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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss the evidence given by Christine Holgate before a senate inquiry ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on unemployment figures, Christine Holgate, and the withdrawal from Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/video-michelle-grattan-on-unemployment-figures-christine-holgate-and-the-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-159128/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on unemployment figures, Christine Holgate, and the withdrawal from Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Recently, we have witnessed an uprising of thousands marching in the streets fuelled by outrage against the violence and sexual assault experienced by women. Indigenous women and gender diverse people also marched and shared this outrage. They empathise with other ... <a title="No public outrage, no vigils: Australia’s silence at violence against Indigenous women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/no-public-outrage-no-vigils-australias-silence-at-violence-against-indigenous-women-158875/" aria-label="Read more about No public outrage, no vigils: Australia’s silence at violence against Indigenous women">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. New Zealand has, for the rest of this month, banned all people who have been in India this month from entry into New Zealand. The decision is based not on the incidence of Covid19 in India; rather it is based on the numbers of New Zealanders arriving from India. This would ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Countries with recent coronavirus upsurges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-countries-with-recent-coronavirus-upsurges/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Countries with recent coronavirus upsurges">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayden Crosby, PhD Candidate, University of Auckland The government’s recently proposed changes to New Zealand’s counter-terrorism legislation are focusing attention on how best to equip law enforcement agencies with the tools to prevent the kind of atrocity witnessed in Christchurch on March 15, 2019. The amendments to ... <a title="Treating NZ’s far right groups as terrorist organisations could make monitoring extremists even harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/treating-nzs-far-right-groups-as-terrorist-organisations-could-make-monitoring-extremists-even-harder-158291/" aria-label="Read more about Treating NZ’s far right groups as terrorist organisations could make monitoring extremists even harder">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Mitchell, Professor of Nursing, University of Newcastle The Australian public’s infection control literacy continues to expand. We know what PPE is, what “flattening the curve” means, and we are growing increasingly familiar with the term “deep clean”. But what does a deep clean involve, and when ... <a title="A ‘deep clean’ has been ordered for a Brisbane hospital ward. What does that actually involve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/a-deep-clean-has-been-ordered-for-a-brisbane-hospital-ward-what-does-that-actually-involve-158943/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘deep clean’ has been ordered for a Brisbane hospital ward. What does that actually involve?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Rare-earth metals are critical to the high-tech society we live in as an essential component of mobile phones, computers and many other everyday devices. But increasing demand and limited global supply means we must urgently find a way to recover ... <a title="Demand for rare-earth metals is skyrocketing, so we’re creating a safer, cleaner way to recover them from old phones and laptops" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/demand-for-rare-earth-metals-is-skyrocketing-so-were-creating-a-safer-cleaner-way-to-recover-them-from-old-phones-and-laptops-141360/" aria-label="Read more about Demand for rare-earth metals is skyrocketing, so we’re creating a safer, cleaner way to recover them from old phones and laptops">Read more</a>
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April 16, 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 National Party leadership Matthew Hooton (Herald): My message to National – and how to avoid another leadership fiasco (paywalled) Peter Dunne: National needs to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 16 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-16-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 16 2021">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajib Dasgupta, Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University India is in the grip of a massive second wave of COVID-19 infections, surpassing even the United States and Brazil in terms of new daily infections. The current spike came after a brief lull: ... <a title="After early success, India’s daily COVID infections have surpassed the US and Brazil. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/after-early-success-indias-daily-covid-infections-have-surpassed-the-us-and-brazil-why-158783/" aria-label="Read more about After early success, India’s daily COVID infections have surpassed the US and Brazil. Why?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Perhaps the most important lesson from the Christine Holgate controversy is that the confluence of sexism and politics leads to double standards for female executives. But Holgate’s demise – pushed from her position as Australia Post’s chief executive last November for ... <a title="Vital Signs: Christine Holgate’s ‘principal’ error was applying corporate logic to Australia Post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/vital-signs-christine-holgates-principal-error-was-applying-corporate-logic-to-australia-post-158959/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Christine Holgate’s ‘principal’ error was applying corporate logic to Australia Post">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington As part of New Zealand’s well-being budget in 2019, the government announced an unprecedented NZ$1.9 billion increase in funding for the mental health sector. But almost two years on, there are no tangible signs of ... <a title="Road to nowhere: New Zealanders struggle to get the help they need, 2 years on from a funding boost for mental health services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/road-to-nowhere-new-zealanders-struggle-to-get-the-help-they-need-2-years-on-from-a-funding-boost-for-mental-health-services-158868/" aria-label="Read more about Road to nowhere: New Zealanders struggle to get the help they need, 2 years on from a funding boost for mental health services">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology that would allow faster than light travel: the warp drive, a hypothetical way to skirt around the universe’s ultimate speed limit by bending the fabric of reality. It was an intriguing ... <a title="New warp drive research dashes faster than light travel dreams – but reveals stranger possibilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/new-warp-drive-research-dashes-faster-than-light-travel-dreams-but-reveals-stranger-possibilities-158070/" aria-label="Read more about New warp drive research dashes faster than light travel dreams – but reveals stranger possibilities">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Rojas, Speech pathologist and Lecturer in Voice Disorders, Department of Speech Pathology, Orthopedics & Audiology, La Trobe University Losing our voice, having a hoarse voice, or having any difficulties with our voice can be challenging, especially for those who need to use it for work. For ... <a title="How to actually fix a lost voice, according to science (hint: lemon and honey doesn’t work)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/how-to-actually-fix-a-lost-voice-according-to-science-hint-lemon-and-honey-doesnt-work-158230/" aria-label="Read more about How to actually fix a lost voice, according to science (hint: lemon and honey doesn’t work)">Read more</a>
