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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With less than three weeks left until the March 13 Western Australian election, the latest Newspoll gives Labor a 68-32 lead, two-party-preferred. If replicated on election day, this would be a 12.5% swing to Labor ... <a title="Whopping lead for Labor ahead of WA election, but federal Newspoll deadlocked at 50-50" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/whopping-lead-for-labor-ahead-of-wa-election-but-federal-newspoll-deadlocked-at-50-50-155735/" aria-label="Read more about Whopping lead for Labor ahead of WA election, but federal Newspoll deadlocked at 50-50">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lueck, Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology Freedom camping has a long tradition in New Zealand. Using your own vehicle as accommodation and parking in public spaces is seen as something of a birth right. But when international tourists cottoned on to this cheap and ... <a title="Freedom camping needs new regulations and foreign tourists aren’t the only villains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/freedom-camping-needs-new-regulations-and-foreign-tourists-arent-the-only-villains-155621/" aria-label="Read more about Freedom camping needs new regulations and foreign tourists aren’t the only villains">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Kassam, Fellow, ANU National Security College’s Futures Council, Australian National University This is an edited extract of an essay in the latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs, The March of Autocracy, published today. It is the year 2049. China is celebrating having reached its second centenary ... <a title="How China is remaking the world in its vision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/how-china-is-remaking-the-world-in-its-vision-155377/" aria-label="Read more about How China is remaking the world in its vision">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne In his submission to the current Senate inquiry into media diversity in Australia, former prime minister Kevin Rudd warns that Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News Australia is following the template laid down by Murdoch’s Fox News ... <a title="Is Sky News shifting Australian politics to the right? Not yet, but there is cause for alarm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/is-sky-news-shifting-australian-politics-to-the-right-not-yet-but-there-is-cause-for-alarm-155356/" aria-label="Read more about Is Sky News shifting Australian politics to the right? Not yet, but there is cause for alarm">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Pellegrini, Researcher, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Australia’s keenly awaited COVID vaccine rollout begins today, with the ultimate goal of vaccinating all Australians by October. Here are the answers to some key questions. Can I choose which vaccine I get? No, there won’t be a choice ... <a title="Can I choose what vaccine I get? What if I have allergies or side-effects? Key COVID vaccine rollout questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/can-i-choose-what-vaccine-i-get-what-if-i-have-allergies-or-side-effects-key-covid-vaccine-rollout-questions-answered-155649/" aria-label="Read more about Can I choose what vaccine I get? What if I have allergies or side-effects? Key COVID vaccine rollout questions answered">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narissa Bax, Marine Biologist, University of Tasmania The military takeover in Myanmar this month is a serious setback for democratic reform. But the coup also threatens to permanently damage the Southeast Asian nation’s precious environment, and harm the people who rely on it. Myanmar is renowned as ... <a title="Before the coup, Myanmar’s stunning biodiversity had a chance. Now it is not so certain." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/before-the-coup-myanmars-stunning-biodiversity-had-a-chance-now-it-is-not-so-certain-155209/" aria-label="Read more about Before the coup, Myanmar’s stunning biodiversity had a chance. Now it is not so certain.">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Many families in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales have been paying around double what families in other states and territories pay for preschool. Median out of pocket costs for preschool, per hour, range from A$2.82 to $3.82 ... <a title="Families in eastern states pay around twice as much for preschool than the rest of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/families-in-eastern-states-pay-around-twice-as-much-for-preschool-than-the-rest-of-australia-155218/" aria-label="Read more about Families in eastern states pay around twice as much for preschool than the rest of Australia">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury When the deadly second earthquake struck Christchurch ten years ago today, among the many things toppled by natural forces were statues of the city’s founding father John Robert Godley, colonial politician William Rolleston and imperial hero Robert Falcon Scott. ... <a title="Ten years on, the earthquake still casts its shadow over Christchurch’s past, present and future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/ten-years-on-the-earthquake-still-casts-its-shadow-over-christchurchs-past-present-and-future-155124/" aria-label="Read more about Ten years on, the earthquake still casts its shadow over Christchurch’s past, present and future">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University With most of the world’s people now living in urban areas, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of urban resilience. It’s just as important for adapting to climate change. Put simply, resilience is the ability ... <a title="You need all 6 pieces of the puzzle to build urban resilience, but too often it’s politics that leaves a gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/you-need-all-6-pieces-of-the-puzzle-to-build-urban-resilience-but-too-often-its-politics-that-leaves-a-gap-152621/" aria-label="Read more about You need all 6 pieces of the puzzle to build urban resilience, but too often it’s politics that leaves a gap">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Warren, Lecturer, University of Tasmania After its early cancellation in 2020, Dark Mofo just announced June dates for the festival this year, with “some trepidation” according to creative director Leigh Carmichael. Festival organisers said they hoped to create a program with international, national and local acts. ... <a title="Without visiting headliners, can local artists save our festivals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/without-visiting-headliners-can-local-artists-save-our-festivals-154830/" aria-label="Read more about Without visiting headliners, can local artists save our festivals?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s COVID vaccination program has begun with Scott Morrison joining a small group of recipients in a carefully orchestrated event, aimed at boosting confidence as the general rollout begins on Monday. The first recipient was aged care resident Jane Malysiak, ... <a title="Morrison takes the shot to promote vaccine confidence, as government and opposition stay tied in Newspoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/morrison-takes-the-shot-to-promote-vaccine-confidence-as-government-and-opposition-stay-tied-in-newspoll-155721/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison takes the shot to promote vaccine confidence, as government and opposition stay tied in Newspoll">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Salter, Scientia Associate Professor of Criminology, UNSW Child sexual abuse material — images and videos of kids being sexually abused — is a growing international problem. Almost 70 million reports of this material were made to US authorities in 2019. That figure rose still further in ... <a title="New research shows parents are major producers of child sexual abuse material" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/20/new-research-shows-parents-are-major-producers-of-child-sexual-abuse-material-153722/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows parents are major producers of child sexual abuse material">Read more</a>
