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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>
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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>
