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August 13, 2021
By Talebula Kate in Suva After 39 years with the Fiji Police Force, Rusiate Tudravu has tendered his resignation having reached the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police upon his retirement. The outgoing Deputy Commissioner Tudravu, who acted as the Commissioner of Police over a 12-month period, tendered his resignation to the Commissioner of ... <a title="Fiji’s deputy police chief resigns after 39 years of service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/fijis-deputy-police-chief-resigns-after-39-years-of-service/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s deputy police chief resigns after 39 years of service">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine de Fontenay, Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne Blue Planet Studio/Shutterstock Until COVID, Australians had a pretty safe assumption that global supply chains could supply more or less whatever they wanted. And then it became hard to get sanitiser and masks and other ... <a title="Mid-COVID, our investigation finds few vulnerabilities in Australia’s supply chains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/mid-covid-our-investigation-finds-few-vulnerabilities-in-australias-supply-chains-165962/" aria-label="Read more about Mid-COVID, our investigation finds few vulnerabilities in Australia’s supply chains">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clinton Foster, Honorary professor, Australian National University An irregular cluster of fossil spores. (Scale 10 micrometres.) Paul Strother, Author provided When plants first ventured onto the land, evolving from freshwater-dwelling algae, more than 500 million years ago, they transformed the planet. By drawing carbon dioxide from the ... <a title="480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/480-million-year-old-fossil-spores-from-western-australia-record-how-ancient-plants-spread-to-land-166016/" aria-label="Read more about 480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt said last week plans to introduce legislation to establish an Indigenous Voice would be delayed beyond the next federal election. Wyatt said he was unsure he would have time to introduce legislation, as ... <a title="Why delaying legislation on a Voice to parliament is welcome — it allows more time to get things right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/why-delaying-legislation-on-a-voice-to-parliament-is-welcome-it-allows-more-time-to-get-things-right-165799/" aria-label="Read more about Why delaying legislation on a Voice to parliament is welcome — it allows more time to get things right">Read more</a>
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August 13, 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 – Government announcement on border management Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern’s Covid-19 plan a tough love message ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-13-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2021">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato www.shutterstock.com With the summer music festival season approaching (COVID willing), hopes are high that the current temporary recreational drug checking law will become permanent. If and when that happens, New Zealand will take another small step down the long ... <a title="After the last ‘summer of terrible drugs’ it’s time to make NZ’s temporary drug checking law permanent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/after-the-last-summer-of-terrible-drugs-its-time-to-make-nzs-temporary-drug-checking-law-permanent-165612/" aria-label="Read more about After the last ‘summer of terrible drugs’ it’s time to make NZ’s temporary drug checking law permanent">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Attwell, Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia Several jurisdictions overseas have introduced vaccine requirements for entry into public and private spaces such as schools, restaurants, public venues, and for domestic travel. Attention is turning to whether these policies would work in Australia and at what ... <a title="Could a France-style vaccine mandate for public spaces work in Australia? Legally, yes, but it’s complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/could-a-france-style-vaccine-mandate-for-public-spaces-work-in-australia-legally-yes-but-its-complicated-165814/" aria-label="Read more about Could a France-style vaccine mandate for public spaces work in Australia? Legally, yes, but it’s complicated">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The testimony from Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe to the House of Representatives’ Standing Committee on Economics last week seemed familiar. The committee’s deputy chair, the Labor Party’s Andrew Leigh, asked Lowe a series of pointed but important questions. ... <a title="The RBA is not a law unto itself — an external review would be good for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/the-rba-is-not-a-law-unto-itself-an-external-review-would-be-good-for-it-165816/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA is not a law unto itself — an external review would be good for it">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garry Jennings, Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney Shutterstock As the pandemic has progressed, researchers have begun to understand how COVID-19 impacts our bodies. Early in the pandemic, risk factors such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes were quickly associated with an increased risk of ... <a title="How COVID affects the heart, according to a cardiologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/how-covid-affects-the-heart-according-to-a-cardiologist-165446/" aria-label="Read more about How COVID affects the heart, according to a cardiologist">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Schuijers, Research Fellow in Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its long-awaited report on the physical impacts of climate change. It painted a terrifying picture of a warming planet increasingly subject to extreme weather events. ... <a title="Climate science is now more certain than ever. Here’s how it can make a difference in Australian court cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/climate-science-is-now-more-certain-than-ever-heres-how-it-can-make-a-difference-in-australian-court-cases-165874/" aria-label="Read more about Climate science is now more certain than ever. Here’s how it can make a difference in Australian court cases">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University Shutterstock Year 12 students in Sydney who live or go to school in an area affected by stage 4 lockdowns will be able to apply for special consideration if their oral or performance exam, or major project, was impacted ... <a title="‘How outrageous and impossible is that?’: factoring in how year 12 students coped in lockdown is a grading nightmare for teachers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/how-outrageous-and-impossible-is-that-factoring-in-how-year-12-students-coped-in-lockdown-is-a-grading-nightmare-for-teachers-162851/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How outrageous and impossible is that?’: factoring in how year 12 students coped in lockdown is a grading nightmare for teachers">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julianne Schultz AM, FAHA, Professor of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University A slide by Gordon H. Woodhouse to accompany a 1901 lecture by his father Clarence entitled ‘exploration and development of Australia’. State Library of Victoria Roman Quaedvlieg standing tall in his smart black suit ... <a title="Friday essay: Our utopia … careful what you wish for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/friday-essay-our-utopia-careful-what-you-wish-for-165314/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: Our utopia … careful what you wish for">Read more</a>
