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April 29, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The present wave of the Covid19 pandemic is far from evenly spread through India; indeed our news coverage is biased by most of the reporting coming from New Delhi, and from journalist assumptions labelling big outdoor events as ‘super-spreader’ events. The chart shows, that, two days ago, Delhi and Goa had ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-india/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly backed a decision by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to reset the budget strategy so that it prioritises achieving an unemployment rate of between 4% and 5% over reducing debt. Australia hasn’t ... <a title="Exclusive. Top economists back budget push for an unemployment rate beginning with ‘4’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/exclusive-top-economists-back-budget-push-for-an-unemployment-rate-beginning-with-4-159989/" aria-label="Read more about Exclusive. Top economists back budget push for an unemployment rate beginning with ‘4’">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Usha M. Rodrigues, Visiting Scholar, Deakin University As COVID-19 ravages India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is becoming increasingly draconian in its crackdown on social media, particularly when it comes to any criticism of its response. Cries of help and outbursts of anger have been spilling out ... <a title="As pressure builds on India’s Narendra Modi, is his government trying to silence its critics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/as-pressure-builds-on-indias-narendra-modi-is-his-government-trying-to-silence-its-critics-159799/" aria-label="Read more about As pressure builds on India’s Narendra Modi, is his government trying to silence its critics?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diego S. Silva, Lecturer, Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney The go-ahead for Australian Olympians to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before others the same age has led to allegations of “queue-jumping”. One of the issues at stake is whether athletes should be ... <a title="Even if Olympians are jumping the COVID vaccine queue, that’s not necessarily wrong. A bioethicist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/even-if-olympians-are-jumping-the-covid-vaccine-queue-thats-not-necessarily-wrong-a-bioethicist-explains-159907/" aria-label="Read more about Even if Olympians are jumping the COVID vaccine queue, that’s not necessarily wrong. A bioethicist explains">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Poulton, Senior Lecturer, Brain Mind Centre Nepean, University of Sydney Controversial LNP Queensland MP Andrew Laming yesterday revealed he has recently been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In an interview with news.com.au, Laming suggested the condition could explain some of his erratic behaviour, which ... <a title="Yes, ADHD could explain some of Andrew Laming’s behaviour. But it doesn’t make it OK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/yes-adhd-could-explain-some-of-andrew-lamings-behaviour-but-it-doesnt-make-it-ok-159921/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, ADHD could explain some of Andrew Laming’s behaviour. But it doesn’t make it OK">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meera Atkinson, Adjunct Lecturer in Writing, University of Notre Dame Australia When I began researching the transmission of transgenerational trauma and literary trauma testimony in 2010, I rarely encountered the word “trauma” in the media and national conversation. Trauma as a concept mostly only preoccupied trauma studies ... <a title="More than half of Australians will experience trauma, most before they turn 17. We need to talk about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/more-than-half-of-australians-will-experience-trauma-most-before-they-turn-17-we-need-to-talk-about-it-159801/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of Australians will experience trauma, most before they turn 17. We need to talk about it">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Sawyer, Lecturer in Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University Last week, a Victorian woman died while reportedly waiting six hours for an ambulance. Ambulance union secretary Danny Hill linked the incident to a “busy night” and ambulance ramping, which leaves paramedic crews unable to respond to other issues ... <a title="Government demands for arbitrary performance targets are contributing to ambulance delays, paramedic exhaustion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/government-demands-for-arbitrary-performance-targets-are-contributing-to-ambulance-delays-paramedic-exhaustion-159823/" aria-label="Read more about Government demands for arbitrary performance targets are contributing to ambulance delays, paramedic exhaustion">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna McIntyre, Lecturer in Media Studies, Swinburne University of Technology RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under will premiere on Stan this Saturday. The Australian-New Zealand version of the global reality TV juggernaut will share an Antipodean mode of drag with audiences around the world. Veteran drag star RuPaul ... <a title="Sashay or stay — will RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under erase Australia’s ‘ocker’ drag past?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/sashay-or-stay-will-rupauls-drag-race-down-under-erase-australias-ocker-drag-past-159918/" aria-label="Read more about Sashay or stay — will RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under erase Australia’s ‘ocker’ drag past?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Keenan-Jones, Lecturer in Ancient History, The University of Queensland In the second episode of the current season of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a castle — then watch it be destroyed by a bowling ball. In the lucky dip that followed, ... <a title="What were the Spartans like? Note to Lego Masters: they didn’t build city walls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/what-were-the-spartans-like-note-to-lego-masters-they-didnt-build-city-walls-159910/" aria-label="Read more about What were the Spartans like? Note to Lego Masters: they didn’t build city walls">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Headline: New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment. – 36th Parallel Assessments Source: Wikimedia Commons. 36th Parallel offers periodic assessments of matters and issues in the news. In this assessment we look at the fallout to a recent speech on foreign policy by its new Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and explain why the criticism directed at New ... <a title="New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/new-zealands-foreign-policy-alignment/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment.">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sukhbir Sandhu, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Ethics, University of South Australia More than half of Australian companies plan to scale back environmental initiatives to weather the financial harm caused by the COVID pandemic, a report released this month suggests. But such a move would be bad ... <a title="Risky business: 54% of Australian companies plan to slow ‘green’ initiatives due to COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/risky-business-54-of-australian-companies-plan-to-slow-green-initiatives-due-to-covid-158532/" aria-label="Read more about Risky business: 54% of Australian companies plan to slow ‘green’ initiatives due to COVID">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Pocock, Emeritus Professor University of South Australia, University of South Australia If you have been in a children’s playground recently, you may have seen a distracted parent absorbed in an intense phone conversation, swatting a child away. Sure, some are ordering tickets for The Wiggles, but ... <a title="As boundaries between work and home vanish, employees need a ‘right to disconnect’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/as-boundaries-between-work-and-home-vanish-employees-need-a-right-to-disconnect-158897/" aria-label="Read more about As boundaries between work and home vanish, employees need a ‘right to disconnect’">Read more</a>
