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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor in Education, University of Sydney The Australian school system is concentrating more disadvantaged students in disadvantaged schools, with serious implications for student achievement. A report released today by the Gonski Institute says schools in Australia are more regressive, divided and socially segregated than ... <a title="Australian schools are becoming more segregated. This threatens student outcomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/australian-schools-are-becoming-more-segregated-this-threatens-student-outcomes-155455/" aria-label="Read more about Australian schools are becoming more segregated. This threatens student outcomes">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University A chorus of voices is calling for the government to “raise the rate” of the JobSeeker unemployment benefit, among them the Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe. And they’re right. Once ... <a title="First lift JobSeeker, then add on fully-funded unemployment insurance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/first-lift-jobseeker-then-add-on-fully-funded-unemployment-insurance-155383/" aria-label="Read more about First lift JobSeeker, then add on fully-funded unemployment insurance">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Can Australian films save the cinema? This is not a question often asked. Over the weekend, four of the top five films at the box office were Australian: firstly, The Dry ($703,037), second Penguin Bloom ($444,990), fourth Long Story Short ($315,590) ... <a title="Australian cinema is reaping box office rewards during the pandemic. Can the trend continue?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/australian-cinema-is-reaping-box-office-rewards-during-the-pandemic-can-the-trend-continue-155457/" aria-label="Read more about Australian cinema is reaping box office rewards during the pandemic. Can the trend continue?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins on Wednesday accused Scott Morrison of “victim-blaming rhetoric” – as the Prime Minister sought to explain why his own staffer failed to tell him Higgins had alleged she’d been raped. Malcolm Turnbull cast doubt on ... <a title="Morrison invokes Chinese walls defence on why staffer didn’t tell him of Higgins’ rape allegation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/18/morrison-invokes-chinese-walls-defence-on-why-staffer-didnt-tell-him-of-higgins-rape-allegation-155505/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison invokes Chinese walls defence on why staffer didn’t tell him of Higgins’ rape allegation">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) yesterday announced it has provisionally approved AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for use in Australia. The approval applies to people over 18, including adults older than 65. The recommended interval between the two doses is 12 weeks, ... <a title="5 things you need to know about the AstraZeneca vaccine now the TGA has approved it for use in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-now-the-tga-has-approved-it-for-use-in-australia-155139/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things you need to know about the AstraZeneca vaccine now the TGA has approved it for use in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced today the state’s five-day circuit-breaker lockdown would end at midnight tonight. The state’s health department reported zero new cases overnight from nearly 40,000 tests — the highest number of daily tests recorded in Victoria since ... <a title="Victoria’s statewide lockdown ends. Data can tell us what to do next time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/victorias-statewide-lockdown-ends-data-can-tell-us-what-to-do-next-time-155450/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s statewide lockdown ends. Data can tell us what to do next time">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Myla Andamon, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Victorian students are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality. Our year-long analysis of Victorian primary and secondary school classrooms has found the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) often far exceeds the ... <a title="Australian children are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/australian-children-are-learning-in-classrooms-with-very-poor-air-quality-154950/" aria-label="Read more about Australian children are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato By unilaterally revoking the citizenship of the 26-year-old woman detained in Turkey this week, Australia has potentially left her two children in diplomatic limbo. Known only as “S.A.” (but named by the ABC as Suhayra Aden from Melbourne), she ... <a title="With their mother’s Australian citizenship cancelled over alleged ISIS-links, how will NZ deal with her children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/with-their-mothers-australian-citizenship-cancelled-over-alleged-isis-links-how-will-nz-deal-with-her-children-155385/" aria-label="Read more about With their mother’s Australian citizenship cancelled over alleged ISIS-links, how will NZ deal with her children?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eileen Baldry, Professor of Criminology, UNSW This week, the royal commission into the violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability will begin hold hearings on a shameful subject that has long been neglected: the indefinite detention of people with cognitive impairments and/or mental illness in our ... <a title="Over 1,000 Australians with cognitive disability are detained indefinitely each year. This shameful practice needs to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/over-1-000-australians-with-cognitive-disability-are-detained-indefinitely-each-year-this-shameful-practice-needs-to-stop-153724/" aria-label="Read more about Over 1,000 Australians with cognitive disability are detained indefinitely each year. This shameful practice needs to stop">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Australia-NZ dispute over terrorist suspect in Turkey Dan Satherley (Newshub): Judith Collins defends Australia’s move to dump terrorist problem on New Zealand Tova O’Brien (Newshub): How Australia snookered New Zealand and angered Jacinda Ardern Audrey ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-17-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2021">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris James, ARC DECRA Fellow, Centre for Hypersonics, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland This month has been a busy one for Mars exploration. Several countries sent missions to the red planet in June last year, taking advantage of a launch window. Most ... <a title="‘7 minutes of terror’: a look at the technology Perseverance will need to survive landing on Mars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/7-minutes-of-terror-a-look-at-the-technology-perseverance-will-need-to-survive-landing-on-mars-155046/" aria-label="Read more about ‘7 minutes of terror’: a look at the technology Perseverance will need to survive landing on Mars">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Australia’s long-awaited COVID vaccine rollout is scheduled to begin on Monday. New laws have just been passed mandating the recording of COVID-19 vaccine information on the Australian Immunisation Register. The changes to the Australian ... <a title="The COVID vaccine is here. When and to whom will we need to prove we’ve had it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/the-covid-vaccine-is-here-when-and-to-whom-will-we-need-to-prove-weve-had-it-155122/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID vaccine is here. When and to whom will we need to prove we’ve had it?">Read more</a>
