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October 14, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Now is as good a time as any to evaluate and reflect on the public health policy choices made in the period from February to April 2020, re the Covid19 pandemic. Here I have postulated a ‘league’ of 12 economically advanced countries which have made different choices which loosely fit onto ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Premier League: Spectrum of Public Health Choices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-premier-league-spectrum-of-public-health-choices/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Premier League: Spectrum of Public Health Choices">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jinhyun Cho, Senior Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at Macquarie University, Macquarie University Netflix There is no question that Squid Game has become a global sensation. Since its release, the nine-episode survival drama has topped Netflix’s charts in 90 countries and is poised to become the most-watched ... <a title="Squid Game and the “untranslatable”: the debate around subtitles explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/squid-game-and-the-untranslatable-the-debate-around-subtitles-explained-169931/" aria-label="Read more about Squid Game and the “untranslatable”: the debate around subtitles explained">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean Teaching & Learning, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Does it feel lately like your parcels are taking forever to arrive? You might have seen online retailers warning customers to expect delays, thanks to COVID-related pressures on the postal system and other delivery services. We ... <a title="Why hasn’t my parcel arrived yet? Delivery and supply chain problems are multiplying – and yes, it’ll probably affect Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/why-hasnt-my-parcel-arrived-yet-delivery-and-supply-chain-problems-are-multiplying-and-yes-itll-probably-affect-christmas-169259/" aria-label="Read more about Why hasn’t my parcel arrived yet? Delivery and supply chain problems are multiplying – and yes, it’ll probably affect Christmas">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Researcher, Climate Council, and Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Shutterstock In just over two weeks, more than 100 world leaders will gather in the Scottish industrial city of Glasgow for United Nations climate change negotiations known as COP26. Their task, no less, is ... <a title="What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth, and Australia’s prosperity, depend on it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/what-is-cop26-and-why-does-the-fate-of-earth-and-australias-prosperity-depend-on-it-169648/" aria-label="Read more about What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth, and Australia’s prosperity, depend on it?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriella Springall, PhD candidate, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, go to school or work, and socialise. It has also increased mental health concerns, with a rise in levels of distress, anxiety and depression. Adolescents have been particularly affected. ... <a title="Anorexia spiked during the pandemic, as adolescents felt the impact of COVID restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/anorexia-spiked-during-the-pandemic-as-adolescents-felt-the-impact-of-covid-restrictions-169466/" aria-label="Read more about Anorexia spiked during the pandemic, as adolescents felt the impact of COVID restrictions">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Desmarchelier, Director (Microcredential Unit), University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock In June 2020, then education minister Dan Tehan together with employment minister Michaelia Cash, announced A$4.3 million for a microcredential “marketplace”. This would, they said, provide a nationally consistent platform to compare course outcomes, duration, mode of ... <a title="Microcredentials: what are they, and will they really revolutionise education and improve job prospects?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/microcredentials-what-are-they-and-will-they-really-revolutionise-education-and-improve-job-prospects-169265/" aria-label="Read more about Microcredentials: what are they, and will they really revolutionise education and improve job prospects?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
A View from Afar: Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse how Taiwan is delicately navigating its way between two clashing global powers. On one side there's China and on the other is the USA. Taiwan has been self-governing for over 70 years. It insists it wants to remain an independently governed economy. Can it navigate a pathway to relative peace through diplomatic means? Yes, and here's how.
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cleve V. Arguelles, PhD Candidate, Department of Political & Social Change, Australian National University After five years under Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal rule, Filipinos will soon go to the polls to choose a new leader – and potentially a new direction for the country. We now have a ... <a title="The Philippines is set for a fiery election, even without any Dutertes (at least for now)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/the-philippines-is-set-for-a-fiery-election-even-without-any-dutertes-at-least-for-now-169535/" aria-label="Read more about The Philippines is set for a fiery election, even without any Dutertes (at least for now)">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill John Swannie, Lecturer in College of Law and Justice, Victoria University The High Court has upheld the decision of James Cook University to terminate the employment of controversial physicist Professor Peter Ridd. The court ruled on Wednesday that a clause in the JCU enterprise agreement protecting ... <a title="High Court lends weight to academic freedom despite Peter Ridd losing appeal against dismissal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/high-court-lends-weight-to-academic-freedom-despite-peter-ridd-losing-appeal-against-dismissal-154483/" aria-label="Read more about High Court lends weight to academic freedom despite Peter Ridd losing appeal against dismissal">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
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 Covid strategy, expert warnings, Auckland Derek Cheng (Herald): Auckland hits point of no ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 14 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-14-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 14 2021">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua W. Blackman, Astronomer, University of Tasmania Artist’s rendition of the Jupiter-like planet and its white dwarf star W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko The golden age of discovery of planets around other stars (known as exoplanets) began in 1995. Since the first discoveries, more than 4,500 worlds ... <a title="A distant dead star shows a glimpse of our Solar System’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/a-distant-dead-star-shows-a-glimpse-of-our-solar-systems-future-169631/" aria-label="Read more about A distant dead star shows a glimpse of our Solar System’s future">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Hannah, Associate Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Nick Greaves It is now common to refer to the current biodiversity crisis as the sixth mass extinction. But is this true? Are we in the middle of an event on the same scale as ... <a title="Humans are driving animals and plants to the edge. But are we really heading into a mass extinction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/humans-are-driving-animals-and-plants-to-the-edge-but-are-we-really-heading-into-a-mass-extinction-168839/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are driving animals and plants to the edge. But are we really heading into a mass extinction?">Read more</a>
