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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University Perth and the Peel and South West regions of Western Australia will go into a five-day hard lockdown from 6pm local time on Sunday, after one new local COVID-19 ... <a title="Perth’s 5-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown isn’t an overreaction to a single case — it’s basic common sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/perths-5-day-circuit-breaker-lockdown-isnt-an-overreaction-to-a-single-case-its-basic-common-sense-154348/" aria-label="Read more about Perth’s 5-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown isn’t an overreaction to a single case — it’s basic common sense">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Right-wing Liberal backbencher Kevin Andrews – the father of the House of Representatives – has lost preselection to a barrister and former special forces veteran who served in Afghanistan. Keith Wolahan, 43, defeated Andrews, 65, who held a number of ... <a title="Liberal right-winger Kevin Andrews defeated in preselection by Afghanistan veteran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/liberal-right-winger-kevin-andrews-defeated-in-preselection-by-afghanistan-veteran-154349/" aria-label="Read more about Liberal right-winger Kevin Andrews defeated in preselection by Afghanistan veteran">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Suddenly, economic forecasters are optimistic. Six months ago the forecasting team assembled by The Conversation was expecting Australia’s recession to continue into 2021, sending the economy backwards a further 4.6% throughout the year. This morning, ... <a title="A little ray of sunshine as 2021 economic survey points to brighter times ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/a-little-ray-of-sunshine-as-2021-economic-survey-points-to-brighter-times-ahead-154157/" aria-label="Read more about A little ray of sunshine as 2021 economic survey points to brighter times ahead">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission today released its long-anticipated advice to the government on how to reshape the economy to meet the country’s domestic and international climate change obligations. The document sets ... <a title="Climate Change Commission calls on New Zealand government to take ‘immediate and decisive action’ to cut emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/climate-change-commission-calls-on-new-zealand-government-to-take-immediate-and-decisive-action-to-cut-emissions-154264/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Change Commission calls on New Zealand government to take ‘immediate and decisive action’ to cut emissions">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Labasa Fiji villagers of Nacula in Labasa whose homes are under water after the Labasa River broke its banks this morning have been evacuated to the community hall. Elderly people and children were assisted by men from their homes and were transported on boats to the village hall. The majority of ... <a title="TC Ana hits Fiji: Nacula villagers evacuated to community hall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/tc-ana-hits-fiji-nacula-villagers-evacuated-to-community-hall/" aria-label="Read more about TC Ana hits Fiji: Nacula villagers evacuated to community hall">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University On January 31, 1961, an intrepid chimpanzee called Ham was launched on a rocket from Cape Canaveral in the United States, and returned to Earth alive. In this process, he became the first hominin in space. ... <a title="Apes, robots and men: the life and death of the first space chimp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/apes-robots-and-men-the-life-and-death-of-the-first-space-chimp-153644/" aria-label="Read more about Apes, robots and men: the life and death of the first space chimp">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
By Priestley Habru in Honiara Solomon Islands’ environmental authorities have highlighted the need to protect the forests from logging following a recent report on new distributional sightings of the blue-faced parrotfinch, or Erythrura trichroa. The bird revealed its existence on Malaita and Makira islands and the report, published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology on ... <a title="New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/new-sighting-of-endemic-bird-signals-need-to-stop-logging-in-the-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Timorese Episcopal Conference has called on the entire Catholic community in Timor-Leste to accept and respect Pope Francis’ decision to expel an American accused of child sexual abuse in the country from the priesthood, reports LUSA news agency. “Mr Richard Daschbach has already received his sentence for the Doctrine of ... <a title="Church demands Timor-Leste faithful accept defrocking of accused priest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/church-demands-timor-leste-faithful-accept-defrocking-of-accused-priest/" aria-label="Read more about Church demands Timor-Leste faithful accept defrocking of accused priest">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
COMMENT: By Shilo Kino What were you doing during the foreshore and seabed hīkoi in 2004? I wish I could say I was at the protest, gripping the hem of Nana’s dress while she raised her fist in the air, marching for sovereignty, echoing the cries of our tīpuna who were fighting for the very same ... <a title="‘Your mana diminishes every time you turn on the news’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/your-mana-diminishes-every-time-you-turn-on-the-news/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Your mana diminishes every time you turn on the news’">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Here I include three European countries and three others well known for their Covid19 issues. Of the European countries, Switzerland was first to be hit, and did substantially suppress the epidemic. Sweden was hit for a prolonged period, but eventually got the problem down to ‘acceptable’ levels. Slovakia – the only one ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Deaths in Six Covid-Hot Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-deaths-in-six-covid-hot-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Deaths in Six Covid-Hot Countries">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter A wine delivery, a note penned on the back of a facemask and a 20-minute bedroom “encounter” have spelled the end of a managed isolation staffer’s job in New Zealand. However, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins refutes there are slipping standards at the border facilities, where authorities are also ... <a title="Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/hipkins-denies-nzs-miq-standards-slipping-after-covid-cases-illicit-rendevous/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By Karo Jesse in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has stayed a court order nullifying the appointment of David Manning as Commissioner of Police. Manning, who was ordered to vacate his office by noon today, is also the country’s Pandemic Response Controller. The order was handed down by Justice David Cannings in the ... <a title="PNG court rules police chief Manning can stay pending appeal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/png-court-rules-police-chief-manning-can-stay-pending-appeal/" aria-label="Read more about PNG court rules police chief Manning can stay pending appeal">Read more</a>
