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January 9, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In my latest charts, I include a robust set of estimates of actual proportion of people who have – or have had – Covid19. The principal basis for these estimates is the number of deaths being recorded. Using the appropriate log scale for such charts, we can see that Belgium’s ‘second ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Belgium and Ireland – Three Perspectives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/09/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-belgium-and-ireland-three-perspectives/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Belgium and Ireland – Three Perspectives">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Greater Brisbane’s 72-hour COVID lockdown, which takes effect at 6pm on Friday, has a crucial difference from the months-long lockdown endured by Melbourne earlier this year, or the current restrictions aimed at stamping out Sydney’s COVID clusters. In Brisbane’s case, ... <a title="Brisbane’s COVID lockdown has a crucial difference: it aims to squash an outbreak before it even starts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/brisbanes-covid-lockdown-has-a-crucial-difference-it-aims-to-squash-an-outbreak-before-it-even-starts-152892/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane’s COVID lockdown has a crucial difference: it aims to squash an outbreak before it even starts">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Maund, Research Affiliate, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle In cities around the world, temperatures could rise by more than 4℃ by 2100 under a high-emissions climate change scenario, suggests research published this week in Nature Climate Change. It comes as the Bureau ... <a title="Cities could get more than 4°C hotter by 2100. To keep cool in Australia, we urgently need a national planning policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/cities-could-get-more-than-4-c-hotter-by-2100-to-keep-cool-in-australia-we-urgently-need-a-national-planning-policy-152680/" aria-label="Read more about Cities could get more than 4°C hotter by 2100. To keep cool in Australia, we urgently need a national planning policy">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Clift, Teaching Fellow and PhD candidate, University of Melbourne Nearly overshadowed by the chaos in the US this week was a dramatic escalation of the crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Authorities arrested more than 50 pro-democracy figures in early morning raids under the territory’s ... <a title="With mass arrests, running for office in Hong Kong is now not only futile, it can be criminal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/with-mass-arrests-running-for-office-in-hong-kong-is-now-not-only-futile-it-can-be-criminal-152755/" aria-label="Read more about With mass arrests, running for office in Hong Kong is now not only futile, it can be criminal">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordan McSwiney, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Hundreds of pro-Trump rioters today charged into the US Capitol, where Congress was set to certify Joe Biden’s presidency. Four people have reportedly died in relation to this protest, including a woman who was shot. The protesters included “Proud Boys”, ... <a title="Why were the Capitol rioters so angry? Because they’re scared of losing grip on their perverse idea of democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/why-were-the-capitol-rioters-so-angry-because-theyre-scared-of-losing-grip-on-their-perverse-idea-of-democracy-152812/" aria-label="Read more about Why were the Capitol rioters so angry? Because they’re scared of losing grip on their perverse idea of democracy">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has locked his account, with 88.7 million followers, for 12 hours. Facebook and Instagram quickly followed suit, locking Trump’s accounts — with 35.2 million followers and 24.5 million, respectively — for ... <a title="Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait for the Capitol riot?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/social-media-giants-have-finally-confronted-trumps-lies-but-why-wait-for-the-capitol-riot/" aria-label="Read more about Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait for the Capitol riot?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter American expats are feeling grateful to be living in Aotearoa after watching the chaos and violence unfold at the Capitol building in Washington. Madeline Nash, her husband, and her two children looked at moving to New Zealand after the 2016 presidential election. Her eldest child was just about to ... <a title="‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/theyre-trying-to-tear-down-the-country-says-us-expat-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By David Smith, University of Sydney After weeks of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud and other improprieties costing him the presidential election, Washington erupted in chaos today as his supporters stormed the Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the results. While shocking to watch, in hindsight, today’s riots ... <a title="‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’ – behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/delighting-in-causing-complete-chaos-behind-trump-supporters-brazen-storming-of-the-capitol/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’ – behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Htwe Htwe Thein, Associate professor, Curtin University Myanmar’s transition from five decades of military rule is a work in progress. Despite the junta’s formal dissolution in 2010, the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and democratic reforms allowing National League Democracy to ... <a title="Ethical minefields: the dirty business of doing deals with Myanmar’s military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/ethical-minefields-the-dirty-business-of-doing-deals-with-myanmars-military-152318/" aria-label="Read more about Ethical minefields: the dirty business of doing deals with Myanmar’s military">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophia Nimphius, Professor of Human Performance, Edith Cowan University Review: Girls Can’t Surf, directed by Christopher Nelius The documentary Girls Can’t Surf spans the 1980s and early 1990s as women surfers battled in and out of the ocean. It has the predictable surf movie elements — a ... <a title="Girls Can’t Surf shows how determined women battled sexism in their sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/girls-cant-surf-shows-how-determined-women-battled-sexism-in-their-sport-151919/" aria-label="Read more about Girls Can’t Surf shows how determined women battled sexism in their sport">Read more</a>
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January 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 US politics and NZ Marc Daalder (Newsroom): It could happen here Matthew Hooton (Herald): Capitol Riot confirms Donald Trump leaves office as worst President in history (paywalled) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Kiwi Chris Liddell weighs up resigning as Trump’s deputy chief ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 8 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-8-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 8 2021">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout will now begin in mid- to late February. Vaccination will commence with workers dealing with international arrivals or quarantine facilities, frontline health workers and those living in aged care or with ... <a title="Australia’s vaccine rollout will now start next month. Here’s what we’ll need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/australias-vaccine-rollout-will-now-start-next-month-heres-what-well-need-152612/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s vaccine rollout will now start next month. Here’s what we’ll need">Read more</a>
