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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Deputy Dean Research at Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Tasmanians yesterday suffered a six-hour digital blackout, with phone and internet services down across the state. Some radio and television broadcasts were ... <a title="How Tasmania’s major digital blackout was fixed, and how another could be avoided – an electrical engineer explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/how-tasmanias-major-digital-blackout-was-fixed-and-how-another-could-be-avoided-an-electrical-engineer-explains-178169/" aria-label="Read more about How Tasmania’s major digital blackout was fixed, and how another could be avoided – an electrical engineer explains">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the West watches appalled at Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine, attention is increasingly turning to the question of Vladimir Putin’s longer term ambition, and the potential for this conflagration to turn into a wider war. Matthew Sussex, associate professor ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Russia specialist Matthew Sussex on Putin’s potential to start wider war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-russia-specialist-matthew-sussex-on-putins-potential-to-start-wider-war-178306/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Russia specialist Matthew Sussex on Putin’s potential to start wider war">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the West watches appalled at Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine, attention is increasingly turning to the question of Vladimir Putin’s longer term ambition, and the potential for this conflagration to turn into a wider war. Matthew Sussex, associate professor ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Russian specialist Matthew Sussex on Putin’s potential to start wider war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-russian-specialist-matthew-sussex-on-putins-potential-to-start-wider-war-178306/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Russian specialist Matthew Sussex on Putin’s potential to start wider war">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Mask mandates in most indoor settings have been dropped in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT, with Queensland to follow later this week. Without a mandate, mask ... <a title="COVID mask mandates might be largely gone but here are 5 reasons to keep wearing yours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/covid-mask-mandates-might-be-largely-gone-but-here-are-5-reasons-to-keep-wearing-yours-177824/" aria-label="Read more about COVID mask mandates might be largely gone but here are 5 reasons to keep wearing yours">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne The deluge dumped on southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales this week has been catastrophic. Floodwaters peaked at around 14.4 metres high in Lismore – two metres higher than the city’s previous record. So how ... <a title="‘One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history’: climate scientists on the floods and our future risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/one-of-the-most-extreme-disasters-in-colonial-australian-history-climate-scientists-on-the-floods-and-our-future-risk-178153/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history’: climate scientists on the floods and our future risk">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Saul, Professor of International Law, Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, is opening an investigation into whether war crimes may have been committed in Ukraine. He is urgently seeking to preserve evidence as ... <a title="Civilians are being killed in Ukraine. So, why is investigating war crimes so difficult?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/civilians-are-being-killed-in-ukraine-so-why-is-investigating-war-crimes-so-difficult-178155/" aria-label="Read more about Civilians are being killed in Ukraine. So, why is investigating war crimes so difficult?">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Bentley, Professor of Social Epidemiology, Principal Research Fellow in Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Housing in Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Recent torrential rain along the east coast of Australia has sparked ... <a title="Sudden mould outbreak after all this rain? You’re not alone – but you are at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/sudden-mould-outbreak-after-all-this-rain-youre-not-alone-but-you-are-at-risk-177820/" aria-label="Read more about Sudden mould outbreak after all this rain? You’re not alone – but you are at risk">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
RNZ News Police have made 60 arrests today as part of a pre-planned operation to remove anti-covid public health protesters from New Zealand’s Parliament grounds. Police have been descending on Parliament from early this morning on day 23 of the occupation and have also begun towing larger vehicles, including campervans and trucks. They say they ... <a title="60 arrests made as NZ police say some Parliament protesters have weapons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/60-arrests-made-as-nz-police-say-some-parliament-protesters-have-weapons/" aria-label="Read more about 60 arrests made as NZ police say some Parliament protesters have weapons">Read more</a>
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March 2, 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 Vaccine mandates, Wellington anti-mandate protest Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Giving a voice to Voices for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 02 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-02-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 02 2022">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasiya Byesyedina, PhD Candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations, Sessional Teacher and Student Writing Fellow, University of Sydney Brendon Thorne/AAP Last Friday afternoon, I received a phone call from my mother in Ukraine. It was 5am Kyiv time and I heard her voice tremble ... <a title="‘We are in dark times’: what is it like for Ukrainians in Australia watching their country at war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/we-are-in-dark-times-what-is-it-like-for-ukrainians-in-australia-watching-their-country-at-war-178029/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are in dark times’: what is it like for Ukrainians in Australia watching their country at war?">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjaya Senanayake, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University Shutterstock Since Omicron was detected in South Africa in late November, the SARS-CoV-2 variant has spread to more than 165 countries and is now the dominant strain. Omicron has more mutations than other strains: 72 ... <a title="How does Omicron compare with Delta? Here’s what we know about infectiousness, symptoms, severity and vaccine protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/how-does-omicron-compare-with-delta-heres-what-we-know-about-infectiousness-symptoms-severity-and-vaccine-protection-172963/" aria-label="Read more about How does Omicron compare with Delta? Here’s what we know about infectiousness, symptoms, severity and vaccine protection">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Schools were thrown into a spin by the COVID-19 pandemic. When children were sent home to learn remotely, teaching methods remained largely the same. Many children, parents and teachers were frustrated by the difficulties they faced ... <a title="Traditional school doesn’t suit everyone. Australia needs more flexible options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/traditional-school-doesnt-suit-everyone-australia-needs-more-flexible-options-177608/" aria-label="Read more about Traditional school doesn’t suit everyone. Australia needs more flexible options">Read more</a>
