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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamh Kinchin, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Australia’s electronic surveillance laws are being reformed with a goal of making them “clearer, more coherent and better adapted to the modern world”. However, there is one significant set of powers beyond the scope of the ... <a title="Electronic surveillance law review won’t stop Border Force’s warrantless phone snooping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/electronic-surveillance-law-review-wont-stop-border-forces-warrantless-phone-snooping-175833/" aria-label="Read more about Electronic surveillance law review won’t stop Border Force’s warrantless phone snooping">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Goot, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University Would Australians vote for an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution? Would they approve the parliament simply legislating a Voice? Australians may support one, both, or neither. The answers matter because after the next election we may ... <a title="Confused polling distorts the debate on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/confused-polling-distorts-the-debate-on-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-175525/" aria-label="Read more about Confused polling distorts the debate on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Diego Fidele In the first Newspoll of 2022, Labor led by 56-44, a three-point gain since the previous Newspoll in early December. Primary votes were 41% Labor (up three), 34% Coalition (down two), 11% ... <a title="Newspoll has Labor’s biggest lead since Turnbull’s ousting as Coalition damaged by COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/newspoll-has-labors-biggest-lead-since-turnbulls-ousting-as-coalition-damaged-by-covid-175835/" aria-label="Read more about Newspoll has Labor’s biggest lead since Turnbull’s ousting as Coalition damaged by COVID">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
By Sri Krishnamurthi, RNZ Pacific digital journalist South Seas Healthcare Trust chief executive Lemalu Silao Vaisola says people are tired of covid-19 rather than complacent after two years of the pandemic. He said he had seen fatigue set in which could explain the low uptake of the booster shot in the Pacific community. “People are ... <a title="Pacific health provider faces covid-19 fatigue within community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/pacific-health-provider-faces-covid-19-fatigue-within-community/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific health provider faces covid-19 fatigue within community">Read more</a>
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January 31, 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 1News Kantar Public Poll, parliament 1 News: Jacinda Ardern, Christopher Luxon approval ratings ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-31-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2022">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University lilmiquela/Instagram Earlier this month, Meta announced it is working on a set of ethical guidelines for “virtual influencers” – animated, typically computer-generated, characters designed to attract attention on social media. When Facebook renamed itself Meta late last year, it ... <a title="‘Virtual influencers’ are here, but should Meta really be setting the ethical ground rules?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/virtual-influencers-are-here-but-should-meta-really-be-setting-the-ethical-ground-rules-175524/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Virtual influencers’ are here, but should Meta really be setting the ethical ground rules?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kenny, Professor of Political Science, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock It’s widely believed that this is the age of misinformation, of alternative facts, and of conspiracy theories gone mainstream, from QAnon to anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown movements. In this telling, claims spread by internet crackpots are amplified by ... <a title="Here’s why misinformation is a smaller problem than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/heres-why-misinformation-is-a-smaller-problem-than-you-think-172968/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why misinformation is a smaller problem than you think">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian McAllister, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP Do political rorts deliver extra votes at elections? Politicians seem to think so, judging by the number and frequency of pork-barrelling scandals involving the misuse of public spending. Indeed, according to the former NSW premier, ... <a title="Does pork-barrelling actually work? New research suggests it’s not a big vote winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/does-pork-barrelling-actually-work-new-research-suggests-its-not-a-big-vote-winner-173329/" aria-label="Read more about Does pork-barrelling actually work? New research suggests it’s not a big vote winner">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Kent, Professor and Laboratory Head, The University of Melbourne AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi COVID is rampant in Australia and many parts of the world right now. Some people battling or recovering from infection may wonder if catching COVID will give them longer term immunity for when ... <a title="What we know now about COVID immunity after infection – including Omicron and Delta variants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/what-we-know-now-about-covid-immunity-after-infection-including-omicron-and-delta-variants-175653/" aria-label="Read more about What we know now about COVID immunity after infection – including Omicron and Delta variants">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney Rick Rycroft/AP With hospitals under strain from COVID-19, we need to safeguard them against another threat set to increase as the world warms. That threat? Flooding. Many Australian hospitals were built on cheap land near rivers. But ... <a title="Our hospitals are at greater risk of flooding as the climate changes. We need better evacuation plans." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/our-hospitals-are-at-greater-risk-of-flooding-as-the-climate-changes-we-need-better-evacuation-plans-174467/" aria-label="Read more about Our hospitals are at greater risk of flooding as the climate changes. We need better evacuation plans.">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor has opened a 56-44% two-party lead and Scott Morrison’s net satisfaction rating has plunged 11 points in Newspoll, after a disastrous summer in which Omicron has ripped through most of the country and deaths have spiked. The poll, published ... <a title="Labor leads Coalition 56-44% and Morrison slumps dramatically in first 2022 Newspoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/labor-leads-coalition-56-44-and-morrison-slumps-dramatically-in-first-2022-newspoll-175994/" aria-label="Read more about Labor leads Coalition 56-44% and Morrison slumps dramatically in first 2022 Newspoll">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Deputy Program Director, School Education, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Almost all teachers (92%) in our study out today said they don’t have enough time to prepare effectively for classroom teaching – the core of their job. The Grattan Institute surveyed 5,442 Australian teachers and school leaders ... <a title="Teachers don’t have enough time to prepare well for class. We have a solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/30/teachers-dont-have-enough-time-to-prepare-well-for-class-we-have-a-solution-175633/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers don’t have enough time to prepare well for class. We have a solution">Read more</a>
