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July 2, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Bhosip Kaiwi, the man accused of murder in the Papua New Guinean torture case, will be held at the Correctional Services Training College at Bomana to undergo 14 days of quarantine under the government’s covid-19 requirement, reports the PNG Post-Courier. He will remain there until he is cleared before joining the ... <a title="Kaiwi to undergo quarantine before moving into main Bomana prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/kaiwi-to-undergo-quarantine-before-moving-into-main-bomana-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Kaiwi to undergo quarantine before moving into main Bomana prison">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
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 NZ First, fishing industry, light rail Michael Morrah (Newshub): Talleys hosted fundraiser dinners for NZ First, but denies that’s behind delay in fishing boat cameras Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Stuart Nash apologises to Winston ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-02-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2020">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
By Mackenzie Smith of RNZ News Hong Kong protesters in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have attended political demonstrations here. Beijing’s new national security law, passed on Tuesday, criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, but will also effectively shut down protest action and freedom ... <a title="Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/hong-kong-protesters-in-nz-worried-about-new-national-security-law/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Benjamin, Associate Professor in Maritime Archaeology, Flinders University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University For most of the human history of Australia, sea levels were much lower than they are today, and there was extra dry land where people lived. ... <a title="In a first discovery of its kind, researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/in-a-first-discovery-of-its-kind-researchers-have-uncovered-an-ancient-aboriginal-archaeological-site-preserved-on-the-seabed-138108/" aria-label="Read more about In a first discovery of its kind, researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew S. Flies, Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, University of Tasmania Emerging infectious diseases, including COVID-19, usually come from non-human animals. However our understanding of most animals’ immune systems is sadly lacking as there’s a shortfall in research tools for species other than humans and mice. Our ... <a title="We developed tools to study cancer in Tasmanian devils. They could help fight disease in humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/we-developed-tools-to-study-cancer-in-tasmanian-devils-they-could-help-fight-disease-in-humans-137710/" aria-label="Read more about We developed tools to study cancer in Tasmanian devils. They could help fight disease in humans">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia I recently wrote about Victoria’s surge in COVID-19 cases. On that day, Victoria recorded 11 new infections, after a few days of new cases in the high teens and low twenties. I wondered then whether the situation could ... <a title="Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/victoria-is-on-the-precipice-of-an-uncontrolled-coronavirus-outbreak-will-the-new-measures-work-141706/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Christine Hosking, Conservation Planner/Researcher, The University of Queensland On Tuesday, a year-long New South Wales parliamentary inquiry revealed the state’s koalas are on track for extinction in the wild by 2050, without urgent government intervention. Habitat destruction and fragmentation for agriculture, urban development, mining and forestry ... <a title="We know how to save NSW’s koalas from extinction – but the government must commit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/we-know-how-to-save-nsws-koalas-from-extinction-but-the-government-must-commit-141696/" aria-label="Read more about We know how to save NSW’s koalas from extinction – but the government must commit">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Barsky, Associate professor of Management, University of Melbourne HESTA, the industry super fund for health and community workers, plans to dump its shares in thermal coal mining companies. Beyond that, its Net Zero by 2050 program announced on Friday commits it to cutting the carbon emissions ... <a title="UniSuper take note: there’s no retirement on a dead planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/unisuper-take-note-theres-no-retirement-on-a-dead-planet-132194/" aria-label="Read more about UniSuper take note: there’s no retirement on a dead planet">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Higham, Professor of Tourism, University of Otago Unprecedented border closures and the domestic lockdown have paralysed New Zealand’s $40.9 billion a year tourism industry. In the process, the vulnerability of the sector to external shocks and the tenuous nature of tourism employment have been exposed. While ... <a title="The sun is setting on unsustainable long-haul, short-stay tourism — regional travel bubbles are the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/the-sun-is-setting-on-unsustainable-long-haul-short-stay-tourism-regional-travel-bubbles-are-the-future-140926/" aria-label="Read more about The sun is setting on unsustainable long-haul, short-stay tourism — regional travel bubbles are the future">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland There are now less than three months to go before the expanded JobSeeker payment is due to end. As a result, there is a growing political debate about what should happen to the unemployment payment that was ... <a title="Forget JobSeeker. In our post-COVID economy, Australia needs a ‘liveable income guarantee’ instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/forget-jobseeker-in-our-post-covid-economy-australia-needs-a-liveable-income-guarantee-instead-141535/" aria-label="Read more about Forget JobSeeker. In our post-COVID economy, Australia needs a ‘liveable income guarantee’ instead">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lilly Brown, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains references to deceased people. In 2019, Dujuan Hoosan travelled from Garrwa country in the Northern Territory, to Geneva where he addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council. As he ... <a title="In My Blood It Runs challenges the ‘inevitability’ of Indigenous youth incarceration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/in-my-blood-it-runs-challenges-the-inevitability-of-indigenous-youth-incarceration-140624/" aria-label="Read more about In My Blood It Runs challenges the ‘inevitability’ of Indigenous youth incarceration">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Eden-Monaro voters are calling for a compassionate and empathetic recovery process as Australia emerges from the pandemic. In focus group research conducted this week, ahead of Saturday’s byelection, the vast majority of participants favoured increasing JobSeeker payments above the pre-COVID ... <a title="Eden-Monaro focus groups: Voters want government to cushion pandemic recovery path" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/eden-monaro-focus-groups-voters-want-government-to-cushion-pandemic-recovery-path-141826/" aria-label="Read more about Eden-Monaro focus groups: Voters want government to cushion pandemic recovery path">Read more</a>
