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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Wing Drone delivery company Wing recently celebrated 100,000 deliveries with an unusual burst of media fanfare. Australia is at the forefront of Wing’s plans, with the company’s two biggest trial sites running in Canberra and Logan in Queensland. Wing tells a ... <a title="Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/privatising-the-sky-drone-delivery-promises-comfort-and-speed-but-at-a-cost-to-workers-and-communities-166960/" aria-label="Read more about Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Dan Himbrechts This week’s Newspoll, conducted September 29 to October 3 from a sample of 1,545, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last fortnight’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 37% Coalition (steady), 37% Labor ... <a title="Labor retains clear Newspoll lead with voters approving of AUKUS; Perrottet set to be next NSW premier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/labor-retains-clear-newspoll-lead-with-voters-approving-of-aukus-perrottet-set-to-be-next-nsw-premier-169152/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains clear Newspoll lead with voters approving of AUKUS; Perrottet set to be next NSW premier">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Jackson, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Auckland GettyImages With vaccination rates still too low in Auckland and around Aotearoa New Zealand, and with unexpected cases still showing up, there are few options ahead of today’s government decision on alert levels. Until there are high levels ... <a title="NZ needs a more urgent vaccination plan — with nearly 80% now single-dosed, the majority will support it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/nz-needs-a-more-urgent-vaccination-plan-with-nearly-80-now-single-dosed-the-majority-will-support-it-168926/" aria-label="Read more about NZ needs a more urgent vaccination plan — with nearly 80% now single-dosed, the majority will support it">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Savitri Taylor, Associate Professor, Law School, La Trobe University Shutterstock Late last month, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews and the president of Nauru, Lionel Aingimea, quietly announced they had signed a new agreement to establish an “enduring form” of offshore processing for asylum seekers taken to the ... <a title="Multibillion-dollar strategy with no end in sight: Australia’s ‘enduring’ offshore processing deal with Nauru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/multibillion-dollar-strategy-with-no-end-in-sight-australias-enduring-offshore-processing-deal-with-nauru-168941/" aria-label="Read more about Multibillion-dollar strategy with no end in sight: Australia’s ‘enduring’ offshore processing deal with Nauru">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Given the caring nature of their profession, the general public might assume there isn’t any vaccine hesitancy among health workers. It can surprise (and anger) the community when health workers protest the introduction of COVID vaccine mandates. In France, ... <a title="Health workers are among the COVID vaccine hesitant. Here’s how we can support them safely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/health-workers-are-among-the-covid-vaccine-hesitant-heres-how-we-can-support-them-safely-168838/" aria-label="Read more about Health workers are among the COVID vaccine hesitant. Here’s how we can support them safely">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Shutterstock The recent IPCC report highlighted we must urgently transition to a low carbon future. One low hanging fruit is to improve the sustainability of new and existing housing. Minimum performance and quality requirements ... <a title="Better building standards are good for the climate, your health, and your wallet. Here’s what the National Construction Code could do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/better-building-standards-are-good-for-the-climate-your-health-and-your-wallet-heres-what-the-national-construction-code-could-do-better-166669/" aria-label="Read more about Better building standards are good for the climate, your health, and your wallet. Here’s what the National Construction Code could do better">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Powell, Professor, Edith Cowan University Miyuki Yoshioka/AP Evergrande, China’s second-largest property developer, is in peril. After a decade of massive growth, including investing in “Fairyland” theme parks, an electric car company and a professional football team (Guangzhou FC), it is now struggling to service debts exceeding ... <a title="3 ways the collapse of Evergrande will hurt the Australian economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/3-ways-the-collapse-of-evergrande-will-hurt-the-australian-economy-168852/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways the collapse of Evergrande will hurt the Australian economy">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Hughes, Lecturer in sociology and social science course coordinator, Southern Cross University Leah Moore/Anglicare North Coast, Author provided Women from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria, Iraq and other countries are settling in regional Australian communities. Adjusting to life in a new home involves facing many challenges — but ... <a title="‘It’s given me love’: connecting women from refugee backgrounds with communities through art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/its-given-me-love-connecting-women-from-refugee-backgrounds-with-communities-through-art-167786/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s given me love’: connecting women from refugee backgrounds with communities through art">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne AAP/Bianca de Marchi Journalists are adept at creating and reflecting public sentiment. It is a reciprocating process: journalistic portrayal creates the sentiment, then the sentiment feeds back into journalistic portrayal. This phenomenon can be ... <a title="ICAC is not a curse, and probity in government matters. The Australian media would do well to remember that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/03/icac-is-not-a-curse-and-probity-in-government-matters-the-australian-media-would-do-well-to-remember-that-169132/" aria-label="Read more about ICAC is not a curse, and probity in government matters. The Australian media would do well to remember that">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University “Australia will be ready for takeoff very soon” said Prime Minister Scott Morrison today as he announced the ban on international travel will be lifted some time next month. Returning Australian citizens and permanent residents will be able to quarantine ... <a title="Australia’s international borders to reopen from November. It’s one big step towards living with COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/australias-international-borders-to-reopen-from-november-its-one-big-step-towards-living-with-covid-169094/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s international borders to reopen from November. It’s one big step towards living with COVID">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has promoted two of his closest allies in a reshuffle that follows Christian Porter’s recent departure from the ministry. Immigration minister Alex Hawke moves from the outer ministry into cabinet, while Ben Morton goes being an assistant minister ... <a title="Promotions for Morrison allies in post-Porter ministerial reshuffle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/promotions-for-morrison-allies-in-post-porter-ministerial-reshuffle-169104/" aria-label="Read more about Promotions for Morrison allies in post-Porter ministerial reshuffle">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Marks, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Strategy, Government and Alliances, Western Sydney University In announcing her intention to resign as NSW premier today, Gladys Berejiklian took the, “I have been given no option” option. Her actions followed confirmation by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) that it would ... <a title="Berejiklian’s downfall derailed a career built on accountability and control. Now, who will replace her?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/01/berejiklians-downfall-derailed-a-career-built-on-accountability-and-control-now-who-will-replace-her-169093/" aria-label="Read more about Berejiklian’s downfall derailed a career built on accountability and control. Now, who will replace her?">Read more</a>
