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April 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Steyn, Research assistant, University of Auckland With the opening of a quarantine-free travel corridor between New Zealand and Australia this week, it’s easy to forget COVID-19 is still spreading globally, faster than ever, with more than three million deaths recorded worldwide. Within a day of the ... <a title="Why strict border control remains crucial if we want to keep the travel bubble safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/why-strict-border-control-remains-crucial-if-we-want-to-keep-the-travel-bubble-safe-159325/" aria-label="Read more about Why strict border control remains crucial if we want to keep the travel bubble safe">Read more</a>
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April 21, 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 Ihumātao unlawful government spend Henry Cooke (Stuff): Auditor-General rules the $29.9m the Government used to buy Ihumātao was unlawfully spent Tova O’Brien ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 21 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-21-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 21 2021">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Mintrom, Professor, Monash University On Monday, Scott Morrison announced a royal commission into veteran suicides — the fourth royal commission set up under his prime ministership. But while Morrison says he hopes this will be a “healing process” and it comes after sustained community lobbying, we ... <a title="We studied 50 years of royal commissions — here’s how they make a difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/we-studied-50-years-of-royal-commissions-heres-how-they-make-a-difference-159231/" aria-label="Read more about We studied 50 years of royal commissions — here’s how they make a difference">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University On Monday, Victorian health authorities released figures showing they’d received 389 reports of “gastro” outbreaks so far in 2021. The health department said this was four times higher than the average. There are many different types ... <a title="Victorian gastro outbreak: how does it spread, and how can we stop it? A gastroenterologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/victorian-gastro-outbreak-how-does-it-spread-and-how-can-we-stop-it-a-gastroenterologist-explains-159329/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian gastro outbreak: how does it spread, and how can we stop it? A gastroenterologist explains">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pauline Lenancker, Research scientist, James Cook University The invasive ant world is a competitive one, rife with territorial battles and colony raids. And yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes), one of the world’s worst invasive species, have an especially interesting trait: they’re the only invasive ant known to ... <a title="Tiny Game of Thrones: the workers of yellow crazy ants can act like lazy wannabe queens. So we watched them fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/tiny-game-of-thrones-the-workers-of-yellow-crazy-ants-can-act-like-lazy-wannabe-queens-so-we-watched-them-fight-158426/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny Game of Thrones: the workers of yellow crazy ants can act like lazy wannabe queens. So we watched them fight">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romain Fathi, Senior Lecturer, History, Flinders University The number of Australians attending Anzac Day dawn services has fallen by about 70% between 2015 — the centenary of the Anzacs’ landing at Gallipoli — and 2019. Last year, Anzac Day dawn services were cancelled due to COVID-19, but ... <a title="Crowds at dawn services have plummeted in recent years. It’s time to reinvent Anzac Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/crowds-at-dawn-services-have-plummeted-in-recent-years-its-time-to-reinvent-anzac-day-157313/" aria-label="Read more about Crowds at dawn services have plummeted in recent years. It’s time to reinvent Anzac Day">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced next month’s budget will include a further $539.2 million government investment in new clean hydrogen and carbon capture, use and storage projects. This comes ahead of this week’s summit on climate convened by US ... <a title="Hydrogen and carbon capture receive extra funding, as Morrison prepares for Biden summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/hydrogen-and-carbon-capture-receive-extra-funding-as-morrison-prepares-for-biden-summit-159361/" aria-label="Read more about Hydrogen and carbon capture receive extra funding, as Morrison prepares for Biden summit">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr James Fong says the breach at the quarantine facility in Nadi was an incident waiting to happen. He was reported saying this by Fiji Village News as reports of random announcements of new cases were being made with journalists citing 10 active cases in Fiji. ... <a title="Fiji breach at quarantine ‘an incident waiting to happen’ as new cases cited" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/fiji-breach-at-quarantine-an-incident-waiting-to-happen-as-new-cases-cited/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji breach at quarantine ‘an incident waiting to happen’ as new cases cited">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Porter, Senior Fellow (Indigenous Programs), The University of Melbourne Cultural warning: This article contains names and images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This article also contains links to graphic footage of police violence. This month marks 30 years since the final report of ... <a title="Not criminals or passive victims: media need to reframe their representation of Aboriginal deaths in custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/not-criminals-or-passive-victims-media-need-to-reframe-their-representation-of-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-158561/" aria-label="Read more about Not criminals or passive victims: media need to reframe their representation of Aboriginal deaths in custody">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terri Seddon, Professor of Education, La Trobe University Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has launched a six-month review into teacher education. The aim is to return Australian students to the top of international rankings in reading, maths and science by 2030. In the 2019 round of the ... <a title="The education minister wants graduating teachers to be ‘classroom-ready’. But the classroom is not what it used to be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/the-education-minister-wants-graduating-teachers-to-be-classroom-ready-but-the-classroom-is-not-what-it-used-to-be-159051/" aria-label="Read more about The education minister wants graduating teachers to be ‘classroom-ready’. But the classroom is not what it used to be">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Staff, PhD Candidate, Australian National University “Suffragette white” is proving to be a popular fashion choice for women who want to make a statement. Most recently, former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate donned a white jacket in her appearance before a Senate inquiry into her controversial ... <a title="What is suffragette white? The colour has a 110-year history as a protest tool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/what-is-suffragette-white-the-colour-has-a-110-year-history-as-a-protest-tool-158957/" aria-label="Read more about What is suffragette white? The colour has a 110-year history as a protest tool">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, Assistant Professor, General Practice, Bond University Although the country’s vaccine rollout is not progressing entirely as planned, thousands of Australians continue to receive their COVID vaccines every week. As a general practitioner administering the AstraZeneca vaccine, I find it strange that my patients all know ... <a title="We’re gathering data on COVID vaccine side effects in real time. Here’s what you can expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/were-gathering-data-on-covid-vaccine-side-effects-in-real-time-heres-what-you-can-expect-158945/" aria-label="Read more about We’re gathering data on COVID vaccine side effects in real time. Here’s what you can expect">Read more</a>
