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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Australia’s vaccine rollout has attracted significant criticism for its slow pace. Around 13% of Australians have now received at least one vaccine dose, compared to, for example, 56% in the United Kingdom. We’ve heard reports of mass vaccine hubs in ... <a title="It’s time for Australia to drop its phased approach to the vaccine rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/its-time-for-australia-to-drop-its-phased-approach-to-the-vaccine-rollout-161584/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time for Australia to drop its phased approach to the vaccine rollout">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Schuijers, Research Fellow in Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne This morning, the Australian Federal Court delivered a landmark judgement on climate change, marking an important moment in our history. The class action case was brought on behalf of all Australian children and teenagers, against Environment ... <a title="In a landmark judgment, the Federal Court found the environment minister has a duty of care to young people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/in-a-landmark-judgment-the-federal-court-found-the-environment-minister-has-a-duty-of-care-to-young-people-161650/" aria-label="Read more about In a landmark judgment, the Federal Court found the environment minister has a duty of care to young people">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Elmslie, Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong “Destroy them first. We will discuss human rights matters later.” These are the reported words of Bambang Soesatyo, chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly to the Indonesian military (TNI), last month. He was talking about the Indigenous people of the ... <a title="West Papua is on the verge of another bloody crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/west-papua-is-on-the-verge-of-another-bloody-crackdown-161272/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua is on the verge of another bloody crackdown">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Russell, Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist, The University of Melbourne Victoria’s seven day lockdown, which begins tonight, is an attempt to stop transmission of the quick-spreading COVID-19 B.1.617.1 variant. Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said the reproduction number of the strain was ... <a title="What’s the ‘Indian’ variant responsible for Victoria’s outbreak and how effective are vaccines against it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/whats-the-indian-variant-responsible-for-victorias-outbreak-and-how-effective-are-vaccines-against-it-161574/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the ‘Indian’ variant responsible for Victoria’s outbreak and how effective are vaccines against it?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Private business investment is one of the key drivers of economic growth. Business investment in equipment (and even in buildings) drives productivity, which the Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman famously observed isn’t everything, but in the long run it is ... <a title="Vital Signs: a bounce-back in investment holds open the possibility of very good news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/vital-signs-a-bounce-back-in-investment-holds-open-the-possibility-of-very-good-news-161655/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: a bounce-back in investment holds open the possibility of very good news">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne In its centenary year, the 2021 Archibald Prize exhibition has been relocated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales’s spacious, ... <a title="From Grace Tame to Craig Foster: distinguished public figures but no politicians in a telling 2021 Archibald shortlist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/from-grace-tame-to-craig-foster-distinguished-public-figures-but-no-politicians-in-a-telling-2021-archibald-shortlist-161576/" aria-label="Read more about From Grace Tame to Craig Foster: distinguished public figures but no politicians in a telling 2021 Archibald shortlist">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. One week on from last Thursday’s Budget, the “Benefit Boost” is still being discussed and dissected from all sides, but especially by the political left, which is celebrating, questioning, and endeavouring to work out how significant the move is. Today, for example, welfare economist Michael Fletcher has published his breakdown of ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Labour raised benefits, and why it’s not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-labour-raised-benefits-and-why-its-not-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Labour raised benefits, and why it’s not enough">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Elmslie, Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong “Destroy them first. We will discuss human rights matters later.” These are the reported words of Bambang Soesatyo, chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly to the Indonesian military (TNI), last month. He was talking about the Indigenous people of the ... <a title="Is West Papua on the verge of another bloody crackdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/is-west-papua-on-the-verge-of-another-bloody-crackdown-161272/" aria-label="Read more about Is West Papua on the verge of another bloody crackdown?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Alexander, Adjunct Reseach Fellow (Supply Chains), Curtin University The report of the Senate committee inquiry into the ousting of Australia Post boss Christine Holgate over Cartier watches, published yesterday, pulls no punches. Some of its 25 recommendations are blistering (with the inquiry’s Coalition members dissenting). There ... <a title="Australia Post inquiry: some hard punches, but no delivery on the bigger picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/australia-post-inquiry-some-hard-punches-but-no-delivery-on-the-bigger-picture-161651/" aria-label="Read more about Australia Post inquiry: some hard punches, but no delivery on the bigger picture">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When Katy Gallagher joined the podcast this week, she was running between sessions of Senate estimates. Among other issues, she and other Labor senators pressed (with mixed results) for answers about the handling of the Brittany Higgins matter. Gallagher has ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Katy Gallagher on the battle to hold the government to account" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-katy-gallagher-on-the-battle-to-hold-the-government-to-account-161662/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Katy Gallagher on the battle to hold the government to account">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Phelan, Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle The Federal Court today dismissed a bid by a group of Australian teenagers seeking to prevent federal environment minister Sussan Ley from approving a coalmine extension in New South Wales. While the teens’ request ... <a title="Climate change will cost a young Australian up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/climate-change-will-cost-a-young-australian-up-to-245-000-over-their-lifetime-court-case-reveals-161175/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change will cost a young Australian up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne In Australia, the US and the UK, whites without a university education have trended to the right in the past decade, relative to overall election results. Scott Morrison in Australia, Donald Trump in the ... <a title="Non-university educated white people are deserting left-leaning parties. How can they get them back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/non-university-educated-white-people-are-deserting-left-leaning-parties-how-can-they-get-them-back-160617/" aria-label="Read more about Non-university educated white people are deserting left-leaning parties. How can they get them back?">Read more</a>
