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February 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Florian Vogt, Senior Research Fellow, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Shutterstock Early in the pandemic, the COVIDSafe app was designed as a tool to improve contact tracing. And a multimedia campaign promoted it as helping to find more COVID contacts faster. Now, almost two years after its launch ... <a title="The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. We crunched the numbers to see what really happened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/the-covidsafe-app-was-designed-to-help-contact-tracers-we-crunched-the-numbers-to-see-what-really-happened-172242/" aria-label="Read more about The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. We crunched the numbers to see what really happened">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne; Alexandra Wake, RMIT University, and Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University News Corp Australia and Google have announced the creation of the Digital News Academy in partnership with the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne. It will provide digital skills training for News Corp journalists and other ... <a title="Journalism academics question News Corp’s deal with Google and Melbourne Business School" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/journalism-academics-question-news-corps-deal-with-google-and-melbourne-business-school/" aria-label="Read more about Journalism academics question News Corp’s deal with Google and Melbourne Business School">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby Air travellers were left stranded and fuming country-wide as airlines Air Niugini and PNG Air hit a rough patch in operations due to wet weather and a large number of their key staff falling sick and unable to be at work. Flight cancellations were the order of the day ... <a title="Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/chaos-as-png-airlines-cancel-flights-with-majority-of-staff-off-sick/" aria-label="Read more about Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Peter Davis With the arrival of the omicron variant on our shores, it is hard to believe, judging by the media coverage — particularly on MIQ, that the Aotearoa New Zealand government has got anything right in its pandemic response. One important feature that has been missed in the debate on New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/nz-deserves-far-more-respect-for-keeping-covid-deaths-so-low/" aria-label="Read more about NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting Māori health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand are holding back on covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of growing anti-vaxxer protest in the wider Whanganui region. That is despite the area recording the second-lowest rate in the country of vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11 years. Iwi ... <a title="Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for tamariki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/iwi-clinic-egged-as-anti-vaxxers-force-caution-in-vaccine-rollout-for-tamariki/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for tamariki">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care ... <a title="View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/view-from-the-hill-aged-care-residents-are-paying-for-lessons-not-learned-fast-enough-176472/" aria-label="Read more about View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock News Corp Australia and Google have announced the creation of the Digital News Academy in partnership with the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne. It will provide digital skills training for ... <a title="News Corp’s deal with Google and the Melbourne Business School questioned by journalism academics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/news-corps-deal-with-google-and-the-melbourne-business-school-questioned-by-journalism-academics-176462/" aria-label="Read more about News Corp’s deal with Google and the Melbourne Business School questioned by journalism academics">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW shutterstock If you’re paying off a mortgage – or aspiring to – imagine if you didn’t have to worry so much about rising interest rates. That’s already the reality for US home buyers. Unlike in Australia, most mortgages in the US ... <a title="Vital Signs: What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/vital-signs-whats-wrong-with-australian-mortgages-theyre-fixed-for-shareholders-not-home-owners-176234/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Taylor, Lecturer Indigenous health, cultural studies and Indigenous Education Development Specialist, The University of Western Australia Since the Closing the Gap targets were first introduced in 2008, the number of Indigenous university enrolments have more than doubled. The numbers grew from 9,490 students in 2008 to ... <a title="First Nations students need culturally safe spaces at their universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/first-nations-students-need-culturally-safe-spaces-at-their-universities-175521/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations students need culturally safe spaces at their universities">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Adolescents aged 16-17 are now eligible to receive their Pfizer vaccine booster, following the recommendation earlier this week from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). This move has been prompted by ... <a title="16-17 year olds can now get their COVID boosters. Why not younger children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/16-17-year-olds-can-now-get-their-covid-boosters-why-not-younger-children-176359/" aria-label="Read more about 16-17 year olds can now get their COVID boosters. Why not younger children?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Associate Provost, Research Partnerships, Victoria University While Australia’s booster program of COVID vaccines is just getting going, governments overseas are evaluating the need for a fourth dose program. Earlier this year, Israel began offering a fourth dose of the Pfizer mRNA ... <a title="Israel is rolling out fourth doses of COVID vaccines. Should Australia do the same?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/israel-is-rolling-out-fourth-doses-of-covid-vaccines-should-australia-do-the-same-176145/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is rolling out fourth doses of COVID vaccines. Should Australia do the same?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Wilkinson, Professor of Construction Management, Massey University While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami on January 15, it’s clear the island nation has suffered significant damage to housing stock and infrastructure. Once initial clean-up work is done, the focus ... <a title="Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after the devastation of Cyclone Winston" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/rebuilding-post-eruption-tonga-4-key-lessons-from-fiji-after-the-devastation-of-cyclone-winston-175611/" aria-label="Read more about Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after the devastation of Cyclone Winston">Read more</a>
