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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has painted an optimistic view of where the Australian economy is heading after a turbulent 2021. Just how crazy last year was is highlighted by the differences between the bank’s forecasts at the start of ... <a title="Building back better: how RBA Governor Lowe sees the year ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/building-back-better-how-rba-governor-lowe-sees-the-year-ahead-176006/" aria-label="Read more about Building back better: how RBA Governor Lowe sees the year ahead">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Carrigy, Associate Director, Academic Programs, New York University Grace Costa/NFSA Review: Australians & Hollywood, National Film and Sound Archive Visitors are greeted in the foyer of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) by a life-size wax figure of the actor Eric Bana, on loan from ... <a title="Australians & Hollywood at the NFSA: Aussie talent has been making international waves for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/australians-and-hollywood-at-the-nfsa-aussie-talent-has-been-making-international-waves-for-decades-175643/" aria-label="Read more about Australians & Hollywood at the NFSA: Aussie talent has been making international waves for decades">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John McCarthy, ARC DECRA Fellow, Flinders University WikiCommons/Illustration by Samuel Atkins The Australian National Maritime Museum has announced a shipwreck found in Newport Harbour, off Rhode Island in the United States, has been confirmed as Captain Cook’s ship, HMB Endeavour. There have been very similar announcements made ... <a title="Has Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour been found? Debate rages but here’s what’s usually involved in identifying a shipwreck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/has-captain-cooks-ship-endeavour-been-found-debate-rages-but-heres-whats-usually-involved-in-identifying-a-shipwreck-176363/" aria-label="Read more about Has Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour been found? Debate rages but here’s what’s usually involved in identifying a shipwreck">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darryl Dymock, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Education, Griffith University Under Labor’s proposed Future Made in Australia Skills Plan, Australians studying in an industry with a skills shortage will be supported through the provision of free TAFE places. This will include 45,000 new places. If Labor does ... <a title="Who’ll teach all the students promised extra TAFE places? 4 steps to end staff shortages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/wholl-teach-all-the-students-promised-extra-tafe-places-4-steps-to-end-staff-shortages-175523/" aria-label="Read more about Who’ll teach all the students promised extra TAFE places? 4 steps to end staff shortages">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
RNZ News New Zealanders in Australia will be able to return home by the end of the month under a five-stage reopening plan announced by the government today. The first stages of the plan would see returning vaccinated New Zealanders able to go into self-isolation and taking a test on arrival, rather than going into ... <a title="Covid-19: Border to reopen for New Zealanders end of February" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/covid-19-border-to-reopen-for-new-zealanders-end-of-february/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Border to reopen for New Zealanders end of February">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Kay Nietfeld/AP Germany has announced plans for a new climate alliance between the world’s advanced economies – a move that promises to transform international climate action. This year, Germany is the president of the G7 – a key ... <a title="New German leader proposes a ‘climate club’ of leading economies that would punish free riders like Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/new-german-leader-proposes-a-climate-club-of-leading-economies-that-would-punish-free-riders-like-australia-175842/" aria-label="Read more about New German leader proposes a ‘climate club’ of leading economies that would punish free riders like Australia">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Hobbs, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney shutterstock Late last year, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele announced plans to build “Bitcoin City” – a tax-free territory in the country’s east. The city will use the cryptocurrency and be powered by the nearby Conchuagua volcano. According to ... <a title="‘Worthy of a Bond villain’: the bizarre history of libertarian attempts to create independent cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/worthy-of-a-bond-villain-the-bizarre-history-of-libertarian-attempts-to-create-independent-cities-173903/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Worthy of a Bond villain’: the bizarre history of libertarian attempts to create independent cities">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Edwards, Lecturer, Podiatric Surgery, La Trobe University Shutterstock Every day, parents around the world are told their child’s flat feet are normal and they will grow out of it. This isn’t true – they just grow up and out of their paediatricians’ practice. There’s no evidence ... <a title="No, children don’t magically ‘grow out’ of flat feet. Treatment is key to avoid long-term pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/no-children-dont-magically-grow-out-of-flat-feet-treatment-is-key-to-avoid-long-term-pain-176026/" aria-label="Read more about No, children don’t magically ‘grow out’ of flat feet. Treatment is key to avoid long-term pain">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron have escalated globally over the past two months, with many countries experiencing peaks higher than previous variants. Now we’re seeing cases of a sub-variant of Omicron, known as ... <a title="BA.2 is like Omicron’s sister. Here’s what we know about it so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/ba-2-is-like-omicrons-sister-heres-what-we-know-about-it-so-far-176137/" aria-label="Read more about BA.2 is like Omicron’s sister. Here’s what we know about it so far">Read more</a>
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February 3, 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 Unemployment insurance scheme Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Income insurance will prove one of the Government’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 3 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-3-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 3 2022">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Cavosie, Senior research fellow, Curtin University NASA Are we alone in the Universe? Billions of dollars are being spent trying to answer that simple question. The implications of finding evidence for life beyond Earth are staggering. The “before and after” mark would punctuate human history. ... <a title="We’ve found the first ever ‘shocked’ zircon crystal from Mars. It provides a new view on when conditions for life may have arisen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/weve-found-the-first-ever-shocked-zircon-crystal-from-mars-it-provides-a-new-view-on-when-conditions-for-life-may-have-arisen-176139/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve found the first ever ‘shocked’ zircon crystal from Mars. It provides a new view on when conditions for life may have arisen">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury Lynn Grieveson /Newsroom via Getty Images The controversy surrounding New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis, who has now accepted a place in border quarantine after initially seeking refuge in Afghanistan when her first application was declined, has highlighted confusion ... <a title="New Zealand’s border quarantine has intercepted thousands of COVID cases, but is it time to retire the flawed system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/new-zealands-border-quarantine-has-intercepted-thousands-of-covid-cases-but-is-it-time-to-retire-the-flawed-system-176144/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s border quarantine has intercepted thousands of COVID cases, but is it time to retire the flawed system?">Read more</a>
