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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Tiernan, Adjunct Professor of Politics. Griffith Business School, Griffith University All Australians have a stake in our nation’s good governance. The past week has provided plenty of reasons to be concerned about the Morrison government’s disregard of core tenets of Australian democracy in its quest for ... <a title="Accountability is under threat. Parliament must urgently reset the balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/accountability-is-under-threat-parliament-must-urgently-reset-the-balance-170530/" aria-label="Read more about Accountability is under threat. Parliament must urgently reset the balance">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Baker, Research Fellow in Statistics for Biosecurity Risk, The University of Melbourne As lockdowns ease in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT, and people return to work and socialising, many of us will be mixing more with others, even though a section of the community ... <a title="Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/your-unvaccinated-friend-is-roughly-20-times-more-likely-to-give-you-covid-170448/" aria-label="Read more about Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Martin, Director, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England Shutterstock The Nationals this week finally agreed to a plan of net-zero emissions by 2050. Farmers say they’ve done much of the heavy lifting on Australia’s emissions reduction and had been calling for a ... <a title="Scott Morrison’s deal with the Nationals must not ignore land stewardship – an attractive, low-hanging fruit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/scott-morrisons-deal-with-the-nationals-must-not-ignore-land-stewardship-an-attractive-low-hanging-fruit-170539/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison’s deal with the Nationals must not ignore land stewardship – an attractive, low-hanging fruit">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock Once five to 11 year olds have access to COVID vaccines, children up to four years old will make up about 40% of Australia’s unvaccinated population. This will make Australia’s early learning sector the next frontline of the ... <a title="40% of Australia’s unvaccinated population will soon be kids under 5. Childcare will be the next COVID frontline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/40-of-australias-unvaccinated-population-will-soon-be-kids-under-5-childcare-will-be-the-next-covid-frontline-170551/" aria-label="Read more about 40% of Australia’s unvaccinated population will soon be kids under 5. Childcare will be the next COVID frontline">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Gharaie, Associate Professor of Project Management, RMIT University Rich Kareckas/AP Thanks to HomeBuilder and the housing price boom, house building is experiencing its hottest year on the record. Over the space of a year the number of houses (not apartments) under construction has jumped from 56,060 ... <a title="Building more houses quickly is harder than it looks. Australia hasn’t done it in decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/building-more-houses-quickly-is-harder-than-it-looks-australia-hasnt-done-it-in-decades-170223/" aria-label="Read more about Building more houses quickly is harder than it looks. Australia hasn’t done it in decades">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabina Rahman, Sessional Academic in English Literature, Macquarie University A24/Eric Zachanowich Review: The Green Knight, directed by David Lowery. Nothing about The Green Knight, the new film from director David Lowery, is comfortable. From its opening scene, where Gawain (Dev Patel) sits in an empty throne room, ... <a title="The Green Knight review: a wonderfully unsettling cinematic reimagining of the medieval story of Sir Gawain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/the-green-knight-review-a-wonderfully-unsettling-cinematic-reimagining-of-the-medieval-story-of-sir-gawain-167364/" aria-label="Read more about The Green Knight review: a wonderfully unsettling cinematic reimagining of the medieval story of Sir Gawain">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Resources minister Keith Pitt might have been a “no” when the Nationals debated the government’s climate plan but he was a winner in the deal struck between Scott Morrison and the Coalition’s minor partner. He has been restored to cabinet, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the climate plan and coal’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-keith-pitt-on-the-climate-plan-and-coals-future-170720/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the climate plan and coal’s future">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Moore, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia Shutterstock In 2017, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse handed down its final report. This came after years of social action and advocacy by survivors and their ... <a title="Does the government’s new national plan to combat child sexual abuse go far enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/does-the-governments-new-national-plan-to-combat-child-sexual-abuse-go-far-enough-170707/" aria-label="Read more about Does the government’s new national plan to combat child sexual abuse go far enough?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, UNSW Shutterstock This week the federal government announced proposed legislation to develop an online privacy code (or “OP Code”) setting tougher privacy standards for Facebook, Google, Amazon and many other online platforms. These companies collect and use ... <a title="A new proposed privacy code promises tough rules and $10 million penalties for tech giants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/a-new-proposed-privacy-code-promises-tough-rules-and-10-million-penalties-for-tech-giants-170711/" aria-label="Read more about A new proposed privacy code promises tough rules and $10 million penalties for tech giants">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Shaw, Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne After 18 months of lockdown, the City of Melbourne is understandably anxious to get people back to the CBD and inner areas. Commercial vacancy rates are high, international student numbers have plummeted and the streets are dead. The ... <a title="Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it’s window dressing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/can-artists-revive-dead-city-centres-without-long-term-tenancies-its-window-dressing-169822/" aria-label="Read more about Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it’s window dressing">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eibhlish O’Hara, Research Associate, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Participation in specialist sport programs keeps teenagers from low socioeconomic backgrounds at school and boosts their maths grades. This is what I found in my PhD study. Being engaged in learning can set people up for success in the ... <a title="‘It was the best five years of my life!’ How sports programs are keeping disadvantaged teens at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/it-was-the-best-five-years-of-my-life-how-sports-programs-are-keeping-disadvantaged-teens-at-school-162855/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It was the best five years of my life!’ How sports programs are keeping disadvantaged teens at school">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Juno, Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), today provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine to be used as a booster for anyone over the age of 18. The TGA said people can take ... <a title="Australians will soon receive COVID booster vaccines. Why do we need them, and how effective are they?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/australians-will-soon-receive-covid-booster-vaccines-why-do-we-need-them-and-how-effective-are-they-170368/" aria-label="Read more about Australians will soon receive COVID booster vaccines. Why do we need them, and how effective are they?">Read more</a>
