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December 12, 2020
By Nicholas Ryan Aditya in Jakarta Indonesia’s Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found 40 incidents of human rights violations in Papua between January and November 2020, a new report says. The report by Kontras researcher Arif Nur Fikri was released yesterday to commemorate International Human Rights Day. “Kontras recorded that ... <a title="Rights group records 40 violations in Papua in 2020 – cases every month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/rights-group-records-40-violations-in-papua-in-2020-cases-every-month/" aria-label="Read more about Rights group records 40 violations in Papua in 2020 – cases every month">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2020
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk The Pacific Climate Warriors are the winners of the Pax Christi International Peace Prize 2020. On making the judgment, the members of the Pax Christi International board acknowledged the “admirable leadership shown by young people” on this critical issue. The award tribute said: “[The board members] also want to draw attention ... <a title="‘Admirable leadership’ of young Pacific Climate Warriors clinches peace prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/admirable-leadership-of-young-pacific-climate-warriors-clinches-peace-prize/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Admirable leadership’ of young Pacific Climate Warriors clinches peace prize">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahmoud Elkhodr, Lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies, CQUniversity Australia New Zealand’s coronavirus contact-tracing app COVID Tracer was revamped yesterday. It now uses the Bluetooth-based Google/Apple exposure notification (GAEN) framework. This allows Android and Apple (iOS) devices to communicate via a contact-tracing mechanism built into the devices’ ... <a title="An Australia–NZ travel bubble needs a unified COVID contact-tracing app. We’re not there." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/an-australia-nz-travel-bubble-needs-a-unified-covid-contact-tracing-app-were-not-there-151761/" aria-label="Read more about An Australia–NZ travel bubble needs a unified COVID contact-tracing app. We’re not there.">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University The federal government’s industrial relations “reform” bill offers a new definition of “casual” employment that creates more problems than it solves. It effectively defines a casual job as anything described that way by ... <a title="The truth about much ‘casual’ work: it’s really about permanent insecurity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/the-truth-about-much-casual-work-its-really-about-permanent-insecurity-151687/" aria-label="Read more about The truth about much ‘casual’ work: it’s really about permanent insecurity">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Global emissions are expected to decline by about 7% in 2020 (or 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide) compared to 2019 — an unprecedented drop due to the ... <a title="Global emissions are down by an unprecedented 7% — but don’t start celebrating just yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/global-emissions-are-down-by-an-unprecedented-7-but-dont-start-celebrating-just-yet-151757/" aria-label="Read more about Global emissions are down by an unprecedented 7% — but don’t start celebrating just yet">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin – estimates, magnitudes, and new countries to be concerned about. In mid-November, I published Covid-19: Orders of Magnitude. I used Turkey as my example of a Covid19 magnitude 3 country, and South Korea as my magnitude 2 example. Today, less than a month later, Turkey is now looking like a magnitude ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Worsening Incidence in Asia, USA, and Denmark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-worsening-incidence-in-asia-usa-and-denmark/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Worsening Incidence in Asia, USA, and Denmark">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss the international climate conference that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not been invited to speak ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on national cabinet, media bargaining, and 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/video-michelle-grattan-on-national-cabinet-media-bargaining-and-2021-151916/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on national cabinet, media bargaining, and 2021">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Graham, Chief economist, CSIRO energy, CSIRO With the cost of energy generated from wind and solar now less than coal, the share of Australia’s electricity coming from renewables has reached 23%. The federal government projects the share will reach 50% by 2030. It is at this ... <a title="Up to 90% of electricity from solar and wind the cheapest option by 2030: CSIRO analysis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/up-to-90-of-electricity-from-solar-and-wind-the-cheapest-option-by-2030-csiro-analysis-151831/" aria-label="Read more about Up to 90% of electricity from solar and wind the cheapest option by 2030: CSIRO analysis">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University Australia’s hopes of producing a locally developed COVID-19 vaccine have been dashed with news today the University of Queensland/CSL vaccine would not proceed to further clinical trials. However, unlike ... <a title="How did the University of Queensland/CSL vaccine fail due to ‘false positive’ HIV tests? A vaccine expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/how-did-the-university-of-queensland-csl-vaccine-fail-due-to-false-positive-hiv-tests-a-vaccine-expert-explains-151911/" aria-label="Read more about How did the University of Queensland/CSL vaccine fail due to ‘false positive’ HIV tests? A vaccine expert explains">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaz Ross, Lecturer in Humanities (Asian Studies), University of Tasmania The threat of far-right terrorism has loomed large in Australia this week. An 18-year-old from NSW has been arrested on charges of advocating terrorism and inciting others to violence. According to police, he had not only been ... <a title="Far-right groups have used COVID to expand their footprint in Australia. Here are the ones you need to know about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/far-right-groups-have-used-covid-to-expand-their-footprint-in-australia-here-are-the-ones-you-need-to-know-about-151203/" aria-label="Read more about Far-right groups have used COVID to expand their footprint in Australia. Here are the ones you need to know about">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
BACKGROUNDER: By Michael Field Efforts by Brazilian miner Vale SA to extract itself from one of the world’s largest nickel and cobalt operations are creating deeping tensions and confusion in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. On Wednesday night Vale announced a vague deal, without disclosing full financials, but by Thursday there was uncertainty ... <a title="Tension rises in New Caledonia over Brazilian miner Vale’s bail out efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/tension-rises-in-new-caledonia-over-brazilian-miner-vales-bail-out-efforts/" aria-label="Read more about Tension rises in New Caledonia over Brazilian miner Vale’s bail out efforts">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Two people in the United Kingdom have experienced an allergic reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This led the UK medicines regulator to issue precautionary advice earlier this week that “people with a significant ... <a title="People with severe allergies warned off Pfizer COVID vaccine for now. But that may change as more details emerge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/people-with-severe-allergies-warned-off-pfizer-covid-vaccine-for-now-but-that-may-change-as-more-details-emerge-151837/" aria-label="Read more about People with severe allergies warned off Pfizer COVID vaccine for now. But that may change as more details emerge">Read more</a>
