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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Flood, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology Most Australians recognise that traditional gender stereotypes are limiting and harmful for boys and men, a new national survey has found. And perhaps contrary to popular belief, many Australians are receptive to messages about alternative, healthy versions of masculinity. ... <a title="Who is a real man? Most Australians believe outdated ideals of masculinity are holding men back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/who-is-a-real-man-most-australians-believe-outdated-ideals-of-masculinity-are-holding-men-back-147847/" aria-label="Read more about Who is a real man? Most Australians believe outdated ideals of masculinity are holding men back">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Feeney, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Evolutionary Ecology, Griffith University Humans are experts at domesticating other species and our world would be unrecognisable without it. There would be no cities, no supermarkets, and no pets. Domestication is a special kind of cooperative relationship, where one species provides ... <a title="We found algae-farming fish that domesticate tiny shrimp to help run their farms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/we-found-algae-farming-fish-that-domesticate-tiny-shrimp-to-help-run-their-farms-151615/" aria-label="Read more about We found algae-farming fish that domesticate tiny shrimp to help run their farms">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Federal Labor marginal seat members face a very nervy Christmas. The most recent Newspoll showed the Coalition government ahead of the Labor opposition by 51-49% on a two-party-preferred basis. It’s ... <a title="Labor is set to have itself a nervy little Christmas. It’s not too late to make 2021 sing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/labor-is-set-to-have-itself-a-nervy-little-christmas-its-not-too-late-to-make-2021-sing-150186/" aria-label="Read more about Labor is set to have itself a nervy little Christmas. It’s not too late to make 2021 sing">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Associate Professor/ Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University As we head towards our first COVID-era Christmas, many Australians will be excited that it is once again possible to travel domestically to be with family and friends. While international travel isn’t yet routine, some people continue to ... <a title="Do I need a COVID flight clearance test to fly in Australia or overseas? And do I have to pay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/do-i-need-a-covid-flight-clearance-test-to-fly-in-australia-or-overseas-and-do-i-have-to-pay-151470/" aria-label="Read more about Do I need a COVID flight clearance test to fly in Australia or overseas? And do I have to pay?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The emergency approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the UK and the imminent roll-out of several other vaccines in 2021 raises serious questions about New Zealand’s likely uptake of this vital public health response. Recent research into New ... <a title="30% of New Zealanders are ‘vaccine sceptics’, so trust is key to COVID-19 vaccine roll-out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/30-of-new-zealanders-are-vaccine-sceptics-so-trust-is-key-to-covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-151291/" aria-label="Read more about 30% of New Zealanders are ‘vaccine sceptics’, so trust is key to COVID-19 vaccine roll-out">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillip Wadds, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, UNSW Our time of social isolation under COVID-19 restrictions has reinforced the importance of taking care of each other, particularly the most vulnerable in our community. As we consider what our post-COVID social world will look like, we have an opportunity ... <a title="Caring for 66,455 revellers at risk delivers $7.5m harm-reduction benefit for Sydney" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/caring-for-66-455-revellers-at-risk-delivers-7-5m-harm-reduction-benefit-for-sydney-151472/" aria-label="Read more about Caring for 66,455 revellers at risk delivers $7.5m harm-reduction benefit for Sydney">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christiaan De Beukelaer, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne It has been rightly described as a humanitarian crisis and a modern form of forced labour. In the early months of 2020, stranded cruise ships became a stark symbol of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Now it is seafarers stranded ... <a title="Stranded at sea: the humanitarian crisis that’s left 400,000 seafarers stuck on cargo ships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/stranded-at-sea-the-humanitarian-crisis-thats-left-400-000-seafarers-stuck-on-cargo-ships-150446/" aria-label="Read more about Stranded at sea: the humanitarian crisis that’s left 400,000 seafarers stuck on cargo ships">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hail, Lecturer in Economics, University of Adelaide Australia guards its AAA credit rating with care. Successive governments from both sides of politics have framed federal budgets with one eye on the economy and the other on what ratings agencies such as Standard and Poor’s will do. ... <a title="Australia’s credit rating is irrelevant. Ignore it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/australias-credit-rating-is-irrelevant-ignore-it-151579/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s credit rating is irrelevant. Ignore it">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marguerite Johnson, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle Can Christmas be about gender? Apparently so, if the paucity of female Santas is anything to go by. There have, in fact, been cases of Australian women donning the secular red and white Santa attire as far back as ... <a title="Santa was a lady once — is it time to bring her back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/santa-was-a-lady-once-is-it-time-to-bring-her-back-149744/" aria-label="Read more about Santa was a lady once — is it time to bring her back?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is set to rush through parliament this week its legislation enabling parts of the militant CFMMEU to break away. Labor on Monday night was ready to support the legislation – aimed at construction heavyweight John Setka and his ... <a title="Government set for quick passage of bill to facilitate CFMMEU breakup, with Labor support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/07/government-set-for-quick-passage-of-bill-to-facilitate-cfmmeu-breakup-with-labor-support-151597/" aria-label="Read more about Government set for quick passage of bill to facilitate CFMMEU breakup, with Labor support">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For the first time, employers committing “egregious” wage theft would face the threat of federal criminal charges, under the Morrison government’s proposed industrial relations omnibus legislation to be introduced on Wednesday. The maximum penalty would be $1.11million or four years ... <a title="Criminal penalties for wage theft for ‘egregious’ cases only" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/07/criminal-penalties-for-wage-theft-for-egregious-cases-only-151597/" aria-label="Read more about Criminal penalties for wage theft for ‘egregious’ cases only">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Last weekend, The Age reported on a Victorian government plan, quietly unveiled three months ago, that would revolutionise the collection of the private medical data of every Victorian who has ever used public hospitals ... <a title="Victorian government must ensure its proposed healthcare database has iron-clad security and privacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/07/victorian-government-must-ensure-its-proposed-healthcare-database-has-iron-clad-security-and-privacy-151554/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian government must ensure its proposed healthcare database has iron-clad security and privacy">Read more</a>
