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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikki Turner, Professor, University of Auckland From next week, unvaccinated staff working at managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities will be moved to low-risk jobs, following a case of a worker who missed vaccination appointments and then tested positive for COVID-19. The recently announced ban on arrivals ... <a title="Vaccination alone will not provide full protection. When borders open, NZ will still be managing COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/vaccination-alone-will-not-provide-full-protection-when-borders-open-nz-will-still-be-managing-covid-19-158414/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccination alone will not provide full protection. When borders open, NZ will still be managing COVID-19">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Reilly, Professor, University of Western Australia Could a change be afoot in the way Australians vote in federal elections? The Coalition government may be eyeing a shift to optional preferential voting — as used in New South Wales — which allows voters to simply vote “1” ... <a title="Here’s why the Coalition favours optional preferential voting: it would devastate Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/heres-why-the-coalition-favours-optional-preferential-voting-it-would-devastate-labor-155640/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why the Coalition favours optional preferential voting: it would devastate Labor">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia If you’ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you’re not alone. One study suggests 25% of smartphone users have damaged their smartphone with water or ... <a title="Phone wet and won’t turn on? Here’s how to deal with water damage (hint: soaking it in rice won’t work)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/phone-wet-and-wont-turn-on-heres-how-to-deal-with-water-damage-hint-soaking-it-in-rice-wont-work-158633/" aria-label="Read more about Phone wet and won’t turn on? Here’s how to deal with water damage (hint: soaking it in rice won’t work)">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Macaulay, Professor of Public Administration, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Following a number of high-profile inquiries into workplace misconduct — including within parliament, the police and fire service — it became clear people who report such behaviour in the first place need greater ... <a title="Workplace whistleblowers deserve more protection than NZ’s new law will deliver" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/workplace-whistleblowers-deserve-more-protection-than-nzs-new-law-will-deliver-158207/" aria-label="Read more about Workplace whistleblowers deserve more protection than NZ’s new law will deliver">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Deem, Lecturer – Law, CQUniversity Australia The deaths in custody of five Indigenous Australians since March highlight the treatment of First Nations peoples as one of the most pressing policy issues facing the Australian government. They also come at a time when recognition of First Nations ... <a title="Most Australians support First Nations Voice to parliament: survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/most-australians-support-first-nations-voice-to-parliament-survey-157964/" aria-label="Read more about Most Australians support First Nations Voice to parliament: survey">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW This year is shaping up as the year of the COVID-19 vaccination photo, with the pandemic providing seemingly endless photo opportunities. We’ve seen stock photos of people getting vaccinated in news reports, images of the prime minister receiving his shot and health ... <a title="Pictures of COVID injections can scare the pants off people with needle phobias. Use these instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/pictures-of-covid-injections-can-scare-the-pants-off-people-with-needle-phobias-use-these-instead-157963/" aria-label="Read more about Pictures of COVID injections can scare the pants off people with needle phobias. Use these instead">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucinda McKnight, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum, Deakin University Robots are writing more of what we read on the internet. And artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools are becoming freely available for anyone, including students, to use. In a period of rapid change, there are enormous ethical ... <a title="In an AI world we need to teach students how to work with robot writers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/in-an-ai-world-we-need-to-teach-students-how-to-work-with-robot-writers-157508/" aria-label="Read more about In an AI world we need to teach students how to work with robot writers">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW House prices are back in the news, and out of control. In the past three months the median house price in Sydney has risen by more than A$100,000 to A$1.12 million. Sydney’s median residential property price (including houses and apartments) is ... <a title="Vital signs: to fix Australia’s housing affordability crisis, negative gearing must go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/vital-signs-to-fix-australias-housing-affordability-crisis-negative-gearing-must-go-158518/" aria-label="Read more about Vital signs: to fix Australia’s housing affordability crisis, negative gearing must go">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University Return to Uluru is the latest book from respected historian Mark McKenna. It is one of a few history books published recently that explicitly engage with the Uluru Statement from the Heart and its demand for ... <a title="Friday essay: truth telling, Return to Uluru and reckoning with the sins of fathers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/friday-essay-truth-telling-return-to-uluru-and-reckoning-with-the-sins-of-fathers-155118/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: truth telling, Return to Uluru and reckoning with the sins of fathers">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The vaccine rollout was thrown into fresh uncertainty on Thursday night after the government received medical advice against using the AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 50 because of the very small risk of blood clots. Most immediately, this means those ... <a title="New setback for vaccine rollout, with AstraZeneca not advised for people under 50" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/new-setback-for-vaccine-rollout-with-astrazeneca-not-advised-for-people-under-50-158661/" aria-label="Read more about New setback for vaccine rollout, with AstraZeneca not advised for people under 50">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is inclined to underestimate tough women. He’s done this in the past, to his detriment. In 2006, when he was managing director of Tourism Australia, Morrison was sacked after falling out with the board and federal Liberal tourism ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison finds strong women can be tough players" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/08/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrison-finds-strong-women-can-be-tough-players-158648/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison finds strong women can be tough players">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne Who gets what in the arts has long been topic of much debate. There are myriad issues round elitism, regional distribution, excellence, artforms, organisations versus individuals and so on. Some ... <a title="What happens when your arts minister suffers from cultural cringe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/08/what-happens-when-your-arts-minister-suffers-from-cultural-cringe-158621/" aria-label="Read more about What happens when your arts minister suffers from cultural cringe?">Read more</a>
