to “policing by consent” is out of step with the law. The claims were in response to Coster’s avowed ... <a title="Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/policing-by-consent-is-not-woke-it-is-fundamental-to-a-democratic-society-155866/" aria-label="Read more about Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society">Read more</a>
