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February 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tensions between Australia and China have increased further, after the Chinese shone a laser at a RAAF surveillance aircraft that was observing Chinese naval activity in Australia’s exclusive economic zone. The incident comes as the government is set on ramping ... <a title="Chinese laser incident feeds into national security debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/chinese-laser-incident-feeds-into-national-security-debate-177526/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese laser incident feeds into national security debate">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University A Chinese PLA-N guided missile frigate prepares to dock in Manila in 2019. AAP/AP/Bullit Marquez Just after midnight last Thursday, a transiting Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) vessel shone a military-grade laser at an Australian ... <a title="Explainer: what was the Chinese laser attack about and why does it matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/explainer-what-was-the-chinese-laser-attack-about-and-why-does-it-matter-177524/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what was the Chinese laser attack about and why does it matter?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s leading economists have overwhelmingly endorsed a return to the highest immigration intake on record, saying Australia should aim for at least 190,000 migrants per year as it opens its ... <a title="When we open up, let’s open up big: top economists say we need more migrants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/when-we-open-up-lets-open-up-big-top-economists-say-we-need-more-migrants-177359/" aria-label="Read more about When we open up, let’s open up big: top economists say we need more migrants">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Ward, Fellow in Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne The Australian government has decided not to establish a federal anti-corruption watchdog this parliamentary term, despite a promise in December 2018 to deliver an integrity commission with teeth, resources and proper processes that will protect the integrity ... <a title="Perceptions of corruption are growing in Australia, and it’s costing the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/perceptions-of-corruption-are-growing-in-australia-and-its-costing-the-economy-176562/" aria-label="Read more about Perceptions of corruption are growing in Australia, and it’s costing the economy">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Auckland University of Technology GettyImages You don’t have to be an economist to know New Zealand faces its highest annual inflation rate in 30 years – 5.9% as of December 2021. Visit a supermarket or petrol station and the evidence ... <a title="The pandemic exposes NZ’s supply chain vulnerability – be ready for more inflation in the year ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/the-pandemic-exposes-nzs-supply-chain-vulnerability-be-ready-for-more-inflation-in-the-year-ahead-176232/" aria-label="Read more about The pandemic exposes NZ’s supply chain vulnerability – be ready for more inflation in the year ahead">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Australia is losing its birds at an alarming rate – one in six species are now threatened with extinction, predominantly due to climate change, land clearing and worsening bushfires. Last year, when we met in a ... <a title="How our album of birdsong recordings rocketed to #2 on the ARIA charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/how-our-album-of-birdsong-recordings-rocketed-to-2-on-the-aria-charts-177070/" aria-label="Read more about How our album of birdsong recordings rocketed to #2 on the ARIA charts">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Thompson, Associate Dean (Education) – Science, Monash University Shutterstock Aahh, the Australian summer. When the temperatures top 40℃ and only the bravest or most foolhardy would venture outside in bare feet, there’s a cherished old saying: “it’s so hot outside you could fry an egg on ... <a title="Sunny side up: can you really fry an egg on the footpath on a hot day?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/sunny-side-up-can-you-really-fry-an-egg-on-the-footpath-on-a-hot-day-172616/" aria-label="Read more about Sunny side up: can you really fry an egg on the footpath on a hot day?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity Over the past week, Australians have heard Scott Morrison make several explicit references to his faith. Given Morrison has placed his faith front and centre of his public persona, it is helpful to ... <a title="Morrison’s Christian empathy needs to be about more than just prayer – it requires action, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/morrisons-christian-empathy-needs-to-be-about-more-than-just-prayer-it-requires-action-too-177248/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s Christian empathy needs to be about more than just prayer – it requires action, too">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professional Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. In this episode they review the penultimate sitting weeks in the parliamentary term, with only budget week left before the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Morrison government weaponising national security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-morrison-government-weaponising-national-security-177440/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Morrison government weaponising national security">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea Lachsz, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Content warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing including discussion of excessive or gratuitous violence, abuse and mental illness. In December, the Victorian Court of Appeal found certain routine strip searches in prison breach human rights to ... <a title="Strip searches in prison are traumatising breaches of human rights. So, why are governments still allowing them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/strip-searches-in-prison-are-traumatising-breaches-of-human-rights-so-why-are-governments-still-allowing-them-174463/" aria-label="Read more about Strip searches in prison are traumatising breaches of human rights. So, why are governments still allowing them?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland In case you missed it, election season is upon us again. Like the elongated summers caused by climate change, campaigning is intensifying and being spread over longer periods every election. Although polling day is not due until May, ... <a title="Stronger laws on ‘foreign’ election influence were rushed through this week – limiting speech but ignoring our billionaire problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/stronger-laws-on-foreign-election-influence-were-rushed-through-this-week-limiting-speech-but-ignoring-our-billionaire-problem-177147/" aria-label="Read more about Stronger laws on ‘foreign’ election influence were rushed through this week – limiting speech but ignoring our billionaire problem">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Carey, Professor, UNSW Sydney Newly released Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data show people living in poverty or disadvantage are three times more likely to die from COVID than the wealthy. This statistic is alarming, but it gets worse when we begin to look more closely ... <a title="Australia is failing marginalised people, and it shows in COVID death rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/australia-is-failing-marginalised-people-and-it-shows-in-covid-death-rates-177224/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is failing marginalised people, and it shows in COVID death rates">Read more</a>
