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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Keddie, Professor, Education, Deakin University Education academics, women’s rights campaigners and many in between have criticised some of the material in the government’s new respectful relationships resource for schools. Particularly controversial in the Good Society resource is a video of a girl asking a boy to ... <a title="Not only are some of the government’s consent videos bizarre and confusing, many reinforce harmful gender stereotypes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/not-only-are-some-of-the-governments-consent-videos-bizarre-and-confusing-many-reinforce-harmful-gender-stereotypes-159220/" aria-label="Read more about Not only are some of the government’s consent videos bizarre and confusing, many reinforce harmful gender stereotypes">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington What have we lost because of the pandemic? According to our calculations, a lot — and many of the worst hit countries and regions are far from world ... <a title="COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/covid-19-cost-more-in-2020-than-the-worlds-combined-natural-disasters-in-any-of-the-past-20-years-156646/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University The good news from new research conducted by the Australian National University for Social Ventures Australia and the Brotherhood of St Laurence is that fewer of us ... <a title="Financial stress in 3 graphs: there’s fewer of us in it, but for those who are, it’s worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/financial-stress-in-3-graphs-theres-fewer-of-us-in-it-but-for-those-who-are-its-worse-159218/" aria-label="Read more about Financial stress in 3 graphs: there’s fewer of us in it, but for those who are, it’s worse">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Webb, Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. She’s called Maman, and she emerged into the world in 1999, just in time to find ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: I’d revisit Maman, Louise Bourgeois’ 9-metre spider at London’s Tate Modern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/if-i-could-go-anywhere-id-revisit-maman-louise-bourgeois-9-metre-spider-at-londons-tate-modern-157859/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: I’d revisit Maman, Louise Bourgeois’ 9-metre spider at London’s Tate Modern">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As Scott Morrison gradually pivots his climate policy towards embracing a target of net zero emissions by 2050, he is seeking to distinguish the government from “inner city” types and political opponents who’ve been marching down that road for a ... <a title="Net zero won’t be achieved in inner city wine bars: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/net-zero-wont-be-achieved-in-inner-city-wine-bars-morrison-159265/" aria-label="Read more about Net zero won’t be achieved in inner city wine bars: Morrison">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton has begun his tenure as defence minister by delivering a very public slap to his most senior military adviser, chief of the Australian Defence Force Angus Campbell. Dutton’s overriding of Campbell’s initial command decision to revoke a meritorious ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dutton humiliates defence force chief Angus Campbell over citation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/view-from-the-hill-dutton-humiliates-defence-force-chief-angus-campbell-over-citation-159243/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dutton humiliates defence force chief Angus Campbell over citation">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Coinciding with the Trans-Tasman travel bubble starting today, over the past week there have been murmurings Australia could soon relax its borders further, ... <a title="What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/whats-the-risk-if-australia-opens-its-international-borders-an-epidemiologist-explains-159208/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Wilson, Honorary Professor, Australian National University The US Congress is considering a proposed law to ban the import and sale of kangaroo parts. Backed by a campaign called Kangaroos Are Not Shoes, the bill is aimed at stopping Nike, Adidas and other big brands from using ... <a title="A US ban on kangaroo leather would be an animal welfare disaster – and a missed farming opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/a-us-ban-on-kangaroo-leather-would-be-an-animal-welfare-disaster-and-a-missed-farming-opportunity-155904/" aria-label="Read more about A US ban on kangaroo leather would be an animal welfare disaster – and a missed farming opportunity">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW The Federal Court has found Google misled some users about personal location data collected through Android devices for two years, from January 2017 to December 2018. The Australian Competition & ... <a title="ACCC ‘world first’: Australia’s Federal Court found Google misled users about personal location data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/accc-world-first-australias-federal-court-found-google-misled-users-about-personal-location-data-159138/" aria-label="Read more about ACCC ‘world first’: Australia’s Federal Court found Google misled users about personal location data">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has had a significant win against Google. The Federal Court found Google misled some Android users about how to disable personal location tracking. Will this decision actually change the behaviour of ... <a title="Privacy erosion by design: why the Federal Court should throw the book at Google over location data tracking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/privacy-erosion-by-design-why-the-federal-court-should-throw-the-book-at-google-over-location-data-tracking-159206/" aria-label="Read more about Privacy erosion by design: why the Federal Court should throw the book at Google over location data tracking">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University Review: This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist, directed by Colin Barnicle. After dreaming for many years of visiting Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, I was surprised by its dour presence when I finally arrived on its doorstep. ... <a title="Grand theft art world: Netflix probe into history’s biggest gallery heist is a rollicking story of lapses and loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/grand-theft-art-world-netflix-probe-into-historys-biggest-gallery-heist-is-a-rollicking-story-of-lapses-and-loss-159054/" aria-label="Read more about Grand theft art world: Netflix probe into history’s biggest gallery heist is a rollicking story of lapses and loss">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Munsie, Deputy Director – Centre for Stem Cell Systems and Head of Engagements, Ethics & Policy Program, Stem Cells Australia, The University of Melbourne The recent announcement that scientists have made human-monkey embryos and cultured them in the lab for two weeks made international headlines. The ... <a title="As scientists move closer to making part human, part animal organisms, what are the concerns?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/as-scientists-move-closer-to-making-part-human-part-animal-organisms-what-are-the-concerns-159049/" aria-label="Read more about As scientists move closer to making part human, part animal organisms, what are the concerns?">Read more</a>
