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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen King, Adjunct professor, Monash University Across Australia, the rate of imprisonment has climbed by about 25% in the past decade, over a time in which the rate of offending has dived 18%. How can it be that we have less crime but more people in prison? ... <a title="More prison time for less crime, our swelling prisons are costing us dearly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/more-prison-time-for-less-crime-our-swelling-prisons-are-costing-us-dearly-170792/" aria-label="Read more about More prison time for less crime, our swelling prisons are costing us dearly">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shino Konishi, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Fireworks at the Sydney Opera House in 2001: the two symbols on the bridge are the Rainbow Serpent and the Star of Federation. Russell McPhedran/AAP Prior to colonisation there were approximately 250 different Aboriginal languages spoken by some 500 clans ... <a title="Friday essay: creation, destruction and appropriation – the powerful symbolism of the Rainbow Serpent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/friday-essay-creation-destruction-and-appropriation-the-powerful-symbolism-of-the-rainbow-serpent-169934/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: creation, destruction and appropriation – the powerful symbolism of the Rainbow Serpent">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the press gallery at Parliament House, there’s a bell that years ago was rung regularly to alert journalists to press conferences and statements. Email has made it an anachronism. But shortly before 8am on Thursday Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The weather gets choppy with Joyce and Morrison’s climate contradictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/grattan-on-friday-the-weather-gets-choppy-with-joyce-and-morrisons-climate-contradictions-170809/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The weather gets choppy with Joyce and Morrison’s climate contradictions">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jatin Kala, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA felllow, Murdoch University Supplied, Author provided In a few days world leaders will descend on Glasgow for the United Nations climate change talks. Much depends on it. We know climate change is already happening, and nowhere is the damage more ... <a title="Drying land and heating seas: why nature in Australia’s southwest is on the climate frontline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/drying-land-and-heating-seas-why-nature-in-australias-southwest-is-on-the-climate-frontline-170377/" aria-label="Read more about Drying land and heating seas: why nature in Australia’s southwest is on the climate frontline">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renzo Mori Junior, Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development, RMIT University Shutterstock Corporate Australia has of late become a strong voice for more action on climate change. Earlier this month the Business Council of Australia, which represents the nation’s 100 biggest companies, declared its support for the federal government ... <a title="Fewer than half of Australia’s 150 biggest companies have committed to zero emissions by 2050" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/fewer-than-half-of-australias-150-biggest-companies-have-committed-to-zero-emissions-by-2050-170457/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer than half of Australia’s 150 biggest companies have committed to zero emissions by 2050">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Mick Tsikas A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted October 21-24 from a sample of 1,603, gave the Coalition 37% of the primary vote (down two since September), Labor 34% (up three), the ... <a title="With Labor gaining in polls, is too much Barnaby Joyce hurting the Coalition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/with-labor-gaining-in-polls-is-too-much-barnaby-joyce-hurting-the-coalition-170629/" aria-label="Read more about With Labor gaining in polls, is too much Barnaby Joyce hurting the Coalition?">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Newhouse, Adjunct Professor of Law, Macquarie University Talei Elu The climate crisis threatens all life on our planet. Even the people who a few years ago were shouting from the rooftops that it was all a hoax have suddenly acknowledged the need for urgent action. But ... <a title="If governments fail to act, can the courts save our planet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/if-governments-fail-to-act-can-the-courts-save-our-planet-170713/" aria-label="Read more about If governments fail to act, can the courts save our planet?">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
RNZ News The New Zealand government revealed changes to MIQ (managed isolation and quarantine) today, with stays halving from 14 to seven days, followed by isolation at home for three days. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield gave today’s update on the government’s response to the Delta outbreak. There ... <a title="Stays in MIQ to be halved under NZ’s new system – 89 community cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/stays-in-miq-to-be-halved-under-nzs-new-system-89-community-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Stays in MIQ to be halved under NZ’s new system – 89 community cases">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Bagnall, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Tasmania Frederic Eggleston presented his credentials to Chinese President Lin Sen (林森) at an official reception in Chungking on 28 October 1941 Sydney Morning Herald, November 12 1941 Gough Whitlam’s visit to China in 1971 is an iconic moment ... <a title="The Chungking Legation: Australia’s first diplomatic mission to China, 80 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/the-chungking-legation-australias-first-diplomatic-mission-to-china-80-years-ago-169637/" aria-label="Read more about The Chungking Legation: Australia’s first diplomatic mission to China, 80 years ago">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Associate Provost, Research Partnerships, Victoria University Shutterstock Australian children aged five to 11 could begin receiving the Pfizer vaccine by the end of November, with the nation’s regulator currently reviewing the health and safety data. Pfizer submitted a partial application to ... <a title="COVID vaccines for 5 to 11 year olds are inching closer. Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/covid-vaccines-for-5-to-11-year-olds-are-inching-closer-heres-what-we-know-so-far-169732/" aria-label="Read more about COVID vaccines for 5 to 11 year olds are inching closer. Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Levickis, Senior Research Fellow, REEaCh (Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood) Hub, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Australian early childhood educators feel burnt out and undervalued. Our research reports on more than 200 educators’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed existing strains on the ... <a title="Early childhood educators feel burnt out and undervalued. Here’s what we can do to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/early-childhood-educators-feel-burnt-out-and-undervalued-heres-what-we-can-do-to-help-170091/" aria-label="Read more about Early childhood educators feel burnt out and undervalued. Here’s what we can do to help">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Analysis Keith Rankin. In its pandemic response, the New Zealand government has consistently been tardy, and then found itself playing catch-up, having to ‘go hard’ (indeed a ‘world-leading’ hardest) on account of its lack of preparedness. Further, having gone hard, there has always been an ambivalence about when the emergency period is over; an unwillingness ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19: Revaccinate Now, and address Influenza too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-revaccinate-now-and-address-influenza-too/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19: Revaccinate Now, and address Influenza too">Read more</a>
