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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University Two slippery and elusive phantoms seem to be escaping UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative government. The first is the fiendishly viral and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The number of covid-related deaths in the UK has ... <a title="As Britain passes 100,000 COVID deaths, Boris Johnson is in a crisis of his own making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/as-britain-passes-100-000-covid-deaths-boris-johnson-is-in-a-crisis-of-his-own-making-154061/" aria-label="Read more about As Britain passes 100,000 COVID deaths, Boris Johnson is in a crisis of his own making">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The Productivity Commission yesterday released the health section of its annual Report on Government Services, bringing together a range of data on hospitals, primary care, ambulance services and mental health care in Australia. Comprising more than 200 spreadsheets, it’s difficult ... <a title="Productivity Commission health report provides useful information, but leaves some big questions unanswered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/productivity-commission-health-report-provides-useful-information-but-leaves-some-big-questions-unanswered-154170/" aria-label="Read more about Productivity Commission health report provides useful information, but leaves some big questions unanswered">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jyoteeshkumar Reddy Papari, PhD Candidate, UNSW Long heatwaves during entrenched drought often trigger fears of bushfire. It’s easy to imagine rolling days of hot, dry weather desiccating leaves, bark and twigs, transforming them into a potent fuel. Victoria’s heatwave in 2009, which reached a record temperature of ... <a title="How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/how-heatwaves-and-drought-combine-to-produce-the-perfect-firestorm-153890/" aria-label="Read more about How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Graham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW At a time when the world has been in chaos, it’s easy to forget young people might have completely different, yet significant and real, worries. We asked children about their sense of safety and what they worry about in their community. ... <a title="Children in Darwin are more worried about their safety than their grades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/children-in-darwin-are-more-worried-about-their-safety-than-their-grades-153306/" aria-label="Read more about Children in Darwin are more worried about their safety than their grades">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It seems it doesn’t take much of an economic recovery before people start pressuring policymakers to pull back the very policies that have contributed to the recovery. The Reserve Bank of Australia wisely (if rather too late) cut short-term interest rates ... <a title="Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/any-talk-about-raising-interest-rates-is-a-huge-mistake-154073/" aria-label="Read more about Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Wright, Professor of History, La Trobe University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. In May 2020, the international mining giant Rio Tinto made a calculated and informed decision to drill 382 blast holes in an ... <a title="Friday essay: masters of the future or heirs of the past? Mining, history and Indigenous ownership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/friday-essay-masters-of-the-future-or-heirs-of-the-past-mining-history-and-indigenous-ownership-153879/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: masters of the future or heirs of the past? Mining, history and Indigenous ownership">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Overhype can be a dead giveaway of under-confidence. When Anthony Albanese on Thursday compared his situation to that of Joe Biden, it sounded rather desperate. Some journalists, he said, had predicted a certain Trump win. But “a bloke who was ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s reshuffle sharpens focus on ‘jobs’ but talk about his own job will continue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/grattan-on-friday-albaneses-reshuffle-sharpens-focus-on-jobs-but-talk-about-his-own-job-will-continue-154198/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s reshuffle sharpens focus on ‘jobs’ but talk about his own job will continue">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kaufman, Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute The federal government’s A$23.9 million COVID-19 vaccination information campaign, launched yesterday, aims to reassure the public about vaccine safety and effectiveness. It will also provide information about the vaccine rollout. We’ve only just started to see ... <a title="The government is spending almost A$24m to convince us to accept a COVID vaccine. But will its new campaign actually work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/the-government-is-spending-almost-a-24m-to-convince-us-to-accept-a-covid-vaccine-but-will-its-new-campaign-actually-work-154062/" aria-label="Read more about The government is spending almost A$24m to convince us to accept a COVID vaccine. But will its new campaign actually work?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sallie Yea, Associate professor & Principal Research Fellow, La Trobe University Each year, thousands of men and boys labour under extremely exploitative conditions on commercial fishing vessels owned by Taiwanese, Chinese and South Korean companies. The Taiwanese fleet, which operates in all reaches of the globe, is ... <a title="Why is it so difficult to stamp out seafood slavery? There is little justice, even in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-stamp-out-seafood-slavery-there-is-little-justice-even-in-court-152179/" aria-label="Read more about Why is it so difficult to stamp out seafood slavery? There is little justice, even in court">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Rice, Professor of Management, University of New England Elon Musk is now the world’s richest person, edging out previous title holder Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. His rocketing fortune is due to the booming share price of Tesla, the maker of electric vehicles and clean energy technologies. In ... <a title="Can Tesla’s share price be justified? Probably not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/can-teslas-share-price-be-justified-probably-not-153793/" aria-label="Read more about Can Tesla’s share price be justified? Probably not">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Dunn, Associate professor, University of Sydney The government is rolling out a new public information campaign this week to reassure the public about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, which one expert has said “couldn’t be more crucial” to people actually getting the jabs when they are ... <a title="How do we counter COVID misinformation? Challenge it directly with the facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/how-do-we-counter-covid-misinformation-challenge-it-directly-with-the-facts-153531/" aria-label="Read more about How do we counter COVID misinformation? Challenge it directly with the facts">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Therese O’Sullivan, Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University The COVID vaccine rollout has placed the issue of vaccination firmly in the spotlight. A successful rollout will depend on a variety of factors, one of which is vaccine acceptance. One potential hurdle to vaccine acceptance is needle fear. In ... <a title="Needles are nothing to fear: 5 steps to make vaccinations easier on your kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/needles-are-nothing-to-fear-5-steps-to-make-vaccinations-easier-on-your-kids-153639/" aria-label="Read more about Needles are nothing to fear: 5 steps to make vaccinations easier on your kids">Read more</a>
