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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jared Mondschein, Senior Advisor, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Unlike most US presidents, Joe Biden did not come to the White House with many fixed ideological positions. He did, however, come with fixed values. Chief among them is understanding how US policies impact working American families. ... <a title="As the US plans its Afghan troop withdrawal, what was it all for?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/as-the-us-plans-its-afghan-troop-withdrawal-what-was-it-all-for-159053/" aria-label="Read more about As the US plans its Afghan troop withdrawal, what was it all for?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University As a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic worsens in Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga faces a formidable challenge to successfully host the increasingly beleaguered Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, with less than 100 days left to ... <a title="Japan is facing a fourth COVID wave and sluggish vaccine rollout. Will it be ready for the Olympics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/japan-is-facing-a-fourth-covid-wave-and-sluggish-vaccine-rollout-will-it-be-ready-for-the-olympics-158700/" aria-label="Read more about Japan is facing a fourth COVID wave and sluggish vaccine rollout. Will it be ready for the Olympics?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia will pull its remaining 80 troops from Afghanistan by September, marking the end of its longest involvement in a war. This is in line with the announcement by United States President Joe Biden of America’s withdrawal. An emotional Prime ... <a title="Australian troops to leave Afghanistan by September" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/australian-troops-to-leave-afghanistan-by-september-159044/" aria-label="Read more about Australian troops to leave Afghanistan by September">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie Bailie, Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney Disasters like flooding can worsen social inequalities around health and housing. For people with disability, however, the effect can be especially profound. Research led by the University of Sydney’s University Centre for Rural Health ... <a title="Floods can worsen inequality. Here are 4 ways we can ensure people with disabilities aren’t left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/floods-can-worsen-inequality-here-are-4-ways-we-can-ensure-people-with-disabilities-arent-left-behind-157959/" aria-label="Read more about Floods can worsen inequality. Here are 4 ways we can ensure people with disabilities aren’t left behind">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: Why regional powers including Russia, Israel, Iran are willing to provoke flash-points that risk triggering a wider war. Why are these states risking regional conflict that could trigger a wider global war?
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joan Henderson, Senior Research Fellow (Hon). Editor, Health Information Management Journal (HIMJ), University of Sydney The Australian government has appointed the commercial company HealthEngine to establish a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations. Selected through a Department of Health limited select tender process, the platform is being ... <a title="How safe are your data when you book a COVID vaccine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/how-safe-are-your-data-when-you-book-a-covid-vaccine-157869/" aria-label="Read more about How safe are your data when you book a COVID vaccine?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Deller, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Brittany Higgins has signed a book deal with Penguin Random House Australia. Not just any book — a memoir. Higgins says her book will be a chance to tell “a firsthand account of what it was like surviving a media storm ... <a title="Brittany Higgins’ memoir will join a powerful Australian collection reclaiming women’s stories of trauma. Here are four" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/brittany-higgins-memoir-will-join-a-powerful-australian-collection-reclaiming-womens-stories-of-trauma-here-are-four-158960/" aria-label="Read more about Brittany Higgins’ memoir will join a powerful Australian collection reclaiming women’s stories of trauma. Here are four">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Barratt, Lecturer, Centre for Work + Wellbeing, Edith Cowan University Menulog, Australia’s second-largest food ordering and delivery platform, has declared it will break with the standard “gig platform” business model and engage some of its couriers as employees, not independent contractors. “We owe it to our ... <a title="Did somebody say workers’ rights? Three big questions about Menulog’s employment plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/did-somebody-say-workers-rights-three-big-questions-about-menulogs-employment-plan-158942/" aria-label="Read more about Did somebody say workers’ rights? Three big questions about Menulog’s employment plan">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nareen Young, Industry Professor, Jumbunna Institute of Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney The spotlight is once again on bullying and unfair treatment at work. Former Australia Post CEO, Christine Holgate, this week said she had been “bullied out of my job […] humiliated and driven ... <a title="If bullying can happen to Christine Holgate at the highest level, then what happens to other women at work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/if-bullying-can-happen-to-christine-holgate-at-the-highest-level-then-what-happens-to-other-women-at-work-158956/" aria-label="Read more about If bullying can happen to Christine Holgate at the highest level, then what happens to other women at work?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By William Camacaro New York “There will be some who will remember Ramsey Clark as an outsider. There are many more who remember him as a friend of justice, the oppressed, the exploited, and the rule of law. Perhaps he himself would like to be remembered merely as ... <a title="Ramsey Clark: An Essential Voice of Dissidence from the Center of U.S. Power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/ramsey-clark-an-essential-voice-of-dissidence-from-the-center-of-u-s-power/" aria-label="Read more about Ramsey Clark: An Essential Voice of Dissidence from the Center of U.S. Power">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Live animal export ban Stuff: Editorial – The tide goes out on animal exports Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government announces an end to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 15 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-15-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 15 2021">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Freeland, Professorial Fellow, Bond University / Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University, Western Sydney University Space is getting crowded. More than 100 million tiny pieces of debris are spinning in Earth orbit, along with tens of thousands of bigger chunks and around 3,300 functioning ... <a title="It’s not how big your laser is, it’s how you use it: space law is an important part of the fight against space debris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/15/its-not-how-big-your-laser-is-its-how-you-use-it-space-law-is-an-important-part-of-the-fight-against-space-debris-158790/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not how big your laser is, it’s how you use it: space law is an important part of the fight against space debris">Read more</a>
