CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock We are about to find out whether we’ll lose a tax break worth up to $1,080 a year. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he hadn’t “made any final decision” on the A$7.8 billion per year ... <a title="This pointless $1,080 tax break should have ended years ago – but has become hard to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/this-pointless-1-080-tax-break-should-have-ended-years-ago-but-has-become-hard-to-stop-177546/" aria-label="Read more about This pointless $1,080 tax break should have ended years ago – but has become hard to stop">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock We are about to find out whether we’ll lose a tax break worth up to $1,080 a year. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he hadn’t “made any final decision” on the A$7.8 billion per year ... <a title="Meet the pointless $1,080 tax break that should have ended years ago – but has become hard to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/meet-the-pointless-1-080-tax-break-that-should-have-ended-years-ago-but-has-become-hard-to-stop-177546/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the pointless $1,080 tax break that should have ended years ago – but has become hard to stop">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dave Parsons, Lecturer, Curtin University Shutterstock We are back to pounding keyboards and swiping phones for another year. But with so much of today’s learning, working and socialising happening via devices, hand and wrist injuries are both common and hard to recover from. Cumulative trauma to the ... <a title="How to care for your sore hands and wrists when your life is online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/how-to-care-for-your-sore-hands-and-wrists-when-your-life-is-online-176450/" aria-label="Read more about How to care for your sore hands and wrists when your life is online">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Ahead of the election, Scott Morrison is trying to wedge Labor on national security generally and China in particular. Opposition defence spokesman Brendan O’Connor tells this podcast: “National security is the the greatest priority of any federal government in order ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor defence spokesman Brendan O’Connor on China and Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/politics-with-michelle-grattan-labor-defence-spokesman-brendan-oconnor-on-china-and-ukraine-177613/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor defence spokesman Brendan O’Connor on China and Ukraine">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Shutterstock Few people in recent times have created as much controversy as Donald Trump. A year after his utterances got him banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, his new enterprise, Truth Social, has made its debut ... <a title="Twitter for the right: a look at Truth Social, Trump’s ethically dubious social media platform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/twitter-for-the-right-a-look-at-truth-social-trumps-ethically-dubious-social-media-platform-177549/" aria-label="Read more about Twitter for the right: a look at Truth Social, Trump’s ethically dubious social media platform">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sal Lampkin, PhD, Sustainability Transformation Manager, Massey University Shutterstock/oneinchpunch As New Zealand starts lifting travel restrictions at the end of this month, academics may feel the need to catch up on missed opportunities to attend conferences. But flights account for about a third of the tertiary sector’s ... <a title="Why universities are starting to re-evaluate their academics’ travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/why-universities-are-starting-to-re-evaluate-their-academics-travel-177129/" aria-label="Read more about Why universities are starting to re-evaluate their academics’ travel">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted February 15-20 from a sample of 1,604, gave Labor 35% of the primary vote (steady since January), the Coalition 33% (down one), the Greens 10% (down one), ... <a title="Morrison’s ratings slump in Resolve and Essential polls; Liberals set to retain Willoughby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/morrisons-ratings-slump-in-resolve-and-essential-polls-liberals-set-to-retain-willoughby-177606/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s ratings slump in Resolve and Essential polls; Liberals set to retain Willoughby">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Blyth, Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommends Australians aged 16 years and older have a COVID booster vaccine three months after receiving their second dose. You now ... <a title="Do COVID boosters cause more or fewer side effects? How quickly does protection wane? Your questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/do-covid-boosters-cause-more-or-fewer-side-effects-how-quickly-does-protection-wane-your-questions-answered-176695/" aria-label="Read more about Do COVID boosters cause more or fewer side effects? How quickly does protection wane? Your questions answered">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Munro, Lecturer, University of South Australia Topbunk Review: Invisibility, MOD museum, Adelaide Disinformation, algorithms, big data, care work, climate change, cultural knowledge: they can all be invisible. In her New York Times bestseller, Weapons of Math Destruction (2016), subtitled “how big data increases inequality and threatens ... <a title="A new exhibition explores invisible data, from facial algorithms to satellite tracking as a return to Country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/a-new-exhibition-explores-invisible-data-from-facial-algorithms-to-satellite-tracking-as-a-return-to-country-176567/" aria-label="Read more about A new exhibition explores invisible data, from facial algorithms to satellite tracking as a return to Country">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Maritz, Professor of Entrepreneurship, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University GettyImages Research has found Indigenous start-up businesses could improve the welfare and well-being of First Nations individuals and communities. This has the potential to reduce many economic and social setbacks experienced by Indigenous people. Australia ... <a title="Indigenous entrepreneurship may well be the driver of social innovation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/indigenous-entrepreneurship-may-well-be-the-driver-of-social-innovation-176671/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous entrepreneurship may well be the driver of social innovation">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Wild horses roaming the Snowy Mountains have long been the subject of fierce debate. Some say they’re feral pests destroying Kosciuszko National Park’s fragile ... <a title="Introduced species are animals too: why the debate over compassionate conservation is worth having" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/introduced-species-are-animals-too-why-the-debate-over-compassionate-conservation-is-worth-having-163987/" aria-label="Read more about Introduced species are animals too: why the debate over compassionate conservation is worth having">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cowling, Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia ABC Last week, the ABC announced it will begin to track the viewing habits of all users of its iview streaming platform from March 15. This will be done by making users create an account ... <a title="Mandatory logins for ABC iview could open an intimate window onto your life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/mandatory-logins-for-abc-iview-could-open-an-intimate-window-onto-your-life-177540/" aria-label="Read more about Mandatory logins for ABC iview could open an intimate window onto your life">Read more</a>
