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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Garnaut, Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, University of Melbourne Talk about returning the economy to normal after the crisis is misguided. Before the crisis, normal was nowhere near good enough. Australia did indeed manage to go 28 years without a commonly-defined recession. But the expansion had ... <a title="The reset to lift us out of the COVID recession has to be bold: returning to where we were is nowhere near good enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/the-reset-to-lift-us-out-of-the-covid-recession-has-to-be-bold-returning-to-where-we-were-is-nowhere-near-good-enough-155565/" aria-label="Read more about The reset to lift us out of the COVID recession has to be bold: returning to where we were is nowhere near good enough">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Bramble, Lecturer, philosophy, Australian National University Some of my vegan friends are reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. These vaccines do not contain animal products. Yet animals were used to develop and test them. For instance, early trials involved giving the vaccines to mice and macaque ... <a title="Are COVID vaccines vegan? Should I get one anyway? An ethicist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/are-covid-vaccines-vegan-should-i-get-one-anyway-an-ethicist-explains-155221/" aria-label="Read more about Are COVID vaccines vegan? Should I get one anyway? An ethicist explains">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide This history of the development of universities is the first of two articles on the past and future of the campus. This is a long read, so set aside the time to read it and enjoy. Once the ... <a title="A century that profoundly changed universities and their campuses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/a-century-that-profoundly-changed-universities-and-their-campuses-151765/" aria-label="Read more about A century that profoundly changed universities and their campuses">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fan Yang, PhD candidate at Deakin University, Deakin University Facebook’s “news ban” in response to Australia’s proposed media bargaining code, has been hard to miss if you’ve spent any time on social networks in the past day or so. The social media platform has effectively halted all ... <a title="The WeChat model: how Facebook’s ban could change the business of news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/the-wechat-model-how-facebooks-ban-could-change-the-business-of-news-155629/" aria-label="Read more about The WeChat model: how Facebook’s ban could change the business of news">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the political and personal ramifications of the alleged rape of former Liberal ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Brittany Higgins, BOOT and Facebook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/video-michelle-grattan-on-brittany-higgins-boot-and-facebook-155643/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Brittany Higgins, BOOT and Facebook">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Décobert, Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Melbourne In recent years, international donors have poured large amounts of aid into development and peacebuilding programs in Myanmar. But when military forces seized power in a coup earlier this month, the international aid community was left grappling with ... <a title="Myanmar’s coup might discourage international aid, but donors should adapt, not leave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/myanmars-coup-might-discourage-international-aid-but-donors-should-adapt-not-leave-154742/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s coup might discourage international aid, but donors should adapt, not leave">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Gans, Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto The Conversation is a great news site. But, for the most part, people don’t read it like a newspaper. Instead, articles on specialised topics are shared with other people. One way is via Facebook. Yesterday, almost none of ... <a title="Facebook versus Australia: the government hands Facebook a free pass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/facebook-versus-australia-the-government-hands-facebook-a-free-pass-155628/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook versus Australia: the government hands Facebook a free pass">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isobella Austin, PhD Candidate in Cinema and Screen Studies, Swinburne University of Technology Narratives around sexual assault in Hollywood are changing – on screen and off. There is a longstanding genre of film dedicated to depicting the crime of rape as it affects the fathers of the ... <a title="‘Rape-revenge’ films are changing: they now focus on the women, instead of their dads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/rape-revenge-films-are-changing-they-now-focus-on-the-women-instead-of-their-dads-155456/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Rape-revenge’ films are changing: they now focus on the women, instead of their dads">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susanne Becken, Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Director, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University With each passing day, the grave future of Earth becomes more stark. The disruption of COVID-19 has not been enough to shift the trajectory, nor has it prompted polluting sectors of the economy ... <a title="Tourism desperately wants a return to the ‘old normal’ but that would be a disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/tourism-desperately-wants-a-return-to-the-old-normal-but-that-would-be-a-disaster-154182/" aria-label="Read more about Tourism desperately wants a return to the ‘old normal’ but that would be a disaster">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Scott, Associate Professor in Geology, University of Otago NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars this morning, and has already begun beaming back images. But people might be surprised to learn there have been another 48 missions to the red planet so far. Of these, ... <a title="As the Perseverance rover lands on Mars, there’s a lot we already know about the red planet from meteorites found on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/as-the-perseverance-rover-lands-on-mars-theres-a-lot-we-already-know-about-the-red-planet-from-meteorites-found-on-earth-155459/" aria-label="Read more about As the Perseverance rover lands on Mars, there’s a lot we already know about the red planet from meteorites found on Earth">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Scott, Associate Professor in Geology, University of Otago NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars this morning, and has already begun beaming back images. But people might be surprised to learn there have been another 48 missions to the red planet so far. Of these, ... <a title="As the Perseverance rover lands on Mars, there’s a lot we already know about Mars from meteorites found on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/as-the-perseverance-rover-lands-on-mars-theres-a-lot-we-already-know-about-mars-from-meteorites-found-on-earth-155459/" aria-label="Read more about As the Perseverance rover lands on Mars, there’s a lot we already know about Mars from meteorites found on Earth">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Miller-Jones, Professor, Curtin University When one of us (Ilya Mandel) started grad school at the California Institute of Technology 20 years ago, he was greeted with a series of bets hanging on the wall outside the office of his PhD advisor, Kip Thorne. One bet from ... <a title="21 times the Sun’s mass: heaviest stellar black hole in the Milky Way is more massive than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/21-times-the-suns-mass-heaviest-stellar-black-hole-in-the-milky-way-is-more-massive-than-we-thought-155484/" aria-label="Read more about 21 times the Sun’s mass: heaviest stellar black hole in the Milky Way is more massive than we thought">Read more</a>
