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A View from Afar: In this the first episode for 2022 Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss what we all should expect to unfold in 2022 - especially with regard to foreign affairs and global security.
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Bianca de Marchi Four state byelections will occur in NSW on Saturday, with polls closing at 6pm AEDT. The byelections are in the seats of Bega (Lib, 6.9% margin at the 2019 election), Monaro ... <a title="NSW byelections preview; federal Coalition rebounds in Essential poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/nsw-byelections-preview-federal-coalition-rebounds-in-essential-poll-176348/" aria-label="Read more about NSW byelections preview; federal Coalition rebounds in Essential poll">Read more</a>
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 Protests, anti vaccination, mandates Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Signs of a schism as anti-mandate ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 10 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-10-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 10 2022">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock Many of us have taken a rapid antigen test (RAT) or have administered them to our school-aged children. But how many of us are using them correctly? ... <a title="15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen test, from storing in the freezer to sampling snot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/15-things-not-to-do-when-using-a-rapid-antigen-test-from-storing-in-the-freezer-to-sampling-snot-176364/" aria-label="Read more about 15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen test, from storing in the freezer to sampling snot">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Hutchins, Professor of Media and Communications, Monash University Shutterstock As we head towards the end of the summer sporting calendar, Cricket Australia is facing pressing questions well beyond replacing Justin Langer as coach of the men’s national teams. Chief among them is the question of climate ... <a title="Time for a reckoning: Cricket Australia, fossil fuel sponsorship and climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/time-for-a-reckoning-cricket-australia-fossil-fuel-sponsorship-and-climate-change-176707/" aria-label="Read more about Time for a reckoning: Cricket Australia, fossil fuel sponsorship and climate change">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute shutterstock Australia’s unemployment rate – now at 4.2% – is at its lowest in more than a decade. It’s not too far off slipping below 4%, something that hasn’t happened for the best part of half a century. This ... <a title="The myth that won’t die: shutting down immigration did not kickstart the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/the-myth-that-wont-die-shutting-down-immigration-did-not-kickstart-the-economy-176457/" aria-label="Read more about The myth that won’t die: shutting down immigration did not kickstart the economy">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Lecturer – School of Art, RMIT University Vivienne Binns Somebody’s every day, somewhere, sometime, 2009. Acrylic paint on canvas. 152 x 183cm MCA/Tim Herbert Review: Vivienne Binns: On and through the Surface, MUMA In 1967, Vivienne Binns blasted onto the art scene with her Vag ... <a title="Meet Vivienne Binns, the Australian artist whose work was called ‘an affront to masculinity’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/meet-vivienne-binns-the-australian-artist-whose-work-was-called-an-affront-to-masculinity-175635/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Vivienne Binns, the Australian artist whose work was called ‘an affront to masculinity’">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a humiliating rebuff to Scott Morrison, a revolt by Liberal backbenchers has struck down the provisions of the sex discrimination act that allow discrimination against gay and transgender children. In the early hours of Thursday, five Liberals crossed the ... <a title="Liberal revolt removes all discrimination against gay and transgender children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/liberal-revolt-removes-all-discrimination-against-gay-and-transgender-children-176808/" aria-label="Read more about Liberal revolt removes all discrimination against gay and transgender children">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University As an historian of the Australian women’s movement, the past two years have been extraordinary to witness. Not only are we living through a once-in-a-century pandemic, which has had profoundly gendered effects, we have also experienced a feminist insurgency that ... <a title="Making change, making history, making noise: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/making-change-making-history-making-noise-brittany-higgins-and-grace-tame-at-the-national-press-club-176252/" aria-label="Read more about Making change, making history, making noise: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Grové, Educational and Developmental Psychologist & Academic, Monash University Shutterstock With COVID-related school closures and long periods of remote learning, many kids across Australia have not physically been at school for most of the past two years. Because of the time away, some children might get ... <a title="School anxiety in the time of COVID: how parents and teachers can help kids cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/school-anxiety-in-the-time-of-covid-how-parents-and-teachers-can-help-kids-cope-176448/" aria-label="Read more about School anxiety in the time of COVID: how parents and teachers can help kids cope">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara May, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Shutterstock Being autistic, but not diagnosed, can lead to a lifetime of struggles and being misunderstood for women. This issue has been highlighted in the last few years by celebrity women including Hannah Gadsby, Daryl Hannah, British reality star Christine ... <a title="Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women. That can compound the challenges they face" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/autism-is-still-underdiagnosed-in-girls-and-women-that-can-compound-the-challenges-they-face-176036/" aria-label="Read more about Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women. That can compound the challenges they face">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Water science researcher Callum Fleming in the Wollangambe River, deep within the World Heritage area Ian Wright, Author provided For more than 40 years, an underground coal mine discharged poorly treated wastewater directly into the Wollangambe River, ... <a title="The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/the-stunning-recovery-of-a-heavily-polluted-river-in-the-heart-of-the-blue-mountains-world-heritage-area-176246/" aria-label="Read more about The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area">Read more</a>