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January 9, 2022
Headline: Indigenous socialism, with a Chilean face. – 36th Parallel Assessments Five days before Christmas and 51 years after Salvador Allende was elected as the first socialist president in Chilean history, Gabriel Boric re-made history as the youngest candidate (35) to win that office. A former student activist and Congressman from Punta Arenas in Tierra ... <a title="Indigenous socialism, with a Chilean face." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/09/indigenous-socialism-with-a-chilean-face/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous socialism, with a Chilean face.">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2022
Opinion by Chris Leitch, leader of Social Credit Party. The Reserve Bank holds $55 billion in Government bonds (around half of the Government’s current borrowing) – It bought those bonds (IOU’s which represent previous government borrowing) from the country’s commercial banks, institutional investors, and managed funds (such as Kiwisaver) using a process termed Quantitative Easing ... <a title="Opinion – The Reserve Bank holds $55 billion in Government bonds (around half of the Government’s current borrowing)." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/08/opinion-the-reserve-bank-holds-55-billion-in-government-bonds-around-half-of-the-governments-current-borrowing/" aria-label="Read more about Opinion – The Reserve Bank holds $55 billion in Government bonds (around half of the Government’s current borrowing).">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, Assistant Professor, General Practice, Bond University Shutterstock For two years, COVID has dominated our world. In Australia, we’ve tested every sniffle, undergone extensive lockdowns, and double-vaccinated more than 90% of adults to combat this lethal virus. So, it’s understandable our first reaction when we test ... <a title="I’ve tested positive to COVID. What should I do now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/ive-tested-positive-to-covid-what-should-i-do-now-174458/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve tested positive to COVID. What should I do now?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Marsh, Research fellow at the Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University Shutterstock Have you recently spotted a spider peeking out from a brown, curled-up leaf in your garden? Chances are you’re sharing your yard with the leaf-curling spider, Phonognatha graeffei (pronounced fon-og-natha greef-e-i), a fascinating member of ... <a title="Leaf at first sight: how leaf-curling spiders pair up and build a family home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/leaf-at-first-sight-how-leaf-curling-spiders-pair-up-and-build-a-family-home-170775/" aria-label="Read more about Leaf at first sight: how leaf-curling spiders pair up and build a family home">Read more</a>
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January 7, 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 Covid Michael Morrah (Newshub): Covid-19 warning: Omicron will overwhelm us within a week ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 07 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-07-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 07 2022">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne As he embarks on an election year, there is a question about whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s media communications strategy, which has served him well for a long time, is fit for the current ... <a title="As COVID rips through Australia, is Scott Morrison’s media strategy starting to fail as well?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/as-covid-rips-through-australia-is-scott-morrisons-media-strategy-starting-to-fail-as-well-174332/" aria-label="Read more about As COVID rips through Australia, is Scott Morrison’s media strategy starting to fail as well?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University Following considerable public pressure over the past few weeks, the federal government has announced concession card holders will soon be able to collect up to ten free rapid antigen tests over three months. But everyone else will continue to ... <a title="Free rapid antigen tests makes economic sense for governments, our analysis shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/free-rapid-antigen-tests-makes-economic-sense-for-governments-our-analysis-shows-174342/" aria-label="Read more about Free rapid antigen tests makes economic sense for governments, our analysis shows">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris J Jolly, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University Getty Images The estimate that one billion animals were killed by Australia’s 2019-20 Black Summer fires drew international attention to the fate of wildlife during fire. This estimate assumed all animals in the fire’s path were killed by ... <a title="Surprisingly few animals die in wildfires – and that means we can help more in the aftermath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/surprisingly-few-animals-die-in-wildfires-and-that-means-we-can-help-more-in-the-aftermath-174392/" aria-label="Read more about Surprisingly few animals die in wildfires – and that means we can help more in the aftermath">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Shutterstock Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese this week announced a commitment to funding high-speed rail between Sydney and Newcastle. At speeds of more than 250km/h, this would cut the 150-minute journey from Sydney to Newcastle to just 45 minutes. Commuting between ... <a title="Vital Signs: Sydney to Newcastle fast rail makes sense. Making trains locally does not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/vital-signs-sydney-to-newcastle-fast-rail-makes-sense-making-trains-locally-does-not-174341/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Sydney to Newcastle fast rail makes sense. Making trains locally does not">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hail, Adjunct Associate Professor, Torrens University Australia Netflix In the new Netflix sensation Don’t Look Up, two astronomers, played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo Di Caprio, discover a massive comet heading towards Earth, and desperately try to warn the US president, played by Meryl Streep. Their ... <a title="Don’t look Up! has a surprising amount to tell us about economics, much of it useful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/dont-look-up-has-a-surprising-amount-to-tell-us-about-economics-much-of-it-useful-174399/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t look Up! has a surprising amount to tell us about economics, much of it useful">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne The Sydney Festival opens today under a cloud. Several artists and arts organisations have withdrawn from the festival over the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of the dance work Decadance, by Israeli ... <a title="Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/sydney-festival-boycott-when-arts-organisations-accept-donations-there-is-always-a-price-to-pay-174393/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Dams serving capital cities such as Canberra, Hobart and Sydney are near full after two years of widespread rainfall. But these wet conditions won’t last. Under climate change, droughts in Australia will become more frequent and severe. ... <a title="Sydney’s dams may be almost full – but don’t relax, because drought will come again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/sydneys-dams-may-be-almost-full-but-dont-relax-because-drought-will-come-again-170523/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney’s dams may be almost full – but don’t relax, because drought will come again">Read more</a>
