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July 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Moore, Professor/Deputy Dean Research, School of Engineering and Technology, CQUniversity Australia NASA/AP On June 25, astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet successfully completed an almost seven-hour EVA (extravehicular activity, or spacewalk) to install solar panels on the International Space Station. What does it take to don ... <a title="What does it take to do a spacewalk? Skill, courage, and being able to wear a men’s size medium" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/06/what-does-it-take-to-do-a-spacewalk-skill-courage-and-being-able-to-wear-a-mens-size-medium-163256/" aria-label="Read more about What does it take to do a spacewalk? Skill, courage, and being able to wear a men’s size medium">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Lindsay-Smith, Research Fellow, Victoria University With much of Australia in and out of lockdowns over the past month, tourism operators are reeling. The current lockdown in Sydney has been disastrous for operators during what is normally one of the busiest times of the year — school ... <a title="Tourism operators are reeling from lockdowns, but the barriers to a full post-COVID recovery go far deeper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/06/tourism-operators-are-reeling-from-lockdowns-but-the-barriers-to-a-full-post-covid-recovery-go-far-deeper-162608/" aria-label="Read more about Tourism operators are reeling from lockdowns, but the barriers to a full post-COVID recovery go far deeper">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute Shutterstock While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in fact driving waves of COVID infections all around the world. With the World Health Organization (WHO) warning Delta will ... <a title="Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes more severe disease, and challenges our vaccines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/06/why-is-delta-such-a-worry-its-more-infectious-probably-causes-more-severe-disease-and-challenges-our-vaccines-163579/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes more severe disease, and challenges our vaccines">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock We know coal-fired power stations can generate high levels of carbon dioxide, but did you know they can be a major source of mercury emissions as well? Our new research compared the level of mercury pollution in the Hunter ... <a title="A tale of two valleys: Latrobe and Hunter regions both have coal stations, but one has far worse mercury pollution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/06/a-tale-of-two-valleys-latrobe-and-hunter-regions-both-have-coal-stations-but-one-has-far-worse-mercury-pollution-163180/" aria-label="Read more about A tale of two valleys: Latrobe and Hunter regions both have coal stations, but one has far worse mercury pollution">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
By Guyon Espiner, investigative reporter, RNZ In Depth New Zealand Labour MP Louisa Wall has accused China of harvesting organs from political prisoners among the Uyghur and Falun Gong populations. The MP, who is part of a global network of politicians monitoring the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), also says her own government ... <a title="NZ Labour MP breaks ranks to accuse China of organ harvesting, slave labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/nz-labour-mp-breaks-ranks-to-accuse-china-of-organ-harvesting-slave-labour/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Labour MP breaks ranks to accuse China of organ harvesting, slave labour">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
RNZ Pacific More than 2000 demonstrators in French Polynesia have joined a march in the capital Pape’ete to mark the 55th anniversary of the first French nuclear weapons test in the Pacific. The rally was attended by the pro-independence opposition, veterans groups and the Māohi Protestant Church — some carrying banners declaring a “crime against ... <a title="Tahiti protest rally marks France’s ‘crime against humanity’ first atomic test in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/tahiti-protest-rally-marks-frances-crime-against-humanity-first-atomic-test-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti protest rally marks France’s ‘crime against humanity’ first atomic test in Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka A video by a Fiji doctor on adverse side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been misconstrued to support conspiracy theories and myths not supported by any scientific evidence, says Fiji College of General Practitioners president Dr Ram Raju. He said the college “does not condone any member spreading false ... <a title="Fiji GPs chief criticises ‘misconstrued’ video supporting conspiracy theories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/fiji-gps-chief-criticises-misconstrued-video-supporting-conspiracy-theories/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji GPs chief criticises ‘misconstrued’ video supporting conspiracy theories">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board How quickly things change. If, as the old cliche goes, a week is a long time in politics then a month is an eternity. As a story on the front page of the Weekend Observer revealed, the caretaker government is once again seeking to shape the outcome of ... <a title="Samoa Observer: The nation’s chief justice – a gift from above" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/samoa-observer-the-nations-chief-justice-a-gift-from-above/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: The nation’s chief justice – a gift from above">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Parker, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Eggs laid by battery hens would be phased out within 15 years under a plan to improve poultry welfare in Australia. The proposal signals some relief for the 15 million or so egg-laying hens still kept in ... <a title="National plan to allow battery cages until 2036 favours cheap eggs over animal welfare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/national-plan-to-allow-battery-cages-until-2036-favours-cheap-eggs-over-animal-welfare-163552/" aria-label="Read more about National plan to allow battery cages until 2036 favours cheap eggs over animal welfare">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University The Tokyo Olympics are less than three weeks away. And the pressure is on for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Japan was just coming out of its fourth COVID-19 wave with ... <a title="Condoms, vaccines and sport: how the Tokyo Olympics is sending mixed messages about COVID-19 safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/condoms-vaccines-and-sport-how-the-tokyo-olympics-is-sending-mixed-messages-about-covid-19-safety-163361/" aria-label="Read more about Condoms, vaccines and sport: how the Tokyo Olympics is sending mixed messages about COVID-19 safety">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Following her pre-selection victory, Alice Springs deputy mayor Jacinta Nampijinpa Price will now be the Country Liberal party’s Senate candidate at the election. This essentially assures her of victory. The Northern Territory returns one Senate seat to each side of ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jacinta Price’s parliamentary agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jacinta-prices-parliamentary-agenda-163884/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jacinta Price’s parliamentary agenda">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. I was encouraged to hear Nicola Willis, National Party’s spokesperson on housing, make the key point that the central problem in New Zealand’s housing crisis is that of people being squeezed out of the private rental market. I made this point and more in detail earlier this year (Solving the Housing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Unrented Rentals and Property Hoarders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/keith-rankin-essay-unrented-rentals-and-property-hoarders/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Unrented Rentals and Property Hoarders">Read more</a>
