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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alessandro Antonello, Senior Research Fellow in History, Flinders University Shutterstock The federal government’s major package of new funding for Australia’s Antarctic program, announced on Tuesday, promises an additional A$804.4 million over the next decade. The government has also released an update to its 2016 Australian Antarctic Strategy ... <a title="A krill aquarium, climate research, and geopolitics: how Australia’s $800 million Antarctic funding will be spent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/a-krill-aquarium-climate-research-and-geopolitics-how-australias-800-million-antarctic-funding-will-be-spent-177609/" aria-label="Read more about A krill aquarium, climate research, and geopolitics: how Australia’s $800 million Antarctic funding will be spent">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University The early morning action on Monday to cordon off the occupation of Parliament grounds and prevent it growing might go some way to restoring public confidence in the police, which has appeared to be eroding since the protests began a fortnight ago. So far, police have pursued a ... <a title="The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance – are there lessons from Canada’s crackdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/the-nz-parliament-protest-is-testing-police-independence-and-public-tolerance-are-there-lessons-from-canadas-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance – are there lessons from Canada’s crackdown?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
By Nick Truebridge, RNZ Checkpoint reporter Police leaders condemned the behaviour by protesters outside New Zealand’s Parliament in the capital Wellington today as “absolutely disgraceful”. The confrontation between police and protesters began early on Tuesday morning and escalated when a car hurtled towards officers. Three police officers were hospitalised after being hit with what they ... <a title="Police criticise ‘disgraceful’ NZ protesters after early clash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/police-criticise-disgraceful-nz-protesters-after-early-clash/" aria-label="Read more about Police criticise ‘disgraceful’ NZ protesters after early clash">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Fiji government has warned that unvaccinated people in the vaccine-eligible population are 17 times more likely to die if they contract covid-19 than those that are vaccinated. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said this strongly indicated that many of the unvaccinated deaths were preventable. He is urging Fijians to get vaccinated against ... <a title="Fiji covid death rate among unvaxxed 17 times higher than for vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/fiji-covid-death-rate-among-unvaxxed-17-times-higher-than-for-vaccinated/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji covid death rate among unvaxxed 17 times higher than for vaccinated">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
RNZ News One of the people funding New Zealand’s two-week-old Parliament grounds occupation says it makes no sense to maintain a quarantine system at the border now that covid-19 cases are rife in the community. Red Stag, which has business interests in forestry, timber, property development, and tourism, is helping to fund the protesters’ efforts. ... <a title="Protest funder hopes it will revive NZ’s $18 billion tourism industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/protest-funder-hopes-it-will-revive-nzs-18-billion-tourism-industry/" aria-label="Read more about Protest funder hopes it will revive NZ’s $18 billion tourism industry">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Lynley Tulloch There is a dangerous anger on rapid boil at the protest in Wellington. It is a stew of dispossession and unrest alongside various delusional beliefs and violent threats. Two weeks into the protest and the police have had to endure human waste and acid thrown at them; a car driven into ... <a title="Lynley Tulloch: The irony of the Parliament protest: Peace and love – and ‘executions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/lynley-tulloch-the-irony-of-the-parliament-protest-peace-and-love-and-executions/" aria-label="Read more about Lynley Tulloch: The irony of the Parliament protest: Peace and love – and ‘executions’">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Nicholson, Lecturer in Law, Flinders University Vadim Ghirda/AP Before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, it “recognised” two parts of eastern Ukraine as sovereign states: the so-called people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. That recognition is now central to what both Russia and the West are ... <a title="How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/how-russias-recognition-of-breakaway-parts-of-ukraine-breached-international-law-and-set-the-stage-for-invasion-177623/" aria-label="Read more about How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss whether sanctions will be effective in deterring Russian president Vladimir Putin from a full invasion of Ukraine and indeed cause Russian military to return to the Russian side of the Ukraine border.
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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>
