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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Driss Ait Ouakrim, Research Fellow, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne This week’s budget assumes Australians will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year, despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying ... <a title="No vaccine ‘targets’, but Australians could still be vaccinated by end of year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/no-vaccine-targets-but-australians-could-still-be-vaccinated-by-end-of-year-160786/" aria-label="Read more about No vaccine ‘targets’, but Australians could still be vaccinated by end of year">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Looking at other nations around the world, the path to cutting greenhouse gas emissions seems clear. First, develop wind and solar energy and battery storage to replace coal- and gas-fired electricity. Then, replace petrol and diesel cars ... <a title="The budget should have been a road to Australia’s low-emissions future. Instead, it’s a flight of fancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/the-budget-should-have-been-a-road-to-australias-low-emissions-future-instead-its-a-flight-of-fancy-160775/" aria-label="Read more about The budget should have been a road to Australia’s low-emissions future. Instead, it’s a flight of fancy">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, leader of the Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, UNSW Sydney, and leader of the UNSW Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decison-Making and Society, UNSW Robots have fascinated cinema-goers ever since Fritz Lang’s ... <a title="The Mitchells vs The Machines shows ‘smart’ tech might be less of a threat to family bonds than we fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/the-mitchells-vs-the-machines-shows-smart-tech-might-be-less-of-a-threat-to-family-bonds-than-we-fear-160442/" aria-label="Read more about The Mitchells vs The Machines shows ‘smart’ tech might be less of a threat to family bonds than we fear">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Shine, President, Australian Academy of Science; Laboratory Head, Garvan Institute The story of the past year has been the pandemic: from the first outbreaks in early 2020, the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and methods to detect it, through to lockdown and quarantine measures, vaccine development, ... <a title="Money for telescopes and vaccines is great, but the budget’s lack of basic science funding risks leaving Australia behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/money-for-telescopes-and-vaccines-is-great-but-the-budgets-lack-of-basic-science-funding-risks-leaving-australia-behind-160780/" aria-label="Read more about Money for telescopes and vaccines is great, but the budget’s lack of basic science funding risks leaving Australia behind">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silke Cleuren, PhD candidate, Monash University Few structures in nature inspire more fear and fascination than the fangs of venomous snakes. These needle-like teeth are used by snakes to pierce their prey and inject deadly venom. With more than 3000 species of snake inhabiting our world, we ... <a title="How snake fangs evolved to perfectly fit their food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/how-snake-fangs-evolved-to-perfectly-fit-their-food-159932/" aria-label="Read more about How snake fangs evolved to perfectly fit their food">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dileep Mavalankar, Vice President western region, Public Health Foundation of India India is in the grip of an unprecedented second wave of COVID-19. Official data suggests new cases have crossed 400,000 per day, and the daily death count is around 4,200. But the actual numbers may be ... <a title="How can the world help India — and where does that help need to go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/how-can-the-world-help-india-and-where-does-that-help-need-to-go-160174/" aria-label="Read more about How can the world help India — and where does that help need to go?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Harvey, Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts, University of Auckland It seems unlikely the arts will be a priority in the government’s May 20 budget. With housing affordability, climate change and child poverty all urgent issues, arts funding might not be seen as equally important. I argue ... <a title="NZ Budget 2021: we need the arts to live, but artists need to earn a living" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/nz-budget-2021-we-need-the-arts-to-live-but-artists-need-to-earn-a-living-160761/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2021: we need the arts to live, but artists need to earn a living">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Duckworth, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Deakin University In the past ten years we have seen several major reports and announcements seeking to improve and transform the way emergency management works in Australia. ... <a title="‘Top down’ disaster resilience doesn’t work. The National Recovery and Resilience Agency must have community at its heart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/top-down-disaster-resilience-doesnt-work-the-national-recovery-and-resilience-agency-must-have-community-at-its-heart-160363/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Top down’ disaster resilience doesn’t work. The National Recovery and Resilience Agency must have community at its heart">Read more</a>
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May 13, 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 Parliamentary debates on race Jane Patterson (RNZ): Policies can be called racist but not MPs, Speaker rules Tess McClure (The Guardian): Māori ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 13 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-13-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 13 2021">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Hill, Associate professor, University of Sydney One of the major planks of the budget was a pitch to women. This included an 80-plus page women’s budget statement — the first since 2013 — with an overall figure of A$3.4 billion for women’s safety, economic security and ... <a title="Hold the celebrations — the budget’s supposed focus on women is no game-changer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/hold-the-celebrations-the-budgets-supposed-focus-on-women-is-no-game-changer-160768/" aria-label="Read more about Hold the celebrations — the budget’s supposed focus on women is no game-changer">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Associate Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University One of the headline figures in Tuesday’s federal budget was a A$1.1 billion dollar investment in women’s safety. This came as part of a special women’s budget statement, ... <a title="How much can the budget’s $1.1 billion for women’s safety really achieve? Two experts give their verdict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/how-much-can-the-budgets-1-1-billion-for-womens-safety-really-achieve-two-experts-give-their-verdict-160764/" aria-label="Read more about How much can the budget’s $1.1 billion for women’s safety really achieve? Two experts give their verdict">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW More than a year into the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control finally changed their guidance to acknowledge SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ... <a title="The pressure is on for Australia to accept the coronavirus really can spread in the air we breathe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/the-pressure-is-on-for-australia-to-accept-the-coronavirus-really-can-spread-in-the-air-we-breathe-160641/" aria-label="Read more about The pressure is on for Australia to accept the coronavirus really can spread in the air we breathe">Read more</a>
