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May 11, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Public sector pay freeze Justin Giovannetti (Spinoff): Ardern and Robertson say public sector wage freeze is ‘misreporting’. But is it? Jenna ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 11 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-11-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 11 2021">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paulo de Souza, Professor, Griffith University China’s space program is making impressive progress. The country only launched its first crewed flight in 2003, more than 40 years after the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. China’s first Mars mission was in 2020, half ... <a title="China’s Tiangong space station: what it is, what it’s for, and how to see it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/chinas-tiangong-space-station-what-it-is-what-its-for-and-how-to-see-it-160456/" aria-label="Read more about China’s Tiangong space station: what it is, what it’s for, and how to see it">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Australia’s vaccine rollout is moving far more slowly than the government had hoped, and there is evidence of vaccine hesitancy in a significant part of the population. Some governments and media ... <a title="Would Australians support mandates for the COVID-19 vaccine? Our research suggests most would" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/would-australians-support-mandates-for-the-covid-19-vaccine-our-research-suggests-most-would-159919/" aria-label="Read more about Would Australians support mandates for the COVID-19 vaccine? Our research suggests most would">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Fancourt, Paediatrician & Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research Last week the Northern Territory (NT) government proposed legislative changes to youth justice, including tightening access to bail and diversion, particularly for re-offenders. We expect the legislation could go through as early as today. But this ... <a title="The NT’s tough-on-crime approach won’t reduce youth offending. This is what we know works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/the-nts-tough-on-crime-approach-wont-reduce-youth-offending-this-is-what-we-know-works-160361/" aria-label="Read more about The NT’s tough-on-crime approach won’t reduce youth offending. This is what we know works">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania The Black Summer bushfires shocked the world and generated enormous global media interest. Fire scientists like myself found themselves filling a role not unlike sport commentators, explaining the unfolding drama in real time. Scientists who engaged ... <a title="New research finds native forest logging did not worsen the Black Summer bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/new-research-finds-native-forest-logging-did-not-worsen-the-black-summer-bushfires-160600/" aria-label="Read more about New research finds native forest logging did not worsen the Black Summer bushfires">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Cornwall, Rutherford Discovery Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The twin stress factors of ocean warming and acidification increasingly threaten coral reefs worldwide, but relatively little is known about how various climate scenarios will affect coral reef growth rates. Our research, published today, ... <a title="The outlook for coral reefs remains grim unless we cut emissions fast — new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/the-outlook-for-coral-reefs-remains-grim-unless-we-cut-emissions-fast-new-research-160251/" aria-label="Read more about The outlook for coral reefs remains grim unless we cut emissions fast — new research">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kingsley Dixon, John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University We all love gardens with beautiful flowers and leafy plants, choosing colourful species to plant in and around our homes. Plant scientists, however, may have fallen for the same trick in what they choose to research. Our research, published ... <a title="Nobody cares about fugly flowers. Scientists pay more attention to pretty plants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/nobody-cares-about-fugly-flowers-scientists-pay-more-attention-to-pretty-plants-160601/" aria-label="Read more about Nobody cares about fugly flowers. Scientists pay more attention to pretty plants">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Davie, Lecturer in Piano, School of Music, Australian National University In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. The appreciation of art is enriched through experience, and there is perhaps no ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: searching for music in the places where Chopin lived and died" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/if-i-could-go-anywhere-searching-for-music-in-the-places-where-chopin-lived-and-died-157862/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: searching for music in the places where Chopin lived and died">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste health authorities have registered a total of 126 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 in the last 24 hours, almost all in the Timorese capital, according to official data. The data was released in a statement from the Integrated Crisis Management Center (CIGC), which states that in addition to 120 ... <a title="Timor-Leste reports 126 more covid cases – almost all in Dili" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/timor-leste-reports-126-more-covid-cases-almost-all-in-dili/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste reports 126 more covid cases – almost all in Dili">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney One part of a legal challenge to the Commonwealth’s India travel ban was comprehensively defeated in the Federal Court on Monday evening. Justice Thawley rejected all the arguments made by the applicant, Gary Newman, a 73-year-old Australian citizen ... <a title="Part of the legal challenge to the India travel ban has been comprehensively defeated — here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/part-of-the-legal-challenge-to-the-india-travel-ban-has-been-comprehensively-defeated-heres-why-160624/" aria-label="Read more about Part of the legal challenge to the India travel ban has been comprehensively defeated — here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By R. Ramakumar, Professor of Economics, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Countries around the world are racing against time to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus. But India has thus far been a poor performer, with only 9.6% of its population receiving a vaccine so far (compared to ... <a title="Charging Indians for COVID vaccines is bad, letting vaccine producers charge what they like is unconscionable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/charging-indians-for-covid-vaccines-is-bad-letting-vaccine-producers-charge-what-they-like-is-unconscionable-160529/" aria-label="Read more about Charging Indians for COVID vaccines is bad, letting vaccine producers charge what they like is unconscionable">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Kassam, Director, Lowy Institute’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program, and Fellow, National Security College’s Futures Council, Australian National University Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on the weekend Australia’s borders will remain closed for the foreseeable future, only reopening “when it is safe to do so”. ... <a title="‘Fortress Australia’: what are the costs of closing ourselves off to the world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/fortress-australia-what-are-the-costs-of-closing-ourselves-off-to-the-world-160612/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fortress Australia’: what are the costs of closing ourselves off to the world?">Read more</a>
