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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tobias Speare, Lecturer, Pharmacy Academic, Rural and Remote Health NT, Flinders University from www.shutterstock.com There’s a rush to vaccinate vulnerable remote Aboriginal communities in New South Wales after spread of the coronavirus out of metropolitan areas has led to a state-wide lockdown. So focus is turning to ... <a title="‘Don’t leave the esky in the sun’: how to get cold vaccines to hot, remote Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/dont-leave-the-esky-in-the-sun-how-to-get-cold-vaccines-to-hot-remote-australia-164551/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t leave the esky in the sun’: how to get cold vaccines to hot, remote Australia">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University The afternoon of August 11 was rather exciting in my community – the tiny, remote Aboriginal township of Goodooga in north-western NSW. After months of waiting, our COVID-19 vaccination clinic was planned for the next day. Then ... <a title="The COVID-19 crisis in western NSW Aboriginal communities is a nightmare realised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/the-covid-19-crisis-in-western-nsw-aboriginal-communities-is-a-nightmare-realised-166093/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID-19 crisis in western NSW Aboriginal communities is a nightmare realised">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland Wikicommons/Shutterstock/The Conversation Are the Liberals liberal? Does the Labor Party stand chiefly for those who labour? Electoral politics is nothing if not about wrapping ideas – about values and power – in words. On Friday, the Morrison government ... <a title="Who’s Liberal? What’s Labor? New bill to give established parties control of their names is full of holes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/whos-liberal-whats-labor-new-bill-to-give-established-parties-control-of-their-names-is-full-of-holes-166088/" aria-label="Read more about Who’s Liberal? What’s Labor? New bill to give established parties control of their names is full of holes">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Rahmat Gul/AP Scenes of mayhem unfolded at Kabul airport overnight, as foreigners and Afghans try to flee Afghanistan following the seizure of the capital by the Taliban. As many, including myself, observed, this is Kabul’s “Saigon ... <a title="In Kabul’s ‘Saigon moment’, Australia faces the shame of repeating its mistakes exiting the Vietnam war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/in-kabuls-saigon-moment-australia-faces-the-shame-of-repeating-its-mistakes-exiting-the-vietnam-war-166163/" aria-label="Read more about In Kabul’s ‘Saigon moment’, Australia faces the shame of repeating its mistakes exiting the Vietnam war">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Maley, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University Sidiqullah Khan/AP In April 1961, just months after the young John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States, his reputation for expertise in foreign policy took a battering as a result of the Bay of ... <a title="How Joe Biden failed the people of Afghanistan — and tarnished US credibility around the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/how-joe-biden-failed-the-people-of-afghanistan-and-tarnished-us-credibility-around-the-world-166160/" aria-label="Read more about How Joe Biden failed the people of Afghanistan — and tarnished US credibility around the world">Read more</a>
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August 16, 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 Covid-19 Liam Dann (Herald): The worst thing about the Covid-era in NZ (paywalled) Gordon Campbell: On Labour’s cave-in to the business ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 16 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-16-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 16 2021">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Great crises are a stimulus to right-wing political mobilisation. Famously, the Great Depression of the 1930s gave the Nazis their chance. It was a good time for ... <a title="Right out there: how the pandemic has given rise to extreme views and fractured conservative politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/right-out-there-how-the-pandemic-has-given-rise-to-extreme-views-and-fractured-conservative-politics-165448/" aria-label="Read more about Right out there: how the pandemic has given rise to extreme views and fractured conservative politics">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Keith, PhD Candidate, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Author provided Parents and researchers have long suspected city kids are disconnecting from nature due to technological distractions, indoor lifestyles and increased urban density. Limited access to nature during COVID-19 lockdowns has heightened such ... <a title="1 in 2 primary-aged kids have strong connections to nature, but this drops off in teenage years. Here’s how to reverse the trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/1-in-2-primary-aged-kids-have-strong-connections-to-nature-but-this-drops-off-in-teenage-years-heres-how-to-reverse-the-trend-165660/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 2 primary-aged kids have strong connections to nature, but this drops off in teenage years. Here’s how to reverse the trend">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ksenia Sawczak, Head, Research and Development, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney Shutterstock Research at Australian universities has been scrutinised through the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) assessment exercise, Excellence in Research for Australia, since 2010. A companion Engagement and Impact Assessment exercise began in ... <a title="Where is the evidence for ERA? Time’s up for Australia’s research evaluation system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/where-is-the-evidence-for-era-times-up-for-australias-research-evaluation-system-165622/" aria-label="Read more about Where is the evidence for ERA? Time’s up for Australia’s research evaluation system">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Voice, Lecturer – Climate (Honorary), The University of Melbourne Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens. Flickr/Helen.2006, CC BY-NC In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. Have you ever entered a ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: a world through the eyes of botanical artist Marianne North at Kew Gardens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/if-i-could-go-anywhere-a-world-through-the-eyes-of-botanical-artist-marianne-north-at-kew-gardens-165663/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: a world through the eyes of botanical artist Marianne North at Kew Gardens">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Prime Minister James Marape has assured Papua New Guinea that the 2022 National General Election will go ahead as scheduled, reports the PNG Post-Courier. He dismissed fears that the election will be deferred due to concerns over funding and the electoral roll, which is yet to be updated, with only seven ... <a title="PNG will press ahead with vote next year in spite of setbacks, says Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/png-will-press-ahead-with-vote-next-year-in-spite-of-setbacks-says-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG will press ahead with vote next year in spite of setbacks, says Marape">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today — 15 August 15 1962 — marks “a day of betrayal for us West Papuans”, says a Papuan leader as critics reminded the world about what happened 59 years ago. “This is the day a secret deal was done between the United States, Indonesia and the Netherlands, deciding our future ... <a title="‘A day of betrayal’, says Wenda about 1962 secret pact over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/a-day-of-betrayal-says-wenda-about-1962-secret-pact-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A day of betrayal’, says Wenda about 1962 secret pact over West Papua">Read more</a>
