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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Auckland New Zealand’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.9% in the December quarter, down from 5.3% in the previous quarter. One commentator argued this drop clearly establishes that a strong health response from the government was also the ... <a title="Latest NZ unemployment figure may not give a true picture of the number of people out of work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/latest-nz-unemployment-figure-may-not-give-a-true-picture-of-the-number-of-people-out-of-work-155362/" aria-label="Read more about Latest NZ unemployment figure may not give a true picture of the number of people out of work">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Meese, Research fellow, RMIT University Over the past few days, Google has been inking multimillion-dollar deals to pay media companies for news content that will appear on Google News Showcase. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is the latest beneficiary of a partnership with the tech giant. It ... <a title="Why Google is now funnelling millions into media outlets, as Facebook pulls news for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/why-google-is-now-funnelling-millions-into-media-outlets-as-facebook-pulls-news-for-australia-155468/" aria-label="Read more about Why Google is now funnelling millions into media outlets, as Facebook pulls news for Australia">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Higham, Professor of Tourism, University of Otago The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s second tourism report urges the government to take advantage of the disruption caused by COVID-19 to transform the tourism industry. Titled “Not 100% – but four steps closer to sustainable tourism”, it builds ... <a title="NZ tourism can use the disruption of COVID-19 to drive sustainable change — and be more competitive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/nz-tourism-can-use-the-disruption-of-covid-19-to-drive-sustainable-change-and-be-more-competitive-155370/" aria-label="Read more about NZ tourism can use the disruption of COVID-19 to drive sustainable change — and be more competitive">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Covid: Auckland outbreak decisions Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Contact tracing ‘Ferrari’ will be enough to contain future outbreaks Jamie Morton (Herald): Shift to Level 2 ‘not cautious enough’ – expert Science Media Centre: Auckland jumps down to Alert Level ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 18 2021">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Sadly, history has largely forgotten the Rector Thomas Beverley. In 1695, he wrote a book predicting the world would end in 1697. In 1698 he wrote another book, complaining the world had ended but ... <a title="Can Fox News survive without Trump in the White House?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/can-fox-news-survive-without-trump-in-the-white-house-155298/" aria-label="Read more about Can Fox News survive without Trump in the White House?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Jane Chad, Infant Feeding Consultant, World Health Organization; Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney From Monday, Australia’s front-line health workers, quarantine staff, border control officers, and workers and residents in aged-care homes will be offered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Some ... <a title="Should I get a COVID vaccine while I’m pregnant or breastfeeding? Is it safe for me and my baby?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/should-i-get-a-covid-vaccine-while-im-pregnant-or-breastfeeding-is-it-safe-for-me-and-my-baby-153309/" aria-label="Read more about Should I get a COVID vaccine while I’m pregnant or breastfeeding? Is it safe for me and my baby?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Australians have a love-hate relationship with sulphur-crested cockatoos, Cacatua galerita. For some, the noisy parrots are pests that destroy crops or the garden, damage homes and pull up turf at sports ovals. For others, they’re a bunch of larrikins ... <a title="Don’t disturb the cockatoos on your lawn, they’re probably doing all your weeding for free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/dont-disturb-the-cockatoos-on-your-lawn-theyre-probably-doing-all-your-weeding-for-free-154265/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t disturb the cockatoos on your lawn, they’re probably doing all your weeding for free">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor in Education, University of Sydney The Australian school system is concentrating more disadvantaged students in disadvantaged schools, with serious implications for student achievement. A report released today by the Gonski Institute says schools in Australia are more regressive, divided and socially segregated than ... <a title="Australian schools are becoming more segregated. This threatens student outcomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/australian-schools-are-becoming-more-segregated-this-threatens-student-outcomes-155455/" aria-label="Read more about Australian schools are becoming more segregated. This threatens student outcomes">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University A chorus of voices is calling for the government to “raise the rate” of the JobSeeker unemployment benefit, among them the Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe. And they’re right. Once ... <a title="First lift JobSeeker, then add on fully-funded unemployment insurance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/first-lift-jobseeker-then-add-on-fully-funded-unemployment-insurance-155383/" aria-label="Read more about First lift JobSeeker, then add on fully-funded unemployment insurance">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Can Australian films save the cinema? This is not a question often asked. Over the weekend, four of the top five films at the box office were Australian: firstly, The Dry ($703,037), second Penguin Bloom ($444,990), fourth Long Story Short ($315,590) ... <a title="Australian cinema is reaping box office rewards during the pandemic. Can the trend continue?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/australian-cinema-is-reaping-box-office-rewards-during-the-pandemic-can-the-trend-continue-155457/" aria-label="Read more about Australian cinema is reaping box office rewards during the pandemic. Can the trend continue?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins on Wednesday accused Scott Morrison of “victim-blaming rhetoric” – as the Prime Minister sought to explain why his own staffer failed to tell him Higgins had alleged she’d been raped. Malcolm Turnbull cast doubt on ... <a title="Morrison invokes Chinese walls defence on why staffer didn’t tell him of Higgins’ rape allegation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/morrison-invokes-chinese-walls-defence-on-why-staffer-didnt-tell-him-of-higgins-rape-allegation-155505/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison invokes Chinese walls defence on why staffer didn’t tell him of Higgins’ rape allegation">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
A View from Afar: Security analyst Paul Buchanan and political journalist Selwyn Manning went live (Thursday, midday NZ DST) (6pm Wednesday, US EST) to discuss the Australia-New Zealand special relationship. Has Australia acted in bad faith, revoking the citizenship of a woman detained in Turkey and suspected of being a terrorist, forcing New Zealand to ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning on the Australia-New Zealand Special Relationship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/live-episode-midday-thursday-buchanan-manning-on-the-australia-new-zealand-special-relationship/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning on the Australia-New Zealand Special Relationship">Read more</a>
