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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Shutterstock A long-anticipated plan to reform Australia’s electricity system was released on Thursday. One of the most controversial proposals by the Energy Security Board (ESB) concerns subsidies which critics say will encourage dirty coal plants to stay open longer. ... <a title="As the world battles to slash carbon emissions, Australia considers paying dirty coal stations to stay open longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/as-the-world-battles-to-slash-carbon-emissions-australia-considers-paying-dirty-coal-stations-to-stay-open-longer-166814/" aria-label="Read more about As the world battles to slash carbon emissions, Australia considers paying dirty coal stations to stay open longer">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Kate Kelly, PhD Candidate, RMIT University Woolworths As lockdowns continue across Australia, many households are doing something they may not have considered just 18 months ago: ordering groceries online. Australia’s supermarket duopoly, Coles and Woolworths, have raced to implement new technology and transform labour arrangements to ... <a title="Coles and Woolworths are moving to robot warehouses and on-demand labour as home deliveries soar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/coles-and-woolworths-are-moving-to-robot-warehouses-and-on-demand-labour-as-home-deliveries-soar-166556/" aria-label="Read more about Coles and Woolworths are moving to robot warehouses and on-demand labour as home deliveries soar">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristen Rundle, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne This time last year, the nation was riveted by the Victorian COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry, launched to determine the cause of the state’s disastrous second COVID wave. The outbreak led to 768 deaths and a 111-day lockdown of ... <a title="A year after the Victoria hotel quarantine inquiry, one significant question remains unanswered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/a-year-after-the-victoria-hotel-quarantine-inquiry-one-significant-question-remains-unanswered-166100/" aria-label="Read more about A year after the Victoria hotel quarantine inquiry, one significant question remains unanswered">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland Channel 4 Our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. Imagine if you were locked down with a recalcitrant alcoholic who belligerently passed scorn upon anyone who came into ... <a title="Think of it this way: at least you’re not locked down with drunken, misanthropic bookshop owner, Bernard Black" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/think-of-it-this-way-at-least-youre-not-locked-down-with-drunken-misanthropic-bookshop-owner-bernard-black-166173/" aria-label="Read more about Think of it this way: at least you’re not locked down with drunken, misanthropic bookshop owner, Bernard Black">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the final New Zealand Defence Force evacuation flight from Afghanistan landed back in the United Arab Emirates last night, before the bomb attacks killing at least 12 US soldiers and 60 Afghans at Hamid Karzai International Airport. One hundred people, including New Zealanders and Australians, were on the ... <a title="Kabul attack: Ardern says no NZDF personnel, evacuees at airport blasts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/kabul-attack-ardern-says-no-nzdf-personnel-evacuees-at-airport-blasts/" aria-label="Read more about Kabul attack: Ardern says no NZDF personnel, evacuees at airport blasts">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Chris Trotter There is something decidedly sinister about the way the right-wing media is pursuing the “elimination strategy is madness” argument so doggedly. Yes, it’s always interesting to discover what people are saying about New Zealand overseas, but The New Zealand Herald republishing anti-Jacinda Ardern editorials from the Daily Telegraph — mouthpiece of ... <a title="Chris Trotter: Why the right-wing media hates Jacinda’s covid elimination strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/chris-trotter-why-the-right-wing-media-hates-jacindas-covid-elimination-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Trotter: Why the right-wing media hates Jacinda’s covid elimination strategy">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has vowed that NCDC has the municipal mandate to protect public interest and manage the best interests of the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby, reports PNG Post-Courier. He made these remarks in a statement while he was present with onlookers at the city’s controversial ... <a title="Governor Parkop takes back Moresby park for ‘benefit of our people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/governor-parkop-takes-back-moresby-park-for-benefit-of-our-people/" aria-label="Read more about Governor Parkop takes back Moresby park for ‘benefit of our people’">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Alert levels decision Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Experts warn of sticking points for alert level drops Rachelle Binny, Michael Plank, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 27 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-27-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 27 2021">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Ziemann, Lecturer in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Deakin University Shutterstock Autocorrection, or predictive text, is a common feature of many modern tech tools, from internet searches to messaging apps and word processors. Autocorrection can be a blessing, but when the algorithm makes mistakes it can change the ... <a title="Excel autocorrect errors still plague genetic research, raising concerns over scientific rigour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/excel-autocorrect-errors-still-plague-genetic-research-raising-concerns-over-scientific-rigour-166554/" aria-label="Read more about Excel autocorrect errors still plague genetic research, raising concerns over scientific rigour">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia April Fonti/AAP On September 1, the Family Court of Australia will merge with the Federal Circuit Court. The Morrison government says this will “help reduce delays and backlogs in the family law courts”. However, the merger ... <a title="Book extract: ‘Broken’ — requiem for the family court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/book-extract-broken-requiem-for-the-family-court-166406/" aria-label="Read more about Book extract: ‘Broken’ — requiem for the family court">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Britton, Senior lecturer, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Oded Balilty/AP/AAP Since the rise of the more infectious Delta variant, we’ve seen reports of more cases in children than with previous strains of the virus. Many parents are becoming more concerned about COVID in kids. ... <a title="Do kids get long COVID? And how often? A paediatrician looks at the data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/do-kids-get-long-covid-and-how-often-a-paediatrician-looks-at-the-data-166277/" aria-label="Read more about Do kids get long COVID? And how often? A paediatrician looks at the data">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominique Potvin, Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND This article is part of the “Who would win?” series, where wildlife experts dream up hypothetical battles between predators (all in the name of science). America’s most-loved bird versus a ... <a title="Who would win in a fight between a wedge-tailed eagle and a bald eagle? It’s a close call for two nationally revered birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/who-would-win-in-a-fight-between-a-wedge-tailed-eagle-and-a-bald-eagle-its-a-close-call-for-two-nationally-revered-birds-164400/" aria-label="Read more about Who would win in a fight between a wedge-tailed eagle and a bald eagle? It’s a close call for two nationally revered birds">Read more</a>
