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February 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute Here’s a newspaper headline from May 27, 2020: “Worker at Melbourne quarantine hotel tests positive for COVID-19”. And here’s one from yesterday: “Coronavirus lockdown announced for Perth and South West after quarantine hotel worker tests positive.” Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, ... <a title="Perth is the latest city to suffer a COVID quarantine breach. Why does this keep happening?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/perth-is-the-latest-city-to-suffer-a-covid-quarantine-breach-why-does-this-keep-happening-154375/" aria-label="Read more about Perth is the latest city to suffer a COVID quarantine breach. Why does this keep happening?">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison on Monday will announce $1.9 billion initial investment in the massive vaccine rollout which is due to start late this month. This comes as new economic disruption looms from the Western Australian government’s shock five-day lockdown of Perth ... <a title="Australia Polls – Morrison to announce $1.9 billion for vaccine rollout, as Coalition and Labor level in Newspoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/morrison-to-announce-1-9-billion-for-vaccine-rollout-as-coalition-and-labor-level-in-newspoll-154350/" aria-label="Read more about Australia Polls – Morrison to announce $1.9 billion for vaccine rollout, as Coalition and Labor level in Newspoll">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Here I include three European countries and three others well known for their Covid19 issues. Of the European countries, Switzerland was first to be hit, and did substantially suppress the epidemic. Sweden was hit for a prolonged period, but eventually got the problem down to ‘acceptable’ levels. Slovakia – the only one ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Deaths in Six Covid-Hot Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-deaths-in-six-covid-hot-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Deaths in Six Covid-Hot Countries">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Graycar, Visiting Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The latest global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) rankings places Australia at 11 out of 180 countries. This is behind countries like New Zealand, Denmark and Germany and on par with Canada, the United Kingdom and ... <a title="Australia is out of the top ten in global anti-corruption rankings — why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/australia-is-out-of-the-top-ten-in-global-anti-corruption-rankings-why-153875/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is out of the top ten in global anti-corruption rankings — why?">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 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Binoy Kampmark, Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT University Since 2005, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has been one of the most stable and enduring of political forces, both in Europe and on the global stage. During her 16 years as leader, she has ... <a title="Auf Wiedersehen, ‘Mutti’: How Angela Merkel’s centrist politics shaped Germany and Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/26/auf-wiedersehen-mutti-how-angela-merkels-centrist-politics-shaped-germany-and-europe-153447/" aria-label="Read more about Auf Wiedersehen, ‘Mutti’: How Angela Merkel’s centrist politics shaped Germany and Europe">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archa Fox, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, University of Western Australia The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today provisionally approved Australia’s first COVID vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine, paving the way for its rollout to begin in mid-to-late February among high-risk groups. Two doses will be required, ... <a title="Not sure about the Pfizer vaccine, now it’s been approved in Australia? You can scratch these 4 concerns straight off your list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/25/not-sure-about-the-pfizer-vaccine-now-its-been-approved-in-australia-you-can-scratch-these-4-concerns-straight-off-your-list-153719/" aria-label="Read more about Not sure about the Pfizer vaccine, now it’s been approved in Australia? You can scratch these 4 concerns straight off your list">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. With Covid19, Italy shows the classic European pattern, with its early outbreak, substantial recovery thanks to lockdowns and other public health measures, and resurgence thanks to complacency and summer mingling. Brazil, on the other hand, shows a pattern, even more extreme than the USA, of an outbreak that did not go away. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Italy and Brazil – Three Perspectives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-italy-and-brazil-three-perspectives/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Italy and Brazil – Three Perspectives">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful transfer of power. This year, the scene looks a bit different. If the last US presidential inauguration in 2017 debuted the phrase “alternative facts”, the 2021 inauguration represents their deadly ... <a title="As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/as-joe-biden-becomes-president-us-still-reels-from-deadly-consequences-of-alternative-facts/" aria-label="Read more about As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago America is currently experiencing its worst political and constitutional crisis since the civil war when the very survival of Abraham Lincoln’s government “of, by and for the people” was at stake. On January 6, an armed mob ... <a title="Trumpism doesn’t end with Trump — NZ needs to take a firmer stand against a global threat to democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/trumpism-doesnt-end-with-trump-nz-needs-to-take-a-firmer-stand-against-a-global-threat-to-democracy-153194/" aria-label="Read more about Trumpism doesn’t end with Trump — NZ needs to take a firmer stand against a global threat to democracy">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Bartlett, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle Reports of about 30 deaths among elderly nursing home residents who received the Pfizer vaccine have made international headlines. With Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) expected to approve the vaccine imminently and the roll ... <a title="The Pfizer vaccine may not be the best choice for frail people, but it’s too early to make firm conclusions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/18/the-pfizer-vaccine-may-not-be-the-best-choice-for-frail-people-but-its-too-early-to-make-firm-conclusions-153445/" aria-label="Read more about The Pfizer vaccine may not be the best choice for frail people, but it’s too early to make firm conclusions">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Through recent natural disasters, global upheavals and a pandemic, Australia’s political centre has largely held. Australians may have disagreed at times, but they have also kept faith with governmental norms, eschewing the false allure of populism beguiling voters ... <a title="As Trump exits the White House, he leaves Trumpism behind in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/18/as-trump-exits-the-white-house-he-leaves-trumpism-behind-in-australia-153289/" aria-label="Read more about As Trump exits the White House, he leaves Trumpism behind in Australia">Read more</a>
