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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Doherty modelling is the government’s underpinning for a proposed easing of COVID restrictions once we reach targets of 70% and 80% of the adult population vaccinated. But the exit path has put Scott Morrison at odds with Western Australia ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Doherty’s Sharon Lewin on pivoting from chasing COVID zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-dohertys-sharon-lewin-on-pivoting-from-chasing-covid-zero-166740/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Doherty’s Sharon Lewin on pivoting from chasing COVID zero">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Willow Hallgren, Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University For three days this month, 7 billion tonnes of rain fell across Greenland — the largest amount since records began in 1950. It’s also the first time since then that rain, not snow, ... <a title="What Greenland’s record-breaking rain means for the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/what-greenlands-record-breaking-rain-means-for-the-planet-166567/" aria-label="Read more about What Greenland’s record-breaking rain means for the planet">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch The news that Craig Kelly, MP, serial purveyor of COVID misinformation, is to join Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party in order to fund his damaging ravings on a grander scale, confronts Australian ... <a title="Craig Kelly’s move to Palmer’s United Australia Party shows the need for urgent electoral law reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/craig-kellys-move-to-palmers-united-australia-party-shows-the-need-for-urgent-electoral-law-reform-166663/" aria-label="Read more about Craig Kelly’s move to Palmer’s United Australia Party shows the need for urgent electoral law reform">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Powles, Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Massey University By first denying and then granting visas to more than 100 Afghan contractors who guarded its embassy in Kabul, Australia has shone a light on the murky world of the private security industry. According to the lawyer and ... <a title="The plight of Afghan security contractors highlights the legal and moral risks of outsourcing war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/the-plight-of-afghan-security-contractors-highlights-the-legal-and-moral-risks-of-outsourcing-war-166730/" aria-label="Read more about The plight of Afghan security contractors highlights the legal and moral risks of outsourcing war">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muhammad Nadeem Malik, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Jafar Khan/AP Pakistan has long played a critical, yet confusing role in Afghanistan. It has been one of the strongest US allies in its “war on terror”, yet it has also covertly backed the Taliban in its fight ... <a title="How Pakistan stands to gain — or lose — from the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/how-pakistan-stands-to-gain-or-lose-from-the-talibans-victory-in-afghanistan-166414/" aria-label="Read more about How Pakistan stands to gain — or lose — from the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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August 25, 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 Government management of outbreak, expert advice Max Rashbrooke (Guardian): Why we’re happy hobbits in Jacinda’s ‘mysterious socialist hermit kingdom’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 25 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-25-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 25 2021">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. Over the past two decades, the Asia-Pacific region has made remarkable progress in managing disaster risk. But countries can never let down their guard. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its epicentre now in Asia, and all its tragic consequences, has exposed the frailties of human societies in the face of powerful ... <a title="Op-Ed: Asia Pacific – Resilience in a riskier world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/op-ed-asia-pacific-resilience-in-a-riskier-world/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Asia Pacific – Resilience in a riskier world">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist The government-designed vaccination rollout in New Zealand has not mobilised Pacific communities to respond safely and effectively, the Pacific Leadership Forum said. More than 50 percent of covid-19 infections in New Zealand are of Pacific descent. But they have one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Pakilau ... <a title="Community leaders say NZ vaccine rollout plan not working for Pasifika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/community-leaders-say-nz-vaccine-rollout-plan-not-working-for-pasifika/" aria-label="Read more about Community leaders say NZ vaccine rollout plan not working for Pasifika">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
By Felix Chaudhary and Luke Rawalai in Suva Some people who were accused of corrupt practices at the University of the South Pacific have applied for Fiji government positions, claims opposition SODELPA member of Parliament Ro Filipe Tuisawau. He was responding to Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s statement against the governing USP Council in Parliament last week. ... <a title="Corruption accused USP staff ‘apply for state jobs’, says Fiji opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/corruption-accused-usp-staff-apply-for-state-jobs-says-fiji-opposition/" aria-label="Read more about Corruption accused USP staff ‘apply for state jobs’, says Fiji opposition">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamin Wood, PhD Candidate at the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (formerly Advanced Water Management Centre), The University of Queensland Shutterstock The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released earlier this month sounded a “code red for humanity”. At such a crucial time, we ... <a title="From jet fuel to clothes, microbes can help us recycle carbon dioxide into everyday products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/from-jet-fuel-to-clothes-microbes-can-help-us-recycle-carbon-dioxide-into-everyday-products-165242/" aria-label="Read more about From jet fuel to clothes, microbes can help us recycle carbon dioxide into everyday products">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zuleyha Keskin, Associate Professor, Charles Sturt University With the world still in shock over the Taliban’s lightning-fast takeover of Afghanistan, Afghan people, especially women, wonder what kind of life awaits the nation. When pressed about preserving the rights of women, a Taliban spokesperson said the Taliban would ... <a title="Explainer: what is shariah law and what version of it is the Taliban likely to implement?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/explainer-what-is-shariah-law-and-what-version-of-it-is-the-taliban-likely-to-implement-166490/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is shariah law and what version of it is the Taliban likely to implement?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock In July Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 12-15. The Australian Technical Advisory group on Immunisation (ATAGI) subsequently recommended kids in this age group with ... <a title="Under-12s are increasingly catching COVID-19. How sick are they getting and when will we be able to vaccinate them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/under-12s-are-increasingly-catching-covid-19-how-sick-are-they-getting-and-when-will-we-be-able-to-vaccinate-them-165948/" aria-label="Read more about Under-12s are increasingly catching COVID-19. How sick are they getting and when will we be able to vaccinate them?">Read more</a>
