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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David S G Goodman, Director, China Studies Centre, Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney David J. Phillip/AP The Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics start on Friday – the first time in history the same city has hosted both the summer and winter games. Compared to ... <a title="How will China handle the dual threats of COVID and political protests at the Winter Olympics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/how-will-china-handle-the-dual-threats-of-covid-and-political-protests-at-the-winter-olympics-175637/" aria-label="Read more about How will China handle the dual threats of COVID and political protests at the Winter Olympics?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Yates, Research Fellow, UNSW Shutterstock Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides individualised funding to nearly 500,000 Australians with disability. Despite an even male-female split among under-65s with a disability (49% female), only 37% of NDIS participants are women and girls. To better understand what’s behind ... <a title="Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/women-make-up-half-the-disability-population-but-just-over-a-third-of-ndis-recipients-173747/" aria-label="Read more about Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Louise Nelson, Associate Professor in Law, The University of Melbourne Tarcutta Hills Reserve Bush Heritage Australia, Author provided Australia has the world’s largest network of privately owned conservation areas that protect a range of rare wildlife, from bilbies to endangered fish. There are some 6,000 non-government ... <a title="Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/queensland-has-an-important-network-of-private-conservation-areas-but-theyre-dangerously-exposed-to-mining-175519/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Francis, Professor of Mathematics, Western Sydney University Shutterstock On Christmas Eve 2021, the pub-test folly struck again. The two of us found ourselves, angry and heartsore, resigning from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) highly respected College of Experts in protest at the minister’s rejection of grant ... <a title="Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts after minister vetoed research grants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/why-we-resigned-from-the-arc-college-of-experts-after-minister-vetoed-research-grants-175925/" aria-label="Read more about Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts after minister vetoed research grants">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry/Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University Wikimedia Commons It’s only February and already 2022 is shaping up badly. A huge volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga, the prospect of war with Russia, the ... <a title="Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the ‘worst year to be alive’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/volcanoes-plague-famine-and-endless-winter-welcome-to-536-what-historians-and-scientists-believe-was-the-worst-year-to-be-alive-175654/" aria-label="Read more about Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the ‘worst year to be alive’">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hobbs, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Co-Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Within a month of the first community exposure to Omicron in Aotearoa New Zealand, the variant has already become the dominant strain of COVID-19. We are yet to ... <a title="The most challenging phase of the Omicron outbreak is yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than other countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/the-most-challenging-phase-of-the-omicron-outbreak-is-yet-to-come-but-new-zealand-may-be-better-prepared-than-other-countries-175819/" aria-label="Read more about The most challenging phase of the Omicron outbreak is yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than other countries">Read more</a>
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February 1, 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 and Amanda Dunn discuss Scott Morrison’s ... <a title="Word from The Hill: On Scott Morrison admitting some regrets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/word-from-the-hill-on-scott-morrison-admitting-some-regrets-176158/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: On Scott Morrison admitting some regrets">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Defence Minister Peter Dutton says he would like to see more American combat capability based in Australia. Speaking on the “Politics with Michelle Grattan” podcast, Dutton says: “I’d be very open to it. I would be very, very happy to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on US combat assets in Australia, China, and Vladimir Putin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/politics-with-michelle-grattan-peter-dutton-on-us-combat-assets-in-australia-china-and-vladimir-putin-176150/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on US combat assets in Australia, China, and Vladimir Putin">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University Shutterstock The federal government’s promise of up to A$800 between now and May for aged care workers is a short-term political “fix” designed to cover over a long-term policy failure. Numerous reports have pointed out Australia’s more than 260,000 aged ... <a title="When aged care workers earn just $22 an hour, a one-off payment won’t fix the wage problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/when-aged-care-workers-earn-just-22-an-hour-a-one-off-payment-wont-fix-the-wage-problem-176136/" aria-label="Read more about When aged care workers earn just $22 an hour, a one-off payment won’t fix the wage problem">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The Morrison government could achieve unemployment rates once seen under Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister Robert Menzies. National Library of Australia What’s the boldest thing the Morrison government could do in next month’s budget? It would ... <a title="Unemployment below 3% is possible for the first time in 50 years – if Australia budgets for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/unemployment-below-3-is-possible-for-the-first-time-in-50-years-if-australia-budgets-for-it-176025/" aria-label="Read more about Unemployment below 3% is possible for the first time in 50 years – if Australia budgets for it">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murat Ungor, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Otago Shutterstock There is no doubt life is becoming much more expensive in New Zealand as inflation hits a three-decade high, influenced by both domestic and international factors such as increased food, energy and housing costs, pent-up demand ... <a title="Inflation is raising prices and reducing real wages – what should be done to support NZ’s low-income households?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/inflation-is-raising-prices-and-reducing-real-wages-what-should-be-done-to-support-nzs-low-income-households-175915/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation is raising prices and reducing real wages – what should be done to support NZ’s low-income households?">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Lukas Coch/AAP The Australian Electoral Commission has updated its database of financial disclosure information for 2020-21. This happens once a year and is keenly watched by political observers because it includes information about who is donating what to whom. And ... <a title="$177 million flowed to Australian political parties last year, but major donors can easily hide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/177-million-flowed-to-australian-political-parties-last-year-but-major-donors-can-easily-hide-176129/" aria-label="Read more about $177 million flowed to Australian political parties last year, but major donors can easily hide">Read more</a>
