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November 16, 2021
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent About 2000 New Zealand district health board workers had not been vaccinated 15 hours before the deadline to lose their jobs. From today no one can work in healthcare unless they have had at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine or are exempt from the government mandate. ... <a title="Hundreds of NZ health workers unvaccinated facing deadline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/hundreds-of-nz-health-workers-unvaccinated-facing-deadline/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of NZ health workers unvaccinated facing deadline">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversation’s politics ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On Morrison’s character ratings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/word-from-the-hill-on-morrisons-character-ratings-171964/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On Morrison’s character ratings">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University Danny Casey/AAP A fresh fight has broken out between the national broadcaster and the Coalition government. This time, it is over a Senate inquiry, instigated by a Liberal senator, into the way the ABC handles complaints. ABC chair Ita Buttrose ... <a title="Is the latest ABC inquiry really just ‘business as usual’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/is-the-latest-abc-inquiry-really-just-business-as-usual-171824/" aria-label="Read more about Is the latest ABC inquiry really just ‘business as usual’?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa de Zwart, Professor (Digital Technology, Security and Governance), Flinders University Shutterstock This week, Russia tested an anti-satellite missile on one of its own satellites, COSMOS 1408, and created a stream of debris that forced the International Space Station (ISS) crew to take shelter in their Soyuz ... <a title="Russia’s anti-satellite missile test threatened both the international space station and the peaceful use of outer space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/russias-anti-satellite-missile-test-threatened-both-the-international-space-station-and-the-peaceful-use-of-outer-space-171955/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s anti-satellite missile test threatened both the international space station and the peaceful use of outer space">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart plots estimates of vaccine-induced immunity to Covid19, for five countries, including three in Europe currently in the news for their most recent wave of covid infections and deaths. Essentially, I give a score of 0.5 for each vaccine shot; and I assume that immunity wanes by 0.4% per ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Peak Vaccination Immunity and the latest European Wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-peak-vaccination-immunity-and-the-latest-european-wave/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Peak Vaccination Immunity and the latest European Wave">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he wants to keep prices down. Without his party in power, “you’re going to see petrol prices go up, you’re going to see electricity prices go up”. There’s something practical ... <a title="The embarrassingly easy, tax-free way for Australia to cut the cost of electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/the-embarrassingly-easy-tax-free-way-for-australia-to-cut-the-cost-of-electric-cars-171919/" aria-label="Read more about The embarrassingly easy, tax-free way for Australia to cut the cost of electric cars">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne For good legal and ethical reasons, the media are generally wary of calling someone a liar. It is a serious slur on a person’s reputation, implying that he or she is untrustworthy, unreliable, duplicitous ... <a title="Is Morrison gaining a reputation for untrustworthiness? The answer could have serious implications for the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/is-morrison-gaining-a-reputation-for-untrustworthiness-the-answer-could-have-serious-implications-for-the-election-171816/" aria-label="Read more about Is Morrison gaining a reputation for untrustworthiness? The answer could have serious implications for the election">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Cameron Webb/NSW Health Pathology, Author provided Mosquitoes will be loving the wet weather that’s hit the east coast of Australia over the last week. Mosquito populations naturally increase in spring, especially when there is plenty ... <a title="How can the bite of a backyard mozzie in Australia make you sick?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/how-can-the-bite-of-a-backyard-mozzie-in-australia-make-you-sick-171601/" aria-label="Read more about How can the bite of a backyard mozzie in Australia make you sick?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Lea, Professor, Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney Remote Indigenous communities in Australia will experience the impacts of climate change disproportionately to the rest of the country. Take the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in northwest South Australia, where maximum temperatures are increasing. The summer ... <a title="We need to design housing for Indigenous communities that can withstand the impacts of climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/we-need-to-design-housing-for-indigenous-communities-that-can-withstand-the-impacts-of-climate-change-171203/" aria-label="Read more about We need to design housing for Indigenous communities that can withstand the impacts of climate change">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Djoymi Baker, Lecturer in Cinema Studies, RMIT University IMDB Due to the COVID-19 extended lockdowns this year, as well as greater accessibility on streaming services, many adults have been returning to their childhoods via nostalgic kids’ TV viewing. As part of our research project, Australian Children’s Television ... <a title="Beyond Bluey: why adults love re-watching Australian kids’ TV from their childhoods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/beyond-bluey-why-adults-love-re-watching-australian-kids-tv-from-their-childhoods-169727/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond Bluey: why adults love re-watching Australian kids’ TV from their childhoods">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Britnell, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock While working as a nurse in a busy hospital I began to use a magnifying glass, as I could no longer read the small print on medication vials. I regarded this adaptation as a part of ... <a title="Good design lies at the heart of normalising disability – NZ’s new Ministry for Disabled People must make it a priority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/good-design-lies-at-the-heart-of-normalising-disability-nzs-new-ministry-for-disabled-people-must-make-it-a-priority-171720/" aria-label="Read more about Good design lies at the heart of normalising disability – NZ’s new Ministry for Disabled People must make it a priority">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
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