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February 18, 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 Covid: Auckland outbreak decisions Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Contact tracing ‘Ferrari’ will be enough to contain future outbreaks Jamie Morton (Herald): Shift to Level 2 ‘not cautious enough’ – expert Science Media Centre: Auckland jumps down to Alert Level ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 18 2021">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Sadly, history has largely forgotten the Rector Thomas Beverley. In 1695, he wrote a book predicting the world would end in 1697. In 1698 he wrote another book, complaining the world had ended but ... <a title="Can Fox News survive without Trump in the White House?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/can-fox-news-survive-without-trump-in-the-white-house-155298/" aria-label="Read more about Can Fox News survive without Trump in the White House?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Jane Chad, Infant Feeding Consultant, World Health Organization; Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney From Monday, Australia’s front-line health workers, quarantine staff, border control officers, and workers and residents in aged-care homes will be offered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Some ... <a title="Should I get a COVID vaccine while I’m pregnant or breastfeeding? Is it safe for me and my baby?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/should-i-get-a-covid-vaccine-while-im-pregnant-or-breastfeeding-is-it-safe-for-me-and-my-baby-153309/" aria-label="Read more about Should I get a COVID vaccine while I’m pregnant or breastfeeding? Is it safe for me and my baby?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Australians have a love-hate relationship with sulphur-crested cockatoos, Cacatua galerita. For some, the noisy parrots are pests that destroy crops or the garden, damage homes and pull up turf at sports ovals. For others, they’re a bunch of larrikins ... <a title="Don’t disturb the cockatoos on your lawn, they’re probably doing all your weeding for free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/dont-disturb-the-cockatoos-on-your-lawn-theyre-probably-doing-all-your-weeding-for-free-154265/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t disturb the cockatoos on your lawn, they’re probably doing all your weeding for free">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor in Education, University of Sydney The Australian school system is concentrating more disadvantaged students in disadvantaged schools, with serious implications for student achievement. A report released today by the Gonski Institute says schools in Australia are more regressive, divided and socially segregated than ... <a title="Australian schools are becoming more segregated. This threatens student outcomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/australian-schools-are-becoming-more-segregated-this-threatens-student-outcomes-155455/" aria-label="Read more about Australian schools are becoming more segregated. This threatens student outcomes">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University A chorus of voices is calling for the government to “raise the rate” of the JobSeeker unemployment benefit, among them the Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe. And they’re right. Once ... <a title="First lift JobSeeker, then add on fully-funded unemployment insurance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/first-lift-jobseeker-then-add-on-fully-funded-unemployment-insurance-155383/" aria-label="Read more about First lift JobSeeker, then add on fully-funded unemployment insurance">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Can Australian films save the cinema? This is not a question often asked. Over the weekend, four of the top five films at the box office were Australian: firstly, The Dry ($703,037), second Penguin Bloom ($444,990), fourth Long Story Short ($315,590) ... <a title="Australian cinema is reaping box office rewards during the pandemic. Can the trend continue?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/australian-cinema-is-reaping-box-office-rewards-during-the-pandemic-can-the-trend-continue-155457/" aria-label="Read more about Australian cinema is reaping box office rewards during the pandemic. Can the trend continue?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins on Wednesday accused Scott Morrison of “victim-blaming rhetoric” – as the Prime Minister sought to explain why his own staffer failed to tell him Higgins had alleged she’d been raped. Malcolm Turnbull cast doubt on ... <a title="Morrison invokes Chinese walls defence on why staffer didn’t tell him of Higgins’ rape allegation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/morrison-invokes-chinese-walls-defence-on-why-staffer-didnt-tell-him-of-higgins-rape-allegation-155505/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison invokes Chinese walls defence on why staffer didn’t tell him of Higgins’ rape allegation">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
A View from Afar: Security analyst Paul Buchanan and political journalist Selwyn Manning went live (Thursday, midday NZ DST) (6pm Wednesday, US EST) to discuss the Australia-New Zealand special relationship. Has Australia acted in bad faith, revoking the citizenship of a woman detained in Turkey and suspected of being a terrorist, forcing New Zealand to ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning on the Australia-New Zealand Special Relationship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/live-episode-midday-thursday-buchanan-manning-on-the-australia-new-zealand-special-relationship/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning on the Australia-New Zealand Special Relationship">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) yesterday announced it has provisionally approved AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for use in Australia. The approval applies to people over 18, including adults older than 65. The recommended interval between the two doses is 12 weeks, ... <a title="5 things you need to know about the AstraZeneca vaccine now the TGA has approved it for use in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-now-the-tga-has-approved-it-for-use-in-australia-155139/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things you need to know about the AstraZeneca vaccine now the TGA has approved it for use in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced today the state’s five-day circuit-breaker lockdown would end at midnight tonight. The state’s health department reported zero new cases overnight from nearly 40,000 tests — the highest number of daily tests recorded in Victoria since ... <a title="Victoria’s statewide lockdown ends. Data can tell us what to do next time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/victorias-statewide-lockdown-ends-data-can-tell-us-what-to-do-next-time-155450/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s statewide lockdown ends. Data can tell us what to do next time">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Myla Andamon, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Victorian students are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality. Our year-long analysis of Victorian primary and secondary school classrooms has found the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) often far exceeds the ... <a title="Australian children are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/australian-children-are-learning-in-classrooms-with-very-poor-air-quality-154950/" aria-label="Read more about Australian children are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality">Read more</a>
