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February 23, 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 Parliamentary Grounds occupation and mandates: Analysis Toby Manhire (The Spinoff): Divided? Splintered? What the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 23 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-23-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 23 2022">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kendall, PhD Candidate in Law, The University of Queensland James Ross/AAP ASIO chief Mike Burgess recently revealed the security agency had detected and disrupted a foreign interference plot in the lead-up to an Australian election. He warned Australia was seeing foreign interference attempts “at all levels ... <a title="Why Australia’s tough national security laws cannot stop foreign interference in our elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/why-australias-tough-national-security-laws-cannot-stop-foreign-interference-in-our-elections-177451/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia’s tough national security laws cannot stop foreign interference in our elections">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Sprajcer, Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock A new survey of Australian adults has found your relationship status can impact how well you sleep. We know based on previous research that sleeping next to someone can help you sleep better – but this is the first ... <a title="New survey shows your relationship status tallies with how well you sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/new-survey-shows-your-relationship-status-tallies-with-how-well-you-sleep-176977/" aria-label="Read more about New survey shows your relationship status tallies with how well you sleep">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Crawford, Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, Academic Division, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Imagine some of the key evidence for promotions at work being anonymous responses from coworkers who just received a bad performance evaluation from you. Something similar happens in higher education, with teachers rated by ... <a title="Yes, uni students say some awful things in teaching surveys, so how can we use them to improve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/yes-uni-students-say-some-awful-things-in-teaching-surveys-so-how-can-we-use-them-to-improve-177155/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, uni students say some awful things in teaching surveys, so how can we use them to improve?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Whether or not recent (if limited) polling accurately reflects sympathy for the protest, the current spectacle in parliament’s grounds will be worrying Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government – not least for its suggestion the “team of five million” ... <a title="Mid-term pressures test Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government, but National must still find the new political centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/mid-term-pressures-test-jacinda-arderns-labour-government-but-national-must-still-find-the-new-political-centre-177057/" aria-label="Read more about Mid-term pressures test Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government, but National must still find the new political centre">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland Shutterstock/ktsdesign Genomic sequencing has been a key tool throughout Aotearoa’s COVID-19 pandemic, with data generated here now part of the 8.5 million genomes shared globally. It has helped us understand how cases arrived here and the extent of community outbreaks. ... <a title="As New Zealand’s Omicron infections rise rapidly, genome surveillance is shifting gears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/as-new-zealands-omicron-infections-rise-rapidly-genome-surveillance-is-shifting-gears-177441/" aria-label="Read more about As New Zealand’s Omicron infections rise rapidly, genome surveillance is shifting gears">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexis Vassiley, Research Associate, Centre for Work and Wellbeing, Edith Cowan University original About 3 million Australian workers lack job security. An estimated 2.4 million – 20% to 25% of the total workforce – are casual workers, with no paid leave entitlements. A further 500,000 are on ... <a title="Why insecure work is finally being recognised as a health hazard for some Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/why-insecure-work-is-finally-being-recognised-as-a-health-hazard-for-some-australians-177153/" aria-label="Read more about Why insecure work is finally being recognised as a health hazard for some Australians">Read more</a>
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February 22, 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. This week Michelle speaks with politics + society editor ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Australian politics in an uncertain world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/word-from-the-hill-australian-politics-in-an-uncertain-world-177622/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Australian politics in an uncertain world">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock We are about to find out whether we’ll lose a tax break worth up to $1,080 a year. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he hadn’t “made any final decision” on the A$7.8 billion per year ... <a title="This pointless $1,080 tax break should have ended years ago – but has become hard to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/this-pointless-1-080-tax-break-should-have-ended-years-ago-but-has-become-hard-to-stop-177546/" aria-label="Read more about This pointless $1,080 tax break should have ended years ago – but has become hard to stop">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock We are about to find out whether we’ll lose a tax break worth up to $1,080 a year. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he hadn’t “made any final decision” on the A$7.8 billion per year ... <a title="Meet the pointless $1,080 tax break that should have ended years ago – but has become hard to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/meet-the-pointless-1-080-tax-break-that-should-have-ended-years-ago-but-has-become-hard-to-stop-177546/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the pointless $1,080 tax break that should have ended years ago – but has become hard to stop">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dave Parsons, Lecturer, Curtin University Shutterstock We are back to pounding keyboards and swiping phones for another year. But with so much of today’s learning, working and socialising happening via devices, hand and wrist injuries are both common and hard to recover from. Cumulative trauma to the ... <a title="How to care for your sore hands and wrists when your life is online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/how-to-care-for-your-sore-hands-and-wrists-when-your-life-is-online-176450/" aria-label="Read more about How to care for your sore hands and wrists when your life is online">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Ahead of the election, Scott Morrison is trying to wedge Labor on national security generally and China in particular. Opposition defence spokesman Brendan O’Connor tells this podcast: “National security is the the greatest priority of any federal government in order ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor defence spokesman Brendan O’Connor on China and Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/politics-with-michelle-grattan-labor-defence-spokesman-brendan-oconnor-on-china-and-ukraine-177613/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor defence spokesman Brendan O’Connor on China and Ukraine">Read more</a>
