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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University The federal government’s announcement of agreements to supply vaccines from Novavax and Pfizer/BioNTech potentially increases the pool of COVID-19 vaccines Australians will be able to access. These two vaccines ... <a title="What do we know about the Novavax and Pfizer COVID vaccines that Australia just signed up for?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/what-do-we-know-about-the-novavax-and-pfizer-covid-vaccines-that-australia-just-signed-up-for-149522/" aria-label="Read more about What do we know about the Novavax and Pfizer COVID vaccines that Australia just signed up for?">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah John, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University Facing the gradual erosion of early leads in several battleground states — and increasingly likely defeat in the presidential election — the Trump campaign is launching a well-planned legal assault to challenge the validity of ballots and ... <a title="Re-election hopes fading, Trump tries for an election win in the courts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/re-election-hopes-fading-trump-tries-for-an-election-win-in-the-courts-149520/" aria-label="Read more about Re-election hopes fading, Trump tries for an election win in the courts">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Yeo, Honorary Research Fellow, English and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia In a year that began during one of the worst bushfire seasons in living memory and then saw a global pandemic take hold, rereading Ben Elton’s Stark offers an eerily prescient window into 2020 ... <a title="‘The Earth was dying. Killed by the pursuit of money’ — rereading Ben Elton’s Stark as prophecy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/the-earth-was-dying-killed-by-the-pursuit-of-money-rereading-ben-eltons-stark-as-prophecy-147256/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The Earth was dying. Killed by the pursuit of money’ — rereading Ben Elton’s Stark as prophecy">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Yeo, Honorary Research Fellow, English and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia In a year that began during one of the worst bushfire seasons in living memory and then saw a global pandemic take hold, rereading Ben Elton’s Stark offers an eerily prescient window into 2020 ... <a title="‘The Earth was dying. Killed by the pursuit of money’ — rereading Ben Elton’s satiric novel Stark as prophecy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/the-earth-was-dying-killed-by-the-pursuit-of-money-rereading-ben-eltons-satiric-novel-stark-as-prophecy-147256/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The Earth was dying. Killed by the pursuit of money’ — rereading Ben Elton’s satiric novel Stark as prophecy">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW At the time of writing we don’t yet know who will win the US presidential election. But we do know this for sure: Donald Trump will be able to win with less than half the votes cast. Put another way, Joe ... <a title="Vital Signs: Sure, the US election is gerrymandered, but so are others, and its hard to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/vital-signs-sure-the-us-election-is-gerrymandered-but-so-are-others-and-its-hard-to-stop-149454/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Sure, the US election is gerrymandered, but so are others, and its hard to stop">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kendall George, Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery and Midwifery Program Leader, University of the Sunshine Coast For most people, running a marathon sounds like a lot of work — and they probably wouldn’t even consider completing more than one within 24 hours. The will to go the extra ... <a title="We studied mental toughness in ultra-marathon runners. Mind over matter is real — but won’t take you all the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/we-studied-mental-toughness-in-ultra-marathon-runners-mind-over-matter-is-real-but-wont-take-you-all-the-way-149447/" aria-label="Read more about We studied mental toughness in ultra-marathon runners. Mind over matter is real — but won’t take you all the way">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University Let’s assume Joe Biden narrowly wins the electoral college, and the Trump team lodges a series of court challenges to overturn results in Michigan and Pennsylvania, possibly elsewhere. The cases may drag on for the rest of ... <a title="Even if Biden has a likely win, leading a deeply divided nation will be difficult" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/even-if-biden-has-a-likely-win-leading-a-deeply-divided-nation-will-be-difficult-148185/" aria-label="Read more about Even if Biden has a likely win, leading a deeply divided nation will be difficult">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne Joe Biden is now poised to win the US presidency. The mail-in votes in Wisconsin and Michigan have overturned Trump’s election night leads. Biden won Wisconsin by 0.6 percent, and is clearly going to win Michigan. He leads there by 1.2 percent with 97 percent in, and the ... <a title="Joe Biden headed for narrow victory in US presidential election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/joe-biden-headed-for-narrow-victory-in-us-presidential-election/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden headed for narrow victory in US presidential election">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Manning, Associate Professor, Monash University Around one in five Australians will develop an alcohol use disorder, such as dependence, during their lifetime. Reports suggest some people have been drinking more during the COVID pandemic, potentially putting themselves at greater risk of becoming dependent. While some people ... <a title="How a simple brain training program could help you stay away from alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/how-a-simple-brain-training-program-could-help-you-stay-away-from-alcohol-148431/" aria-label="Read more about How a simple brain training program could help you stay away from alcohol">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A leading New Zealand newspaper has branded the knife-edge US presidential election as a “nightmare” scenario in response to fears of civil disorder and a tarnished global image. “The very face of the American consumerism was forced to mask up,” said The New Zealand Herald today as the nation “hunkered down ... <a title="Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/nightmare-haunts-us-dream-says-leading-nz-newspaper/" aria-label="Read more about Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The court case in New Caledonia brought by French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru against the French prosecutor over the Faa’a community station Radio Tefana has been deferred for a second time. Last month, it was deferred until yesterday but it has now been rescheduled for November 25. In June, Temaru had ... <a title="New Caledonia court again defers Temaru case over Radio Tefana" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/new-caledonia-court-again-defers-temaru-case-over-radio-tefana/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia court again defers Temaru case over Radio Tefana">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University On Saturday, The Age reported the Andrews government had been discussing the possibility of a single coronavirus hospital to treat and quarantine Victorians who test positive to COVID. The designated hospital would aim to relieve pressure on the state’s health-care ... <a title="A dedicated COVID hospital in Victoria would be good for patients and staff. But we can’t be sure yet it will be needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/a-dedicated-covid-hospital-in-victoria-would-be-good-for-patients-and-staff-but-we-cant-be-sure-yet-it-will-be-needed-149268/" aria-label="Read more about A dedicated COVID hospital in Victoria would be good for patients and staff. But we can’t be sure yet it will be needed">Read more</a>
