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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hesketh, ARC Future Fellow and Association Professor, The University of Queensland When Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was first published in On the Origin of Species in 1859, the book was conspicuously silent about how his theory applied to humans. Darwin believed the subject of human ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Darwin’s The Descent of Man 150 years on — sex, race and our ‘lowly’ ape ancestry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/guide-to-the-classics-darwins-the-descent-of-man-150-years-on-sex-race-and-our-lowly-ape-ancestry-155305/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Darwin’s The Descent of Man 150 years on — sex, race and our ‘lowly’ ape ancestry">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua. Three young West Papuan men have been murdered by the Indonesian military in Intan Jaya Regency, and hundreds of residents have now fled the area in fear. Indonesia must urgently allow the International Committee of the Red Cross and the ... <a title="West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention over crisis, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/west-papua-needs-urgent-red-cross-intervention-over-crisis-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention over crisis, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report The federal government must act urgently to support small Australian news outlets that could be shut out of commercial deals with Facebook and Google under its News Media Bargaining Code, says the union for Australia’s journalists. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) said in a statement that it welcomed Facebook’s decision ... <a title="Facebook and Google deals may leave small publishers out in the cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/facebook-and-google-deals-may-leave-small-publishers-out-in-the-cold/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook and Google deals may leave small publishers out in the cold">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel William Crawford, Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute It emerged today that two aged-care residents in Brisbane were given an incorrect dose of the Pfizer vaccine — more than the amount recommended. The 88-year-old man and 94-year-old woman were receiving their vaccinations yesterday as part of ... <a title="When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/when-vaccinating-26-million-australians-expect-a-mistake-or-two-but-we-can-minimise-the-risk-of-repeating-queenslands-overdose-incident-155945/" aria-label="Read more about When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey Martin, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Paris Hilton — model, reality TV star, actor, pop singer and DJ — gained worldwide notoriety in 2003 because of a leaked sex tape. Over the years she has been viciously parodied and lampooned, famously on South Park and ... <a title="Podcast host, DJ …. how the much lampooned Paris Hilton has rewritten the celebrity script" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/podcast-host-dj-how-the-much-lampooned-paris-hilton-has-rewritten-the-celebrity-script-155304/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast host, DJ …. how the much lampooned Paris Hilton has rewritten the celebrity script">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology In every crisis there is opportunity. Even during New Zealand’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown last year, many people felt the pandemic offered a chance to tackle other global crises, especially climate change. The government responded to the pandemic ... <a title="New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/new-zealands-covid-19-stimulus-is-a-lost-opportunity-to-move-towards-a-low-emissions-economy-155838/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-heres-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethan Greener, Associate Professor of Politics, Massey University National Party justice spokesperson Simon Bridges has accused New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of being a “wokester” whose commitment to “policing by consent” is out of step with the law. The claims were in response to Coster’s avowed ... <a title="Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/policing-by-consent-is-not-woke-it-is-fundamental-to-a-democratic-society-155866/" aria-label="Read more about Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University Disaster resilience and recovery conversations are filled with mentions of “community”, but collapsing various groups together this way fails to acknowledge that people experience disasters differently. For Indigenous peoples — whose experiences are shaped by vastly different ... <a title="Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/unwelcoming-and-reluctant-to-help-bushfire-recovery-hasnt-considered-aboriginal-culture-but-things-are-finally-starting-to-change-154954/" aria-label="Read more about Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Fifty dollars sounds like a lot. But the increase in the JobSeeker unemployment benefit announced by Prime Minister Morrison on Tuesday is $50 per fortnight, which is just $25 per week, and it will replace the ... <a title="The $50 boost to JobSeeker will take Australia’s payment from the lowest in the OECD to the second-lowest after Greece" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/the-50-boost-to-jobseeker-will-take-australias-payment-from-the-lowest-in-the-oecd-to-the-second-lowest-after-greece-155739/" aria-label="Read more about The $50 boost to JobSeeker will take Australia’s payment from the lowest in the OECD to the second-lowest after Greece">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Child poverty report and inequality Janet McAllister (Spinoff): What the new child poverty stats tells us – and what they don’t Claire Trevett (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s do-or-die child poverty promise (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Poverty figures ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 24 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-24-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 24 2021">Read more</a>
