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January 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zareh Ghazarian, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University Despite many young Australians having a deep interest in political issues, most teenagers have a limited understanding about their nation’s democratic system. Results from the 2019 National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship (NAP-CC) released today show ... <a title="Young Australians remain ill-equipped to participate in Australian democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/young-australians-remain-ill-equipped-to-participate-in-australian-democracy-153536/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians remain ill-equipped to participate in Australian democracy">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Last week, the McIver’s Ladies Baths in Sydney came under fire for their (since removed) policy stating “only transgender women who’ve undergone a gender reassignment surgery are allowed entry”. The policy was seemingly in defiance of New ... <a title="The open Australian beach is a myth: not everyone can access these spaces equally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/the-open-australian-beach-is-a-myth-not-everyone-can-access-these-spaces-equally-153378/" aria-label="Read more about The open Australian beach is a myth: not everyone can access these spaces equally">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
By Lorraine Ecarma in Cebu City The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will continue to stand against any threats to human rights, chancellor Clement Camposano has declared in response to the termination of a long-standing accord preventing military incursion on campus. In a Facebook post, Camposano said the academic freedom in the university was ... <a title="Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/chancellor-defends-up-as-bastion-of-academic-freedom-against-military/" aria-label="Read more about Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful transfer of power. This year, the scene looks a bit different. If the last US presidential inauguration in 2017 debuted the phrase “alternative facts”, the 2021 inauguration represents their deadly ... <a title="As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/as-joe-biden-becomes-president-us-still-reels-from-deadly-consequences-of-alternative-facts/" aria-label="Read more about As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby In spite of Papua New Guinea’s mandatory mask-wearing requirement under the National Pandemic Act 2020, many public servants attending a dedication service in Port Moresby have failed to wear one. They were issued masks before entering the Sir John Guise Indoor Complex but took them off once inside. Pandemic ... <a title="Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/papua-new-guineans-defy-national-mask-wearing-rules-in-spite-of-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University How do scabs form? — Talila, aged 8 Great question, Talila! Our skin has many different jobs. One is to act as a barrier, protecting us from harmful things in the outside world. Sometimes when we cut ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do scabs form?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/curious-kids-how-do-scabs-form-151586/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do scabs form?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Buiten, Senior Lecturer in Social Justice and Sociology, University of Notre Dame Australia On average, one child is killed by a parent almost every fortnight in Australia. Last week, three children — Claire, 7, Anna, 5, and Matthew, 3 — were included in this terrible number. ... <a title="Men and women kill their children in roughly equal numbers, and we need to understand why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/men-and-women-kill-their-children-in-roughly-equal-numbers-and-we-need-to-understand-why-153527/" aria-label="Read more about Men and women kill their children in roughly equal numbers, and we need to understand why">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Professor and Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington We will not be able to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us until the world’s population is mostly immune through vaccination or previous exposure to the ... <a title="The big barriers to global vaccination: patent rights, national self-interest and the wealth gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/the-big-barriers-to-global-vaccination-patent-rights-national-self-interest-and-the-wealth-gap-153443/" aria-label="Read more about The big barriers to global vaccination: patent rights, national self-interest and the wealth gap">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne At 4am Thursday AEDT, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be inaugurated as president and vice president of the United States, replacing Donald Trump and Mike Pence. What follows is a discussion of US political ... <a title="After riots, Donald Trump leaves office with under 40% approval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/after-riots-donald-trump-leaves-office-with-under-40-approval-153442/" aria-label="Read more about After riots, Donald Trump leaves office with under 40% approval">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Britta Denise Hardesty, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, CSIRO Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs economies up to US$50 billion globally each year, and makes up to one-fifth of the global catch. It’s a huge problem not only for the 59.5 million people who depend ... <a title="Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/crimes-at-sea-when-we-frame-illegal-fishers-as-human-and-drug-smugglers-everyone-loses-152231/" aria-label="Read more about Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Verica Rupar, Professor, Auckland University of Technology “The lie outlasts the liar,” writes historian Timothy Snyder, referring to outgoing president Donald Trump and his contribution to the “post-truth” era in the US. Indeed, the mass rejection of reason that erupted in a political mob storming Capitol Hill ... <a title="Trump’s time is up, but his Twitter legacy lives on in the global spread of QAnon conspiracy theories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/trumps-time-is-up-but-his-twitter-legacy-lives-on-in-the-global-spread-of-qanon-conspiracy-theories-153298/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s time is up, but his Twitter legacy lives on in the global spread of QAnon conspiracy theories">Read more</a>
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January 20, 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 Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public housing waitlist grows by 1000 in two months to new record high as high rents hit the poor Jason Walls (Herald): The Crown spent $16.5 million in four years on motels ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 20 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-20-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 20 2021">Read more</a>
