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August 18, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s streets were largely silent today as the three-day nationwide alert-level 4 lockdown kicked in with 10 cases of covid-19 reported so far — the first outbreak for more than six months. As test results rolled in this morning, it was announced four other people were covid-19 positive. The new cases were ... <a title="NZ lockdown streets silenced, 10 covid cases, police make ‘conspiracy’ arrests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/nz-lockdown-streets-silenced-10-covid-cases-police-make-conspiracy-arrests/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown streets silenced, 10 covid cases, police make ‘conspiracy’ arrests">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has said Afghans in Australia on temporary protection visas who came by boat will not be given permanent residence. These people had not come “the right way”, Morrison told a news conference on Wednesday. “I want to be ... <a title="No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come ‘the right way’: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/no-permanent-settlement-for-afghans-who-did-not-come-the-right-way-morrison-166354/" aria-label="Read more about No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come ‘the right way’: Morrison">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-was-the-afghanistan-war-worth-it-166364/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/word-from-the-hill-was-the-afghanistan-war-worth-it-166364/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
An Auckland University of Technology (AUT) student who was at a lecture yesterday is among the 10 new cases of covid-19 reported in the community in New Zealand. The first case of the highly infectious delta variant in this outbreak was announced yesterday. Since then there have been nine new cases of covid-19, including three ... <a title="AUT student among 10 new delta cases of covid-19 in NZ lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/aut-student-among-10-new-delta-cases-of-covid-19-in-nz-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about AUT student among 10 new delta cases of covid-19 in NZ lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, LIVE at midday Thursday where they will analyse the crisis, the tragedy, unfolding in Afghanistan, including an apparent intelligence failure. Unanswered questions, to be considered, include: Why were United States intelligence unable to predict how poised and ... <a title="Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/livemidday-thursday-buchanan-and-manning-on-afghanistan-intelligence-failures-a-prelude-to-a-taliban-takeover/" aria-label="Read more about Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Williams, Researcher at Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com Compulsory COVID vaccination is in the news again now Qantas has just announced its employees will need a shot. This follows fruit and vegetable processing company SPC announcing vaccines would be compulsory for onsite staff, ... <a title="If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/if-youre-going-to-mandate-covid-vaccination-at-your-workplace-heres-how-to-do-it-ethically-166110/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The announcement by BHP, the world’s second-largest mining company, that it will shift its oil and gas assets into a joint venture with Australian outfit Woodside is a clear indication the “Big Australian” is getting out of ... <a title="BHP’s offloading of oil and gas assets shows the global market has turned on fossil fuels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/bhps-offloading-of-oil-and-gas-assets-shows-the-global-market-has-turned-on-fossil-fuels-166336/" aria-label="Read more about BHP’s offloading of oil and gas assets shows the global market has turned on fossil fuels">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
The Auckland Hospital nurse who has tested positive for covid-19 worked four shifts not knowing she had the virus, says New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. The 21-year-old nurse is a flatmate of a man who worked with the first case to be discovered and announced yesterday. She was fully vaccinated, the Ministry ... <a title="Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus – 7 delta cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/auckland-nurse-worked-four-shifts-not-knowing-she-had-virus-7-delta-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus – 7 delta cases">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Cook Islands News Cook Islands has suspended the travel bubble with New Zealand after NZ officials reported new covid-19 community cases in Auckland. Four new community cases have been reported by health authorities — including an Auckland nurse — taking the total to five. The new cases are all linked to yesterday’s first case in ... <a title="Cook Islands suspends travel bubble with New Zealand – 5 delta cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/cook-islands-suspends-travel-bubble-with-new-zealand-5-delta-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands suspends travel bubble with New Zealand – 5 delta cases">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
By Shanil Singh in Suva Immigration Secretary Yogesh Karan has confirmed that 13 Fijians who are currently stuck in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last Sunday are safe and officials are working to repatriate them as soon as possible. Karan said two worked for private contractors and the other 11 were with international organisations. He ... <a title="13 Fijians trapped in Afghanistan safe as Suva plans to repatriate them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/13-fijians-trapped-in-afghanistan-safe-as-suva-plans-to-repatriate-them/" aria-label="Read more about 13 Fijians trapped in Afghanistan safe as Suva plans to repatriate them">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Azadah Raz Mohammad, The University of Melbourne and Jenna Sapiano, Monash University As the Taliban has taken control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to be a woman. Even before the fall of Kabul on Sunday, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, exacerbated by the planned withdrawal of all ... <a title="With the Taliban return, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/with-the-taliban-return-20-years-of-progress-for-women-looks-set-to-disappear-overnight/" aria-label="Read more about With the Taliban return, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight">Read more</a>
