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February 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloé Diskin-Holdaway, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, University of Melbourne Australia is a multicultural society. There are different traditions, cultures, accents and languages all over the country. The latest Census data show almost 30% of Australians speak a language other than English, or English and another language, ... <a title="Don’t be afraid to pass your first language, and accent, to your kids. It could be their superpower" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/dont-be-afraid-to-pass-your-first-language-and-accent-to-your-kids-it-could-be-their-superpower-143093/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t be afraid to pass your first language, and accent, to your kids. It could be their superpower">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Victorians awoke to news this morning that another hotel quarantine staff member has tested positive for COVID, this time from the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport. It’s the second case in a Victorian quarantine hotel in ... <a title="Another hotel worker tests positive in Melbourne. It’s time to move hotel quarantine out of cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/another-hotel-worker-tests-positive-in-melbourne-its-time-to-move-hotel-quarantine-out-of-cities-154820/" aria-label="Read more about Another hotel worker tests positive in Melbourne. It’s time to move hotel quarantine out of cities">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Bartlett, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle South Africa will pause its rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a small study suggested it offers minimal protection against mild and moderate infection from the South African coronavirus strain known as B.1.351. ... <a title="South Africa has paused AstraZeneca COVID vaccine rollout but it’s too early to say Australia should follow suit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/south-africa-has-paused-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-rollout-but-its-too-early-to-say-australia-should-follow-suit-154824/" aria-label="Read more about South Africa has paused AstraZeneca COVID vaccine rollout but it’s too early to say Australia should follow suit">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
By Jina Amba in Port Moresby The University of PNG has clarified that Papua New Guinea’s higher education loan programme (Help) is administered by a government department and not the university. Vice-chancellor Professor Frank Griffin said the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST) looked after the loan programme. He said UPNG had ... <a title="Griffin clarifies UPNG’s stance over higher education loan programme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/griffin-clarifies-upngs-stance-over-higher-education-loan-programme/" aria-label="Read more about Griffin clarifies UPNG’s stance over higher education loan programme">Read more</a>
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February 8, 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 Housing and inequality Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Reserve Bank repeatedly warned Government money printing would lead to house price inflation Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Revealed: The official advice Robertson ignored on how QE boosts house prices Talia ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 08 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-08-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 08 2021">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
By RNZ Pacific Micronesian leaders are to meet today to agree on a united response to the snub of their preferred candidate as Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) secretary-general last week. They say the rejection of Marshall Islands’ Gerald Zackios has led to division within the Pacific. PIF members voted in favour of former Cook Islands ... <a title="Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/micronesian-leaders-to-debate-leaving-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva Documents tabled at last week’s special council meeting of the University of the South Pacific suggest that plans to amend the contract of the university’s vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, prompted his forced deportation and that of his wife by Fiji government authorities on Thursday. Nauru President Lionel Aingimea, ... <a title="Fiji bought time to deport USP vice-chancellor and his wife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/fiji-bought-time-to-deport-usp-vice-chancellor-and-his-wife/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji bought time to deport USP vice-chancellor and his wife">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
OPEN LETTER: By USP staff, alumni and students Vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia has only been at the University of the South Pacific (USP) for three years – and each year, Fiji has attempted to “coup” him. The first was in August 2019, second in June 2020 and now February 2021. First, through a 16-page paper ... <a title="USP open letter: How Fiji infiltrated a campus and kidnapped a vice-chancellor in ‘Gestapo-style coup’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/usp-open-letter-how-fiji-infiltrated-a-campus-and-kidnapped-a-vice-chancellor-in-gestapo-style-coup/" aria-label="Read more about USP open letter: How Fiji infiltrated a campus and kidnapped a vice-chancellor in ‘Gestapo-style coup’">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuanming Wang, PhD student, University of Sydney We’ve all looked up at night and admired the brightly shining stars. Beyond making a gorgeous spectacle, measuring that light helps us learn about matter in our galaxy, the Milky Way. When astronomers add up all the matter detectable around ... <a title="5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/5-twinkling-galaxies-help-us-uncover-the-mystery-of-the-milky-ways-missing-matter-153650/" aria-label="Read more about 5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University The worst ever terrorist attack by an Australian didn’t take place in Australia, but it was very much made in Australia. The Australian man who shot dead 51 people and injured ... <a title="To shut down far-right extremism in Australia, we must confront the ecosystem of hate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/to-shut-down-far-right-extremism-in-australia-we-must-confront-the-ecosystem-of-hate-154269/" aria-label="Read more about To shut down far-right extremism in Australia, we must confront the ecosystem of hate">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Attwell, Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia As we prepare to roll out COVID-19 vaccines, we need to know where Australians stand. Our recent study shows that as the pandemic progresses, people we surveyed are becoming less certain about whether they’re willing to accept a vaccine. ... <a title="Yeh, nah, maybe. When it comes to accepting the COVID vaccine, it’s Australia’s fence-sitters we should pay attention to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/yeh-nah-maybe-when-it-comes-to-accepting-the-covid-vaccine-its-australias-fence-sitters-we-should-pay-attention-to-154554/" aria-label="Read more about Yeh, nah, maybe. When it comes to accepting the COVID vaccine, it’s Australia’s fence-sitters we should pay attention to">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow & Tritum E-Mobility Fellow, The University of Queensland The Morrison government on Friday released a plan to reduce carbon emissions from Australia’s road transport sector. Controversially, it ruled out consumer incentives to encourage electric vehicle uptake. The disappointing document is ... <a title="The US jumps on board the electric vehicle revolution, leaving Australia in the dust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/the-us-jumps-on-board-the-electric-vehicle-revolution-leaving-australia-in-the-dust-154566/" aria-label="Read more about The US jumps on board the electric vehicle revolution, leaving Australia in the dust">Read more</a>
