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March 13, 2021
By Roger Fowler in Auckland The multi-billion-dollar NZ Super Fund – New Zealand’s state pension fund – has finally divested from five of Israel’s biggest banks due to their funding of illegal settlement construction in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. New Zealand Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman said the party welcomed the decision, telling The Spinoff: ... <a title="NZ Super Fund dumps Israeli banks for funding settlements in Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/nz-super-fund-dumps-israeli-banks-for-funding-settlements-in-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Super Fund dumps Israeli banks for funding settlements in Palestine">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yoni Nazarathy, Associate Professor of Data Science, The University of Queensland One of the biggest challenges in managing the coronavirus pandemic has been a lack of real-time information about the virus’s spread. While the goal of well-intentioned governments is clear — to mitigate spread with minimal economic ... <a title="We’ve designed a safe ‘virtual’ epidemic. Spreading it is going to help us learn about COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/weve-designed-a-safe-virtual-epidemic-spreading-it-is-going-to-help-us-learn-about-covid-156853/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve designed a safe ‘virtual’ epidemic. Spreading it is going to help us learn about COVID">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Short, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland New research published this week in the British Medical Journal found the coronavirus variant originating in the United Kingdom, called B.1.1.7, is substantially more deadly than the original strain of SARS-CoV-2. The authors say the B.1.1.7 variant is between ... <a title="The UK variant is likely deadlier, more infectious and becoming dominant. But the vaccines still work well against it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/the-uk-variant-is-likely-deadlier-more-infectious-and-becoming-dominant-but-the-vaccines-still-work-well-against-it-156951/" aria-label="Read more about The UK variant is likely deadlier, more infectious and becoming dominant. But the vaccines still work well against it">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carsten Rudolph, Associate professor, Monash University On March 2, 2021, Microsoft published information about four critical vulnerabilities in its widely used Exchange email server software that are being actively exploited. It also released security updates for all versions of Exchange back to 2010. Microsoft has told cybersecurity ... <a title="Security flaws in Microsoft email software raise questions over Australia’s cybersecurity approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/security-flaws-in-microsoft-email-software-raise-questions-over-australias-cybersecurity-approach-156864/" aria-label="Read more about Security flaws in Microsoft email software raise questions over Australia’s cybersecurity approach">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Review: Slow Burn, Together, choreographed by Emma Fishwick. Emma Fishwick and Performing Lines for Perth Festival. It goes against the very core of Slow Burn, Together to respond to it so quickly in print. In the program, choreographer ... <a title="‘Articulation of women’s rage’: Slow Burn, Together and its haunting of women dancers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/articulation-of-womens-rage-slow-burn-together-and-its-haunting-of-women-dancers-154270/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Articulation of women’s rage’: Slow Burn, Together and its haunting of women dancers">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University The Morrison government’s plan to halve the cost of up to 800,000 air tickets for interstate travellers is a rescue package of sorts for Australia’s tourism industry. But the highly selective list of destinations – 13 were initially announced, though ... <a title="Marginal advantage: a whiff of pork in the government’s great tourist ticket lottery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/marginal-advantage-a-whiff-of-pork-in-the-governments-great-tourist-ticket-lottery-157039/" aria-label="Read more about Marginal advantage: a whiff of pork in the government’s great tourist ticket lottery">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was injured on Tuesday after slipping and falling on wet stairs at a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula. Reports indicate he broke some ribs and fractured his T7 vertebra, and is now ... <a title="What’s a T7 vertebra and what happens when you injure it? 2 experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/whats-a-t7-vertebra-and-what-happens-when-you-injure-it-2-experts-explain-156947/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a T7 vertebra and what happens when you injure it? 2 experts explain">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW A coalition of more than 20 disability organisations released a statement yesterday setting out significant concerns over the federal government’s plans to introduce independent assessments to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The government says this new approach is aimed ... <a title="‘Dehumanising’ and ‘a nightmare’: why disability groups want NDIS independent assessments scrapped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/dehumanising-and-a-nightmare-why-disability-groups-want-ndis-independent-assessments-scrapped-156941/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dehumanising’ and ‘a nightmare’: why disability groups want NDIS independent assessments scrapped">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss the government’s most recent round of subsidy packages – for apprentices and the tourism industry, as well as the success ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a post-JobKeeper economy, the vaccine rollout and half-price plane tickets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/video-michelle-grattan-on-a-post-jobkeeper-economy-the-vaccine-rollout-and-half-price-plane-tickets-156974/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a post-JobKeeper economy, the vaccine rollout and half-price plane tickets">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Loughman, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University If you walk down the supermarket aisle, you may be tempted with foods marketed as being good for your gut. Then there are the multiple health blogs about improving, supporting or maintaining your “gut health”. But what does “gut health” ... <a title="Boosting your ‘gut health’ sounds great. But this wellness trend is vague and often misunderstood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/boosting-your-gut-health-sounds-great-but-this-wellness-trend-is-vague-and-often-misunderstood-155472/" aria-label="Read more about Boosting your ‘gut health’ sounds great. But this wellness trend is vague and often misunderstood">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cathy Foley, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist It’s early days in my tenure as Australia’s Chief Scientist but I have already been struck by how central science is to the national policy agenda. I knew this as an observer, but since I took up ... <a title="Chief Scientist: science will drive a post-pandemic manufacturing boom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/chief-scientist-science-will-drive-a-post-pandemic-manufacturing-boom-156935/" aria-label="Read more about Chief Scientist: science will drive a post-pandemic manufacturing boom">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Satterley, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Most Muslim Australians do not subscribe to extremist Islamist beliefs. However, according to a recent nationwide survey, significant minorities did indicate support for some key ideological features of Islamism. According to the survey, which was completed by 1,034 Muslim Australian citizens ... <a title="New survey sheds light on the depth of extremist beliefs among Muslim Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/new-survey-sheds-light-on-the-depth-of-extremist-beliefs-among-muslim-australians-155471/" aria-label="Read more about New survey sheds light on the depth of extremist beliefs among Muslim Australians">Read more</a>
