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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University The recent controversy over a decision by the Tauranga City Council to establish a Māori ward reminds us that arguments about Māori political representation ... <a title="Guaranteed Māori representation in local government is about self-determination — and it’s good for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/guaranteed-maori-representation-in-local-government-is-about-self-determination-and-its-good-for-democracy-154538/" aria-label="Read more about Guaranteed Māori representation in local government is about self-determination — and it’s good for democracy">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archa Fox, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, University of Western Australia The first mRNA vaccines approved for use in humans — the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines — are being rolled out around the world. These vaccines deliver mRNA, coated in lipid (fat), into cells. Once ... <a title="4 things about mRNA COVID vaccines researchers still want to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/4-things-about-mrna-covid-vaccines-researchers-still-want-to-find-out-154160/" aria-label="Read more about 4 things about mRNA COVID vaccines researchers still want to find out">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joe Fontaine, Lecturer, Environmental and Conservation Science, Murdoch University February has already been a bad month for Perth. Bushfire has destroyed 81 homes and burned more than 10,000 hectares northeast of the city. Residents in the midst of a COVID-19 lockdown were told to abandon their homes ... <a title="As Perth’s suburbs burn, the rest of Australia watches and learns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/as-perths-suburbs-burn-the-rest-of-australia-watches-and-learns-154544/" aria-label="Read more about As Perth’s suburbs burn, the rest of Australia watches and learns">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ping Tian, Honorary Associate, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney Early exposure to diverse story characters, including in ethnicity, gender and ability, helps young people develop a strong sense of identity and belonging. It is also crucial in cultivating compassion towards others. Children from minority backgrounds rarely ... <a title="Empathy starts early: 5 Australian picture books that celebrate diversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/empathy-starts-early-5-australian-picture-books-that-celebrate-diversity-153629/" aria-label="Read more about Empathy starts early: 5 Australian picture books that celebrate diversity">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW We are hearing an unusual amount from the Reserve Bank this week. On Tuesday, after its first board meeting for the year, the bank outlined plans to spend another A$100 billion it didn’t have (“created money”), to buy government bonds in ... <a title="Vital Signs: We are on the way back, but there are risks at every turn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/vital-signs-we-are-on-the-way-back-but-there-are-risks-at-every-turn-154572/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: We are on the way back, but there are risks at every turn">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marguerite Johnson, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle Rosaleen Norton, or “the witch of Kings Cross,” is finally receiving the attention she deserves. Born in Dunedin in 1917, emigrating with her family to Sydney in 1925, and dying in 1979, Norton was a trailblazing woman and under-appreciated ... <a title="Friday essay: why Rosaleen Norton, ‘the witch of Kings Cross’, was a groundbreaking bohemian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/friday-essay-why-rosaleen-norton-the-witch-of-kings-cross-was-a-groundbreaking-bohemian-154184/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: why Rosaleen Norton, ‘the witch of Kings Cross’, was a groundbreaking bohemian">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – USP’s Canadian Professor Pal Ahluwalia … deported today on a flight to Brisbane. Image: PMW By Pacific Media Watch POLITICIANS, educators and civil society advocates around the region today condemned the “barbaric” and “shameful” detention and deportation of the regional University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor ... <a title="Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ deportation of USP academic head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/politicians-educators-advocates-blast-fijis-barbaric-deportation-of-usp-academic-head/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ deportation of USP academic head">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Managing the vaccine rollout and recalibrating the government’s climate policy are vastly different issues but both confront Scott Morrison as major challenges as he settles into the 2021 political year. Foremost but not entirely, the rollout is about getting right ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Vaccine rollout the ultimate test for Scott Morrison’s credentials on ‘delivery’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/grattan-on-friday-vaccine-rollout-the-ultimate-test-for-scott-morrisons-credentials-on-delivery-154655/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Vaccine rollout the ultimate test for Scott Morrison’s credentials on ‘delivery’">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Ross, PhD Student, Curtin University Radio images of the sky have revealed hundreds of “baby” and supermassive black holes in distant galaxies, with the galaxies’ light bouncing around in unexpected ways. Galaxies are vast cosmic bodies, tens of thousands of light years in size, made up ... <a title="Scintillating discovery: these distant ‘baby’ black holes seem to be misbehaving — and experts are perplexed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/scintillating-discovery-these-distant-baby-black-holes-seem-to-be-misbehaving-and-experts-are-perplexed-154563/" aria-label="Read more about Scintillating discovery: these distant ‘baby’ black holes seem to be misbehaving — and experts are perplexed">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University After Victoria yesterday recorded 28 days without a locally acquired case — widely regarded as indicating we’ve most likely eliminated COVID-19 — a positive case in a hotel quarantine worker has set the clock back to zero. Some restrictions that ... <a title="Why the COVID case in a hotel quarantine worker in Victoria shouldn’t spook us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/why-the-covid-case-in-a-hotel-quarantine-worker-in-victoria-shouldnt-spook-us-154637/" aria-label="Read more about Why the COVID case in a hotel quarantine worker in Victoria shouldn’t spook us">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny Shaw From New York On February 7, Ecuador will hold elections for President and for its legislative body, with 137 positions to be decided for the National Assembly. Though 16 presidential candidates participated in the debates, there are three major candidates. Andrés Arauz and his vice ... <a title="All Eyes on Ecuador: Presidential Elections Could Bring Back the Citizens’ Revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/all-eyes-on-ecuador-presidential-elections-could-bring-back-the-citizens-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about All Eyes on Ecuador: Presidential Elections Could Bring Back the Citizens’ Revolution">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage COHA Webinar: Ecuadorian Presidential Elections and the comeback of the Citizens’ Revolution With Ricardo Patiño, former Foreign Affairs Minister of president Rafael Correa (2010 to 2016). Join COHA to analyze the decisive presidential election taking place this February 7 in Ecuador. COHA Senior Research Fellows Alina Duarte and ... <a title="COHA Webinar: Ecuadorian Presidential Elections and the comeback of the Citizens’ Revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/coha-webinar-ecuadorian-presidential-elections-and-the-comeback-of-the-citizens-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about COHA Webinar: Ecuadorian Presidential Elections and the comeback of the Citizens’ Revolution">Read more</a>
