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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management & Logistics, Curtin University On March 11 — exactly a year after the World Health Organization declared COVID a pandemic — Australia’s health department secretary Brendan Murphy fronted a Senate select committee to discuss potential delays to the government’s ... <a title="Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout is well behind schedule — but don’t panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/australias-covid-vaccine-rollout-is-well-behind-schedule-but-dont-panic-157048/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout is well behind schedule — but don’t panic">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarryd Bartle, Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University Last night, Four Corners revealed a number of allegations against a self-described “BDSM master”, James Davis, recently charged with federal slavery and servitude offences by the Australian Federal Police in New South Wales. The alleged offending occurred within the context of ... <a title="When does BDSM cross the line into abuse and slavery?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/when-does-bdsm-cross-the-line-into-abuse-and-slavery-157224/" aria-label="Read more about When does BDSM cross the line into abuse and slavery?">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There’s something the energy minister said when they announced the early closure of Victoria’s second-biggest coal-fired power station last week that was less than complete. Yallourn, in the Latrobe Valley, provides up to 20% of ... <a title="Electricity has become a jigsaw. Coal is unable to provide the missing pieces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/electricity-has-become-a-jigsaw-coal-is-unable-to-provide-the-missing-pieces-157139/" aria-label="Read more about Electricity has become a jigsaw. Coal is unable to provide the missing pieces">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Warren, Lecturer, University of Tasmania Since its launch in 2001, the biennial Ten Days On The Island has aimed to be a festival for the whole of Tasmania, bringing in international artists and putting local artists on the world stage. This year, as in 2019, the ... <a title="Ten Days on the Island: blistering rock, raw urgency, tenderness and dagginess in a festival spread too thin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/ten-days-on-the-island-blistering-rock-raw-urgency-tenderness-and-dagginess-in-a-festival-spread-too-thin-154831/" aria-label="Read more about Ten Days on the Island: blistering rock, raw urgency, tenderness and dagginess in a festival spread too thin">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
RNZ News Australia is facing condemnation from National and Green Party MPs over the deportation of a 15-year-old boy to New Zealand. Little detail has been made public about the teen other than that he is being held in a quarantine facility and is receiving support from Oranga Tamariki. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ... <a title="Australia’s deportation of 15-year-old boy ‘heartbreaking’, says Green MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/australias-deportation-of-15-year-old-boy-heartbreaking-says-green-mp/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s deportation of 15-year-old boy ‘heartbreaking’, says Green MP">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
By Arnold Belau in Nabire Victor Yeimo, international spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has revealed that over the past three years the Indonesian state has sent 21,369 troops to the land of Papua. Yeimo said that based on data from the media and public official statements, the number of non-organic TNI (Indonesian ... <a title="Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says KNPB" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/jakarta-sends-21000-troops-to-papua-over-last-three-years-says-knpb/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says KNPB">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
By Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute and Leanne Robinson, Burnet Institute The covid epidemic in Papua New Guinea has significantly accelerated, judging by the available reports of case numbers. Since its first case was diagnosed 12 months ago, PNG has avoided a large number of reported cases and corresponding deaths. That situation has changed dramatically over ... <a title="A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/a-catastrophe-looms-with-pngs-covid-crisis-australia-needs-to-respond-urgently/" aria-label="Read more about A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Howard, Research Scientist, Data61 Imagine running on a cement footpath, and then suddenly through dry sand. Just to keep upright, you would have to slow down and change the way you run. In the same way, a walking robot would have to change its gait to ... <a title="Shape-shifting robots in the wild: the DyRET robot can rearrange its body to walk in new environments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/shape-shifting-robots-in-the-wild-the-dyret-robot-can-rearrange-its-body-to-walk-in-new-environments-157130/" aria-label="Read more about Shape-shifting robots in the wild: the DyRET robot can rearrange its body to walk in new environments">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel William Crawford, Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Ireland and the Netherlands have temporarily paused their rollouts of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, due to concerns about blood clots. The move follows reports from Norway over the weekend, where three health-care workers who had received the vaccine ... <a title="Data suggest no increased risk of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine. Australia shouldn’t pause its rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/data-suggest-no-increased-risk-of-blood-clots-from-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-australia-shouldnt-pause-its-rollout-157137/" aria-label="Read more about Data suggest no increased risk of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine. Australia shouldn’t pause its rollout">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Cornwell, Associate Professor in Ecology and Evolution, UNSW Around one year ago, Australia’s Black Summer bushfire season ended, leaving more than 8 million hectares across south-east Australia a mix of charcoal, ash and smoke. An estimated three billion animals were killed or displaced, not including invertebrates. ... <a title="5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/5-remarkable-stories-of-flora-and-fauna-in-the-aftermath-of-australias-horror-bushfire-season-155749/" aria-label="Read more about 5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Krumdieck, Professor and Director, Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab, University of Canterbury Green hydrogen is being touted as an alternative to fossil fuels in New Zealand. The government has invested NZ$8.4 million to explore its potential and $19.9 million in a hydrogen energy facility. Globally, ... <a title="Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/why-new-zealand-should-invest-in-smart-rail-before-green-hydrogen-to-decarbonise-transport-153075/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Jeffrey, Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne The COVID-19 pandemic led to food insecurity among students making headlines in Australia and the United States. But even before the pandemic, increasing numbers of students were reporting they sometimes went without food. Rising tuition and living costs ... <a title="‘God, I miss fruit!’ 40% of students at Australian universities may be going without food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/god-i-miss-fruit-40-of-students-at-australian-universities-may-be-going-without-food-156584/" aria-label="Read more about ‘God, I miss fruit!’ 40% of students at Australian universities may be going without food">Read more</a>
