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August 6, 2021
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Indonesia have been discussing a potential reopening of their shared border. The border was officially closed early last year due to the covid-19 pandemic, but the illegal movement of people back and forth has continued across the porous international boundary. PNG Prime Minister James Marape met with Indonesia’s ... <a title="Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/indonesia-png-hold-talks-over-possible-reopening-of-border/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney When is a cabinet not a cabinet? When it is really an intergovernmental body that is pretending to be a cabinet so it can avoid transparency? Simply calling itself a “cabinet” is not enough to trigger an exemption ... <a title="Nowhere to hide: the significance of national cabinet not being a cabinet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/nowhere-to-hide-the-significance-of-national-cabinet-not-being-a-cabinet-165671/" aria-label="Read more about Nowhere to hide: the significance of national cabinet not being a cabinet">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Shutterstock We learned this week of the tragic death of a 27-year-old man from Sydney who had COVID-19. This follows a 38-year-old woman who died from the virus last month. Throughout the current Delta ... <a title="Younger adults can get very sick and die from COVID too. Here’s what the data tell us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/younger-adults-can-get-very-sick-and-die-from-covid-too-heres-what-the-data-tell-us-165250/" aria-label="Read more about Younger adults can get very sick and die from COVID too. Here’s what the data tell us">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design, Queensland University of Technology Wacomka / Shutterstock Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the tech giant will shift from being a social media company to becoming “a metaverse company”, functioning in an “embodied internet” that blends real and virtual ... <a title="What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/what-is-the-metaverse-a-high-tech-plan-to-facebookify-the-world-165326/" aria-label="Read more about What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP On July 15, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Sydney’s COVID lockdown wouldn’t end until the number of new cases not in full isolation was zero or as close to zero ... <a title="We can’t rely solely on arbitrary vaccination levels to end lockdowns. Here are 7 ways to fix Sydney’s outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/we-cant-rely-solely-on-arbitrary-vaccination-levels-to-end-lockdowns-here-are-7-ways-to-fix-sydneys-outbreak-165658/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t rely solely on arbitrary vaccination levels to end lockdowns. Here are 7 ways to fix Sydney’s outbreak">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The issues to watch out for now are the extent to which countries with high vaccination rates are (1) getting positive cases, and (2) getting Covid19 deaths. And one particular point to watch out for is the extent to which early vaccinator countries show signs of relapse, as immunity levels wane ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Covid19 Statistics, in the Northern Hemisphere Summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-latest-covid19-statistics-in-the-northern-hemisphere-summer/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Covid19 Statistics, in the Northern Hemisphere Summer">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deirdre Howard-Wagner, Senior Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Tinnakorn jorruang / shutterstock There is a national incarceration crisis impacting First Nations women in Australia. First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population, constituting 37% of the female prison population, despite making up ... <a title="Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/increased-incarceration-of-first-nations-women-is-interwoven-with-the-experience-of-violence-and-trauma-164773/" aria-label="Read more about Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the ongoing lockdowns across the nation, and the plans released by the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Closing the Gap, National Cabinet, and an 80% vaccination rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/video-michelle-grattan-on-closing-the-gap-national-cabinet-and-an-80-vaccination-rate-165733/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Closing the Gap, National Cabinet, and an 80% vaccination rate">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW If you ask most people what economists do, they might tell you it has something to do with money. Or perhaps forecasting what the economy will look like a year from now. Most of the other comparisons would be less charitable. ... <a title="Vital Signs: If you want predictions, ask an astrologer. Economists have better things to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/vital-signs-if-you-want-predictions-ask-an-astrologer-economists-have-better-things-to-do-165616/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: If you want predictions, ask an astrologer. Economists have better things to do">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Staines, ARC DECRA Research fellow, The University of Queensland Talk of healing, care, and well-being is woven throughout the refreshed Closing the Gap agreement. These things were also central to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of the Closing the Gap implementation package this week. As part ... <a title="To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/to-enable-healing-theres-a-more-effective-way-to-close-the-gap-in-employment-in-remote-australia-165662/" aria-label="Read more about To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. When significant voices on the political left start speaking out against Labour’s proposed hate speech laws it’s a sign that they’re in big trouble. With criticisms now coming from across the political spectrum, it’s much more likely that the Government will ditch the botched speech regulation reforms. The latest leftwing activist ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Progressive opposition will help kill off hate speech proposals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-progressive-opposition-will-help-kill-off-hate-speech-proposals/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Progressive opposition will help kill off hate speech proposals">Read more</a>
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August 6, 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 Conversion therapy Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Shame’: Conversion Therapy bill passes first reading but is opposed by National Party Bridie ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 6 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-6-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 6 2021">Read more</a>
