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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sacha Molitorisz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Media Transition, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney For social media and search engines, the law is back in town. Prompted by privacy invasions, the spread of misinformation, a crisis in news funding and potential interference in elections, regulators ... <a title="The law is closing in on Facebook and the ‘digital gangsters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/the-law-is-closing-in-on-facebook-and-the-digital-gangsters-112232/" aria-label="Read more about The law is closing in on Facebook and the ‘digital gangsters’">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Political Roundup: The best arguments for the capital gains tax by Dr Bryce Edwards During the last decade, there has been an explosion of concern around the world about economic inequality. Here in New Zealand there has been a growing debate about how to deal with this, and virtually all parts of the political spectrum ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The best arguments for the capital gains tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-best-arguments-for-the-capital-gains-tax/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The best arguments for the capital gains tax">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 25 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Capital gains tax proposal, Tax Working Group Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Big tax shake-up or big PR job? Henry ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 25 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-25-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 25 2019">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Malouff, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England Australians report having sex once or twice a week, on average. For Brits, it’s less than once a week, while Americans report having sex two to three times a week. We can’t ... <a title="Health Check: how often do people have sex?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/health-check-how-often-do-people-have-sex-108423/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: how often do people have sex?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
David Robie, Pacific Media Centre Monday, February 25, 2019 Abstract In 2016, the Pacific Media Centre responded to the devastation and tragedy wrought in Fiji by Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston by initiating the Bearing Witness journalism project and dispatching two postgraduate students to Viti Levu to document and report on the impact of climate change ... <a title="Bearing Witness 2017: Year 2 of a Pacific climate change storytelling project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/bearing-witness-2017-year-2-of-a-pacific-climate-change-storytelling-project/" aria-label="Read more about Bearing Witness 2017: Year 2 of a Pacific climate change storytelling project">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Zehntner, Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, Southern Cross University Sports coaches have been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons. At the end of 2018, the University of Maryland investigated a football coach for intimidation, humiliation and verbal abuse. This followed a player ... <a title="Toughen up snowflake! Sports coaches can be emotionally abusive – here’s how to recognise it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/toughen-up-snowflake-sports-coaches-can-be-emotionally-abusive-heres-how-to-recognise-it-110267/" aria-label="Read more about Toughen up snowflake! Sports coaches can be emotionally abusive – here’s how to recognise it">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Evans, Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 – bridging the trust divide at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra Around the world, democracies are distrusted by a majority of their citizens – the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer puts the figure at 80%. Australia has ... <a title="Trust in politicians and government is at an all-time low. The next government must work to fix that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/trust-in-politicians-and-government-is-at-an-all-time-low-the-next-government-must-work-to-fix-that-110886/" aria-label="Read more about Trust in politicians and government is at an all-time low. The next government must work to fix that">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Papuan students among the elections protest marchers in Ambon, Indonesia. Image: Chen Toisuta/Gatra By Chen Toisuta in Ambon, Maluku Scores of students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have called on the public to boycott or spoil votes in the legislative and presidential elections next month. ... <a title="Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/students-call-for-indonesian-election-boycott-alternative-political-force/" aria-label="Read more about Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Populism is driven by the view that everyday people ... <a title="Australia’s populist moment has arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/australias-populist-moment-has-arrived-111491/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s populist moment has arrived">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does my tummy turn food into poo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/curious-kids-how-does-my-tummy-turn-food-into-poo-110353/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does my tummy turn food into poo?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer/Discipline Lead – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia What happens to research that is funded by taxpayers? A lot ends up in subscription-only journals, protected from the eyes of most by a paywall. But a new initiative known as Plan S could change ... <a title="All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/all-publicly-funded-research-could-soon-be-free-for-you-the-taxpayer-to-read-111825/" aria-label="Read more about All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University This month, close to 40,000 people, mostly women, have given up alcohol for FebFast and many others will be participating in Dry July. These events began as fundraisers for various social causes. But the main reasons ... <a title="Did you look forward to last night’s bottle of wine a bit too much? Ladies, you’re not alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/did-you-look-forward-to-last-nights-bottle-of-wine-a-bit-too-much-ladies-youre-not-alone-109078/" aria-label="Read more about Did you look forward to last night’s bottle of wine a bit too much? Ladies, you’re not alone">Read more</a>
