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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew S. Champion, Senior Research Fellow in Medieval Studies, Australian Catholic University It’s the time of year when we Australians start returning to our normal rhythms. The first beats of the day are often the dreaded beeps of the alarm clock or a digital symphony from a ... <a title="Wakey wakey: a history of alarm clocks and the mechanics of time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/wakey-wakey-a-history-of-alarm-clocks-and-the-mechanics-of-time-153716/" aria-label="Read more about Wakey wakey: a history of alarm clocks and the mechanics of time">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The first Newspoll of 2021 has the major parties tied at 50-50 on two-party preferred, a one-point gain for Labor since the final 2020 Newspoll in late November. The poll was conducted January 27-30 from ... <a title="Polls say Labor and Coalition in a 50-50 tie, Trump set to be acquitted by US Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/polls-say-labor-and-coalition-in-a-50-50-tie-trump-set-to-be-acquitted-by-us-senate-154370/" aria-label="Read more about Polls say Labor and Coalition in a 50-50 tie, Trump set to be acquitted by US Senate">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Fellow, Grattan Institute Political parties in Australia collectively received $168 million in donations for the financial year 2019-20. Today, Australians finally get to see where some of the money came from with the release of data from the Australian Electoral Commission. While the big donors ... <a title="More than half of funding for the major parties remains secret — and this is how they want it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/more-than-half-of-funding-for-the-major-parties-remains-secret-and-this-is-how-they-want-it-154364/" aria-label="Read more about More than half of funding for the major parties remains secret — and this is how they want it">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Romero Macau, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Global Logistics, Edith Cowan University I live in Perth. Like most people here, on Sunday I was ready for a busy week of getting the kids to school, going to work, visiting the gym and so on. ... <a title="‘Panic-buying’ events are the new normal; here’s how supply chains have adapted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/panic-buying-events-are-the-new-normal-heres-how-supply-chains-have-adapted-154362/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Panic-buying’ events are the new normal; here’s how supply chains have adapted">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney The human and environmental cost of climate change is all around us, and on the rise. The UN reports about 90% of all disasters are weather-related, and that weather and climate are major drivers of ... <a title="You can’t talk about disaster risk reduction without talking about inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/you-cant-talk-about-disaster-risk-reduction-without-talking-about-inequality-153189/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t talk about disaster risk reduction without talking about inequality">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
By RNZ Pacific The intensity of Cyclone Ana surprised many in Fiji which was hammered with 140km/hr gusts and heavy rain over the weekend. The storm developed into a Category 2 storm after initially sweeping past the Yasawas as a Category 1 system. It proceeded to cut a swathe through the northern and eastern parts ... <a title="Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/intensity-of-cyclone-ana-hammering-of-fiji-catches-many-by-surprise/" aria-label="Read more about Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise">Read more</a>
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February 1, 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 Climate change Henry Cooke (Stuff): Climate Change Commission confirms real Government action will be a minefield David Williams (Newsroom): NZ reacts to major climate report Justin Giovannetti (Spinoff): New Zealand roadmap to net zero revealed on historic day. Here’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 01 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-01-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 01 2021">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven David Hitchcock, Lecturer, University of Sydney In her new book, Can’t Even, American journalist Anne Helen Peterson writes of how Millennials have become “the burnout generation”. [It’s] feeling that you’ve hit the wall exhaustion-wise, but then have to scale the wall and just keep going. There’s ... <a title="Millennials are not the only ‘burnout generation’ (just ask the rest of us)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/millennials-are-not-the-only-burnout-generation-just-ask-the-rest-of-us-147089/" aria-label="Read more about Millennials are not the only ‘burnout generation’ (just ask the rest of us)">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Karystianis, Research fellow, UNSW Rare access to almost half a million police reports of domestic violence has revealed a hidden picture of mental health issues in perpetrators and victims. This is academics’ first attempt in the world to use computers to mine the text of so ... <a title="We analysed almost 500,000 police reports of domestic violence. Mental health was an issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/we-analysed-almost-500-000-police-reports-of-domestic-violence-mental-health-was-an-issue-153649/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed almost 500,000 police reports of domestic violence. Mental health was an issue">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Grant, Palliative Medicine Physician, Research Fellow, Monash University From today (February 1), when you receive a prescription in Australia, it will list the name of the medication’s active ingredient rather than the brand name. So, for example, instead of receiving a prescription for Ventolin, your script ... <a title="Doctors must now prescribe drugs using their chemical name, not brand names. That’s good news for patients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/doctors-must-now-prescribe-drugs-using-their-chemical-name-not-brand-names-thats-good-news-for-patients-153796/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors must now prescribe drugs using their chemical name, not brand names. That’s good news for patients">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Gore, Laureate Professor of Education, University of Newcastle There have been some reports students fell behind during the remote learning period in 2020. For instance, a report by the NSW education department found NSW students in year 3 were up to four months behind in reading ... <a title="Remote learning didn’t affect most NSW primary students in our study academically. But well-being suffered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/remote-learning-didnt-affect-most-nsw-primary-students-in-our-study-academically-but-well-being-suffered-154171/" aria-label="Read more about Remote learning didn’t affect most NSW primary students in our study academically. But well-being suffered">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Doyle, Associate Professor of Media, Macquarie University In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on the page and on screen. I’ve always preferred my fictional detectives on the weirder side. Like the sour-tempered narrator of Derek Raymond’s Factory Series. Everyone hates the bloke. ... <a title="My favourite detective: Claire DeWitt’s personal loss and blackout hours make her weirdly compelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/my-favourite-detective-claire-dewitts-personal-loss-and-blackout-hours-make-her-weirdly-compelling-149622/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: Claire DeWitt’s personal loss and blackout hours make her weirdly compelling">Read more</a>
