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November 27, 2020
By Eric Frykberg, RNZ News Reporter The New Zealand government has offered help to the under-pressure horticultural sector by allowing 2000 registered seasonal employer (RSE) workers in to help pick fruit and vegetables this summer. Growers had complained that without these workers, some produce would rot unpicked. The government has however imposed strict conditions. The ... <a title="NZ to admit 2000 Pacific horticulture workers under strict conditions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/nz-to-admit-2000-pacific-horticulture-workers-under-strict-conditions/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to admit 2000 Pacific horticulture workers under strict conditions">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute Today Victoria satisfied a common definition of elimination for COVID-19, recording its 28th consecutive day of zero new cases. While there is no international definition of elimination, two average incubation periods without community transmission is widely accepted as local ... <a title="Victoria may have eliminated COVID-19, but eradication is a distant dream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/victoria-may-have-eliminated-covid-19-but-eradication-is-a-distant-dream-150736/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria may have eliminated COVID-19, but eradication is a distant dream">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Poropat, Postdoctoral Researcher (Palaeontology), Swinburne University of Technology Will there ever be dinosaurs again? — Anonymous What an interesting question! Well, technically dinosaurs are still here in the form of birds. Just like you’re a direct descendant of your grandparents, birds are the only remaining direct ... <a title="Curious Kids: could dinosaurs evolve back into existence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/curious-kids-could-dinosaurs-evolve-back-into-existence-148623/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: could dinosaurs evolve back into existence?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esme Franken, Lecturer in Management, Edith Cowan University New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian, who last week carried on working for up to two hours while awaiting the results of a rapid COVID test, wasn’t the first Australian to “soldier on” in the face of health concerns ... <a title="Taking proper sick leave has never been more crucial. So why are people still ‘soldiering on’ at work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/taking-proper-sick-leave-has-never-been-more-crucial-so-why-are-people-still-soldiering-on-at-work-150931/" aria-label="Read more about Taking proper sick leave has never been more crucial. So why are people still ‘soldiering on’ at work?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tootoooleaava Dr. Fanaafi Aiono-Le Tagaloa, Law Lecturer and Convenor of Pacific Engagement, University of Waikato Within minutes of news that crew members of the cargo ship Fesco Askold had tested positive for COVID-19, a social media storm broke across Samoa. COVID-free until then, the island nation’s anxiety ... <a title="Devastated by disease in the past, Samoa is on high alert after recent coronavirus scares" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/devastated-by-disease-in-the-past-samoa-is-on-high-alert-after-recent-coronavirus-scares-150940/" aria-label="Read more about Devastated by disease in the past, Samoa is on high alert after recent coronavirus scares">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Culum Brown, Professor, Macquarie University They may have been around for hundreds of millions of years — long before trees — but today sharks and rays are are among the most threatened animals in the world, largely because of overfishing and habitat loss. Climate change adds another ... <a title="How will sharks respond to climate change? It might depend on where they grew up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/how-will-sharks-respond-to-climate-change-it-might-depend-on-where-they-grew-up-150460/" aria-label="Read more about How will sharks respond to climate change? It might depend on where they grew up">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yu Tao, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, University of Western Australia Before the COVID-19 pandemic, about two in every five international students enrolled in Australian higher education institutions were from mainland China. These Chinese students brought in more than $A10 billion a year. During the pandemic, Australian ... <a title="5 ways Australia can get ahead in attracting and retaining Chinese international students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/5-ways-australia-can-get-ahead-in-attracting-and-retaining-chinese-international-students-148444/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways Australia can get ahead in attracting and retaining Chinese international students">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Thorpe, Associate Professor in Law, UNSW Five food-delivery cyclists have died on Australian roads in the past three months, four in Sydney. Most commentary has focused on the harsh employment conditions that force people to take risks they shouldn’t have to. These problems should of course ... <a title="Delivery rider deaths highlight need to make streets safer for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/delivery-rider-deaths-highlight-need-to-make-streets-safer-for-everyone-150752/" aria-label="Read more about Delivery rider deaths highlight need to make streets safer for everyone">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It is widely tipped that US president-elect Joe Biden will nominate Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary – one of the most important posts in any administration. She will make for a terrific Treasury Secretary, bringing with her a wealth of experience ... <a title="Vital Signs: Janet Yellen, the very model of a modern Madam Secretary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/vital-signs-janet-yellen-the-very-model-of-a-modern-madam-secretary-150836/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Janet Yellen, the very model of a modern Madam Secretary">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Paterson, ARC Future Fellow, University of Western Australia Two new Australian museums are emerging from old ones as the year draws to a close. The new Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney assembles rich collections from across the campus, and the WA Museum ... <a title="Friday essay: 5 museum objects that tell a story of colonialism and its legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/friday-essay-5-museum-objects-that-tell-a-story-of-colonialism-and-its-legacy-150642/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: 5 museum objects that tell a story of colonialism and its legacy">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government’s provision of a RAAF plane for Mathias Cormann’s barnstorming campaign to become OECD secretary-general has stirred predictable outrage, especially when linked to the understandable emotion around the (unrelated) struggle of Australians trying to return home. But the reaction ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Will Morrison adopt 2050 target before Glasgow climate conference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/grattan-on-friday-will-morrison-adopt-2050-target-before-glasgow-climate-conference-150959/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Will Morrison adopt 2050 target before Glasgow climate conference?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tambri Housen, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University “Test, trace and isolate” has become the catch cry of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s recognised as an essential strategy for containing the spread of the virus. The “trace” part, of ... <a title="What can you expect if you get a call from a COVID contact tracer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/what-can-you-expect-if-you-get-a-call-from-a-covid-contact-tracer-150742/" aria-label="Read more about What can you expect if you get a call from a COVID contact tracer?">Read more</a>
