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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Shaw, Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne After 18 months of lockdown, the City of Melbourne is understandably anxious to get people back to the CBD and inner areas. Commercial vacancy rates are high, international student numbers have plummeted and the streets are dead. The ... <a title="Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it’s window dressing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/can-artists-revive-dead-city-centres-without-long-term-tenancies-its-window-dressing-169822/" aria-label="Read more about Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it’s window dressing">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eibhlish O’Hara, Research Associate, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Participation in specialist sport programs keeps teenagers from low socioeconomic backgrounds at school and boosts their maths grades. This is what I found in my PhD study. Being engaged in learning can set people up for success in the ... <a title="‘It was the best five years of my life!’ How sports programs are keeping disadvantaged teens at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/it-was-the-best-five-years-of-my-life-how-sports-programs-are-keeping-disadvantaged-teens-at-school-162855/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It was the best five years of my life!’ How sports programs are keeping disadvantaged teens at school">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Juno, Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), today provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine to be used as a booster for anyone over the age of 18. The TGA said people can take ... <a title="Australians will soon receive COVID booster vaccines. Why do we need them, and how effective are they?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/australians-will-soon-receive-covid-booster-vaccines-why-do-we-need-them-and-how-effective-are-they-170368/" aria-label="Read more about Australians will soon receive COVID booster vaccines. Why do we need them, and how effective are they?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Shutterstock The Morrison government’s eleventh hour commitment to net zero by 2050 is a monumental failure. Critics rightly point out the government’s plan involves no increase to Australia’s 2030 climate target, no new funding or policies and few concrete details ... <a title="Australia’s net-zero plan fails to tackle our biggest contribution to climate change: fossil fuel exports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/australias-net-zero-plan-fails-to-tackle-our-biggest-contribution-to-climate-change-fossil-fuel-exports-170646/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s net-zero plan fails to tackle our biggest contribution to climate change: fossil fuel exports">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Hamilton, Principal Research Fellow, University of Sydney www.shutterstock.com In Australia, grandparents are the most popular form of childcare. Yet with almost 30% of Australians born overseas, for many families, grandparents are not close by. COVID-19 border closures have made family reunions almost impossible for the past ... <a title="New research shows how hard it is for ‘flying grannies’ to care for their Australian grandkids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/new-research-shows-how-hard-it-is-for-flying-grannies-to-care-for-their-australian-grandkids-169464/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows how hard it is for ‘flying grannies’ to care for their Australian grandkids">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Spry, Lecturer of Marketing, RMIT University Shutterstock With brands increasingly engaging in social change campaigns and leveraging their influence to be “purpose-led”, the time has come to ask a couple of big questions: is this a viable strategy, and how sceptical should we be of so-called ... <a title="Consumers are wise to ‘woke washing’ – but truly ‘transformative branding’ can still make a difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/consumers-are-wise-to-woke-washing-but-truly-transformative-branding-can-still-make-a-difference-170190/" aria-label="Read more about Consumers are wise to ‘woke washing’ – but truly ‘transformative branding’ can still make a difference">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann McGrath, Professor, Australian National University For as long as “History” with a capital ‘H’ has been written, Indigenous peoples have been placed outside its circle. Consequently, whole groups of peoples, whole continents like Australia, and whole spans of human time, are missing from history’s scope. Why ... <a title="Why do First Nations people continue to be history’s outsiders?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/why-do-first-nations-people-continue-to-be-historys-outsiders-162762/" aria-label="Read more about Why do First Nations people continue to be history’s outsiders?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Croucher, Professor and Head of School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing, Massey University Shutterstock The New Zealand government’s announcement yesterday of expanded mandatory vaccination requirements raises important questions about legality and compliance. Vaccination will become mandatory for staff at any business where vaccine certificates are required ... <a title="Are employers and workers at odds over NZ’s workplace vaccine mandates? Our research suggests they might be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/are-employers-and-workers-at-odds-over-nzs-workplace-vaccine-mandates-our-research-suggests-they-might-be-170431/" aria-label="Read more about Are employers and workers at odds over NZ’s workplace vaccine mandates? Our research suggests they might be">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Vaccine mandate Derek Cheng (Herald): Why Jacinda Ardern has done a u-turn and wants ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 27 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-27-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 27 2021">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eliana Close, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has put unprecedented strain on intensive care resources. In some places, including parts of Italy, the United States, Canada, and the Asia-Pacific, ICUs have been overwhelmed. ... <a title="If COVID hospitalisations increase, it’s still not clear how patients will be prioritised for ICU beds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/if-covid-hospitalisations-increase-its-still-not-clear-how-patients-will-be-prioritised-for-icu-beds-169948/" aria-label="Read more about If COVID hospitalisations increase, it’s still not clear how patients will be prioritised for ICU beds">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock If nations make good on their latest promises to reduce emissions by 2030, the planet will warm by at least 2.7℃ this century, a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found. This overshoots the ... <a title="If all 2030 climate targets are met, the planet will heat by 2.7℃ this century. That’s not OK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/if-all-2030-climate-targets-are-met-the-planet-will-heat-by-2-7-this-century-thats-not-ok-170458/" aria-label="Read more about If all 2030 climate targets are met, the planet will heat by 2.7℃ this century. That’s not OK">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University Days out from the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, the Morrison government on Tuesday announced a “practically achievable” path to reaching its new target of net-zero emissions by 2050. As expected, the government will pursue a “technology ... <a title="Australia’s clean hydrogen revolution is a path to prosperity – but it must be powered by renewable energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/australias-clean-hydrogen-revolution-is-a-path-to-prosperity-but-it-must-be-powered-by-renewable-energy-169832/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s clean hydrogen revolution is a path to prosperity – but it must be powered by renewable energy">Read more</a>
