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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
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>
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February 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Honorary Research Associate and Lecturer, University of Sydney Ask anyone the identity of the world’s most famed turtles, and the answer is likely to be those legendary heroes in a half-shell, the Teenage Mutant Ninjas. Since first appearing in comic book form in 1984, the ... <a title="Friday essay: the long history of warrior turtles, from ancient myth to warships to teenage mutants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/friday-essay-the-long-history-of-warrior-turtles-from-ancient-myth-to-warships-to-teenage-mutants-152614/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: the long history of warrior turtles, from ancient myth to warships to teenage mutants">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When he went out to denounce Anthony Albanese’s industrial relations policy on Wednesday, minister Christian Porter claimed it would put a “$20 billion tax burden” on business. Just in case anyone missed the number, Porter said it 20 times during ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: There’s no escape from scares when politicians debate industrial relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/grattan-on-friday-theres-no-escape-from-scares-when-politicians-debate-industrial-relations-155150/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: There’s no escape from scares when politicians debate industrial relations">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa’s prime minister has gone public with his desire to “rehouse” the University of the South Pacific (USP) in his country. It Is a long-term vision, according to Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, one that has been resurrected by the ongoing saga surrounding the tenure of USP vice-chancellor and ... <a title="Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/samoa-goes-public-with-bid-for-usp-to-move-headquarters-from-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from Fiji">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Shannon, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Fast radio bursts are one of the great mysteries of the universe. Since their discovery, we have learned a great deal about these intense millisecond-duration pulses. But we still have much to learn, such as ... <a title="A brief history: what we know so far about fast radio bursts across the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/a-brief-history-what-we-know-so-far-about-fast-radio-bursts-across-the-universe-154381/" aria-label="Read more about A brief history: what we know so far about fast radio bursts across the universe">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Most Australians know all too well how precious water is. Sydney just experienced a severe drought, while towns across New South Wales and Queensland ran out of ... <a title="Our national water policy is outdated, unfair and not fit for climate challenges: major new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/our-national-water-policy-is-outdated-unfair-and-not-fit-for-climate-challenges-major-new-report-155116/" aria-label="Read more about Our national water policy is outdated, unfair and not fit for climate challenges: major new report">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Most Australians know all too well how precious water is. Sydney just experienced a severe drought, while towns across New South Wales and Queensland ran out of ... <a title="Our national water policy is outdated, unfair and not fit for climate challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/our-national-water-policy-is-outdated-unfair-and-not-fit-for-climate-challenges-155116/" aria-label="Read more about Our national water policy is outdated, unfair and not fit for climate challenges">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Jean Hayes, Honorary Academic, University of Melbourne Every day, in every hospital, doctors and nurses respond to “code blue” situations. This is an emergency alert for when a patient’s heart stops beating, called a cardiac arrest. To save the patient’s life, medical and nursing staff will ... <a title="Do you want to be resuscitated? This is what you should think about before deciding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/do-you-want-to-be-resuscitated-this-is-what-you-should-think-about-before-deciding-105506/" aria-label="Read more about Do you want to be resuscitated? This is what you should think about before deciding">Read more</a>
