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Month: January 2021

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GameStop: how Redditors played hedge funds for billions (and what might come next)

January 29, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Doran, Associate professor/Deputy head of school, UNSW How does a small retail company that sells video games, worth less than US$400 million in the middle of 2020, become a US$10 billion company in less than six months? How does its share price climb from about US$20 ... <a title="GameStop: how Redditors played hedge funds for billions (and what might come next)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/gamestop-how-redditors-played-hedge-funds-for-billions-and-what-might-come-next-154076/" aria-label="Read more about GameStop: how Redditors played hedge funds for billions (and what might come next)">Read more</a>

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Vital Signs: Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake

January 29, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It seems it doesn’t take much of an economic recovery before people start pressuring policymakers to pull back the very policies that have contributed to the recovery. The Reserve Bank of Australia wisely (if rather too late) cut short-term interest rates ... <a title="Vital Signs: Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/vital-signs-any-talk-about-raising-interest-rates-is-a-huge-mistake-154073/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake">Read more</a>

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As Britain passes 100,000 COVID deaths, Boris Johnson is in a crisis of his own making

January 29, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University Two slippery and elusive phantoms seem to be escaping UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative government. The first is the fiendishly viral and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The number of covid-related deaths in the UK has ... <a title="As Britain passes 100,000 COVID deaths, Boris Johnson is in a crisis of his own making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/as-britain-passes-100-000-covid-deaths-boris-johnson-is-in-a-crisis-of-his-own-making-154061/" aria-label="Read more about As Britain passes 100,000 COVID deaths, Boris Johnson is in a crisis of his own making">Read more</a>

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Productivity Commission health report provides useful information, but leaves some big questions unanswered

January 29, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The Productivity Commission yesterday released the health section of its annual Report on Government Services, bringing together a range of data on hospitals, primary care, ambulance services and mental health care in Australia. Comprising more than 200 spreadsheets, it’s difficult ... <a title="Productivity Commission health report provides useful information, but leaves some big questions unanswered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/productivity-commission-health-report-provides-useful-information-but-leaves-some-big-questions-unanswered-154170/" aria-label="Read more about Productivity Commission health report provides useful information, but leaves some big questions unanswered">Read more</a>

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How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm

January 29, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jyoteeshkumar Reddy Papari, PhD Candidate, UNSW Long heatwaves during entrenched drought often trigger fears of bushfire. It’s easy to imagine rolling days of hot, dry weather desiccating leaves, bark and twigs, transforming them into a potent fuel. Victoria’s heatwave in 2009, which reached a record temperature of ... <a title="How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/how-heatwaves-and-drought-combine-to-produce-the-perfect-firestorm-153890/" aria-label="Read more about How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm">Read more</a>

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Children in Darwin are more worried about their safety than their grades

January 29, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Graham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW At a time when the world has been in chaos, it’s easy to forget young people might have completely different, yet significant and real, worries. We asked children about their sense of safety and what they worry about in their community. ... <a title="Children in Darwin are more worried about their safety than their grades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/children-in-darwin-are-more-worried-about-their-safety-than-their-grades-153306/" aria-label="Read more about Children in Darwin are more worried about their safety than their grades">Read more</a>

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Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake

January 29, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It seems it doesn’t take much of an economic recovery before people start pressuring policymakers to pull back the very policies that have contributed to the recovery. The Reserve Bank of Australia wisely (if rather too late) cut short-term interest rates ... <a title="Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/any-talk-about-raising-interest-rates-is-a-huge-mistake-154073/" aria-label="Read more about Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake">Read more</a>

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Friday essay: masters of the future or heirs of the past? Mining, history and Indigenous ownership

January 29, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Wright, Professor of History, La Trobe University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. In May 2020, the international mining giant Rio Tinto made a calculated and informed decision to drill 382 blast holes in an ... <a title="Friday essay: masters of the future or heirs of the past? Mining, history and Indigenous ownership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/friday-essay-masters-of-the-future-or-heirs-of-the-past-mining-history-and-indigenous-ownership-153879/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: masters of the future or heirs of the past? Mining, history and Indigenous ownership">Read more</a>

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15 arrested at Jakarta parliament rally against Papuan special autonomy

January 29, 2021

By Adi Briantika in Jakarta A group of Papuan students in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta, who were planning to hold a protest action opposing the extension of Papuan Special Autonomy (Otsus), have been arrested and taken to the Metro Jaya regional police headquarters. “Around 15 people were taken away ... <a title="15 arrested at Jakarta parliament rally against Papuan special autonomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/15-arrested-at-jakarta-parliament-rally-against-papuan-special-autonomy/" aria-label="Read more about 15 arrested at Jakarta parliament rally against Papuan special autonomy">Read more</a>

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NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland

January 29, 2021

By RNZ News The two new cases of covid-19 confirmed yesterday in New Zealand are the South African variant and initial results show they are connected to the Northland case at the Pullman Hotel. This morning the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, confirmed to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins that preliminary genomic sequencing results ... <a title="NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/nzs-two-new-covid-cases-linked-to-south-african-strain-in-northland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s reshuffle sharpens focus on ‘jobs’ but talk about his own job will continue

January 28, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Overhype can be a dead giveaway of under-confidence. When Anthony Albanese on Thursday compared his situation to that of Joe Biden, it sounded rather desperate. Some journalists, he said, had predicted a certain Trump win. But “a bloke who was ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s reshuffle sharpens focus on ‘jobs’ but talk about his own job will continue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/grattan-on-friday-albaneses-reshuffle-sharpens-focus-on-jobs-but-talk-about-his-own-job-will-continue-154198/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s reshuffle sharpens focus on ‘jobs’ but talk about his own job will continue">Read more</a>

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The government is spending almost A$24m to convince us to accept a COVID vaccine. But will its new campaign actually work?

January 28, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kaufman, Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute The federal government’s A$23.9 million COVID-19 vaccination information campaign, launched yesterday, aims to reassure the public about vaccine safety and effectiveness. It will also provide information about the vaccine rollout. We’ve only just started to see ... <a title="The government is spending almost A$24m to convince us to accept a COVID vaccine. But will its new campaign actually work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/the-government-is-spending-almost-a-24m-to-convince-us-to-accept-a-covid-vaccine-but-will-its-new-campaign-actually-work-154062/" aria-label="Read more about The government is spending almost A$24m to convince us to accept a COVID vaccine. But will its new campaign actually work?">Read more</a>