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September 7, 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 Mall terror attack Clarke Jones (Guardian): I assessed the Auckland terrorist – our approach to extremism has to change ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 07 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-07-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 07 2021">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock A new law gives Australian police unprecedented powers for online surveillance, data interception and altering data. These powers, outlined in the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill, raise concerns over potential misuse, privacy and security. ... <a title="Facebook or Twitter posts can now be quietly modified by the government under new surveillance laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/facebook-or-twitter-posts-can-now-be-quietly-modified-by-the-government-under-new-surveillance-laws-167263/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook or Twitter posts can now be quietly modified by the government under new surveillance laws">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney AAP/Lukas Coch In August 2021, the national cabinet agreed to a National Plan to transition Australia’s National COVID-19 Response. It was based upon epidemiological modelling of the Delta variant by the Doherty Institute. It sets out four phases, ... <a title="Explainer: do the states have to obey the COVID national plan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/explainer-do-the-states-have-to-obey-the-covid-national-plan-167357/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: do the states have to obey the COVID national plan?">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lyn Craig, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, The University of Melbourne Ben Rushton/AAP As political leaders, experts and advocates meet for the national women’s safety summit, women in Australia are over it. They are sick of the ongoing unacceptable levels of workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, and ... <a title="National summits have their place — but what will it really take to achieve equality for Australian women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/national-summits-have-their-place-but-what-will-it-really-take-to-achieve-equality-for-australian-women-167184/" aria-label="Read more about National summits have their place — but what will it really take to achieve equality for Australian women?">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amalie Dyda, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Many Australians are looking forward to the time when 70% of over-16s are fully vaccinated, and the freedoms this will bring. This number is being touted by the government based on modelling from the now famous Doherty Institute report. ... <a title="What is life going to look like once we hit 70% vaccination?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/what-is-life-going-to-look-like-once-we-hit-70-vaccination-167049/" aria-label="Read more about What is life going to look like once we hit 70% vaccination?">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catheline Y.M. Froehlich, PhD Fellow, University of Wollongong Catheline Froehlich, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. If you’ve ever dived on a coral reef, ... <a title="Photos from the field: why losing these tiny, loyal fish to climate change spells disaster for coral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/photos-from-the-field-why-losing-these-tiny-loyal-fish-to-climate-change-spells-disaster-for-coral-167119/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: why losing these tiny, loyal fish to climate change spells disaster for coral">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Moore, Social Researcher, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Casual staff do an estimated 80% of undergraduate teaching in Australian universities. Research shows these staff are highly committed, going above and beyond their paid role to assist students. Yet, compared to full-time staff, casuals ... <a title="The casual staff who do 80% of undergrad teaching need more support – here’s a way unis can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/the-casual-staff-who-do-80-of-undergrad-teaching-need-more-support-heres-a-way-unis-can-help-166650/" aria-label="Read more about The casual staff who do 80% of undergrad teaching need more support – here’s a way unis can help">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute Politicians love the vote-pulling power of major transport projects. They also quite like to keep details of of how they’ve decided to fund a project under wraps, avoiding the pesky scrutiny the public deserves. Of 32 projects larger ... <a title="Of Australia’s 32 biggest infrastructure projects, just eight had a public business case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/of-australias-32-biggest-infrastructure-projects-just-eight-had-a-public-business-case-166847/" aria-label="Read more about Of Australia’s 32 biggest infrastructure projects, just eight had a public business case">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andonis Piperoglou, Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University For those with only a cursory familiarity with Greece and Greek music, the name of Mikis Theodorakis, who died last week aged 96, may conjure flashbacks to the 1964 film Zorba the Greek ... <a title="Politics, flashmobs, Yolngu dancers: the Australian story of Mikis Theodorakis’ legendary song Zorba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/politics-flashmobs-yolngu-dancers-the-australian-story-of-mikis-theodorakis-legendary-song-zorba-167282/" aria-label="Read more about Politics, flashmobs, Yolngu dancers: the Australian story of Mikis Theodorakis’ legendary song Zorba">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Hensher, Associate Professor of Health Systems Financing & Organisation, Deakin University Shutterstock The hospital in the home program has been used to care for COVID patients at home, according to a recent report by The Saturday Paper. Expert opinion is divided on whether or not such ... <a title="What is hospital in the home and when is it used? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/what-is-hospital-in-the-home-and-when-is-it-used-an-expert-explains-167359/" aria-label="Read more about What is hospital in the home and when is it used? An expert explains">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Willis, Professor,Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University Shutterstock With the Delta variant raging across New South Wales and Victoria, health services are stretched and strained. Behind the scenes is a fearful, anxious and overburdened workforce. In the next few months, the health workforce will care for ... <a title="‘Living with COVID’ looks very different for front-line health workers, who are already exhausted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/living-with-covid-looks-very-different-for-front-line-health-workers-who-are-already-exhausted-167213/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Living with COVID’ looks very different for front-line health workers, who are already exhausted">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Bell, Professor, Physics, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock A sudden rule change by the Australian Research Council — to ban grant applications that cite preprint material — has deemed 32 early and mid-career researchers ineligible to receive critical funding. A preprint is a scientific paper or ... <a title="‘Preprints’ are how cutting-edge science circulates. Banning them from grant applications penalises researchers for being up-to-date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/preprints-are-how-cutting-edge-science-circulates-banning-them-from-grant-applications-penalises-researchers-for-being-up-to-date-167041/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Preprints’ are how cutting-edge science circulates. Banning them from grant applications penalises researchers for being up-to-date">Read more</a>
