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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan finally captured Australians’ attention, Scott Morrison had some well rehearsed talking points during a Monday media blitz dominated by COVID and the lost war. The questions were predictable. The answers were, to be blunt, ... <a title="View from The Hill: There’s no getting away from it – we’ve all failed Afghanistan’s hopeful girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/view-from-the-hill-theres-no-getting-away-from-it-weve-all-failed-afghanistans-hopeful-girls-166205/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: There’s no getting away from it – we’ve all failed Afghanistan’s hopeful girls">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan finally captured Australians’ attention, Scott Morrison had some well rehearsed talking points during a Monday media blitz dominated by COVID and the lost war. The questions were predictable. The answers were, to be blunt, ... <a title="View from The Hill: There’s no gilding the lily – we’ve all failed Afghanistan’s hopeful girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/view-from-the-hill-theres-no-gilding-the-lily-weve-all-failed-afghanistans-hopeful-girls-166205/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: There’s no gilding the lily – we’ve all failed Afghanistan’s hopeful girls">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University AAP/EPA/Stringer In the 19th century, the phrase “The Great Game” was used to describe competition for power and influence in Afghanistan, and neighbouring central and south Asia territories, between the British and Russian empires. Neither side prevailed in what became ... <a title="As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/as-afghanistan-falls-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east-166169/" aria-label="Read more about As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
RNZ News Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark says the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan shows “a catastrophic failure of intelligence in Western foreign policy” and to say that she is pessimistic about the country’s future would be an understatement. Taliban insurgents have entered Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani has fled Afghanistan, bringing the Islamist ... <a title="Former PM Helen Clark says Taliban control ‘massive step backwards’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/former-pm-helen-clark-says-taliban-control-massive-step-backwards/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Helen Clark says Taliban control ‘massive step backwards’">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Azadah Raz Mohammad, PhD student, The University of Melbourne Michael Reynolds/EPA/AAP As the Taliban takes 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 ... <a title="As the Taliban returns, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/as-the-taliban-returns-20-years-of-progress-for-women-looks-set-to-disappear-overnight-165012/" aria-label="Read more about As the Taliban returns, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Syed Wajid Ali Shah, Research Fellow, Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation, Deakin University Shutterstock It’s now well known that usernames and passwords aren’t enough to securely access online services. A recent study highlighted more than 80% of all hacking-related breaches happen due to compromised and ... <a title="How hackers can use message mirroring apps to see all your SMS texts — and bypass 2FA security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/how-hackers-can-use-message-mirroring-apps-to-see-all-your-sms-texts-and-bypass-2fa-security-165817/" aria-label="Read more about How hackers can use message mirroring apps to see all your SMS texts — and bypass 2FA security">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Buising, Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Shutterstock Melbourne’s second wave of COVID-19 last year, which led to a lockdown lasting more than 100 days, provided us with many lessons about controlling transmission. Some of these are pertinent as New South Wales endures ... <a title="We studied how to reduce airborne COVID spread in hospitals. Here’s what we learnt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/we-studied-how-to-reduce-airborne-covid-spread-in-hospitals-heres-what-we-learnt-166018/" aria-label="Read more about We studied how to reduce airborne COVID spread in hospitals. Here’s what we learnt">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Vatsikopoulos, Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney ABC Publicity Review: The Newsreader, ABC TV 1986 was a very big news year: history-making moments captured by television. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded live on air. Who can forget the camera lingering on the horrified faces of ... <a title="Sexism, big hair, contact books: The Newsreader gets a lot right about 80s TV journalism but the times were not so diverse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/sexism-big-hair-contact-books-the-newsreader-gets-a-lot-right-about-80s-tv-journalism-but-the-times-were-not-so-diverse-165876/" aria-label="Read more about Sexism, big hair, contact books: The Newsreader gets a lot right about 80s TV journalism but the times were not so diverse">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says work to get New Zealanders out of Afghanistan has ramped up, as commercial options become unavailable. Yesterday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was aware of 17 New Zealanders who were in Afghanistan, but Ardern said that number is now believed to be closer to ... <a title="NZ ramps up efforts to get 30 citizens out of Kabul as Taliban take capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/nz-ramps-up-efforts-to-get-30-citizens-out-of-kabul-as-taliban-take-capital/" aria-label="Read more about NZ ramps up efforts to get 30 citizens out of Kabul as Taliban take capital">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Nadroga Navosa paramount chief Na Ka Levu Ratu Tevita Nabekwahiga Makutu says his province will not take part in the “disrespectful” land bill public consultations carried out by Fiji government. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, Ratu Tevita explained the province’s exemption from the consultations following the passing of the Bill ... <a title="Chief shuns Fiji’s law talks in protest over ‘gross disrespect’ to landowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/chief-shuns-fijis-law-talks-in-protest-over-gross-disrespect-to-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Chief shuns Fiji’s law talks in protest over ‘gross disrespect’ to landowners">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Tongan legislature is now considering the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021, which was introduced as a private members’ bill by the Speaker, Lord Fakafanua. He wants a mandatory death sentence for offenders who traffic 5 kilograms or more of a Class A drug. Matangi Tonga reported Fakafanua as saying “drugs offences ... <a title="Tongan talk of the death penalty for worst drug offenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/tongan-talk-of-the-death-penalty-for-worst-drug-offenders/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan talk of the death penalty for worst drug offenders">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne AAP/Jono Searle Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party advertisements inferentially objecting to COVID-19 lockdowns demonstrate one more way in which the freedoms essential to a democracy can be abused to the detriment of the public ... <a title="Why Clive Palmer’s lockdown ads can be rejected by newspapers on ethical grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/why-clive-palmers-lockdown-ads-can-be-rejected-by-newspapers-on-ethical-grounds-166099/" aria-label="Read more about Why Clive Palmer’s lockdown ads can be rejected by newspapers on ethical grounds">Read more</a>
