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January 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Gleeson, Research Fellow in Education, Monash University Shutterstock Even before the pandemic, recent research shows most Australian teachers worked an average of 140 to 150% (one-and-a-half times) of their paid hours in a typical week. And they’re not necessarily getting to focus on aspects of the ... <a title="Only 1 in 3 teachers use research evidence in the classroom – this is largely due to lack of time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/only-1-in-3-teachers-use-research-evidence-in-the-classroom-this-is-largely-due-to-lack-of-time-175517/" aria-label="Read more about Only 1 in 3 teachers use research evidence in the classroom – this is largely due to lack of time">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Shutterstock Inflation is picking up in Australia, and there is considerable speculation about what the central bank will do with interest rates in 2022. The Consumer Price Index figures out this week show prices over 2021 rose 3.5%. That increase reflected ... <a title="Vital Signs: it’s too early for the RBA to pull the trigger on interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/vital-signs-its-too-early-for-the-rba-to-pull-the-trigger-on-interest-rates-175827/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: it’s too early for the RBA to pull the trigger on interest rates">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A global Papuan student welfare advocacy group has condemned the Indonesian government’s disruption of autonomous local education grants supporting studies abroad, branding the move as “assassinating” indigenous human resource development. The International Alliance of Papuan Student Associations Overseas (IAPSAO) issued an open letter today headed “Do not disturb and hinder [us] ... <a title="Global Papuan student body condemns Jakarta’s disruption of study funds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/global-papuan-student-body-condemns-jakartas-disruption-of-study-funds/" aria-label="Read more about Global Papuan student body condemns Jakarta’s disruption of study funds">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This month about as many people have died with COVID in Australia – more than 1,000 – as die in the whole of a bad year from influenza. “Because of extraordinarily high virus transmission, we’re getting more deaths now in ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: A royal commission into COVID’s handling would serve us well for the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/grattan-on-friday-a-royal-commission-into-covids-handling-would-serve-us-well-for-the-future-175845/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: A royal commission into COVID’s handling would serve us well for the future">Read more</a>
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January 27, 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. In this episode, politics + society Senior Deputy Editor ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Anthony Albanese’s challenge is to define himself to voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/word-from-the-hill-anthony-albaneses-challenge-is-to-define-himself-to-voters-175843/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Anthony Albanese’s challenge is to define himself to voters">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marco Amati, Associate Professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Shutterstock Biological metaphors for the city abound in daily use. You may live close to an “arterial” road or in the “heart” of a metropolis. You may work in one of the city’s “nerve ... <a title="Hearts, cells and mud: how biology helps humans re-imagine our cities in vexed times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/hearts-cells-and-mud-how-biology-helps-humans-re-imagine-our-cities-in-vexed-times-173325/" aria-label="Read more about Hearts, cells and mud: how biology helps humans re-imagine our cities in vexed times">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Neil Young has given Spotify an ultimatum: remove the Joe Rogan Experience podcast or Neil Young walks. In a letter to his management team and label, the 79-year-old rocker lambasted Spotify for spreading Rogan’s misinformation about COVID vaccinations. ... <a title="Neil Young’s ultimatum to Spotify shows streaming platforms are now a battleground where artists can leverage power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/neil-youngs-ultimatum-to-spotify-shows-streaming-platforms-are-now-a-battleground-where-artists-can-leverage-power-175732/" aria-label="Read more about Neil Young’s ultimatum to Spotify shows streaming platforms are now a battleground where artists can leverage power">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Russell, Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist; vaccinologist, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Schools will open for term one across Australia next week – except in Queensland which has delayed the start of the school year. As as the country battles a wave of ... <a title="Test all students and staff twice a week, or only close contacts? States have different school plans – here’s what they mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/test-all-students-and-staff-twice-a-week-or-only-close-contacts-states-have-different-school-plans-heres-what-they-mean-175514/" aria-label="Read more about Test all students and staff twice a week, or only close contacts? States have different school plans – here’s what they mean">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Cooke, Associate Professor of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University In December 1938, Yorta Yorta man William Cooper took part in a protest organised by the Australian Aborigines’ League to deliver a letter to the German consulate in Melbourne condemning the “cruel persecution of the ... <a title="New research shows few Australians know about our own connections to the Holocaust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/new-research-shows-few-australians-know-about-our-own-connections-to-the-holocaust-175325/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows few Australians know about our own connections to the Holocaust">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific regional correspondent The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed that the atoll island nation has surpassed 100 covid-19 cases after it recorded 37 new positive infections yesterday. There are 116 people infected on Tarawa – 36 imported and 80 local cases. Nine new cases have been found in Butaritari Island, prompting ... <a title="Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/kiribati-confirms-more-than-100-covid-19-cases-new-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules">Read more</a>
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January 27, 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 Govt Omicron strategy Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government off to slow start with Omicron, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-27-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2022">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor New Zealand could be facing 50,000 daily omicron infections by Waitangi weekend, according to modelling by US-based health research organisation, peaking at about 80,000 each day just a few weeks later. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) projections, updated last Thursday, predicts an outbreak in New ... <a title="Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/omicron-modelling-suggests-nz-could-face-peak-of-80000-daily-infections/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections">Read more</a>
