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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Rose, Research fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock The Fair Work Commission’s ruling that Australian farm workers paid piece rates to pick fruit and vegetables must now get a base wage of $25.41 an hour is long overdue and absolutely necessary. In theory, anyone working in Australia ... <a title="Closing the loophole: a minimum wage for Australia’s farm workers is long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/closing-the-loophole-a-minimum-wage-for-australias-farm-workers-is-long-overdue-171291/" aria-label="Read more about Closing the loophole: a minimum wage for Australia’s farm workers is long overdue">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maggie Walter, Commissioner, Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, University of Tasmania Mural by Matt Adnate Shutterstock There can be no Treaty without truth. This simple but powerful statement is the reason for the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission’s mandate to reveal, record and analyse the systemic injustices experienced by Victorian First ... <a title="From dispossession to massacres, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission sets a new standard for truth-telling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/from-dispossession-to-massacres-the-yoo-rrook-justice-commission-sets-a-new-standard-for-truth-telling-170632/" aria-label="Read more about From dispossession to massacres, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission sets a new standard for truth-telling">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Jivacore / Shutterstock What is energy made of? — Ela, age 8, Melbourne Hi Ela! What a great question! For scientists, energy is not really a thing and so it isn’t made of something else, in the way a house ... <a title="Curious Kids: what is energy made of?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/curious-kids-what-is-energy-made-of-169940/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what is energy made of?">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. They talk about how Scott Morrison fared at the G20 Summit and the Glasgow Climate ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Scott Morrison’s foreign misadventure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/video-michelle-grattan-on-scott-morrisons-foreign-misadventure-171292/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Scott Morrison’s foreign misadventure">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Chand, Lecturer in Visual Communication Design, University of Newcastle Still : Andrew Glouberman, a character in the Netflix’s animated comedy Big Mouth watches a condom demonstration from mother. Animation and character design allow us to hold a mirror up to society. We get to see humanity, ... <a title="Big Mouth, an animated series about periods, masturbation and anxiety. What’s not to like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/big-mouth-an-animated-series-about-periods-masturbation-and-anxiety-whats-not-to-like-168849/" aria-label="Read more about Big Mouth, an animated series about periods, masturbation and anxiety. What’s not to like?">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Researcher, Climate Council, and Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University EPA The first week of the United Nations climate talks in Glasgow are drawing to a close. While there’s still a way to go, progress so far gives some hope the Paris climate agreement ... <a title="COP26: it’s half-time at the crucial Glasgow climate change summit – and here’s the score" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/cop26-its-half-time-at-the-crucial-glasgow-climate-change-summit-and-heres-the-score-170869/" aria-label="Read more about COP26: it’s half-time at the crucial Glasgow climate change summit – and here’s the score">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
A View from Afar - In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss two issues: the evolution of new generation attack drones; and the COP26 meeting in Glasgow this week. Specifically, Buchanan and Manning unpack: Whether Geopolitics has railroaded a broad-based consensus of climate interventionism; Why Russia and China abandoned the Cop26 multilateral forum?
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Di Yu, Professor of Immunology, The University of Queensland Shutterstock After COVID emerged, it didn’t take long for clinicians and scientists to notice the SARS-CoV-2 virus affects children and adults very differently. One of the earliest studies, from March 2020, reported 40–50% of infected children suffered cough ... <a title="Multisystem inflammatory syndrome after COVID in children is rare but makes the body fight itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/multisystem-inflammatory-syndrome-after-covid-in-children-is-rare-but-makes-the-body-fight-itself-166822/" aria-label="Read more about Multisystem inflammatory syndrome after COVID in children is rare but makes the body fight itself">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandre Wadih Raffoul, PhD Candidate, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University Young people across the world have taken to the streets again, demanding decision-makers at COP26 listen to the science. But if science is to live up to these expectations, a fundamental rethinking of research ... <a title="The climate crisis gives science a new role. Here’s how research ethics must change too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/the-climate-crisis-gives-science-a-new-role-heres-how-research-ethics-must-change-too-171201/" aria-label="Read more about The climate crisis gives science a new role. Here’s how research ethics must change too">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University Just 2% of the Great Barrier Reef remains untouched by bleaching since 1998 and 80% of individual reefs have bleached severely once, twice or three times since 2016, our new study reveals today. We measured the impacts of five marine ... <a title="5 major heatwaves in 30 years has turned the Great Barrier Reef into a bleached checkerboard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/5-major-heatwaves-in-30-years-has-turned-the-great-barrier-reef-into-a-bleached-checkerboard-170719/" aria-label="Read more about 5 major heatwaves in 30 years has turned the Great Barrier Reef into a bleached checkerboard">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Auckland border Guy Williams (Mountain Scene): Aucklanders in Queenstown before Christmas? 1 News: Govt ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 05 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-05-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 05 2021">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
By Kalino Latu in Auckland Health Ministry Chief Executive Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola says the ministry had not responded to allegations made on social media to protect the privacy of a suspected covid-19 patient. He said the ministry had been very careful not to release any information that might identify the person. He said the patient ... <a title="Tongan patient ‘should have been told not to release info’, says Health chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/tongan-patient-should-have-been-told-not-to-release-info-says-health-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan patient ‘should have been told not to release info’, says Health chief">Read more</a>
