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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Victoria will go into stage 4 lockdown from 11.59pm tonight, as the cluster from the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel continues to grow. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the circuit-breaker lockdown this afternoon, citing the threat posed by the “hyper-infectious” UK strain. ... <a title="Yes, another lockdown in Victoria hurts. But it might be our only way to avert a third wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/yes-another-lockdown-in-victoria-hurts-but-it-might-be-our-only-way-to-avert-a-third-wave-155212/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, another lockdown in Victoria hurts. But it might be our only way to avert a third wave">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines about to begin in Australia, people may be wondering if they’re safe (and effective) in the long term. What might be the health consequences a year after vaccination, ... <a title="COVID vaccines have been developed in record time. But how will we know they’re safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/covid-vaccines-have-been-developed-in-record-time-but-how-will-we-know-theyre-safe-153888/" aria-label="Read more about COVID vaccines have been developed in record time. But how will we know they’re safe?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duane W. Hamacher, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The New Moon this month marks the start of the Lunar New Year and reminds us of how important our orbiting neighbour is to us. It’s a relationship long described by many cultures across the globe, particularly with its ... <a title="The Moon plays an important role in Indigenous culture and helped win a battle over sea rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/the-moon-plays-an-important-role-in-indigenous-culture-and-helped-win-a-battle-over-sea-rights-119081/" aria-label="Read more about The Moon plays an important role in Indigenous culture and helped win a battle over sea rights">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher, including the prospect of net zero emissions by 2050, and the battlelines being drawn within the National Party and wider Coalition over how to get ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on industrial relations and a plan for net zero emissions by 2050" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/video-michelle-grattan-on-industrial-relations-and-a-plan-for-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-155210/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on industrial relations and a plan for net zero emissions by 2050">Read more</a>
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February 12, 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 Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Metiria Turei (Spinoff): Why the parliament necktie fight is so much more than some petty squabble Peter Dunne: Waititi wins Caroline Daley (The Conversation): The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-12-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 2021">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne The COVID-19 pandemic was heralded as an opportunity to restart gender expectations at home. Our research shows Australian fathers have stepped into more participatory roles, but the question remains: will it last? ... <a title="COVID forced Australian fathers to do more at home, but at the same cost mothers have long endured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/covid-forced-australian-fathers-to-do-more-at-home-but-at-the-same-cost-mothers-have-long-endured-154834/" aria-label="Read more about COVID forced Australian fathers to do more at home, but at the same cost mothers have long endured">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Living through a global pandemic over the past year has seen all of us expanding our vocabularies. We now understand terms like PPE, social distancing and contact tracing. But just when perhaps we thought we had ... <a title="What’s the difference between mutations, variants and strains? A guide to COVID terminology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/whats-the-difference-between-mutations-variants-and-strains-a-guide-to-covid-terminology-154825/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between mutations, variants and strains? A guide to COVID terminology">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Stephens, Professor of International Law, University of Sydney In the lead-up to this year’s United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, the Morrison government is inching towards adopting a net-zero emissions target for 2050. If Prime Minister Scott Morrison can resist internal party pressure to exempt some ... <a title="Mr Morrison, please don’t make empty promises: enshrine our climate targets in law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/mr-morrison-please-dont-make-empty-promises-enshrine-our-climate-targets-in-law-155039/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Morrison, please don’t make empty promises: enshrine our climate targets in law">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It’s not often centre-left economists disagree with each other – let alone get into a stoush. But it’s what happened over the last week. On February 5 former US Treasury Secretary and National Economic Council Chair Larry Summers published an opinion ... <a title="Vital Signs: What if Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is too big?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/vital-signs-what-if-bidens-1-9-trillion-stimulus-plan-is-too-big-154819/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: What if Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is too big?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Honorary Research Associate and Lecturer, University of Sydney Ask anyone the identity of the world’s most famed turtles, and the answer is likely to be those legendary heroes in a half-shell, the Teenage Mutant Ninjas. Since first appearing in comic book form in 1984, the ... <a title="Friday essay: the long history of warrior turtles, from ancient myth to warships to teenage mutants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/friday-essay-the-long-history-of-warrior-turtles-from-ancient-myth-to-warships-to-teenage-mutants-152614/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: the long history of warrior turtles, from ancient myth to warships to teenage mutants">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When he went out to denounce Anthony Albanese’s industrial relations policy on Wednesday, minister Christian Porter claimed it would put a “$20 billion tax burden” on business. Just in case anyone missed the number, Porter said it 20 times during ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: There’s no escape from scares when politicians debate industrial relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/grattan-on-friday-theres-no-escape-from-scares-when-politicians-debate-industrial-relations-155150/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: There’s no escape from scares when politicians debate industrial relations">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa’s prime minister has gone public with his desire to “rehouse” the University of the South Pacific (USP) in his country. It Is a long-term vision, according to Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, one that has been resurrected by the ongoing saga surrounding the tenure of USP vice-chancellor and ... <a title="Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/samoa-goes-public-with-bid-for-usp-to-move-headquarters-from-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from Fiji">Read more</a>
