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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison and Berejiklian governments have unveiled a joint support package for businesses and workers, as the Sydney lockdown is set to extend to and probably beyond a fourth week. But the assistance has set off a row between the ... <a title="Federal help for NSW triggers slanging match between Andrews and Morrison governments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/federal-help-for-nsw-triggers-slanging-match-between-andrews-and-morrison-governments-164404/" aria-label="Read more about Federal help for NSW triggers slanging match between Andrews and Morrison governments">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The economic support package announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is exactly what is needed, and just in the nick of time. In a number ... <a title="Support package for Sydney better and more fit for purpose than JobKeeper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/support-package-for-sydney-better-and-more-fit-for-purpose-than-jobkeeper-164394/" aria-label="Read more about Support package for Sydney better and more fit for purpose than JobKeeper">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoë Hyde, Epidemiologist, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Earlier this month, the Australian government announced a four-phase plan to return us to something resembling normality. Under this plan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, we will eventually treat COVID-19 “like the flu”. The hope is vaccines will ... <a title="No, we can’t treat COVID-19 like the flu. We have to consider the lasting health problems it causes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/no-we-cant-treat-covid-19-like-the-flu-we-have-to-consider-the-lasting-health-problems-it-causes-164072/" aria-label="Read more about No, we can’t treat COVID-19 like the flu. We have to consider the lasting health problems it causes">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Lim, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University Shutterstock We all know action on climate change is urgently needed. But that doesn’t mean a forest should be razed to build a wind farm. Nor should vast fields of a single crop be grown year after year ... <a title="Raze paradise to put in a biofuel crop? No, there are far better ways to tackle climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/raze-paradise-to-put-in-a-biofuel-crop-no-there-are-far-better-ways-to-tackle-climate-change-162800/" aria-label="Read more about Raze paradise to put in a biofuel crop? No, there are far better ways to tackle climate change">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock/riekephotos CC BY-ND Climate explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it ... <a title="Climate explained: is New Zealand losing or gaining native forests?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/climate-explained-is-new-zealand-losing-or-gaining-native-forests-163976/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: is New Zealand losing or gaining native forests?">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Zadow, Research Fellow in Organisational Psychology, University of South Australia Scott Howes/AAP What could be so bad about answering a few emails in the evening? Perhaps something urgent pops up, we are tidying up an issue from the day, or trying to get ahead for tomorrow. ... <a title="Do you answer emails outside work hours? Do you send them? New research shows how dangerous this can be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/do-you-answer-emails-outside-work-hours-do-you-send-them-new-research-shows-how-dangerous-this-can-be-160187/" aria-label="Read more about Do you answer emails outside work hours? Do you send them? New research shows how dangerous this can be">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
RNZ News Another 13 crew from the quarantined fishing vessel Viking Bay have tested positive to covid-19, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health says. Two crew had previously been reported as confirmed with the virus. All 15 mariners have been transferred to an a quarantine facility onshore in Wellington. Five remained on board to maintain the ... <a title="13 more covid positive cases on NZ quarantined fishing vessel Viking Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/13-more-covid-positive-cases-on-nz-quarantined-fishing-vessel-viking-bay/" aria-label="Read more about 13 more covid positive cases on NZ quarantined fishing vessel Viking Bay">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
By Serafina Silaitoga in Labasa, Fiji Villagers and surrounding farmers in Labasa on Fiji’s Vanua Levu island turned up in big numbers for the covid-19 vaccination drive held at Nakorowiri village. Opposition SODELPA parliamentarian Mosese Bulitavu gave his house for medical officials to use for the AstraZeneca vaccination drive. “The villagers came in numbers volunteering ... <a title="Fiji’s Nakorowiri villagers turn up in numbers to be vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/fijis-nakorowiri-villagers-turn-up-in-numbers-to-be-vaccinated/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Nakorowiri villagers turn up in numbers to be vaccinated">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s HRPP party — the country’s caretaker government — has now lost six seats since the April 9 general election, with eight byelections to come. The incoming FAST Party government holds 26 seats to the HRPP’s 19. FAST, which won the election but has been stymied in its efforts to assume power by ... <a title="Samoa’s HRPP loses more seats as political impasse drags on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/samoas-hrpp-loses-more-seats-as-political-impasse-drags-on/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s HRPP loses more seats as political impasse drags on">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Priestley, Associate professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Following a recent storm surge in Wellington, some media coverage expressed surprise that 30cm of sea-level rise – an unavoidable amount projected to happen by the middle of this century – would ... <a title="A significant number of New Zealanders overestimate sea-level rise — and that could stop them from taking action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/a-significant-number-of-new-zealanders-overestimate-sea-level-rise-and-that-could-stop-them-from-taking-action-164312/" aria-label="Read more about A significant number of New Zealanders overestimate sea-level rise — and that could stop them from taking action">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria SolarSystemScope SolarSystemScope, CC BY-SA Venus has returned to our evening skies and is looking lovely in the north-west after sunset. Tonight, July 13, it will pair up with the red planet Mars ... <a title="How to see tonight’s conjunction of Venus and Mars in the evening sky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/how-to-see-tonights-conjunction-of-venus-and-mars-in-the-evening-sky-164160/" aria-label="Read more about How to see tonight’s conjunction of Venus and Mars in the evening sky">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University Shutterstock Australians love to eat out, especially fast food. About a third of household food budgets are spent on food prepared outside the home, with most of us consuming it on average two or three times a week. The high level ... <a title="Combo meal deals and price discounts on fast food encourage us to eat more junk. It’s time for policy action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/13/combo-meal-deals-and-price-discounts-on-fast-food-encourage-us-to-eat-more-junk-its-time-for-policy-action-163882/" aria-label="Read more about Combo meal deals and price discounts on fast food encourage us to eat more junk. It’s time for policy action">Read more</a>
