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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne The Members’ Hall of Parliament House is home to the 25 completed portraits of Australia’s former prime ministers. The most recently revealed ... <a title="Cartoonist Johannes Leak is not known for his portraits – so why is he being given $40,000 to do Tony Abbott’s?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/cartoonist-johannes-leak-is-not-known-for-his-portraits-so-why-is-he-being-given-40-000-to-do-tony-abbotts-155037/" aria-label="Read more about Cartoonist Johannes Leak is not known for his portraits – so why is he being given $40,000 to do Tony Abbott’s?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As JobKeeper enters its final weeks, the government has released the latest Tax Office breakdown of the numbers coming off the program, amid concerns its end in late March will see a rise in unemployment. With attention currently on Victoria, ... <a title="Victorians struggle to exit JobKeeper, as the scheme’s end looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/victorians-struggle-to-exit-jobkeeper-as-the-schemes-end-looms-155288/" aria-label="Read more about Victorians struggle to exit JobKeeper, as the scheme’s end looms">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer S. Hunt, Lecturer in Security Studies, Australian National University Twice-impeached former US President Donald Trump has evaded conviction once more. On the fourth day of the impeachment trial, the Senate verdict is in. Voting guilty: 57 senators (representing nearly 70% of the country or 202 million ... <a title="Trump evades conviction again as Republicans opt for self-preservation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/14/trump-evades-conviction-again-as-republicans-opt-for-self-preservation-155283/" aria-label="Read more about Trump evades conviction again as Republicans opt for self-preservation">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Victoria will go into stage 4 lockdown from 11.59pm tonight, as the cluster from the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel continues to grow. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the circuit-breaker lockdown this afternoon, citing the threat posed by the “hyper-infectious” UK strain. ... <a title="Yes, another lockdown in Victoria hurts. But it might be our only way to avert a third wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/yes-another-lockdown-in-victoria-hurts-but-it-might-be-our-only-way-to-avert-a-third-wave-155212/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, another lockdown in Victoria hurts. But it might be our only way to avert a third wave">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines about to begin in Australia, people may be wondering if they’re safe (and effective) in the long term. What might be the health consequences a year after vaccination, ... <a title="COVID vaccines have been developed in record time. But how will we know they’re safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/covid-vaccines-have-been-developed-in-record-time-but-how-will-we-know-theyre-safe-153888/" aria-label="Read more about COVID vaccines have been developed in record time. But how will we know they’re safe?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duane W. Hamacher, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The New Moon this month marks the start of the Lunar New Year and reminds us of how important our orbiting neighbour is to us. It’s a relationship long described by many cultures across the globe, particularly with its ... <a title="The Moon plays an important role in Indigenous culture and helped win a battle over sea rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/the-moon-plays-an-important-role-in-indigenous-culture-and-helped-win-a-battle-over-sea-rights-119081/" aria-label="Read more about The Moon plays an important role in Indigenous culture and helped win a battle over sea rights">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher, including the prospect of net zero emissions by 2050, and the battlelines being drawn within the National Party and wider Coalition over how to get ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on industrial relations and a plan for net zero emissions by 2050" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/video-michelle-grattan-on-industrial-relations-and-a-plan-for-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-155210/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on industrial relations and a plan for net zero emissions by 2050">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Metiria Turei (Spinoff): Why the parliament necktie fight is so much more than some petty squabble Peter Dunne: Waititi wins Caroline Daley (The Conversation): The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-12-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 2021">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne The COVID-19 pandemic was heralded as an opportunity to restart gender expectations at home. Our research shows Australian fathers have stepped into more participatory roles, but the question remains: will it last? ... <a title="COVID forced Australian fathers to do more at home, but at the same cost mothers have long endured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/covid-forced-australian-fathers-to-do-more-at-home-but-at-the-same-cost-mothers-have-long-endured-154834/" aria-label="Read more about COVID forced Australian fathers to do more at home, but at the same cost mothers have long endured">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Living through a global pandemic over the past year has seen all of us expanding our vocabularies. We now understand terms like PPE, social distancing and contact tracing. But just when perhaps we thought we had ... <a title="What’s the difference between mutations, variants and strains? A guide to COVID terminology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/whats-the-difference-between-mutations-variants-and-strains-a-guide-to-covid-terminology-154825/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between mutations, variants and strains? A guide to COVID terminology">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Stephens, Professor of International Law, University of Sydney In the lead-up to this year’s United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, the Morrison government is inching towards adopting a net-zero emissions target for 2050. If Prime Minister Scott Morrison can resist internal party pressure to exempt some ... <a title="Mr Morrison, please don’t make empty promises: enshrine our climate targets in law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/mr-morrison-please-dont-make-empty-promises-enshrine-our-climate-targets-in-law-155039/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Morrison, please don’t make empty promises: enshrine our climate targets in law">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It’s not often centre-left economists disagree with each other – let alone get into a stoush. But it’s what happened over the last week. On February 5 former US Treasury Secretary and National Economic Council Chair Larry Summers published an opinion ... <a title="Vital Signs: What if Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is too big?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/vital-signs-what-if-bidens-1-9-trillion-stimulus-plan-is-too-big-154819/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: What if Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is too big?">Read more</a>
