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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Henderson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Latin America is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fastest spread of the disease in the region’s cities follows a pattern of contagion that is anything but arbitrary. Disturbing images in international media ... <a title="From the COVID-19 epicentre: lessons from Latin American cities’ successes and failures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/from-the-covid-19-epicentre-lessons-from-latin-american-cities-successes-and-failures-144000/" aria-label="Read more about From the COVID-19 epicentre: lessons from Latin American cities’ successes and failures">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kantha Dayaram, Associate Professor, School of Management, Curtin University How to stop sick people going to work? That’s a question the Victorian government has been grappling with since it became clear about 80% of new COVID-19 infections in the state’s second-wave outbreak were from workplace transmissions. Read ... <a title="Workplace transmissions: a predictable result of the class divide in worker rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/workplace-transmissions-a-predictable-result-of-the-class-divide-in-worker-rights-143896/" aria-label="Read more about Workplace transmissions: a predictable result of the class divide in worker rights">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Ranald, Honorary research fellow, University of Sydney In the negotiations for an Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement at present underway, the European Union is pushing for longer monopolies on medicines for its pharmaceutical companies. If it gets them, Australians will wait longer for cheaper versions of ... <a title="Last to know: the European Union knows more about our trade talks than we do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/last-to-know-the-european-union-knows-more-about-our-trade-talks-than-we-do-144196/" aria-label="Read more about Last to know: the European Union knows more about our trade talks than we do">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Kimball, PHD Student in Classics, University of Newcastle Hello, curious kids! Have you got a question you’d like an expert to answer? Ask an adult to send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au Are witches and wizards real? Mabel, age 7, Anglesea, Victoria. They are, but not in ... <a title="Curious Kids: are witches and wizards real?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/curious-kids-are-witches-and-wizards-real-141799/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: are witches and wizards real?">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tradespeople and others in licensed occupations would find it easier to work across state and territory boundaries next year under a plan being developed. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, announcing the plan, agreed to by the nation’s treasurers, said it would ... <a title="Frydenberg announces ‘automatic recognition’ plan to help workers and businesses operate across state borders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/frydenberg-announces-automatic-recognition-plan-to-help-workers-and-businesses-operate-across-state-borders-144553/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg announces ‘automatic recognition’ plan to help workers and businesses operate across state borders">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Auckland, 4pm Saturday, August 15: 50,000 vehicles stopped, less than 700 turned back. These statistics yesterday were “frightening”, says Hone Harawira of the Tai Tokerau Border Control. “We’re not panicking, but we’ve briefed our crews,” he declared today on social media. “We’re talking to Tai Tokerau iwi, Northland police, and health ... <a title="Harawira slams ‘frightening’ Auckland covid exodus statistics for Tai Tokerau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/16/harawira-slams-frightening-auckland-covid-exodus-statistics-for-tai-tokerau/" aria-label="Read more about Harawira slams ‘frightening’ Auckland covid exodus statistics for Tai Tokerau">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has 12 new community cases of covid-19 – all in Auckland and all connected to existing cases, the Director-General of Health has revealed. There is also one new case in managed isolation. Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Health Minister Chris Hipkins today gave the latest details on the outbreak and the ... <a title="Thirteen new confirmed cases of covid-19 in NZ – three in hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/16/thirteen-new-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-nz-three-in-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Thirteen new confirmed cases of covid-19 in NZ – three in hospital">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2020
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy theories and misinformation, including from several prominent political figures. That “infodemic” is forcing journalists to confront the question of how they should report on the rapid rise of social media-fueled ... <a title="NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/16/nz-covid-19-confronting-the-deluge-of-conspiracies-over-the-latest-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Climate change may be slower but its momentum is enormous.” – Stuart Chape, Acting Director-General, South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Does anyone remember Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish environmentalist who caused a worldwide climate change stir – particularly among the neoliberal believers – but was ... <a title="How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/15/how-covid-19-has-undermined-climate-change-initiatives-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2020
By RNZ News A person who arrived in Japan from New Zealand with covid-19 visited Wairakei Terraces and Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland in Rotorua and Taupō shortly before their departure, health authorities have revealed. As a precaution, Toi Te Ora Public Health have alerted the public there was a “small possibility” they may have been exposed ... <a title="NZ traveller who arrives in Japan with covid-19 visited Rotorua and Taupō" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/15/nz-traveller-who-arrives-in-japan-with-covid-19-visited-rotorua-and-taupo/" aria-label="Read more about NZ traveller who arrives in Japan with covid-19 visited Rotorua and Taupō">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2020
By Cook Islands News Former Cook Islands prime minister Dr Joe Williams, 82, a distinguished medical practitioner in Auckland, has been admitted to hospital with covid-19. His medical practice was near the Americold cold store at the centre of the new community-transmission virus cluster in New Zealand. The practice is used by many Auckland Cook ... <a title="Former Cooks PM Dr Joe Williams in hospital – NZ cluster derails flight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/15/former-cooks-pm-dr-joe-williams-in-hospital-nz-cluster-derails-flight/" aria-label="Read more about Former Cooks PM Dr Joe Williams in hospital – NZ cluster derails flight">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Arturo López-Levy From Oakland, California Throughout the Democratic Party primary for the 2020 elections, for the first time all the candidates proposed a policy towards Cuba in line with the course of dialogue and exchange led by President Barack Obama in his last two years in office. ... <a title="Five key questions about Cuba in the current US election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/15/five-key-questions-about-cuba-in-the-current-us-election-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Five key questions about Cuba in the current US election campaign">Read more</a>
