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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jana Perkovic, Sessional lecturer and researcher, University of Melbourne Review: Hannah Gadsby, Douglas, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Hannah Gadsby’s new show, Douglas, is not earth-shattering the way Nanette was; but then, nothing could be. Many of us watched with fascination as Gadsby’s tenth solo show, Nanette, took ... <a title="Hannah Gadsby’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/hannah-gadsbys-follow-up-to-nanette-is-an-act-of-considered-self-care-114502/" aria-label="Read more about Hannah Gadsby’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Manuel, Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University Australia’s technology sector is angry. This is because Australia’s encryption legislation clearly shows the government’s lack of understanding and poor consultation process with the wider public and industry stakeholders, big and small. The Telecommunications ... <a title="Why we need to fix encryption laws the tech sector says threaten Australian jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/why-we-need-to-fix-encryption-laws-the-tech-sector-says-threaten-australian-jobs-110435/" aria-label="Read more about Why we need to fix encryption laws the tech sector says threaten Australian jobs">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jana Perkovic, Sessional lecturer and researcher, University of Melbourne Review: Hannah Gadsby, Douglas, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Hannah Gadsby’s new show, Douglas, is not earth-shattering the way Nanette was; but then, nothing could be. Many of us watched with fascination as Gadsby’s tenth solo show, Nanette, took ... <a title="Hannah Gadbsy’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/hannah-gadbsys-follow-up-to-nanette-is-an-act-of-considered-self-care-114502/" aria-label="Read more about Hannah Gadbsy’s follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW The federal government this week released a shortlist of 12 project proposals for “delivering reliable and affordable power” to be considered for subsidy under its Underwriting New Generation Investments program. The shortlist features six renewable electricity pumped hydro projects, five gas ... <a title="The government’s electricity shortlist rightly features pumped hydro (and wrongly includes coal)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-governments-electricity-shortlist-rightly-features-pumped-hydro-and-wrongly-includes-coal-114503/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s electricity shortlist rightly features pumped hydro (and wrongly includes coal)">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
A West Papuan academic’s response to the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister’s opinion article in The Jakarta Post. ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya Lst Thursday, The Jakarta Post published an opinion article by the Indonesian Foreign Affair Minister, Retno LP Marsudi, highlighting a plan for diplomatic engagement with the South Pacific countries. According to the minister, Indonesians ... <a title="Pacific value of ‘one family’ lost on Indonesian government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/pacific-value-of-one-family-lost-on-indonesian-government/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific value of ‘one family’ lost on Indonesian government">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Freebairn, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne Labor is promising a “living wage” rather than a “minimum wage” if elected. It will ask the Fair Work Commission to first determine what wage would offer a “decent standard of living for families”, and then to determine ... <a title="The false hope offered by talk of a living wage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-false-hope-offered-by-talk-of-a-living-wage-114359/" aria-label="Read more about The false hope offered by talk of a living wage">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks to Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss One Nation seeking donations from the American gun lobby, Scott Morrison’s preference decision on One Nation, the government placating the Nationals ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation’s NRA affair and the Morrison’s coal offering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/video-michelle-grattan-on-one-nations-nra-affair-and-the-morrisons-coal-offering-114506/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation’s NRA affair and the Morrison’s coal offering">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Salisbury, Research Associate, The University of Queensland Of all the controversies to conceivably bring Pauline Hanson undone, private discussions about gun law amendments wasn’t an obvious candidate. Yet her recorded comments about the 1996 Port Arthur massacre and subsequent gun law reforms are potentially destructive for ... <a title="One Nation, guns and the Queensland question: what does it all mean for the 2019 federal election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/one-nation-guns-and-the-queensland-question-what-does-it-all-mean-for-the-2019-federal-election-114280/" aria-label="Read more about One Nation, guns and the Queensland question: what does it all mean for the 2019 federal election?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Julian Pettifer introduces his 1979 BBC series Diamonds in the Sky. Video: Julian Pettifer ANALYSIS: By Dr Philip Cass There was an American entrepreneur who claimed he was being pursued by the CIA and an Australian bookmaker whose racing career could best be described as colourful. There were Libyans with money to spare and political ... <a title="The wanted man, the CIA, the Russians and a Tongan king’s jumbo dream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-wanted-man-the-cia-the-russians-and-a-tongan-kings-jumbo-dream/" aria-label="Read more about The wanted man, the CIA, the Russians and a Tongan king’s jumbo dream">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch In 2017, the New Zealand media featured 14,349 stories that included the word Islam – nearly 13,000 of those stories mentioned either terrorism or Islamic Jihad. The stats are from an academic article in Pacific Journalism Review by Auckland University of Technology’s senior lecturer and Pacific Media Centre board ... <a title="‘Misconceived hatred’ gives way to Muslim voices finally being heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/misconceived-hatred-gives-way-to-muslim-voices-finally-being-heard/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Misconceived hatred’ gives way to Muslim voices finally being heard">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cortie, Physics Discipline Leader, University of Technology Sydney To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work. Today’s it’s tin, a chemical that has little use by itself, ... <a title="From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/from-the-bronze-age-to-food-cans-heres-how-tin-changed-humanity-114195/" aria-label="Read more about From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Windholz, Senior Lecturer and Associate, Monash Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University We have experienced what at times has felt like an epidemic of online trolling of AFL players in recent weeks. Some of the trolling has taken the form of sexual abuse, ... <a title="The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-afl-and-its-clubs-must-continue-to-expose-and-sanction-online-trolls-its-the-law-114293/" aria-label="Read more about The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law">Read more</a>
