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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Vaux, Medical Researcher, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Shutterstock The Swedish government established a national Research Misconduct Board in 2020, after concluding institutions couldn’t be trusted to investigate allegations of serious research misconduct themselves. This followed botched investigations into the conduct of surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who ... <a title="Australia needs an Office for Research Integrity to catch up with the rest of the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/australia-needs-an-office-for-research-integrity-to-catch-up-with-the-rest-of-the-world-176019/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs an Office for Research Integrity to catch up with the rest of the world">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The leaking and use of text messages purportedly between former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian and a member of federal cabinet, in which Prime Minister Scott Morrison is described as “a horrible, horrible ... <a title="Texts reportedly referring to Scott Morrison as a ‘psycho’ are in the public interest – but ethical questions remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/texts-reportedly-referring-to-scott-morrison-as-a-psycho-are-in-the-public-interest-but-ethical-questions-remain-176243/" aria-label="Read more about Texts reportedly referring to Scott Morrison as a ‘psycho’ are in the public interest – but ethical questions remain">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists Three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the kingdom of Tonga bringing the total number to five as the country went into a five-day lockdown. In a press conference in Nuku’alofa yesterday afternoon, Tonga’s Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku said that a woman and her two children ... <a title="Three new covid-19 cases in Tonga as kingdom enters lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/three-new-covid-19-cases-in-tonga-as-kingdom-enters-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Three new covid-19 cases in Tonga as kingdom enters lockdown">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand is shortening the gap between second and third doses of the covid-19 vaccine from four months to three, the government has announced. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield made the announcement this afternoon. Ardern said Cabinet made the decision on the ... <a title="NZ shortens vaccine booster interval to 3 months for omicron ‘head start’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/nz-shortens-vaccine-booster-interval-to-3-months-for-omicron-head-start/" aria-label="Read more about NZ shortens vaccine booster interval to 3 months for omicron ‘head start’">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Matthew Hobbs, University of Canterbury; Anna Howe, University of Auckland, and Lukas Marek, University of Canterbury Within a month of the first community exposure to omicron in Aotearoa New Zealand, the variant has already become the dominant strain of covid-19. We are yet to see the rapid and steep rise in new omicron ... <a title="Most challenging phase of omicron outbreak yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/most-challenging-phase-of-omicron-outbreak-yet-to-come-but-new-zealand-may-be-better-prepared-than-most/" aria-label="Read more about Most challenging phase of omicron outbreak yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than most">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
OPEN LETTER: A reply to New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis from Afghanistani mother and former broadcaster Muzhgan Samarqandi My name is Muzhgan Samarqandi and I am from Baghlan, Afghanistan, but living in New Zealand with my Kiwi husband and our son. Like Charlotte Bellis, I too was a broadcaster in Afghanistan, back when this was ... <a title="Muzhgan Samarqandi: MIQ debate trivialises the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/muzhgan-samarqandi-miq-debate-trivialises-the-plight-of-women-and-girls-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about Muzhgan Samarqandi: MIQ debate trivialises the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A global Papuan students abroad umbrella organisation has appealed for a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to air their grievances over changes to the scholarship system which they say are unfairly impacting on their studies. In a statement today responding to a letter by the Indonesian Ambassador to New Zealand ... <a title="Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/papuan-students-appeal-for-meeting-with-president-jokowi-to-air-grievances/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A flurry of categorical denials by senior ministers has followed the report that a current Liberal cabinet minister described Scott Morrison as a “psycho” in a text exchange with then NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian during the summer bushfires of 2019-20. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison a ‘psycho’ – now who would have said that?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/view-from-the-hill-morrison-a-psycho-now-who-would-have-said-that-176259/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison a ‘psycho’ – now who would have said that?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock With the surge in Omicron cases, doctors are finding presentations of croup in children seeking hospital care for COVID in Australia and internationally. In some cases, children ... <a title="My child has croup. Could it be COVID? What do I need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/my-child-has-croup-could-it-be-covid-what-do-i-need-to-know-176141/" aria-label="Read more about My child has croup. Could it be COVID? What do I need to know?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 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 Philip Lowe sees the year ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/building-back-better-how-rba-governor-philip-lowe-sees-the-year-ahead-176006/" aria-label="Read more about Building back better: how RBA Governor Philip Lowe sees the year ahead">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Shutterstock Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too? Federal Labor is certainly giving it a go by supporting government plans for a fossil gas/diesel peaking plant in the Hunter Valley currently under construction – ... <a title="Labor’s plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/labors-plan-to-green-the-kurri-kurri-gas-power-plant-makes-no-sense-176157/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Joe Rogan Experience/YouTube Joe Rogan is described on his website as “stand up comic, mixed martial arts fanatic, psychedelic adventurer, host of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.” It’s the last of these that has really made his ... <a title="Who is Joe Rogan, and why does Spotify love him so much?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/who-is-joe-rogan-and-why-does-spotify-love-him-so-much-176014/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Joe Rogan, and why does Spotify love him so much?">Read more</a>
