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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pete Dupen, PhD Student, University of Technology Sydney An independent expert panel today rejected a proposal to expand the operations of the Dendrobium coal mine under Sydney’s drinking water catchment. This is a significant and welcome decision. However, flawed environmental laws that enabled the proposal to get ... <a title="Coal mine expansion refused over water concerns, but where’s the line in the sand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/coal-mine-expansion-refused-over-water-concerns-but-wheres-the-line-in-the-sand-154173/" aria-label="Read more about Coal mine expansion refused over water concerns, but where’s the line in the sand?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By DB Subedi, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of New England Myanmar has once again returned to military rule, with a year-long state of emergency declared by the army. When military dictators ruled Myanmar from 1962 to 2010, they were able to maintain tight control over the people through ... <a title="Myanmar’s military has used surveillance, draconian laws and fear to stifle dissent before. Will it work again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/myanmars-military-has-used-surveillance-draconian-laws-and-fear-to-stifle-dissent-before-will-it-work-again-154474/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s military has used surveillance, draconian laws and fear to stifle dissent before. Will it work again?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury Relaxing border restrictions for travellers from low COVID-19 risk countries would increase the risk of community cases in New Zealand by around 25%, says an article published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal. This might not sound ... <a title="It’s still too soon for NZ to relax COVID-19 border restrictions for travellers from low-risk countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/its-still-too-soon-for-nz-to-relax-covid-19-border-restrictions-for-travellers-from-low-risk-countries-154643/" aria-label="Read more about It’s still too soon for NZ to relax COVID-19 border restrictions for travellers from low-risk countries">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Wilson, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago The world must decide what needs to change to prevent events like the COVID-19 pandemic happening again, according to the former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark. Currently co-leading an independent international review of the global response, the ... <a title="No more acting like ‘stunned mullets’ — bigger, better, faster responses needed to meet future bio-threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/no-more-acting-like-stunned-mullets-bigger-better-faster-responses-needed-to-meet-future-bio-threats-154719/" aria-label="Read more about No more acting like ‘stunned mullets’ — bigger, better, faster responses needed to meet future bio-threats">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey Shima, Professor of Ecology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington At night on any one of hundreds of coral reefs across the tropical Pacific, larval fish just below the sea surface are gambling on their chances of survival. Our latest research shows the brightness ... <a title="Under the moonlight: a little light and shade helps larval fish to grow at night" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/under-the-moonlight-a-little-light-and-shade-helps-larval-fish-to-grow-at-night-153192/" aria-label="Read more about Under the moonlight: a little light and shade helps larval fish to grow at night">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University The recent controversy over a decision by the Tauranga City Council to establish a Māori ward reminds us that arguments about Māori political representation ... <a title="Guaranteed Māori representation in local government is about self-determination — and it’s good for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/guaranteed-maori-representation-in-local-government-is-about-self-determination-and-its-good-for-democracy-154538/" aria-label="Read more about Guaranteed Māori representation in local government is about self-determination — and it’s good for democracy">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archa Fox, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, University of Western Australia The first mRNA vaccines approved for use in humans — the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines — are being rolled out around the world. These vaccines deliver mRNA, coated in lipid (fat), into cells. Once ... <a title="4 things about mRNA COVID vaccines researchers still want to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/4-things-about-mrna-covid-vaccines-researchers-still-want-to-find-out-154160/" aria-label="Read more about 4 things about mRNA COVID vaccines researchers still want to find out">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joe Fontaine, Lecturer, Environmental and Conservation Science, Murdoch University February has already been a bad month for Perth. Bushfire has destroyed 81 homes and burned more than 10,000 hectares northeast of the city. Residents in the midst of a COVID-19 lockdown were told to abandon their homes ... <a title="As Perth’s suburbs burn, the rest of Australia watches and learns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/as-perths-suburbs-burn-the-rest-of-australia-watches-and-learns-154544/" aria-label="Read more about As Perth’s suburbs burn, the rest of Australia watches and learns">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ping Tian, Honorary Associate, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney Early exposure to diverse story characters, including in ethnicity, gender and ability, helps young people develop a strong sense of identity and belonging. It is also crucial in cultivating compassion towards others. Children from minority backgrounds rarely ... <a title="Empathy starts early: 5 Australian picture books that celebrate diversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/empathy-starts-early-5-australian-picture-books-that-celebrate-diversity-153629/" aria-label="Read more about Empathy starts early: 5 Australian picture books that celebrate diversity">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW We are hearing an unusual amount from the Reserve Bank this week. On Tuesday, after its first board meeting for the year, the bank outlined plans to spend another A$100 billion it didn’t have (“created money”), to buy government bonds in ... <a title="Vital Signs: We are on the way back, but there are risks at every turn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/vital-signs-we-are-on-the-way-back-but-there-are-risks-at-every-turn-154572/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: We are on the way back, but there are risks at every turn">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marguerite Johnson, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle Rosaleen Norton, or “the witch of Kings Cross,” is finally receiving the attention she deserves. Born in Dunedin in 1917, emigrating with her family to Sydney in 1925, and dying in 1979, Norton was a trailblazing woman and under-appreciated ... <a title="Friday essay: why Rosaleen Norton, ‘the witch of Kings Cross’, was a groundbreaking bohemian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/friday-essay-why-rosaleen-norton-the-witch-of-kings-cross-was-a-groundbreaking-bohemian-154184/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: why Rosaleen Norton, ‘the witch of Kings Cross’, was a groundbreaking bohemian">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – USP’s Canadian Professor Pal Ahluwalia … deported today on a flight to Brisbane. Image: PMW By Pacific Media Watch POLITICIANS, educators and civil society advocates around the region today condemned the “barbaric” and “shameful” detention and deportation of the regional University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor ... <a title="Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ deportation of USP academic head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/politicians-educators-advocates-blast-fijis-barbaric-deportation-of-usp-academic-head/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ deportation of USP academic head">Read more</a>
