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Month: March 2022

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Declining NZ covid-19 case counts – but record deaths and more to come

March 14, 2022

RNZ News It is too early to say New Zealand has peaked, and declining tallies are no reason to celebrate as covid-19 is still rife in our communities with a record eight deaths reported in a day, an epidemiologist says. University of Auckland professor Rod Jackson said the coronavirus is occurring so frequently right now ... <a title="Declining NZ covid-19 case counts – but record deaths and more to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/declining-nz-covid-19-case-counts-but-record-deaths-and-more-to-come/" aria-label="Read more about Declining NZ covid-19 case counts – but record deaths and more to come">Read more</a>

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Australian journalism school students ‘hung out to dry’ over sudden closure

March 14, 2022

By Kathleen Farmilo and Sweeney Preston in Sydney Journalism students from Australia’s Macleay College programme with 50 participants are saying their degrees have been cancelled just two weeks into the course. Macleay is a private tertiary institution with campuses in Sydney and Melbourne. Macleay students say that on Friday afternoon they were sent an email ... <a title="Australian journalism school students ‘hung out to dry’ over sudden closure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/australian-journalism-school-students-hung-out-to-dry-over-sudden-closure/" aria-label="Read more about Australian journalism school students ‘hung out to dry’ over sudden closure">Read more</a>

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Albanese level with Morrison as better PM in Newspoll as Labor maintains big lead

March 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Mick Tsikas This week’s Newspoll, conducted March 9-12 from a sample of 1,520, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, unchanged since last fortnight. Primary votes were 41% Labor (steady), 35% Coalition (steady), 8% Greens (down ... <a title="Albanese level with Morrison as better PM in Newspoll as Labor maintains big lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/albanese-level-with-morrison-as-better-pm-in-newspoll-as-labor-maintains-big-lead-178997/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese level with Morrison as better PM in Newspoll as Labor maintains big lead">Read more</a>

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3 ways Russia has shown military ‘incompetence’ during its invasion of Ukraine

March 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Vadim Ghirda/AP Two weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has become apparent Russia’s military is experiencing failures – both technical and strategic – that are perhaps unexpected from one of the world’s ... <a title="3 ways Russia has shown military ‘incompetence’ during its invasion of Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/3-ways-russia-has-shown-military-incompetence-during-its-invasion-of-ukraine-178895/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways Russia has shown military ‘incompetence’ during its invasion of Ukraine">Read more</a>

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Two years into the pandemic, unequal access to COVID-19 treatments threatens the global recovery

March 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University AAP/AP/Brian Inganga It’s now two years since the World Health Organization began calling the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Two years ago, it was unclear whether it would even be possible to develop an effective vaccine or treatment ... <a title="Two years into the pandemic, unequal access to COVID-19 treatments threatens the global recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/two-years-into-the-pandemic-unequal-access-to-covid-19-treatments-threatens-the-global-recovery-178990/" aria-label="Read more about Two years into the pandemic, unequal access to COVID-19 treatments threatens the global recovery">Read more</a>

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Research shows voters favour financial relief after disasters, but we need climate action too

March 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Melville-Rea, Research Fellow, Environmental Arts & Humanities, New York University Within two months, Australians will vote in a federal election. It comes after a political term marked by major societal challenges, including catastrophic drought, bushfires and floods. Such natural hazards are expected to become worse under ... <a title="Research shows voters favour financial relief after disasters, but we need climate action too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/research-shows-voters-favour-financial-relief-after-disasters-but-we-need-climate-action-too-179028/" aria-label="Read more about Research shows voters favour financial relief after disasters, but we need climate action too">Read more</a>

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How can Australia support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers?

March 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ren Perkins, PhD Candidate, School of Education, The University of Queensland A major federal government review into how we train our teachers has just been released. This is part of the government’s push to improve Australia’s standing in the international education rankings. The first two recommendations focus ... <a title="How can Australia support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/how-can-australia-support-more-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-teachers-178522/" aria-label="Read more about How can Australia support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers?">Read more</a>

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After the floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat

March 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antonia Settle, Academic (McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow), The University of Melbourne From Brisbane to Sydney, many thousands of Australians have been reliving a devastating experience they hoped – in 2021, 2020, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012 or 2010/11 – would never happen to them again. For some suburbs ... <a title="After the floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/after-the-floods-the-distressing-but-necessary-case-for-managed-retreat-178641/" aria-label="Read more about After the floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat">Read more</a>

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Zombies continue to be the ‘little black dress’ of social allegory in Netflix’s All Of Us Are Dead

March 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naja Later, Academic Tutor in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology Yang Hae-sung/Netflix Any horror scholar will tell you: the movies that scare us most are the ones that speak to our real anxieties. These anxieties find their way into horror movies, expressed through sub-genres like ... <a title="Zombies continue to be the ‘little black dress’ of social allegory in Netflix’s All Of Us Are Dead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/zombies-continue-to-be-the-little-black-dress-of-social-allegory-in-netflixs-all-of-us-are-dead-177625/" aria-label="Read more about Zombies continue to be the ‘little black dress’ of social allegory in Netflix’s All Of Us Are Dead">Read more</a>

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Anthony Albanese now level with Scott Morrison as ‘better PM’: Newspoll

March 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese is now level with Scott Morrison as “better prime minister” for the first time in more than two years in Newspoll, as Labor retains its 55-45% two-party lead. The poll, published in The Australian, comes as Morrison has ... <a title="Anthony Albanese now level with Scott Morrison as ‘better PM’: Newspoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/anthony-albanese-now-level-with-scott-morrison-as-better-pm-newspoll-179180/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese now level with Scott Morrison as ‘better PM’: Newspoll">Read more</a>

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NZ war protest flotilla faces Russian oligarch’s luxury Northland estate

March 13, 2022

RNZ News A New Zealand protest flotilla has arrived outside the luxury Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov. The eight vessels sailed to Helena Bay, north of Whangārei, early today to protest over the two-week-old Russian invasion of Ukraine facing the private estate owned by Abramov. Locals on kayaks and boats were expected to ... <a title="NZ war protest flotilla faces Russian oligarch’s luxury Northland estate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/13/nz-war-protest-flotilla-faces-russian-oligarchs-luxury-northland-estate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ war protest flotilla faces Russian oligarch’s luxury Northland estate">Read more</a>

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NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’

March 13, 2022

RNZ News The number of people with covid-19 who have died in New Zealand has now reached 105, with 14 deaths reported in the past two days. There are more than 206,000 active cases of covid-19 in the community, with another 18,699 new community cases reported today. The Ministry of Health announced seven further deaths ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/13/nzs-covid-19-death-toll-reaches-105-but-it-could-have-been-thousands/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’">Read more</a>