CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health and Aged Care Program, Grattan Institute One consequence of the escalating COVID outbreak in New South Wales has been increased political tension around the “national plan” for COVID reopening. The prime minister has argued that states signed up to the plan – albeit ... <a title="Opening with 70% of adults vaccinated, the Doherty report predicts 1.5K deaths in 6 months. We need a revised plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/opening-with-70-of-adults-vaccinated-the-doherty-report-predicts-1-5k-deaths-in-6-months-we-need-a-revised-plan-166659/" aria-label="Read more about Opening with 70% of adults vaccinated, the Doherty report predicts 1.5K deaths in 6 months. We need a revised plan">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina McLean, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Bond University Shutterstock Last year in the COVID-19 pandemic, children were not catching or spreading the virus much. The main focus was on protecting our elderly and vulnerable. But the Delta strain has changed things. Children around the world are contracting Delta ... <a title="Masks, ventilation, vaccination: 3 ways to protect our kids against the Delta variant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/masks-ventilation-vaccination-3-ways-to-protect-our-kids-against-the-delta-variant-166413/" aria-label="Read more about Masks, ventilation, vaccination: 3 ways to protect our kids against the Delta variant">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyla Raby, PhD Candidate researching the role of consumers in eradicating modern slavery in supply chains, University of South Australia Kyodo/AP When the Australian government introduced its Modern Slavery Bill to parliament in 2018, it heralded it as the start of a “race to the top”. But ... <a title="Senate’s vote to ban slave-made imports shows the weakness of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/senates-vote-to-ban-slave-made-imports-shows-the-weakness-of-australias-modern-slavery-act-166647/" aria-label="Read more about Senate’s vote to ban slave-made imports shows the weakness of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University Danmarks Radio (DR), Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Sveriges Television (SVT) Our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. Her face is long and austere. Her dark hair is pulled back over a high forehead, ... <a title="The Killing’s Sarah Lund: an anti-hero for our COVID moment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/the-killings-sarah-lund-an-anti-hero-for-our-covid-moment-166654/" aria-label="Read more about The Killing’s Sarah Lund: an anti-hero for our COVID moment">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Oliva, Lecturer, Psychology, James Cook University Shutterstock It may come as no surprise to dog owners in lockdown, but walking the dog can be the highlight of the day. With exercise being one of the few reasons for leaving the house for millions of Australians, walking ... <a title="At home with your dog? 3 ways to connect and lift your spirits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/at-home-with-your-dog-3-ways-to-connect-and-lift-your-spirits-166331/" aria-label="Read more about At home with your dog? 3 ways to connect and lift your spirits">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Doherty modelling is the government’s underpinning for a proposed easing of COVID restrictions once we reach targets of 70% and 80% of the adult population vaccinated. But the exit path has put Scott Morrison at odds with Western Australia ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Doherty’s Sharon Lewin on pivoting from chasing COVID zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-dohertys-sharon-lewin-on-pivoting-from-chasing-covid-zero-166740/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Doherty’s Sharon Lewin on pivoting from chasing COVID zero">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Willow Hallgren, Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University For three days this month, 7 billion tonnes of rain fell across Greenland — the largest amount since records began in 1950. It’s also the first time since then that rain, not snow, ... <a title="What Greenland’s record-breaking rain means for the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/what-greenlands-record-breaking-rain-means-for-the-planet-166567/" aria-label="Read more about What Greenland’s record-breaking rain means for the planet">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch The news that Craig Kelly, MP, serial purveyor of COVID misinformation, is to join Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party in order to fund his damaging ravings on a grander scale, confronts Australian ... <a title="Craig Kelly’s move to Palmer’s United Australia Party shows the need for urgent electoral law reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/craig-kellys-move-to-palmers-united-australia-party-shows-the-need-for-urgent-electoral-law-reform-166663/" aria-label="Read more about Craig Kelly’s move to Palmer’s United Australia Party shows the need for urgent electoral law reform">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Powles, Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Massey University By first denying and then granting visas to more than 100 Afghan contractors who guarded its embassy in Kabul, Australia has shone a light on the murky world of the private security industry. According to the lawyer and ... <a title="The plight of Afghan security contractors highlights the legal and moral risks of outsourcing war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/the-plight-of-afghan-security-contractors-highlights-the-legal-and-moral-risks-of-outsourcing-war-166730/" aria-label="Read more about The plight of Afghan security contractors highlights the legal and moral risks of outsourcing war">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muhammad Nadeem Malik, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Jafar Khan/AP Pakistan has long played a critical, yet confusing role in Afghanistan. It has been one of the strongest US allies in its “war on terror”, yet it has also covertly backed the Taliban in its fight ... <a title="How Pakistan stands to gain — or lose — from the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/how-pakistan-stands-to-gain-or-lose-from-the-talibans-victory-in-afghanistan-166414/" aria-label="Read more about How Pakistan stands to gain — or lose — from the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Government management of outbreak, expert advice Max Rashbrooke (Guardian): Why we’re happy hobbits in Jacinda’s ‘mysterious socialist hermit kingdom’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 25 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-25-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 25 2021">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 25, 2021
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. Over the past two decades, the Asia-Pacific region has made remarkable progress in managing disaster risk. But countries can never let down their guard. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its epicentre now in Asia, and all its tragic consequences, has exposed the frailties of human societies in the face of powerful ... <a title="Op-Ed: Asia Pacific – Resilience in a riskier world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/op-ed-asia-pacific-resilience-in-a-riskier-world/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Asia Pacific – Resilience in a riskier world">Read more</a>
