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April 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Quilty, Senior Staff Specialist, Alice Springs Hospital. Honorary, Australian National University A sizeable chunk of Northern Territory’s doctors are thinking about leaving the territory because of climate change, our new research shows. Our study, just published in The Lancet Planetary Health, shows for 34% of doctors ... <a title="Too hot, heading south: how climate change may drive one-third of doctors out of the NT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/10/too-hot-heading-south-how-climate-change-may-drive-one-third-of-doctors-out-of-the-nt-156959/" aria-label="Read more about Too hot, heading south: how climate change may drive one-third of doctors out of the NT">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Jeffrey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Trees are the Earth’s lungs – it’s well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging research is showing trees can also emit methane, and it’s currently unknown just how much. ... <a title="We found methane-eating bacteria living in a common Australian tree. It could be a game changer for curbing greenhouse gases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/we-found-methane-eating-bacteria-living-in-a-common-australian-tree-it-could-be-a-game-changer-for-curbing-greenhouse-gases-158430/" aria-label="Read more about We found methane-eating bacteria living in a common Australian tree. It could be a game changer for curbing greenhouse gases">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Last week, people were falling over themselves to get vaccination appointments and had to be told, by their doctors and their government, to be patient. Patience is still needed — indeed, more than ever — but now there’s rising vaccination ... <a title="View from The Hill: Voters could wreak vengeance if Scott Morrison can’t get rollout back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/view-from-the-hill-voters-could-wreak-vengeance-if-scott-morrison-cant-get-rollout-back-on-track-158720/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Voters could wreak vengeance if Scott Morrison can’t get rollout back on track">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A week ago, people were falling over themselves to get vaccination appointments and had to be told, by their doctors and their government, to be patient. Patience is still needed — indeed, more than ever — but now there’s rising ... <a title="View from The Hill: Voters could extract vengeance if Scott Morrison can’t get rollout back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/view-from-the-hill-voters-could-extract-vengeance-if-scott-morrison-cant-get-rollout-back-on-track-158720/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Voters could extract vengeance if Scott Morrison can’t get rollout back on track">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Last night, the federal government announced substantially revised plans for the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia. Due to concerns about the vaccine’s possible links to a rare blood-clotting disorder, and following advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group ... <a title="A balancing act between benefits and risks: making sense of the latest vaccine news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/a-balancing-act-between-benefits-and-risks-making-sense-of-the-latest-vaccine-news-158634/" aria-label="Read more about A balancing act between benefits and risks: making sense of the latest vaccine news">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Aigner, PhD candidate Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy, Australian National University On Saturday at the Adelaide Festival there will a public showing of Australian Atomic Confessions, a documentary I co-directed about the tragic and long-lasting effects of the atomic weapons testing carried out by Britain in ... <a title="There’s a long and devastating history behind the proposal for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/theres-a-long-and-devastating-history-behind-the-proposal-for-a-nuclear-waste-dump-in-south-australia-158615/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a long and devastating history behind the proposal for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hanly, Research Fellow, UNSW Australia’s vaccine rollout is due to be reset after the news last night the AstraZeneca vaccine would not be recommended for people under 50. Instead, this age group will be offered the Pfizer vaccine, with the federal government today announcing it had ... <a title="Australian vaccine rollout needs all hands on deck after the latest AstraZeneca news, mass vaccination hubs included" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/australian-vaccine-rollout-needs-all-hands-on-deck-after-the-latest-astrazeneca-news-mass-vaccination-hubs-included-158519/" aria-label="Read more about Australian vaccine rollout needs all hands on deck after the latest AstraZeneca news, mass vaccination hubs included">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Australia’s vaccine rollout is in chaos. The news last night the AstraZeneca vaccine, the only one Australia has guaranteed supply of, would not be recommended for people under 50 due to safety concerns has prompted an ... <a title="Australia’s bungled COVID vaccine rollout suffers another setback. Here’s how we can get it back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/australias-bungled-covid-vaccine-rollout-suffers-another-setback-heres-how-we-can-get-it-back-on-track-158656/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s bungled COVID vaccine rollout suffers another setback. Here’s how we can get it back on track">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Golembiewski, Researcher, University of Technology Sydney The Royal Commission into Aged Care left organisations that provide housing for aged care wondering how they will put its recommendations into effect. Most of these recommendations relate to the models of care and levels of staffing in homes. Put ... <a title="Design makes a place a prison or a home. Turning ‘human-centred’ vision for aged care into reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/design-makes-a-place-a-prison-or-a-home-turning-human-centred-vision-for-aged-care-into-reality-156937/" aria-label="Read more about Design makes a place a prison or a home. Turning ‘human-centred’ vision for aged care into reality">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikki Turner, Professor, University of Auckland From next week, unvaccinated staff working at managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities will be moved to low-risk jobs, following a case of a worker who missed vaccination appointments and then tested positive for COVID-19. The recently announced ban on arrivals ... <a title="Vaccination alone will not provide full protection. When borders open, NZ will still be managing COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/vaccination-alone-will-not-provide-full-protection-when-borders-open-nz-will-still-be-managing-covid-19-158414/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccination alone will not provide full protection. When borders open, NZ will still be managing COVID-19">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Reilly, Professor, University of Western Australia Could a change be afoot in the way Australians vote in federal elections? The Coalition government may be eyeing a shift to optional preferential voting — as used in New South Wales — which allows voters to simply vote “1” ... <a title="Here’s why the Coalition favours optional preferential voting: it would devastate Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/heres-why-the-coalition-favours-optional-preferential-voting-it-would-devastate-labor-155640/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why the Coalition favours optional preferential voting: it would devastate Labor">Read more</a>
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April 9, 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 Covid: India travel ban Luke Malpass (Stuff): Is the the ‘temporary’ India travel ban proportional or a massive overreaction? Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): Is ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 9 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-9-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 9 2021">Read more</a>
