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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Burridge, Lecturer in Human Geography, Macquarie University In Australia, much of the discussion about detaining asylum seekers has focused on offshore sites on Manus, Nauru and Christmas Island. But, as the recent ABC drama series Stateless reminds us, detention of asylum seekers within Australia has a ... <a title="Hotels are no ‘luxury’ place to detain people seeking asylum in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/hotels-are-no-luxury-place-to-detain-people-seeking-asylum-in-australia-134544/" aria-label="Read more about Hotels are no ‘luxury’ place to detain people seeking asylum in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University New Zealand’s general election is currently set for September 19. Under ordinary circumstances, campaigning for the election and two referenda that will take place alongside would be heating up by now, but the country is three quarters of the way ... <a title="Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last until the country’s elections later in the year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/trust-in-government-is-high-in-nz-but-will-it-last-until-the-countrys-elections-later-in-the-year-135840/" aria-label="Read more about Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last until the country’s elections later in the year?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Health Minister Greg Hunt has said the goal of the government’s suppression policy is the “effective eradication” of the coronavirus in Australia – while at the same time casting doubt on the possibility of eliminating it. Chief Medical Officer Brendan ... <a title="Coronavirus debate turns to whether Australia should embrace ‘elimination’ strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/coronavirus-debate-turns-to-whether-australia-should-embrace-elimination-strategy-136186/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus debate turns to whether Australia should embrace ‘elimination’ strategy">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield today confirmed the Health Ministry is “actively looking” at the rules around people visiting dying family members in the Ciovid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Dr Bloomfield confirmed this in a Q+A session on Facebook this afternoon to talk about masks, bubbles, testing and clusters. Earlier this ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 19: Health Ministry ‘looking at visit rules’ after fifth death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/nz-lockdown-day-19-health-ministry-looking-at-visit-rules-after-fifth-death/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 19: Health Ministry ‘looking at visit rules’ after fifth death">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – PNG’s Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey (left) … in the middle of a furore between two senior journalists, Gorethy Kenneth and Freddy Mou, and Police Minister Bryan Kramer over media ethics. Image: Kramer Report By Pacific Media Watch PAPUA New Guinea’s Police Minister Bryan Kramer has published an ... <a title="Police Minister Bryan Kramer blasts two journalists in virus reporting row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/police-minister-bryan-kramer-blasts-two-journalists-in-virus-reporting-row/" aria-label="Read more about Police Minister Bryan Kramer blasts two journalists in virus reporting row">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has called for the “urgent” and “immediate” release of immigration detainees in line with recommendations of peak medical bodies advising the federal government on their response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Edward Santow in an exclusive interview with SBS News said they should be ... <a title="Human Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/human-rights-commissioner-calls-for-release-of-detainees-amid-virus-alarm/" aria-label="Read more about Human Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura Three officers from the Mamberamo Raya Police force have died while two others sustained wounds following a reported clash with military personnel in Mamberamo Raya regency of Papua yesterday morning. “Two police officers were killed in the clash. However, we have received a report that another officer succumbed to his ... <a title="Three Papuan police officers killed in ‘misunderstanding’ clash with military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/three-papuan-police-officers-killed-in-misunderstanding-clash-with-military/" aria-label="Read more about Three Papuan police officers killed in ‘misunderstanding’ clash with military">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series. The lockdown breaches over the Easter weekend shows the number of self-entitled and selfish people flouting the rules in New Zealand and Fiji as reports have suggested. On self-isolation day 18 yesterday – ... <a title="Selfish lockdown breaches cause headaches in Fiji, NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/selfish-lockdown-breaches-cause-headaches-in-fiji-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Selfish lockdown breaches cause headaches in Fiji, NZ">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Goldlust, Phd candidate in Environmental History, La Trobe University Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home. There is a long history ... <a title="Great time to try: starting a vegetable garden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/great-time-to-try-starting-a-vegetable-garden-135552/" aria-label="Read more about Great time to try: starting a vegetable garden">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tambri Housen, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, a small proportion of Australians infected have now died, while most have either recovered, or are likely to recover over the next few weeks. ... <a title="How long are you infectious when you have coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/how-long-are-you-infectious-when-you-have-coronavirus-135295/" aria-label="Read more about How long are you infectious when you have coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karl Sebire, Researcher (Technology and education), University of New England “How would we have coped before the internet?” is a quandary likely posed by someone you know. Beyond being a whimsical hypothetical, this question is relevant at a time when the digital age is ridiculed as the ... <a title="The coronavirus lockdown is forcing us to view ‘screen time’ differently. That’s a good thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/the-coronavirus-lockdown-is-forcing-us-to-view-screen-time-differently-thats-a-good-thing-135641/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus lockdown is forcing us to view ‘screen time’ differently. That’s a good thing">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Moran, Professor of Development Effectiveness, The University of Queensland Less than four kilometres from Australia’s northernmost islands in the Torres Strait lies the South Fly District of Papua New Guinea. If you’ve ever heard anything about this borderland region – wedged between Australia, Indonesia and the ... <a title="Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/destitution-on-australias-hardening-border-with-png-and-the-need-for-a-better-aid-strategy-135038/" aria-label="Read more about Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy">Read more</a>
