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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Speight, Foundation Director, Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Deakin University Australian Government On Sunday July 11, the federal government released two new COVID-19 campaigns. The first, shared across Australia, is a call to “arm yourself” (and others) against the virus by getting vaccinated as ... <a title="Why the federal government’s COVID-19 fear appeal to Sydney residents won’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/why-the-federal-governments-covid-19-fear-appeal-to-sydney-residents-wont-work-164317/" aria-label="Read more about Why the federal government’s COVID-19 fear appeal to Sydney residents won’t work">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP Greater Sydney is in its third week of lockdown, with no clear end in sight. The situation calls for support both for businesses and households suffering severe income loss in the weeks ahead. Greater ... <a title="As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available — and needed — for people losing income?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/as-sydneys-lockdown-continues-what-support-is-available-and-needed-for-people-losing-income-164315/" aria-label="Read more about As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available — and needed — for people losing income?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Gurrieri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University Australia’s new ‘Arm Yourself’ COVID-19 vaccination campaign advertisement. Australian Government The Australian government’s new national vaccination advertisements have been described as exciting as a bowl of leftover cereal, with all the urgency of a stubbed toe. “It will be ... <a title="Australia’s new vaccination campaign is another wasted opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/australias-new-vaccination-campaign-is-another-wasted-opportunity-162756/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new vaccination campaign is another wasted opportunity">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kalinda Griffiths, Scientia lecturer, UNSW A senior Aboriginal man is being vaccinated against COVID-19. PR Handout Image/AAP This year, just five cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. This good result is due to both significant government support measures ... <a title="First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/first-nations-people-urgently-need-to-get-vaccinated-but-are-not-being-consulted-on-the-rollout-strategy-164067/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Shutterstock Let’s say a new irrigation scheme is proposed and all the land it’ll take up needs to be cleared — trees felled, soil upturned, and habitats destroyed. Water will also have to be allocated. ... <a title="‘Environmental accounting’ could revolutionise nature conservation, but Australia has squandered its potential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/environmental-accounting-could-revolutionise-nature-conservation-but-australia-has-squandered-its-potential-163661/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Environmental accounting’ could revolutionise nature conservation, but Australia has squandered its potential">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Headline: Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age. – 36th Parallel Assessments Nuclear weapons are in the news again, this time because recent satellite photos reveal that China is constructing large nuclear missile silo “farms” in its Northwestern desert regions. This has occasioned alarm in Western security circles and re-focused attention on the concept of nuclear ... <a title="Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/nuclear-strategy-in-a-post-deterrence-age/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age.">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Burton, PhD researcher, Birkbeck, University of London Shutterstock Since the early days of social media, there has been excitement about how data traces left behind by users can be exploited for the study of human behaviour. Nowadays, reseachers who were once restricted to surveys or experiments ... <a title="Studying social media can give us insight into human behaviour. It can also give us nonsense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/studying-social-media-can-give-us-insight-into-human-behaviour-it-can-also-give-us-nonsense-163000/" aria-label="Read more about Studying social media can give us insight into human behaviour. It can also give us nonsense">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The Government has begun a $3.5m advertising campaign to convince New Zealanders of the need for radical reform of our drinking, storm and wastewater. A consensus appears to be building on the need for change, but there are arguments against the Government’s “Three Waters” reforms. Have they come up with the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Democratic and equity deficits in the Three Waters reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-democratic-and-equity-deficits-in-the-three-waters-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Democratic and equity deficits in the Three Waters reforms">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Joint Op-Ed By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, and Bambang Susantono If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalization and regional cooperation. Ensuring the digital transformation reaches all in Asia Pacific ... <a title="OP-ED: Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/op-ed-combating-covid-19-and-ensuring-no-one-is-left-behind/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Evans, Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 – strengthening democratic practice at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra David Gray/AAP Public trust is critically important during the pandemic. Without it, the changes to public behaviour that are necessary to contain and ultimately prevent the ... <a title="Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/public-trust-in-the-governments-covid-response-is-slowly-eroding-heres-how-to-get-it-back-on-track-163722/" aria-label="Read more about Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Cockfield, Professor of Government and Economics, and Deputy Dean, University of Southern Queensland Perry Duffin/AAP The return of Barnaby Joyce to the federal National Party’s top job has highlighted tensions within, and dilemmas for, the broader party – particularly on climate change policy and coal. Joyce ... <a title="Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/are-the-nationals-now-the-party-for-mining-not-farming-if-so-barnaby-joyce-must-tread-carefully-163988/" aria-label="Read more about Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Martin McDonald, Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne MIA Studio/Shutterstock At last, the government and the Reserve Bank are singing from the same song sheet. Both say they will keep supporting the economy (the government with big deficits, the Reserve Bank with ultra-low interest rates) until ... <a title="Our estimates suggest we can get Australia’s unemployment down to 3.3%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/our-estimates-suggest-we-can-get-australias-unemployment-down-to-3-3-161900/" aria-label="Read more about Our estimates suggest we can get Australia’s unemployment down to 3.3%">Read more</a>
