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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society Senior Deputy Editor ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Anthony Albanese’s challenge is to define himself to voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/word-from-the-hill-anthony-albaneses-challenge-is-to-define-himself-to-voters-175843/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Anthony Albanese’s challenge is to define himself to voters">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marco Amati, Associate Professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Shutterstock Biological metaphors for the city abound in daily use. You may live close to an “arterial” road or in the “heart” of a metropolis. You may work in one of the city’s “nerve ... <a title="Hearts, cells and mud: how biology helps humans re-imagine our cities in vexed times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/hearts-cells-and-mud-how-biology-helps-humans-re-imagine-our-cities-in-vexed-times-173325/" aria-label="Read more about Hearts, cells and mud: how biology helps humans re-imagine our cities in vexed times">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Neil Young has given Spotify an ultimatum: remove the Joe Rogan Experience podcast or Neil Young walks. In a letter to his management team and label, the 79-year-old rocker lambasted Spotify for spreading Rogan’s misinformation about COVID vaccinations. ... <a title="Neil Young’s ultimatum to Spotify shows streaming platforms are now a battleground where artists can leverage power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/neil-youngs-ultimatum-to-spotify-shows-streaming-platforms-are-now-a-battleground-where-artists-can-leverage-power-175732/" aria-label="Read more about Neil Young’s ultimatum to Spotify shows streaming platforms are now a battleground where artists can leverage power">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Russell, Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist; vaccinologist, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Schools will open for term one across Australia next week – except in Queensland which has delayed the start of the school year. As as the country battles a wave of ... <a title="Test all students and staff twice a week, or only close contacts? States have different school plans – here’s what they mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/test-all-students-and-staff-twice-a-week-or-only-close-contacts-states-have-different-school-plans-heres-what-they-mean-175514/" aria-label="Read more about Test all students and staff twice a week, or only close contacts? States have different school plans – here’s what they mean">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Cooke, Associate Professor of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University In December 1938, Yorta Yorta man William Cooper took part in a protest organised by the Australian Aborigines’ League to deliver a letter to the German consulate in Melbourne condemning the “cruel persecution of the ... <a title="New research shows few Australians know about our own connections to the Holocaust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/new-research-shows-few-australians-know-about-our-own-connections-to-the-holocaust-175325/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows few Australians know about our own connections to the Holocaust">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific regional correspondent The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed that the atoll island nation has surpassed 100 covid-19 cases after it recorded 37 new positive infections yesterday. There are 116 people infected on Tarawa – 36 imported and 80 local cases. Nine new cases have been found in Butaritari Island, prompting ... <a title="Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/kiribati-confirms-more-than-100-covid-19-cases-new-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
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 Govt Omicron strategy Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government off to slow start with Omicron, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-27-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2022">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor New Zealand could be facing 50,000 daily omicron infections by Waitangi weekend, according to modelling by US-based health research organisation, peaking at about 80,000 each day just a few weeks later. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) projections, updated last Thursday, predicts an outbreak in New ... <a title="Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/omicron-modelling-suggests-nz-could-face-peak-of-80000-daily-infections/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University We woke to the news yesterday that the Australian government has negotiated with the designer of the Aboriginal flag Harold Thomas, and copyright for the flag will be transferred to the Commonwealth. The government has now stated the flag is freely available for public use. Prime Minister Scott Morrison ... <a title="Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to us, not the Commonwealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/dont-say-the-aboriginal-flag-was-freed-it-belongs-to-us-not-the-commonwealth/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to us, not the Commonwealth">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
PNG Post-Courier A Supreme Court ordered mass eviction of settlers on land between Papua New Guinea’s University of PNG, Gerehu Stage 3B and Morata stage one in the National Capital District has been stopped at the 11th hour by Chief of Police Operations and Deputy Police Commissioner Operations Anton Billie. Deputy Commissioner Billie’s orders to ... <a title="Lawyers threaten PNG police with contempt over settlers eviction halt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/lawyers-threaten-png-police-with-contempt-over-settlers-eviction-halt/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyers threaten PNG police with contempt over settlers eviction halt">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
By Luke Rawalai in Suva Fiji has recorded 987 covid-19 cases, says Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr James Fong who says the latest deaths are a “stark reminder” of the seriousness of the pandemic. Fiji’s government reported on Monday 11 more people had died from covid-19, including a four-month-old girl and 15-year-old boy. Dr ... <a title="Fiji deaths ‘a stark reminder’ of the seriousness of the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/fiji-deaths-a-stark-reminder-of-the-seriousness-of-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji deaths ‘a stark reminder’ of the seriousness of the pandemic">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato As the New Zealand government prepares to deal with a looming omicron outbreak, this will not be the only major issue it will have to tackle this year. The year 2022 will be important for environmental and climate action. Several key developments are expected throughout the year, both ... <a title="Covid will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face the ‘triple planetary crisis’ this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/covid-will-dominate-but-new-zealand-will-also-have-to-face-the-triple-planetary-crisis-this-year/" aria-label="Read more about Covid will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face the ‘triple planetary crisis’ this year">Read more</a>
