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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Professor and Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington We will not be able to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us until the world’s population is mostly immune through vaccination or previous exposure to the ... <a title="The big barriers to global vaccination: patent rights, national self-interest and the wealth gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/the-big-barriers-to-global-vaccination-patent-rights-national-self-interest-and-the-wealth-gap-153443/" aria-label="Read more about The big barriers to global vaccination: patent rights, national self-interest and the wealth gap">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne At 4am Thursday AEDT, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be inaugurated as president and vice president of the United States, replacing Donald Trump and Mike Pence. What follows is a discussion of US political ... <a title="After riots, Donald Trump leaves office with under 40% approval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/after-riots-donald-trump-leaves-office-with-under-40-approval-153442/" aria-label="Read more about After riots, Donald Trump leaves office with under 40% approval">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Britta Denise Hardesty, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, CSIRO Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs economies up to US$50 billion globally each year, and makes up to one-fifth of the global catch. It’s a huge problem not only for the 59.5 million people who depend ... <a title="Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/crimes-at-sea-when-we-frame-illegal-fishers-as-human-and-drug-smugglers-everyone-loses-152231/" aria-label="Read more about Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Verica Rupar, Professor, Auckland University of Technology “The lie outlasts the liar,” writes historian Timothy Snyder, referring to outgoing president Donald Trump and his contribution to the “post-truth” era in the US. Indeed, the mass rejection of reason that erupted in a political mob storming Capitol Hill ... <a title="Trump’s time is up, but his Twitter legacy lives on in the global spread of QAnon conspiracy theories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/trumps-time-is-up-but-his-twitter-legacy-lives-on-in-the-global-spread-of-qanon-conspiracy-theories-153298/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s time is up, but his Twitter legacy lives on in the global spread of QAnon conspiracy theories">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW’s Grand Challenges Program, UNSW The views of women and men can differ on important gendered issues such as abortion, gender equity and government spending priorities. Surprisingly, however, average differences in sex on this front are usually ... <a title="Family matters: why people can hold political views that disadvantage their own sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/family-matters-why-people-can-hold-political-views-that-disadvantage-their-own-sex-153302/" aria-label="Read more about Family matters: why people can hold political views that disadvantage their own sex">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer S. Hunt, Lecturer in National Security, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful transfer of power. This year, the scene looks a bit different. If the last US ... <a title="As Joe Biden prepares to become president, the US still reels from the deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/as-joe-biden-prepares-to-become-president-the-us-still-reels-from-the-deadly-consequences-of-alternative-facts-153449/" aria-label="Read more about As Joe Biden prepares to become president, the US still reels from the deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle In Australia and around the world, research is showing changes in body weight, cooking, eating and drinking patterns associated with COVID lockdowns. Some changes have been positive, such as people cooking at home more, and eating ... <a title="Not feeling motivated to tackle those sneaky COVID kilos? Try these 4 healthy eating tips instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/not-feeling-motivated-to-tackle-those-sneaky-covid-kilos-try-these-4-healthy-eating-tips-instead-152316/" aria-label="Read more about Not feeling motivated to tackle those sneaky COVID kilos? Try these 4 healthy eating tips instead">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hao Tan, Associate professor, University of Newcastle Australian coal exports to China plummeted last year. While this is due in part to recent trade tensions between Australia and China, our research suggests coal plant closures are a bigger threat to Australia’s export coal in the long term. ... <a title="Forget about the trade spat – coal is passé in much of China, and that’s a bigger problem for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/forget-about-the-trade-spat-coal-is-passe-in-much-of-china-and-thats-a-bigger-problem-for-australia-153300/" aria-label="Read more about Forget about the trade spat – coal is passé in much of China, and that’s a bigger problem for Australia">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asha Bowen, Head, Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute A year ago, in late January 2020, Australia reported its first cases of COVID-19. Since then, we have seen almost 29,000 confirmed cases and 909 deaths. As cases climbed in Australian cities in 2020, many students did their schoolwork ... <a title="Coronavirus: is it safe for kids to go back to school? And what about the new mutant strain?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/coronavirus-is-it-safe-for-kids-to-go-back-to-school-and-what-about-the-new-mutant-strain-152979/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: is it safe for kids to go back to school? And what about the new mutant strain?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne Political pressure forced the federal government in 2017 – when Scott Morrison was treasurer – to call the royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services sector. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne delivered 76 recommendations to reform ... <a title="Ideology triumphs over evidence: Morrison government drops the ball on banking reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/ideology-triumphs-over-evidence-morrison-government-drops-the-ball-on-banking-reform-153529/" aria-label="Read more about Ideology triumphs over evidence: Morrison government drops the ball on banking reform">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Ellis, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle The Rise and Fall of Saint George is a story about place, belonging and community that taps into universal tensions of identity and faith in multicultural societies. Playing for one night only at the ... <a title="Sydney Festival review: The Rise and Fall of Saint George shows the transformative power of music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/sydney-festival-review-the-rise-and-fall-of-saint-george-shows-the-transformative-power-of-music-153100/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Festival review: The Rise and Fall of Saint George shows the transformative power of music">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
By RNZ News An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial covid-19 outbreak, and criticised the World Health Organisation (WHO) for not declaring an international emergency until 30 January. The experts reviewing the global handling of the pandemic, led by former New Zealand ... <a title="Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/helen-clark-led-covid-19-review-panel-calls-for-global-reset-over-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic">Read more</a>
