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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University It’s the smell that hits you first. The scent of urine and decomposing bodies. Then you notice other signs: scuttles and squeaks, small dead bodies leaking blood, tails sticking out of hubcaps. If you’ve lived through a ... <a title="Mouse plague: bromadiolone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/mouse-plague-bromadiolone-will-obliterate-mice-but-itll-poison-eagles-snakes-and-owls-too-160995/" aria-label="Read more about Mouse plague: bromadiolone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laini Burton, Senior Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University From its humble beginnings in 1956, when just seven nations participated, Eurovision has grown to epic proportions. Known for its kitschy mix of Euro-pop, bizarre choreography and hammy performances, an estimated 182 million viewers tuned in to ... <a title="Much more than music: 10 Eurovision costumes that stole the show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/much-more-than-music-10-eurovision-costumes-that-stole-the-show-161186/" aria-label="Read more about Much more than music: 10 Eurovision costumes that stole the show">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Billingsley, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW While details are sketchy, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The dying can hopefully end and further destruction be avoided — at least for now. Both sides can also ... <a title="Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/israel-and-the-palestinians-celebrate-a-ceasefire-but-will-anything-change-161348/" aria-label="Read more about Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics is about nine weeks away. And yet many of the world’s athletes are not satisfied with the COVID-19 precautions organisers have planned. The World Players Association has identified a number of measures ... <a title="Olympic athletes speak up: current COVID plans aren’t enough to keep them safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/olympic-athletes-speak-up-current-covid-plans-arent-enough-to-keep-them-safe-161268/" aria-label="Read more about Olympic athletes speak up: current COVID plans aren’t enough to keep them safe">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University Despite some conspiratorial claims to the contrary, long-serving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not looking or hoping for a major conflict with the Palestinians to help him hold onto power. To the contrary, over ... <a title="Benjamin Netanyahu was on the brink of political defeat. Then, another conflict broke out in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/benjamin-netanyahu-was-on-the-brink-of-political-defeat-then-another-conflict-broke-out-in-gaza-161087/" aria-label="Read more about Benjamin Netanyahu was on the brink of political defeat. Then, another conflict broke out in Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johan Lidberg, Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University When the Australian Federal Police (AFP) raided journalists and media organisations two years ago, it showed the balance between national security and journalism is severely out of whack in Australia. To address this, a Senate ... <a title="It’s time for the government to walk the talk on media freedom in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/its-time-for-the-government-to-walk-the-talk-on-media-freedom-in-australia-161342/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time for the government to walk the talk on media freedom in Australia">Read more</a>
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May 21, 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 Associate Professor Caroline Fisher. In the wake of last week’s budget, this week the pair discuss the April unemployment figures, the latest in the vaccine rollout, and the coronavirus ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on vaccine hesitancy, international borders, and unemployment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/video-michelle-grattan-on-vaccine-hesitancy-international-borders-and-unemployment-161346/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on vaccine hesitancy, international borders, and unemployment">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University You can tell a lot about a country by the way its government budgets. The New Zealand budget was delivered on 20th May. In terms of overall economic policy settings it mirrors Australia’s. New Zealand ... <a title="Australia vs New Zealand. You can tell a lot about a country by the way it budgets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/australia-vs-new-zealand-you-can-tell-a-lot-about-a-country-by-the-way-it-budgets-160766/" aria-label="Read more about Australia vs New Zealand. You can tell a lot about a country by the way it budgets">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Finance Minister Grant Robertson called this a recovery budget for “all New Zealanders”. But was it an inclusive budget? Specifically, what did Budget 2021 offer those women who were significantly affected by the job losses resulting from ... <a title="NZ Budget 2021: women left behind despite the focus on well-being" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/nz-budget-2021-women-left-behind-despite-the-focus-on-well-being-161187/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2021: women left behind despite the focus on well-being">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Gray, Lecturer in School of Communications, Chief Investigator Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology The massive digital platform market has until recently been dominated by a handful of US-based companies such as Facebook and Google. However, as foreign governments and competing platforms try to ... <a title="TikTok and geopolitics: how ‘digital nationalism’ threatens to entrench big tech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/tiktok-and-geopolitics-how-digital-nationalism-threatens-to-entrench-big-tech-160919/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok and geopolitics: how ‘digital nationalism’ threatens to entrench big tech">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne From an ethics perspective, it has been a bad couple of weeks for media coverage of COVID-19. First, there was a highly questionable story in The Australian about China allegedly weaponising coronavirus, with the ... <a title="Alarmist reporting on COVID-19 will only heighten people’s anxieties and drive vaccine hesitancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/alarmist-reporting-on-covid-19-will-only-heighten-peoples-anxieties-and-drive-vaccine-hesitancy-161170/" aria-label="Read more about Alarmist reporting on COVID-19 will only heighten people’s anxieties and drive vaccine hesitancy">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Corke, Associate Professor of Medicine, Deakin University Advances in medical technology have dramatically altered the process of dying. It’s now possible to prolong life, with the frightening reality that this may simply extend our dying process. Advance care planning is designed to empower us to retain ... <a title="Choosing the care you’ll receive at the end of your life doesn’t always go to plan. Here are some tips to make sure it does" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/choosing-the-care-youll-receive-at-the-end-of-your-life-doesnt-always-go-to-plan-here-are-some-tips-to-make-sure-it-does-160983/" aria-label="Read more about Choosing the care you’ll receive at the end of your life doesn’t always go to plan. Here are some tips to make sure it does">Read more</a>
