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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2021

January 22, 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 Housing Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour announces that it will make more housing announcements this year Zane Small and Conor Whitten (Newshub): Backlash over Labour’s public housing ‘re-announcement’ prompts firm defence from Jacinda Ardern Chris Trotter: The Economic consequences of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2021">Read more</a>

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An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW This year has already seen significant progress in the government’s commitment to establish a body – a “Voice” – that would allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a say when the government and parliament make decisions and ... <a title="An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/an-indigenous-voice-must-be-enshrined-in-our-constitution-heres-why-153635/" aria-label="Read more about An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why">Read more</a>

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To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism

January 22, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of agonising free-speech dilemmas to which there are no easy answers. Do they allow a president of the United States to use their platforms to falsely and provocatively claim ... <a title="To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/to-publish-or-not-to-publish-the-medias-free-speech-dilemmas-in-a-world-of-division-violence-and-extremism/" aria-label="Read more about To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism">Read more</a>

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Why are Japan’s leaders clinging to their Olympic hopes? Their political fortunes depend on it

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University With the spread of COVID-19 steadily worsening in Japan since the onset of winter — daily records for infections and deaths continue to be broken — the fate of the Tokyo Summer Olympics is again very much ... <a title="Why are Japan’s leaders clinging to their Olympic hopes? Their political fortunes depend on it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/why-are-japans-leaders-clinging-to-their-olympic-hopes-their-political-fortunes-depend-on-it-153533/" aria-label="Read more about Why are Japan’s leaders clinging to their Olympic hopes? Their political fortunes depend on it">Read more</a>

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4 of our greatest achievements in vaccine science (that led to COVID vaccines)

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University All eyes are on COVID-19 vaccines, with Australia’s first expected to be approved for use shortly. But their development in record time, without compromising on safety, wouldn’t have been ... <a title="4 of our greatest achievements in vaccine science (that led to COVID vaccines)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/4-of-our-greatest-achievements-in-vaccine-science-that-led-to-covid-vaccines-153307/" aria-label="Read more about 4 of our greatest achievements in vaccine science (that led to COVID vaccines)">Read more</a>

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Wetlands have saved Australia $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Obadiah Mulder, PhD Candidate in Computational Biology, University of Southern California Australia is in the midst of tropical cyclone season. As we write, a cyclone is forming off Western Australia’s Pilbara coast, and earlier in the week Queenslanders were bracing for a cyclone in the state’s far ... <a title="Wetlands have saved Australia $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/wetlands-have-saved-australia-27-billion-in-storm-damage-over-the-past-five-decades-153638/" aria-label="Read more about Wetlands have saved Australia $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades">Read more</a>

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Back to school: how to help your teen get enough sleep

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynette Vernon, School of Education – VC Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University When the holidays end, barring a fresh outbreak of COVID-19, teenagers across Australia will head back to school. Some will bounce out of bed well before the alarm goes off, excited to start a new ... <a title="Back to school: how to help your teen get enough sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/back-to-school-how-to-help-your-teen-get-enough-sleep-153624/" aria-label="Read more about Back to school: how to help your teen get enough sleep">Read more</a>

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Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In an age of hyperpartisan politics, the Biden presidency offers a welcome centrism that might help bridge the divides. But it is also Biden’s economic centrism that offers a chance to cut through what has become an increasingly polarised approach to ... <a title="Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/bidens-economic-centrism-isnt-exciting-but-right-for-these-divisive-times-153647/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times">Read more</a>

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The rise and rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Twenty years ago, on January 25 2001, a virtually unknown German supermarket chain quietly opened its first stores in Australia. The two stores – one in Sydney’s inner-west suburb of Marrickville, the other in the ... <a title="The rise and rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/the-rise-and-rise-of-aldi-two-decades-that-changed-supermarket-shopping-in-australia-152822/" aria-label="Read more about The rise and rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia">Read more</a>

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The subtle sophistication of Bluey’s soundtrack helped propel it to stardom

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Bluey is easily the most successful Australian television show of the last decade. A record-breaking success for its local broadcaster the ABC, as well as production partners BBC Studios and Screen Australia, Bluey now has a global ... <a title="The subtle sophistication of Bluey’s soundtrack helped propel it to stardom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/the-subtle-sophistication-of-blueys-soundtrack-helped-propel-it-to-stardom-153102/" aria-label="Read more about The subtle sophistication of Bluey’s soundtrack helped propel it to stardom">Read more</a>

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How will COVID-19 vaccines be approved for use in Australia?

January 21, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marco Rizzi, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia Some Australians could be receiving a COVID-19 vaccine within weeks. Amid the continued spread of the virus and emergence of highly contagious variants, the federal government has accelerated the start of the roll out — initially set ... <a title="How will COVID-19 vaccines be approved for use in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/how-will-covid-19-vaccines-be-approved-for-use-in-australia-153640/" aria-label="Read more about How will COVID-19 vaccines be approved for use in Australia?">Read more</a>

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It’s not too late to save them: 5 ways to improve the government’s plan to protect threatened wildlife

January 21, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Australia’s Threatened Species Strategy — a five-year plan for protecting our imperilled species and ecosystems — fizzled to an end last year. A new 10-year plan is ... <a title="It’s not too late to save them: 5 ways to improve the government’s plan to protect threatened wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/its-not-too-late-to-save-them-5-ways-to-improve-the-governments-plan-to-protect-threatened-wildlife-147669/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not too late to save them: 5 ways to improve the government’s plan to protect threatened wildlife">Read more</a>