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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland New variants of SARS-CoV-2 have now evaded New Zealand’s border protections twice to spread into the community. In the most recent outbreak, which placed Auckland into an alert level 3 lockdown, there are three active community cases of the more ... <a title="Why more contagious variants are emerging now, more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/why-more-contagious-variants-are-emerging-now-more-than-a-year-into-the-covid-19-pandemic-155302/" aria-label="Read more about Why more contagious variants are emerging now, more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorinda Cramer, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australian Catholic University Neckties made global news last week when Maori MP, Rawiri Waititi, was ejected from the debating chamber of New Zealand Parliament. He refused to wear a tie, evocatively describing it as a “colonial noose”. It wasn’t that Mr Waititi ... <a title="The politics of the necktie — ‘colonial noose’, masculine marker or silk status symbol?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/the-politics-of-the-necktie-colonial-noose-masculine-marker-or-silk-status-symbol-155203/" aria-label="Read more about The politics of the necktie — ‘colonial noose’, masculine marker or silk status symbol?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Last Thursday I walked the Tongariro (Alpine) Crossing with my partner. Actually, it was my third time, having also enjoyed that beautiful volcanic walk in 1979 and 1990. This was my first time with a mobile phone in my pocket. My phone assured me that the 19½ kilometre walk took me ... <a title="Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/keith-rankin-on-taking-39000-steps/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Power, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University In December, Antarctica lost its status as the last continent free of COVID-19 when 36 people at the Chilean Bernardo O’Higgins research station tested positive. The station’s isolation from other bases and fewer researchers in ... <a title="COVID has reached Antarctica. Scientists are extremely concerned for its wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/covid-has-reached-antarctica-scientists-are-extremely-concerned-for-its-wildlife-154481/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has reached Antarctica. Scientists are extremely concerned for its wildlife">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Research Fellow, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne As Australian producers scramble to find markets for goods hit by Chinese import restrictions, it might look as though China is winning the diplomatic war. But the current situation is a diplomacy fail for China as much ... <a title="It might look like China is winning the trade war, but its import bans are a diplomacy fail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/10/it-might-look-like-china-is-winning-the-trade-war-but-its-import-bans-are-a-diplomacy-fail-154558/" aria-label="Read more about It might look like China is winning the trade war, but its import bans are a diplomacy fail">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney We all know the queen can’t refuse assent to a bill just because she doesn’t like it. But can she secretly get a law changed, in her personal interest, before it is even introduced into parliament? The answer ... <a title="New evidence shows how Her Majesty wields influence on legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/the-queens-gambit-new-evidence-shows-how-her-majesty-wields-influence-on-legislation-154818/" aria-label="Read more about New evidence shows how Her Majesty wields influence on legislation">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Before noting the role of Czechia – the Czech Republic – in the most lethal wave of the Covid19 pandemic in Europe, we should note the tragic recent circumstance of Portugal. In the first chart above, we see that Portugal, a country that in April performed very well compared to its neighbours, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Czechia may be the key to Europe’s most lethal wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-czechia-may-be-the-key-to-europes-most-lethal-wave/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Czechia may be the key to Europe’s most lethal wave">Read more</a>
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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>
