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January 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Senior Lecturer in Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Rhetoric plays an important role in tax debate and therefore tax policy. If your side manages to gain traction in the public imagination with labels such as “death tax” or “dementia tax”, you ... <a title="Government funds are not ‘taxpayer money’ — media and politicians should stop confusing the two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/15/government-funds-are-not-taxpayer-money-media-and-politicians-should-stop-confusing-the-two-153195/" aria-label="Read more about Government funds are not ‘taxpayer money’ — media and politicians should stop confusing the two">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raquel Peel, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland This story contains spoilers for Bridgerton The first season of Bridgerton, Netflix’s new hit show based on Julia Quinn’s novels, premiered on December 25 last year. The show is set in London, during the debutante season of 1813. It starts ... <a title="Bridgerton offers clever relationship advice — why friendship is the foundation of happy romantic partnerships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/14/bridgerton-offers-clever-relationship-advice-why-friendship-is-the-foundation-of-happy-romantic-partnerships-152953/" aria-label="Read more about Bridgerton offers clever relationship advice — why friendship is the foundation of happy romantic partnerships">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryan Cranston, Lead Academic Teacher – Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology In a historic vote today, Donald Trump became the only US president to be impeached twice. By a margin of 232–197, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives voted to charge Trump ... <a title="Trump is impeached again in historic vote. Now Republicans must decide the future of their party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/14/trump-is-impeached-again-in-historic-vote-now-republicans-must-decide-the-future-of-their-party-153196/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is impeached again in historic vote. Now Republicans must decide the future of their party">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brumm, Professor, Griffith University The dating of an exceptionally old cave painting of animals that was found recently on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is reported in our paper out today. The painting portrays images of the Sulawesi warty pig (Sus celebensis), which is a small ... <a title="We found the oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/14/we-found-the-oldest-known-cave-painting-of-animals-in-a-secret-indonesian-valley-153089/" aria-label="Read more about We found the oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University Just over a year has gone by since the novel coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan and the world still has many questions about where and how it originated. The World Health Organisation is sending ... <a title="How China is controlling the COVID origins narrative — silencing critics and locking up dissenters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/14/how-china-is-controlling-the-covid-origins-narrative-silencing-critics-and-locking-up-dissenters-152751/" aria-label="Read more about How China is controlling the COVID origins narrative — silencing critics and locking up dissenters">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University 2021 is shaping up as very difficult for universities, as well as the more than 130,000 people whose jobs rely on the international education sector. In October 2019 almost 51,000 new and returning international students arrived in Australia. In ... <a title="2021 is the year Australia’s international student crisis really bites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/14/2021-is-the-year-australias-international-student-crisis-really-bites-153180/" aria-label="Read more about 2021 is the year Australia’s international student crisis really bites">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Young, Lecturer, Deakin University Medievalist references littered the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th. Rudy Giuliani called for a “trial by combat”; the “Q Shaman”, Jacob Chansley (also known as Jake Angeli), was covered in Norse tattoos; rioters brandished a flag with a Crusader ... <a title="Why the far-right and white supremecists have embraced the Middle Ages and their symbols" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/14/why-the-far-right-and-white-supremecists-have-embraced-the-middle-ages-and-their-symbols-152968/" aria-label="Read more about Why the far-right and white supremecists have embraced the Middle Ages and their symbols">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University On Sunday, federal Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said most Australians will be offered a vaccine from Oxford-AstraZeneca. Australia currently has agreements in place to receive 53.8 million doses of the AstraZeneca shot, ... <a title="The Oxford vaccine has unique advantages, as does Pfizer’s. Using both is Australia’s best strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/the-oxford-vaccine-has-unique-advantages-as-does-pfizers-using-both-is-australias-best-strategy-152976/" aria-label="Read more about The Oxford vaccine has unique advantages, as does Pfizer’s. Using both is Australia’s best strategy">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Stollznow, Research fellow, Griffith University This week acting Australian Prime Minister Michael McCormack uttered a controversial phrase. Defending previous comments in which he compared the Capitol riots to the Black Lives Matter protests, he asserted, All lives matter. McCormack was widely condemned for his remarks, including ... <a title="Why is it so offensive to say ‘all lives matter’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/why-is-it-so-offensive-to-say-all-lives-matter-153188/" aria-label="Read more about Why is it so offensive to say ‘all lives matter’?">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University Anyone with even a passing interest in the global environment knows all is not well. But just how bad is ... <a title="Worried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists can grasp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/worried-about-earths-future-well-the-outlook-is-worse-than-even-scientists-can-grasp-153091/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists can grasp">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liza-Mare Syron, Indigenous Scientia Senior Lecturer, UNSW Review: Sunshine Super Girl, written and directed by Andrea James, Performing Lines and Sydney Festival Evonne Goolagong Cawley is one of Australia’s greatest sportspeople. She was the top woman tennis player in the world in 1971 (a feat she repeated ... <a title="Sydney Festival review: Sunshine Super Girl is destined to become a legacy piece of Australian theatre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/sydney-festival-review-sunshine-super-girl-is-destined-to-become-a-legacy-piece-of-australian-theatre-152167/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Festival review: Sunshine Super Girl is destined to become a legacy piece of Australian theatre">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Audrey Courty, PhD candidate, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University For years, US President Donald Trump pushed the limits of Twitter’s content policies, raising pressure on the platform to exercise tougher moderation. Ultimately, the violent siege of the US Capitol forced Twitter’s hand and ... <a title="Despite being permanently banned, Trump’s prolific Twitter record lives on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/despite-being-permanently-banned-trumps-prolific-twitter-record-lives-on-152969/" aria-label="Read more about Despite being permanently banned, Trump’s prolific Twitter record lives on">Read more</a>
