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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) yesterday announced it has provisionally approved AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for use in Australia. The approval applies to people over 18, including adults older than 65. The recommended interval between the two doses is 12 weeks, ... <a title="5 things you need to know about the AstraZeneca vaccine now the TGA has approved it for use in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-now-the-tga-has-approved-it-for-use-in-australia-155139/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things you need to know about the AstraZeneca vaccine now the TGA has approved it for use in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced today the state’s five-day circuit-breaker lockdown would end at midnight tonight. The state’s health department reported zero new cases overnight from nearly 40,000 tests — the highest number of daily tests recorded in Victoria since ... <a title="Victoria’s statewide lockdown ends. Data can tell us what to do next time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/victorias-statewide-lockdown-ends-data-can-tell-us-what-to-do-next-time-155450/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s statewide lockdown ends. Data can tell us what to do next time">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Myla Andamon, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Victorian students are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality. Our year-long analysis of Victorian primary and secondary school classrooms has found the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) often far exceeds the ... <a title="Australian children are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/australian-children-are-learning-in-classrooms-with-very-poor-air-quality-154950/" aria-label="Read more about Australian children are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato By unilaterally revoking the citizenship of the 26-year-old woman detained in Turkey this week, Australia has potentially left her two children in diplomatic limbo. Known only as “S.A.” (but named by the ABC as Suhayra Aden from Melbourne), she ... <a title="With their mother’s Australian citizenship cancelled over alleged ISIS-links, how will NZ deal with her children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/with-their-mothers-australian-citizenship-cancelled-over-alleged-isis-links-how-will-nz-deal-with-her-children-155385/" aria-label="Read more about With their mother’s Australian citizenship cancelled over alleged ISIS-links, how will NZ deal with her children?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eileen Baldry, Professor of Criminology, UNSW This week, the royal commission into the violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability will begin hold hearings on a shameful subject that has long been neglected: the indefinite detention of people with cognitive impairments and/or mental illness in our ... <a title="Over 1,000 Australians with cognitive disability are detained indefinitely each year. This shameful practice needs to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/over-1-000-australians-with-cognitive-disability-are-detained-indefinitely-each-year-this-shameful-practice-needs-to-stop-153724/" aria-label="Read more about Over 1,000 Australians with cognitive disability are detained indefinitely each year. This shameful practice needs to stop">Read more</a>
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February 17, 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 Australia-NZ dispute over terrorist suspect in Turkey Dan Satherley (Newshub): Judith Collins defends Australia’s move to dump terrorist problem on New Zealand Tova O’Brien (Newshub): How Australia snookered New Zealand and angered Jacinda Ardern Audrey ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-17-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2021">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris James, ARC DECRA Fellow, Centre for Hypersonics, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland This month has been a busy one for Mars exploration. Several countries sent missions to the red planet in June last year, taking advantage of a launch window. Most ... <a title="‘7 minutes of terror’: a look at the technology Perseverance will need to survive landing on Mars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/7-minutes-of-terror-a-look-at-the-technology-perseverance-will-need-to-survive-landing-on-mars-155046/" aria-label="Read more about ‘7 minutes of terror’: a look at the technology Perseverance will need to survive landing on Mars">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Australia’s long-awaited COVID vaccine rollout is scheduled to begin on Monday. New laws have just been passed mandating the recording of COVID-19 vaccine information on the Australian Immunisation Register. The changes to the Australian ... <a title="The COVID vaccine is here. When and to whom will we need to prove we’ve had it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/the-covid-vaccine-is-here-when-and-to-whom-will-we-need-to-prove-weve-had-it-155122/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID vaccine is here. When and to whom will we need to prove we’ve had it?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Jackson, Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University It’s widely understood that rivers, wetlands and other waterways hold particular significance for First Nations people. It’s less well understood that Indigenous peoples are denied effective rights in Australia’s water economy. Australia’s laws and policies prevent First Nations from ... <a title="Water injustice runs deep in Australia. Fixing it means handing control to First Nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/water-injustice-runs-deep-in-australia-fixing-it-means-handing-control-to-first-nations-155286/" aria-label="Read more about Water injustice runs deep in Australia. Fixing it means handing control to First Nations">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richelle Butcher, Veterinary Resident at Wildbase, Massey University Plastic in the ocean can be deadly for marine wildlife and seabirds around the globe, but our latest study shows single-use plastics are a bigger threat to endangered albatrosses in the southern hemisphere than we previously thought. You may ... <a title="Plastic in the ocean kills more threatened albatrosses than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/plastic-in-the-ocean-kills-more-threatened-albatrosses-than-we-thought-154925/" aria-label="Read more about Plastic in the ocean kills more threatened albatrosses than we thought">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Lehmann, Honorary Lecturer, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University A petition from more than 17,000 international students asking for exemptions to the border closure was presented to the Australian parliament last week. The latest available figures show about 20% of Australia’s enrolled international ... <a title="‘You’re running down a dead end’: stranded students feel shame and pressure to give up study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/youre-running-down-a-dead-end-stranded-students-feel-shame-and-pressure-to-give-up-study-155207/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You’re running down a dead end’: stranded students feel shame and pressure to give up study">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Tonkinwise, Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Our cities, designed for one set of climatic ranges, are increasingly “out of place” as average temperatures rise. The days above 40℃ and nights above 30℃ are increasing, especially in the expanding suburbs of Australian cities. This ... <a title="How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/how-new-design-patterns-can-enable-cities-and-their-residents-to-change-with-climate-change-152749/" aria-label="Read more about How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change">Read more</a>
