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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW’s Grand Challenges Program, UNSW The views of women and men can differ on important gendered issues such as abortion, gender equity and government spending priorities. Surprisingly, however, average differences in sex on this front are usually ... <a title="Family matters: why people can hold political views that disadvantage their own sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/family-matters-why-people-can-hold-political-views-that-disadvantage-their-own-sex-153302/" aria-label="Read more about Family matters: why people can hold political views that disadvantage their own sex">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer S. Hunt, Lecturer in National Security, Crawford School of Public Policy, 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 ... <a title="As Joe Biden prepares to become president, the US still reels from the deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/as-joe-biden-prepares-to-become-president-the-us-still-reels-from-the-deadly-consequences-of-alternative-facts-153449/" aria-label="Read more about As Joe Biden prepares to become president, the US still reels from the deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle In Australia and around the world, research is showing changes in body weight, cooking, eating and drinking patterns associated with COVID lockdowns. Some changes have been positive, such as people cooking at home more, and eating ... <a title="Not feeling motivated to tackle those sneaky COVID kilos? Try these 4 healthy eating tips instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/not-feeling-motivated-to-tackle-those-sneaky-covid-kilos-try-these-4-healthy-eating-tips-instead-152316/" aria-label="Read more about Not feeling motivated to tackle those sneaky COVID kilos? Try these 4 healthy eating tips instead">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hao Tan, Associate professor, University of Newcastle Australian coal exports to China plummeted last year. While this is due in part to recent trade tensions between Australia and China, our research suggests coal plant closures are a bigger threat to Australia’s export coal in the long term. ... <a title="Forget about the trade spat – coal is passé in much of China, and that’s a bigger problem for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/forget-about-the-trade-spat-coal-is-passe-in-much-of-china-and-thats-a-bigger-problem-for-australia-153300/" aria-label="Read more about Forget about the trade spat – coal is passé in much of China, and that’s a bigger problem for Australia">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asha Bowen, Head, Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute A year ago, in late January 2020, Australia reported its first cases of COVID-19. Since then, we have seen almost 29,000 confirmed cases and 909 deaths. As cases climbed in Australian cities in 2020, many students did their schoolwork ... <a title="Coronavirus: is it safe for kids to go back to school? And what about the new mutant strain?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/coronavirus-is-it-safe-for-kids-to-go-back-to-school-and-what-about-the-new-mutant-strain-152979/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: is it safe for kids to go back to school? And what about the new mutant strain?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne Political pressure forced the federal government in 2017 – when Scott Morrison was treasurer – to call the royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services sector. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne delivered 76 recommendations to reform ... <a title="Ideology triumphs over evidence: Morrison government drops the ball on banking reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/ideology-triumphs-over-evidence-morrison-government-drops-the-ball-on-banking-reform-153529/" aria-label="Read more about Ideology triumphs over evidence: Morrison government drops the ball on banking reform">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Ellis, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle The Rise and Fall of Saint George is a story about place, belonging and community that taps into universal tensions of identity and faith in multicultural societies. Playing for one night only at the ... <a title="Sydney Festival review: The Rise and Fall of Saint George shows the transformative power of music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/sydney-festival-review-the-rise-and-fall-of-saint-george-shows-the-transformative-power-of-music-153100/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Festival review: The Rise and Fall of Saint George shows the transformative power of music">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
By RNZ News An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial covid-19 outbreak, and criticised the World Health Organisation (WHO) for not declaring an international emergency until 30 January. The experts reviewing the global handling of the pandemic, led by former New Zealand ... <a title="Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/helen-clark-led-covid-19-review-panel-calls-for-global-reset-over-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Fiji’s NGO Coalition on Human Rights has called for stronger accountability and commitment to human rights at home in response to the country taking the world stage as the head of a UN body. The UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) elected Fiji’s ambassador Nazhat Shameem as its 2021 president on Friday. ... <a title="‘Walk the talk’ human rights warning from Fiji NGO over UN chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/walk-the-talk-human-rights-warning-from-fiji-ngo-over-un-chair/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Walk the talk’ human rights warning from Fiji NGO over UN chair">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago America is currently experiencing its worst political and constitutional crisis since the civil war when the very survival of Abraham Lincoln’s government “of, by and for the people” was at stake. On January 6, an armed mob ... <a title="Trumpism doesn’t end with Trump — NZ needs to take a firmer stand against a global threat to democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/trumpism-doesnt-end-with-trump-nz-needs-to-take-a-firmer-stand-against-a-global-threat-to-democracy-153194/" aria-label="Read more about Trumpism doesn’t end with Trump — NZ needs to take a firmer stand against a global threat to democracy">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonatan A Lassa, Senior Lecturer, Humanitarian Emergency and Disaster Management, College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society, Charles Darwin University News of storms battering parts of Queensland and the threat posed by Cyclone Kimi reminded me of a recent experience I’d had. A few months after Cyclone ... <a title="Caravan communities: older, underinsured and overexposed to cyclones, storms and disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/caravan-communities-older-underinsured-and-overexposed-to-cyclones-storms-and-disasters-151840/" aria-label="Read more about Caravan communities: older, underinsured and overexposed to cyclones, storms and disasters">Read more</a>
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January 19, 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 Parliament, government, and extremism Chris Trotter (Interest): Trump’s surprisingly large army of New Zealand supporters Jason Walls (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won’t say if she’s backing Chris Liddell for OECD’s top job Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Familiar titles ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 19 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-19-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 19 2021">Read more</a>
