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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government will extend the JobSeeker Coronavirus supplement for an extra three months, to the end of March, at a cost of $3.2 billion. The supplement, which is currently $250 a fortnight, will be at a reduced rate of ... <a title="JobSeeker supplement extended to end-March, at lower rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/jobseeker-supplement-extended-to-end-march-at-lower-rate-149829/" aria-label="Read more about JobSeeker supplement extended to end-March, at lower rate">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyla Johnstone, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Rodents such as house mice (Mus musculus) aren’t just pests at home, they can cause serious damage to native ecosystems. Lord Howe Island, for example, harboured up to 150,000 introduced rats and 210,000 introduced mice that wrought havoc on the ... <a title="Shy rodents may be better at surviving eradications, but do they pass those traits to their offspring?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/shy-rodents-may-be-better-at-surviving-eradications-but-do-they-pass-those-traits-to-their-offspring-146924/" aria-label="Read more about Shy rodents may be better at surviving eradications, but do they pass those traits to their offspring?">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
LIVE TONIGHT on https://EveningReport.nz ‘s TECH NOW programme, Sarah Putt and Selwyn Manning will discuss the latest news and views emerging from the technology sector including tech-trends in New Zealand and around the world. Tonight’s topics: The new Labour-led Government has appointed David Clark as New Zealand’s Tech Minister. Sarah will take us through how ... <a title="Evening Report’s Tech Now LIVE with Sarah Putt + Selwyn Manning at 8pm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/evening-reports-tech-now-live-with-sarah-putt-selwyn-manning-at-8pm/" aria-label="Read more about Evening Report’s Tech Now LIVE with Sarah Putt + Selwyn Manning at 8pm">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Senior Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question ... <a title="Climate explained: why do humans instinctively reject evidence contrary to their beliefs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/climate-explained-why-do-humans-instinctively-reject-evidence-contrary-to-their-beliefs-149436/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why do humans instinctively reject evidence contrary to their beliefs?">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dimitri Perrin, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Genetic engineering has already cemented itself as an invaluable tool for studying gene functions in organisms. Our new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, now demonstrates how gene editing can be used to pinpoint ... <a title="Gene editing is revealing how corals respond to warming waters. It could transform how we manage our reefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/gene-editing-is-revealing-how-corals-respond-to-warming-waters-it-could-transform-how-we-manage-our-reefs-143444/" aria-label="Read more about Gene editing is revealing how corals respond to warming waters. It could transform how we manage our reefs">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition resources spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon has quit the frontbench, accusing Labor of talking too much about issues like climate change and not enough about the needs of its traditional base. Fitzgibbon told a news conference Labor should wait for Prime ... <a title="Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/joel-fitzgibbon-quits-labor-frontbench-but-not-his-fight-over-the-partys-climate-policy-149825/" aria-label="Read more about Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate policy">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition resources spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon has quit the frontbench, accusing Labor of talking too much about issues like climate change and not enough about the needs of its traditional base. Fitzgibbon told a news conference Labor should wait for Prime ... <a title="Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate polcy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/joel-fitzgibbon-quits-labor-frontbench-but-not-his-fight-over-the-partys-climate-polcy-149825/" aria-label="Read more about Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate polcy">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alwyn Louw, Vice Chancellor, Torrens University Australia The importance of higher education for the growth and development of society is generally accepted. But openness and access to education for all is essential to maximise its benefits. Leaders in higher education must be ready to examine what it ... <a title="Open access to higher education is about much more than axing ATARs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/open-access-to-higher-education-is-about-much-more-than-axing-atars-147447/" aria-label="Read more about Open access to higher education is about much more than axing ATARs">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evita March, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia When US President-Elect Joe Biden and Deputy Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris gave their victory speeches on Saturday evening, local time, the tally of Electoral College votes showed they had decisively passed the crucial 270-vote threshold, delivering them to ... <a title="Why can’t some people admit defeat when they lose?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/why-cant-some-people-admit-defeat-when-they-lose-149740/" aria-label="Read more about Why can’t some people admit defeat when they lose?">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Guam has suffered its 90th covid-related death with the US Pacific territory now recording 5233 cases. The Pacific Daily News today reported 249 new cases on infection yesterday. Guam’s Joint Information Centre reported that 75 people were hospitalised with covid-19, including 18 in intensive care and 13 on ventilators. The latest figures ... <a title="Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/another-pacific-death-as-covid-cases-in-guam-and-cnmi-keep-rising/" aria-label="Read more about Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep rising">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merryn McKinnon, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Marie Curie is one of the most recognised scientists of the last 200 years. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize – let alone two – and the first to win in two different fields (physics in ... <a title="Radioactive: new Marie Curie biopic inspires, but resonates uneasily for women in science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/radioactive-new-marie-curie-biopic-inspires-but-resonates-uneasily-for-women-in-science-148986/" aria-label="Read more about Radioactive: new Marie Curie biopic inspires, but resonates uneasily for women in science">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
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 New Government Josiah Banbury (Democracy Project): Labour won the election battle, but National won the ideological war Emile Donovan (RNZ): Why is Labour putting the brakes on its own political capital? Chris Trotter (Interest): Spring of hope? Winter of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 10 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-10-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 10 2020">Read more</a>
