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February 17, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By William Camacaro and Frederick MillsFrom NY and Washington DC On February 7, the progressive presidential candidate for the Union of Hope Alliance (UNES) party, Andrés Arauz, won first place in Ecuador’s presidential election; this is uncontested. Arauz garnered 32.71% of the vote; right-wing former banker Guillermo Lasso 19.74%; ... <a title="Lawfare Threatens To Derail Presidential Election In Ecuador" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/lawfare-threatens-to-derail-presidential-election-in-ecuador/" aria-label="Read more about Lawfare Threatens To Derail Presidential Election In Ecuador">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was supposed to be a week totally dominated by the arrival of the vaccine. Instead attention has been partially diverted by the revelation of an alleged 2019 rape in a minister’s Parliament House office – that Scott Morrison was ... <a title="View from The Hill: Linda Reynolds feels the lash after Scott Morrison says he was blindsided by rape allegation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/view-from-the-hill-linda-reynolds-feels-the-lash-after-scott-morrison-says-he-was-blindsided-by-rape-allegation-155400/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Linda Reynolds feels the lash after Scott Morrison says he was blindsided by rape allegation">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University As the Holiday Inn cluster in Melbourne continues to grow, the Victorian government and the media are regularly publicising new exposure sites. An exposure site is a location a person who has tested positive to COVID-19 visited ... <a title="Tier 1, tier 2, tier 3? Victoria’s COVID exposure sites explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/tier-1-tier-2-tier-3-victorias-covid-exposure-sites-explained-155291/" aria-label="Read more about Tier 1, tier 2, tier 3? Victoria’s COVID exposure sites explained">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Reilly, Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two children Kopika and Tharunicaa have been seeking protection visas in Australia since 2012. Nearly a decade later, they are still waiting. The family was removed from their home in the Queensland town of ... <a title="It’s time to give visas to the Biloela Tamil family and other asylum seekers stuck in the system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/its-time-to-give-visas-to-the-biloela-tamil-family-and-other-asylum-seekers-stuck-in-the-system-155354/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to give visas to the Biloela Tamil family and other asylum seekers stuck in the system">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has capitulated to crossbench pressure to drop its plan to enable the suspension of the Better Off Overall Test for COVID-affected businesses. Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter announced the backdown because it has been clear for some time ... <a title="Government drops BOOT change but Labor and ACTU will still fight workplace legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/government-drops-boot-change-but-labor-and-actu-will-still-fight-workplace-legislation-155372/" aria-label="Read more about Government drops BOOT change but Labor and ACTU will still fight workplace legislation">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland New variants of SARS-CoV-2 have now evaded New Zealand’s border protections twice to spread into the community. In the most recent outbreak, which placed Auckland into an alert level 3 lockdown, there are three active community cases of the more ... <a title="Why more contagious variants are emerging now, more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/why-more-contagious-variants-are-emerging-now-more-than-a-year-into-the-covid-19-pandemic-155302/" aria-label="Read more about Why more contagious variants are emerging now, more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago As fossil fuels are phased out over the coming decades, the Climate Change Commission (CCC) suggests electricity will take up much of the slack, powering our vehicle fleet and replacing coal and gas in industrial processes. But can the ... <a title="As NZ gets serious about climate change, can electricity replace fossil fuels in time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/as-nz-gets-serious-about-climate-change-can-electricity-replace-fossil-fuels-in-time-155123/" aria-label="Read more about As NZ gets serious about climate change, can electricity replace fossil fuels in time?">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University If I offered you money for something, an offer you didn’t have to accept, would you call it a grab? What if I actually owned the thing I offered you money for, and the offer ... <a title="The TV networks holding back the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/the-tv-networks-holding-back-the-future-155220/" aria-label="Read more about The TV networks holding back the future">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damian Lettoof, PhD Candidate, Curtin University Australia’s wetlands are home to a huge range of stunning flora and fauna, with large snakes often at the top of the food chain. Many wetlands are located near urban areas. This makes them particularly susceptible to contamination as stormwater, urban ... <a title="We tested tiger snake scales to measure wetland pollution in Perth. The news is worse than expected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/we-tested-tiger-snake-scales-to-measure-wetland-pollution-in-perth-the-news-is-worse-than-expected-153797/" aria-label="Read more about We tested tiger snake scales to measure wetland pollution in Perth. The news is worse than expected">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Indigo Holcombe-James, Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University “Nobody is a technical specialist,” one committee member at an artist-run initiative (ARI) told me about moving their activities online under COVID lockdowns. The [volunteer] who is doing our website content at the moment is a contemporary art photographer. Galleries ... <a title="‘Only so much I can do’: COVID-19 cast a harsh light on the digital divide of Australian art galleries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/only-so-much-i-can-do-covid-19-cast-a-harsh-light-on-the-digital-divide-of-australian-art-galleries-151483/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Only so much I can do’: COVID-19 cast a harsh light on the digital divide of Australian art galleries">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Meade, Research Fellow in Economics, and in Social Sciences & Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology Faced with a COVID-19 pandemic of unknown severity and duration, governments around the world are looking for effective and sustainable ways to maintain economic confidence and employment. Even New Zealand, ... <a title="Would ‘COVID loans’ be a more affordable and sustainable way to support national economies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/would-covid-loans-be-a-more-affordable-and-sustainable-way-to-support-national-economies-155296/" aria-label="Read more about Would ‘COVID loans’ be a more affordable and sustainable way to support national economies?">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney The number of reported global weekly COVID cases is falling and has dropped nearly 50% this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said overnight. This incredibly encouraging news shows the power of public health measures — but we must remain ... <a title="Global weekly COVID cases are falling, WHO says — but ‘if we stop fighting it on any front, it will come roaring back’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/global-weekly-covid-cases-are-falling-who-says-but-if-we-stop-fighting-it-on-any-front-it-will-come-roaring-back-155355/" aria-label="Read more about Global weekly COVID cases are falling, WHO says — but ‘if we stop fighting it on any front, it will come roaring back’">Read more</a>
