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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney The Irrawaddy Sean Turnell, an Australian who became a trusted economic adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in a Myanmar prison for more than six months. The economics professor was arrested on February 5, ... <a title="Fate of detained Australian economist Sean Turnell may be tied to Aung Sung Suu Kyi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/fate-of-detained-australian-economist-sean-turnell-may-be-tied-to-aung-sung-suu-kyi-166516/" aria-label="Read more about Fate of detained Australian economist Sean Turnell may be tied to Aung Sung Suu Kyi">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Schmulow, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong Mick Tsikas/AAP For Australia’s habitually-abused financial consumers it’s Back to the Future (minus the DeLorean). Treasurer Josh Frydenberg appears to have thrown the most important findings of the banking royal commission under a bus, in glorious double-speak. ... <a title="Frydenberg’s directions to ASIC throw the banking royal commission under a bus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/frydenbergs-directions-to-asic-throw-the-banking-royal-commission-under-a-bus-166813/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg’s directions to ASIC throw the banking royal commission under a bus">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In 2020 when people talked about “living with COVID” it was code for letting the virus rip. It was really a plan for many to “die with COVID”. Thankfully our political leaders listened to experts. In general, Australia managed the pandemic’s ... <a title="Vital Signs: with vaccine thresholds come the danger of repeating past mistakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/vital-signs-with-vaccine-thresholds-come-the-danger-of-repeating-past-mistakes-166754/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: with vaccine thresholds come the danger of repeating past mistakes">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nik Taylor, Professor in Sociology, University of Canterbury Eliza Morse/Netflix © 2021 The central theme of new Netflix drama The Chair is timely and gets a lot right about racial politics in modern American academia. Smart, incisive, nicely written and acted, it’s a genuinely rewarding binge watch. ... <a title="New Netflix drama The Chair is honest and funny, but it still romanticises modern university life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/new-netflix-drama-the-chair-is-honest-and-funny-but-it-still-romanticises-modern-university-life-166655/" aria-label="Read more about New Netflix drama The Chair is honest and funny, but it still romanticises modern university life">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Evans, PhD candidate; journalist; author; psychodynamic psychotherapist, University of Tasmania Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train has sold 23 million copies, and the film adaptation was a box office smash. DreamWorks Pictures/Universal Pictures via AP Along with Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (2012), Paula Hawkins’ The ... <a title="Friday essay: beyond ‘girl gone mad melodrama’ — reframing female anger in psychological thrillers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/friday-essay-beyond-girl-gone-mad-melodrama-reframing-female-anger-in-psychological-thrillers-161583/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: beyond ‘girl gone mad melodrama’ — reframing female anger in psychological thrillers">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Josh Frydenberg is Scott Morrison’s house guest at The Lodge – sharing, in Canberra’s lockdown, microwaved meals and watching “Yes, Prime Minister”. As he recounted domestic life with Scott, the treasurer was inevitably asked whether he’d measured up the curtains. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: As COVID’s third wave worsens, Scott Morrison pivots to the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/grattan-on-friday-as-covids-third-wave-worsens-scott-morrison-pivots-to-the-future-166842/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: As COVID’s third wave worsens, Scott Morrison pivots to the future">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
RNZ News While covid-19 case numbers are still rising in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the lockdown is having an obvious impact in the fight against the delta variant outbreak. Ardern and Director of Public Health, Dr Caroline McElnay, provided the latest update on the government’s covid-19 response today. The number of community ... <a title="NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/nz-lockdown-having-an-impact-pm-jacinda-ardern-tells-nation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Fiji opposition political leader has accused the government of a “transition to a police state” with middle of the night arrests of critics. “Fiji’s transition to a police state is well under way,” said National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad after a former Fiji surgeon was arrested during the ... <a title="NFP leader accuses Fiji government of creating ‘police state’ after arrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/nfp-leader-accuses-fiji-government-of-creating-police-state-after-arrest/" aria-label="Read more about NFP leader accuses Fiji government of creating ‘police state’ after arrest">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Mick Tsikas A Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted August 17-21 from a sample of 1,607, gave the Coalition 40% of the primary vote (up two since August), Labor 32% (down three), the Greens ... <a title="Coalition gains in federal Resolve poll, but Labor increases lead in Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/coalition-gains-in-federal-resolve-poll-but-labor-increases-lead-in-victoria-166649/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition gains in federal Resolve poll, but Labor increases lead in Victoria">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
In the first half of this week's podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan are joined by Dr David Robie to examine instability in the Pacific's Polynesian region - specifically to identify what’s going on in: New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa. In the second half, Buchanan and Manning analyse the latest on Afghanistan and consider whether the USA's humiliating withdrawal suggests an end to liberal internationalism.
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachelle Binny, Research scientist in mathematical modelling, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Fiona Goodall/Getty Images As New Zealanders wait to hear if a nationwide level 4 lockdown continues beyond midnight on Friday, our latest modelling shows that the current Delta variant has spread much faster than last ... <a title="Auckland is likely to remain in strict lockdown for several more weeks to stamp out NZ’s Delta outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/auckland-is-likely-to-remain-in-strict-lockdown-for-several-more-weeks-to-stamp-out-nzs-delta-outbreak-166651/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland is likely to remain in strict lockdown for several more weeks to stamp out NZ’s Delta outbreak">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Dwyer, Director of Public Health Pathology, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, University of Sydney KYDPL KYODO/AP SARS-CoV-2 has caused the greatest pandemic of the past 100 years. Understanding its origins is crucial for knowing what happened in late 2019 and for preparing ... <a title="Why it will soon be too late to find out where the COVID-19 virus originated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/why-it-will-soon-be-too-late-to-find-out-where-the-covid-19-virus-originated-166743/" aria-label="Read more about Why it will soon be too late to find out where the COVID-19 virus originated">Read more</a>
