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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury GettyImages The announcement today that New Zealand will introduce a vaccination certificate by November is welcome news. Whether by “carrot” or “stick”, vaccination rates must keep climbing, as it is now likely case numbers will climb under alert ... <a title="The COVID-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but New Zealand still has a vaccination advantage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/the-covid-zero-strategy-may-be-past-its-use-by-date-but-new-zealand-still-has-a-vaccination-advantage-169251/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but New Zealand still has a vaccination advantage">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has a new attack word. “Shakedown”. “Shakedown” is defined as “an illegal or deceitful attempt to get money from someone, for example by swindling or blackmailing them”. In yet another episode in the old federal-state blame game, the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Don’t play ‘shakedown’ with me, Morrison tells Queensland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/view-from-the-hill-dont-play-shakedown-with-me-morrison-tells-queensland-169283/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Don’t play ‘shakedown’ with me, Morrison tells Queensland">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Shutterstock It would have come as a surprise to Australian night owls when, at around 2:42am AEDT on Tuesday, their Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Oculus services were suddenly and inexplicably gone. This was no local ... <a title="What caused the unprecedented Facebook outage? The few clues point to a problem from within" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/what-caused-the-unprecedented-facebook-outage-the-few-clues-point-to-a-problem-from-within-169249/" aria-label="Read more about What caused the unprecedented Facebook outage? The few clues point to a problem from within">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversations’s politics ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Signs are Scott Morrison wants to avoid Glasgow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-signs-are-scott-morrison-wants-to-avoid-glasgow-169263/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Signs are Scott Morrison wants to avoid Glasgow">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giuseppe Carabetta, Senior Lecturer, Sydney University Business School, University of Sydney Daniel Pockett/AAP Racing to hit vaccination targets and lift the restrictions making Melbourne the world’s most locked-down city, the Victorian government has mandated COVID vaccinations for an estimated 1.25 million of the state’s 3.5 million workers. ... <a title="Your rights under Victoria’s ‘authorised worker’ vaccine mandate: an expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/your-rights-under-victorias-authorised-worker-vaccine-mandate-an-expert-explains-169137/" aria-label="Read more about Your rights under Victoria’s ‘authorised worker’ vaccine mandate: an expert explains">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Sutton, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock One of the most significant outcomes from the aged care royal commission was the federal government’s commitment this year to mandate minimum staffing levels in residential aged care homes by 2023. Our study, published today, shows ... <a title="Only 3.8% of Australian aged care homes would meet new mandatory minimum staffing standards: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/only-3-8-of-australian-aged-care-homes-would-meet-new-mandatory-minimum-staffing-standards-new-research-165877/" aria-label="Read more about Only 3.8% of Australian aged care homes would meet new mandatory minimum staffing standards: new research">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivia Meehan, Object-based Learning Co-ordinator, The University of Melbourne © Nezu Museum In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. A nimble row of bamboo grows between the street and the grounds ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: the deep mountains and mysterious valleys of Tokyo’s Nezu Museum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/if-i-could-go-anywhere-the-deep-mountains-and-mysterious-valleys-of-tokyos-nezu-museum-168468/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: the deep mountains and mysterious valleys of Tokyo’s Nezu Museum">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Prictor, Senior Research Fellow in Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In the US, some National Basketball Association (NBA) players have recently asserted their right to privacy over their COVID vaccination status. In Australia, discussion of vaccine passports has also highlighted this issue. We value the ... <a title="Vaccination status – when your medical information is private and when it’s not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/vaccination-status-when-your-medical-information-is-private-and-when-its-not-168846/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccination status – when your medical information is private and when it’s not">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Candice Harris, Professor of Management, Auckland University of Technology shutterstock All parents work. The difference lies in the breakdown between their paid and unpaid workloads. That equation is influenced by many things, including education, qualifications, age, ethnicity, financial status, number and age of dependants, gendered and societal ... <a title="In a lockdown, where does work end and parenting begin? Welcome to the brave new world of ‘zigzag working’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/in-a-lockdown-where-does-work-end-and-parenting-begin-welcome-to-the-brave-new-world-of-zigzag-working-169088/" aria-label="Read more about In a lockdown, where does work end and parenting begin? Welcome to the brave new world of ‘zigzag working’">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Candice Boyd, ARC DECRA Fellow in Human Geography, The University of Melbourne Dave Hunt/AAP Young people moving to the city has been a serious dilemma for regional Australian communities for decades. Between 2011 and 2016, about 180,000 regional Australians between 20 and 35 years old moved to ... <a title="‘It’s almost like you have to leave’: young people from regional areas face a big stigma if they don’t move to the city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/its-almost-like-you-have-to-leave-young-people-from-regional-areas-face-a-big-stigma-if-they-dont-move-to-the-city-168655/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s almost like you have to leave’: young people from regional areas face a big stigma if they don’t move to the city">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Emergency departments around Australia have experienced COVID in a variety of ways. From the first quarter of 2020, most if not all have worked hard to plan for an influx of very unwell, highly infectious patients. In the less fortunate ... <a title="Hospital emergency departments are under intense pressure. What to know before you go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/hospital-emergency-departments-are-under-intense-pressure-what-to-know-before-you-go-169098/" aria-label="Read more about Hospital emergency departments are under intense pressure. What to know before you go">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock From time to time, I’m contacted by people who have a favourite garden tree that seems suddenly to be in serious decline and lacking healthy foliage. Often the decline has been occurring over many months, but when ... <a title="Why sweet-toothed possums graze on stressed, sickly-looking trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/05/why-sweet-toothed-possums-graze-on-stressed-sickly-looking-trees-169241/" aria-label="Read more about Why sweet-toothed possums graze on stressed, sickly-looking trees">Read more</a>
