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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has said Afghans in Australia on temporary protection visas who came by boat will not be given permanent residence. These people had not come “the right way”, Morrison told a news conference on Wednesday. “I want to be ... <a title="No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come ‘the right way’: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/no-permanent-settlement-for-afghans-who-did-not-come-the-right-way-morrison-166354/" aria-label="Read more about No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come ‘the right way’: Morrison">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-was-the-afghanistan-war-worth-it-166364/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/word-from-the-hill-was-the-afghanistan-war-worth-it-166364/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, LIVE at midday Thursday where they will analyse the crisis, the tragedy, unfolding in Afghanistan, including an apparent intelligence failure. Unanswered questions, to be considered, include: Why were United States intelligence unable to predict how poised and ... <a title="Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/livemidday-thursday-buchanan-and-manning-on-afghanistan-intelligence-failures-a-prelude-to-a-taliban-takeover/" aria-label="Read more about Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Williams, Researcher at Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com Compulsory COVID vaccination is in the news again now Qantas has just announced its employees will need a shot. This follows fruit and vegetable processing company SPC announcing vaccines would be compulsory for onsite staff, ... <a title="If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/if-youre-going-to-mandate-covid-vaccination-at-your-workplace-heres-how-to-do-it-ethically-166110/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The announcement by BHP, the world’s second-largest mining company, that it will shift its oil and gas assets into a joint venture with Australian outfit Woodside is a clear indication the “Big Australian” is getting out of ... <a title="BHP’s offloading of oil and gas assets shows the global market has turned on fossil fuels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/bhps-offloading-of-oil-and-gas-assets-shows-the-global-market-has-turned-on-fossil-fuels-166336/" aria-label="Read more about BHP’s offloading of oil and gas assets shows the global market has turned on fossil fuels">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, The University of Western Australia Einstein-First, Author provided Why are middle school students losing interest in physics? Why is Australia falling behind in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)? We in the Einstein-First project ... <a title="Einstein’s too hard for school science? No, students love learning real modern physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/einsteins-too-hard-for-school-science-no-students-love-learning-real-modern-physics-166270/" aria-label="Read more about Einstein’s too hard for school science? No, students love learning real modern physics">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Collins, Lecturer of Mathematics, Edith Cowan University Shisma/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Swiss researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden this week claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi – a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. By my estimate, if these ... <a title="Why bother calculating pi to 62.8 trillion digits? It’s both useless and fascinating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/why-bother-calculating-pi-to-62-8-trillion-digits-its-both-useless-and-fascinating-166271/" aria-label="Read more about Why bother calculating pi to 62.8 trillion digits? It’s both useless and fascinating">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University “We want the world to trust us.” In the Taliban’s first press conference since seizing control of Afghanistan, this message was intended to allay fears of what a return to power could mean for the country. In the ... <a title="The Taliban wants the world’s trust. To achieve this, it will need to make some difficult choices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/the-taliban-wants-the-worlds-trust-to-achieve-this-it-will-need-to-make-some-difficult-choices-166191/" aria-label="Read more about The Taliban wants the world’s trust. To achieve this, it will need to make some difficult choices">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Chen, Research Fellow at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland Hannah Peters/Getty Images Fast isolation of infected individuals is key to containing any outbreak of COVID-19, including the Delta variant, and contact tracing is a critical part of this process. Since the ... <a title="New Zealanders haven’t been scanning in enough, and that contributed to the need for a full lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/new-zealanders-havent-been-scanning-in-enough-and-that-contributed-to-the-need-for-a-full-lockdown-166330/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders haven’t been scanning in enough, and that contributed to the need for a full lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl McPhee, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Bond University Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s new series introducing you to the unloved Australian animals that need our help. Australia’s oceans are home to a startling array of biodiversity ... <a title="Meet the penis worm: don’t look away, these widespread yet understudied sea creatures deserve your love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/meet-the-penis-worm-dont-look-away-these-widespread-yet-understudied-sea-creatures-deserve-your-love-163728/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the penis worm: don’t look away, these widespread yet understudied sea creatures deserve your love">Read more</a>
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August 18, 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 Covid-19 – NZ enters Level 4 lockdown Tim Watkin (Pundit): The Lucky Lockdown? Is This The Kick Up The ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2021">Read more</a>
