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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Have you ever wondered why your super fund rarely sends you mail? It could be because it is one of the 36 funds that perform badly, or one of the six funds that perform extraordinarily ... <a title="Super funds have been working for themselves when they should have been working for us. That’s about to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/super-funds-have-been-working-for-themselves-when-they-should-have-been-working-for-us-thats-about-to-change-157580/" aria-label="Read more about Super funds have been working for themselves when they should have been working for us. That’s about to change">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hendy, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University Examples of the police using force in the line of duty are not uncommon, but allegations of excessive force used by staff at Auckland Women’s Prison have raised serious questions about what happens away from the public eye. Corrections Minister ... <a title="Overhaul of NZ women’s prison system highlights the risk and doubt surrounding use of force on inmates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/overhaul-of-nz-womens-prison-system-highlights-the-risk-and-doubt-surrounding-use-of-force-on-inmates-156848/" aria-label="Read more about Overhaul of NZ women’s prison system highlights the risk and doubt surrounding use of force on inmates">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Vagg, Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University As a pain specialist, I often have patients asking me whether they should try medicinal cannabis. There’s a common perception it can be an effective way to manage chronic ... <a title="Medicinal cannabis to manage chronic pain? We don’t have evidence it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/medicinal-cannabis-to-manage-chronic-pain-we-dont-have-evidence-it-works-157324/" aria-label="Read more about Medicinal cannabis to manage chronic pain? We don’t have evidence it works">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cate Macinnis-Ng, Associate Professor, University of Auckland Islands are biodiversity hotspots. They are home to 20% of the world’s plants and animals yet cover only 5% of the global landmass. But island ecosystems are highly vulnerable, threatened by habitat fragmentation and introduced invasive weeds and predators. Climate ... <a title="Many New Zealand species are already at risk because of predators and habitat loss. Climate change makes things worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/many-new-zealand-species-are-already-at-risk-because-of-predators-and-habitat-loss-climate-change-makes-things-worse-156650/" aria-label="Read more about Many New Zealand species are already at risk because of predators and habitat loss. Climate change makes things worse">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney International students commonly share bedrooms so they can afford the rent. What is perhaps much more surprising is that our research suggests thousands are “hot-bedding” – their beds are available to them for only ... <a title="As one student gets out of bed, another gets in: thousands are ‘hot-bedding’ in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/as-one-student-gets-out-of-bed-another-gets-in-thousands-are-hot-bedding-in-australia-156589/" aria-label="Read more about As one student gets out of bed, another gets in: thousands are ‘hot-bedding’ in Australia">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Ralston, Professorial fellow, Monash University All sorts of claims are being made following the release of the Retirement Income Review, including that it paid insufficient attention to issues of gender. Among other things we are being told that the gap between female and male super would ... <a title="Yes, women retire with less than men, but boosting compulsory super won’t help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/yes-women-retire-with-less-than-men-but-boosting-compulsory-super-wont-help-157412/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, women retire with less than men, but boosting compulsory super won’t help">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate professor, La Trobe University Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 outbreak is a portent of the “catastrophic moral failure” the head of the World Health Organization warned of in January due to poor countries being pushed to the back of the vaccine queue. Australia has gifted ... <a title="More talk, no action: Australia’s approach to trade rules restraining vaccine production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/more-talk-no-action-australias-approach-to-trade-rules-restraining-vaccine-production-156971/" aria-label="Read more about More talk, no action: Australia’s approach to trade rules restraining vaccine production">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elisabeth Findlay, Director of Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Barely a year goes by on the Australian art calendar without the announcement of a major Impressionist exhibition. The latest is the National Gallery of Victoria’s “international exclusive show”, French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts ... <a title="We can’t seem to get enough of the Impressionists but can we move on from the sanitised version?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/we-cant-seem-to-get-enough-of-the-impressionists-but-can-we-move-on-from-the-sanitised-version-156747/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t seem to get enough of the Impressionists but can we move on from the sanitised version?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has immediately sacked a staffer after Network Ten reported on Monday that a Coalition whistleblower had provided photographs and videos recorded inside parliament house “of men engaged in blatant sex acts”. The Coalition staffers filmed themselves and shared ... <a title="Morrison says Coalition staffer sacked after ‘disgusting’ allegation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/morrison-says-coalition-staffer-sacked-after-disgusting-allegation-157629/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison says Coalition staffer sacked after ‘disgusting’ allegation">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Morris, Military analyst, Griffith University This is an important day for the veteran community. After five years of campaigning for a royal commission, parliament has backed a motion to establish one. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has also signalled he would no longer oppose the move. For ... <a title="One veteran on average dies by suicide every 2 weeks. This is what a royal commission needs to look at" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/one-veteran-on-average-dies-by-suicide-every-2-weeks-this-is-what-a-royal-commission-needs-to-look-at-157582/" aria-label="Read more about One veteran on average dies by suicide every 2 weeks. This is what a royal commission needs to look at">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra On any commonsense interpretation of language, Scott Morrison’s comments in parliament last Thursday deliberately concealed the full truth. The harsher view is they were downright misleading. Moreover, the prime minister then resorted to a tactical ploy that flies in the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Scott Morrison becomes tangled in his own spider web" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/view-from-the-hill-scott-morrison-becomes-tangled-in-his-own-spider-web-157596/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Scott Morrison becomes tangled in his own spider web">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloe Lucas, Research Fellow, Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania As thousands of homes remain underwater in what appears to be yet another historic flood event in New South Wales, insurance companies are being inundated with calls from worried customers. The Sydney Morning Herald is ... <a title="‘They lost our receipts three times’: how getting an insurance payout can be a full-time job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/they-lost-our-receipts-three-times-how-getting-an-insurance-payout-can-be-a-full-time-job-157588/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They lost our receipts three times’: how getting an insurance payout can be a full-time job">Read more</a>
