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Year: 2021

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The nuclear weapons ban treaty is groundbreaking, even if the nuclear powers haven’t signed

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Today, many around the world will celebrate the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty to enter into force in 50 years. The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted at ... <a title="The nuclear weapons ban treaty is groundbreaking, even if the nuclear powers haven’t signed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/the-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty-is-groundbreaking-even-if-the-nuclear-powers-havent-signed-153197/" aria-label="Read more about The nuclear weapons ban treaty is groundbreaking, even if the nuclear powers haven’t signed">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Italy and Brazil – Three Perspectives

January 22, 2021

Analysis by Keith Rankin. With Covid19, Italy shows the classic European pattern, with its early outbreak, substantial recovery thanks to lockdowns and other public health measures, and resurgence thanks to complacency and summer mingling. Brazil, on the other hand, shows a pattern, even more extreme than the USA, of an outbreak that did not go away. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Italy and Brazil – Three Perspectives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-italy-and-brazil-three-perspectives/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Italy and Brazil – Three Perspectives">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2021

January 22, 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 Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour announces that it will make more housing announcements this year Zane Small and Conor Whitten (Newshub): Backlash over Labour’s public housing ‘re-announcement’ prompts firm defence from Jacinda Ardern Chris Trotter: The Economic consequences of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 22 2021">Read more</a>

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An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW This year has already seen significant progress in the government’s commitment to establish a body – a “Voice” – that would allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a say when the government and parliament make decisions and ... <a title="An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/an-indigenous-voice-must-be-enshrined-in-our-constitution-heres-why-153635/" aria-label="Read more about An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why">Read more</a>

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To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism

January 22, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of agonising free-speech dilemmas to which there are no easy answers. Do they allow a president of the United States to use their platforms to falsely and provocatively claim ... <a title="To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/to-publish-or-not-to-publish-the-medias-free-speech-dilemmas-in-a-world-of-division-violence-and-extremism/" aria-label="Read more about To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism">Read more</a>

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Why are Japan’s leaders clinging to their Olympic hopes? Their political fortunes depend on it

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University With the spread of COVID-19 steadily worsening in Japan since the onset of winter — daily records for infections and deaths continue to be broken — the fate of the Tokyo Summer Olympics is again very much ... <a title="Why are Japan’s leaders clinging to their Olympic hopes? Their political fortunes depend on it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/why-are-japans-leaders-clinging-to-their-olympic-hopes-their-political-fortunes-depend-on-it-153533/" aria-label="Read more about Why are Japan’s leaders clinging to their Olympic hopes? Their political fortunes depend on it">Read more</a>

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4 of our greatest achievements in vaccine science (that led to COVID vaccines)

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University All eyes are on COVID-19 vaccines, with Australia’s first expected to be approved for use shortly. But their development in record time, without compromising on safety, wouldn’t have been ... <a title="4 of our greatest achievements in vaccine science (that led to COVID vaccines)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/4-of-our-greatest-achievements-in-vaccine-science-that-led-to-covid-vaccines-153307/" aria-label="Read more about 4 of our greatest achievements in vaccine science (that led to COVID vaccines)">Read more</a>

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Wetlands have saved Australia $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Obadiah Mulder, PhD Candidate in Computational Biology, University of Southern California Australia is in the midst of tropical cyclone season. As we write, a cyclone is forming off Western Australia’s Pilbara coast, and earlier in the week Queenslanders were bracing for a cyclone in the state’s far ... <a title="Wetlands have saved Australia $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/wetlands-have-saved-australia-27-billion-in-storm-damage-over-the-past-five-decades-153638/" aria-label="Read more about Wetlands have saved Australia $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades">Read more</a>

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Back to school: how to help your teen get enough sleep

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynette Vernon, School of Education – VC Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University When the holidays end, barring a fresh outbreak of COVID-19, teenagers across Australia will head back to school. Some will bounce out of bed well before the alarm goes off, excited to start a new ... <a title="Back to school: how to help your teen get enough sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/back-to-school-how-to-help-your-teen-get-enough-sleep-153624/" aria-label="Read more about Back to school: how to help your teen get enough sleep">Read more</a>

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Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW In an age of hyperpartisan politics, the Biden presidency offers a welcome centrism that might help bridge the divides. But it is also Biden’s economic centrism that offers a chance to cut through what has become an increasingly polarised approach to ... <a title="Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/bidens-economic-centrism-isnt-exciting-but-right-for-these-divisive-times-153647/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times">Read more</a>

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The rise and rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Twenty years ago, on January 25 2001, a virtually unknown German supermarket chain quietly opened its first stores in Australia. The two stores – one in Sydney’s inner-west suburb of Marrickville, the other in the ... <a title="The rise and rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/the-rise-and-rise-of-aldi-two-decades-that-changed-supermarket-shopping-in-australia-152822/" aria-label="Read more about The rise and rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia">Read more</a>

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The subtle sophistication of Bluey’s soundtrack helped propel it to stardom

January 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Bluey is easily the most successful Australian television show of the last decade. A record-breaking success for its local broadcaster the ABC, as well as production partners BBC Studios and Screen Australia, Bluey now has a global ... <a title="The subtle sophistication of Bluey’s soundtrack helped propel it to stardom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/the-subtle-sophistication-of-blueys-soundtrack-helped-propel-it-to-stardom-153102/" aria-label="Read more about The subtle sophistication of Bluey’s soundtrack helped propel it to stardom">Read more</a>