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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bendall, Research Fellow, Gender and Women’s Research Centre, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University Lingerie sales in 2020 surged as pandemic lockdowns saw online shoppers seek to escape the mundanity of sweatpants and spice up their sex lives. Such sales will likely increase ... <a title="‘I die where I cling’: garters and ‘busks’ inscribed with love notes were the sexy lingerie of the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/i-die-where-i-cling-garters-and-busks-inscribed-with-love-notes-were-the-sexy-lingerie-of-the-past-154645/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I die where I cling’: garters and ‘busks’ inscribed with love notes were the sexy lingerie of the past">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Whittle, Director, Data61 Artificial intelligence (AI) is learning more about how to work with (and on) humans. A recent study has shown how AI can learn to identify vulnerabilities in human habits and behaviours and use them to influence human decision-making. It may seem cliched to ... <a title="AI can now learn to manipulate human behaviour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/ai-can-now-learn-to-manipulate-human-behaviour-155031/" aria-label="Read more about AI can now learn to manipulate human behaviour">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has indicated he wants to embrace a 2050 target of net-zero emissions. That, however, requires bringing the Nationals on board, and a vocal group in that party is fighting a fierce rearguard action. The Nationals deputy leader David ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: David Littleproud on The Nationals and net zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/politics-with-michelle-grattan-david-littleproud-on-the-nationals-and-net-zero-155121/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: David Littleproud on The Nationals and net zero">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Daley, Associate Professor of History, Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Auckland When Jacinda Ardern consoled members of the Muslim community after the Christchurch mosque attacks, she wore the hijab. Around the world, she was praised for her compassion and cultural sensitivity. When she went to ... <a title="The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of political sideshows and Māori cultural identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/the-tie-that-binds-unravelling-the-knotty-issue-of-political-sideshows-and-maori-cultural-identity-155109/" aria-label="Read more about The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of political sideshows and Māori cultural identity">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
By RNZ News A magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck south-east of New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands and a tsunnami warning is in place for several countries. Geoscience Australia said the quake, which struck early this morning, had an epicentre 400 km east of the town of Tadine. Seismic data indicates the undersea earthquake struck at a ... <a title="Tsunami warning after 7.7 quake off New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/tsunami-warning-after-7-7-quake-off-new-caledonias-loyalty-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Tsunami warning after 7.7 quake off New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meredith Nash, Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Tasmania The icy continent has historically been a place for men. First “discovered” in 1820, Antarctica would not be visited by a woman for well over a century. In 1935, Norwegian Caroline Mikkelsen, a whaler’s wife, became the first ... <a title="White continent, white blokes: why Antarctic research needs to shed its exclusionary past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/white-continent-white-blokes-why-antarctic-research-needs-to-shed-its-exclusionary-past-154944/" aria-label="Read more about White continent, white blokes: why Antarctic research needs to shed its exclusionary past">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Gowthorp, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Bond Business School, Bond University With COVID-19 still running rampant in many parts of the world, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has prepared “playbooks” for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, set to begin in July. There are four books, ... <a title="For now, the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead. But at what cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/for-now-the-tokyo-olympics-will-go-ahead-but-at-what-cost-154851/" aria-label="Read more about For now, the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead. But at what cost?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Power, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University In December, Antarctica lost its status as the last continent free of COVID-19 when 36 people at the Chilean Bernardo O’Higgins research station tested positive. The station’s isolation from other bases and fewer researchers in ... <a title="COVID has reached Antarctica. Scientists are extremely concerned for its wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/covid-has-reached-antarctica-scientists-are-extremely-concerned-for-its-wildlife-154481/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has reached Antarctica. Scientists are extremely concerned for its wildlife">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australian governments acted to protect homeless people from COVID-19 in 2020 on an even larger scale than previously thought. In the first six months of the pandemic, the four states that ... <a title="States housed 40,000 people for the COVID emergency. Now rough sleeper numbers are back on the up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/states-housed-40-000-people-for-the-covid-emergency-now-rough-sleeper-numbers-are-back-on-the-up-154059/" aria-label="Read more about States housed 40,000 people for the COVID emergency. Now rough sleeper numbers are back on the up">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide The government’s Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill presently before parliament was drafted at the end of a six-month consultative process that brought together employer and employee representatives to chart what the prime ... <a title="Low wage, low growth: Porter’s industrial relations bill is only good in parts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/low-wage-low-growth-porters-industrial-relations-bill-is-only-good-in-parts-155033/" aria-label="Read more about Low wage, low growth: Porter’s industrial relations bill is only good in parts">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lawrence Uren, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Melbourne More than ever as we emerge from the crisis we are going to have to get the most out of our economy. Swapping stamp duty for land tax as the ACT government is doing (over 20 years) and ... <a title="Identifying the losers (and surprising winners) from phasing out stamp duty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/identifying-the-losers-and-surprising-winners-from-phasing-out-stamp-duty-154935/" aria-label="Read more about Identifying the losers (and surprising winners) from phasing out stamp duty">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland It is 25 years since Australian auteur Baz Luhrmann released his gloriously spectacular version of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the doomed lovers. While some praised the film as ... <a title="Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet at 25: is this the best Shakespeare screen adaptation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/baz-luhrmanns-romeo-juliet-at-25-is-this-the-best-shakespeare-screen-adaptation-154801/" aria-label="Read more about Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet at 25: is this the best Shakespeare screen adaptation?">Read more</a>
