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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ernesta Sofija, Lecturer, public health and health promotion, Griffith University Shutterstock Most people want to do the “right thing” when it comes to following public health measures, such as wearing a mask or not mixing with friends and family. Yet after what feels like a never-ending 18 ... <a title="We’re sick of COVID. So government messaging needs to change if it’s to cut through" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/were-sick-of-covid-so-government-messaging-needs-to-change-if-its-to-cut-through-166891/" aria-label="Read more about We’re sick of COVID. So government messaging needs to change if it’s to cut through">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A one metre-deep hole in the ground is all there is to show of an almost K2.7 million state contract project in Papua New Guinea’s Northern Province, reports PNG Post-Courier. The project was for the design, pre-fabrication and construction of a community health post building with support facilities for Kiorata in ... <a title="K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/k2-7-million-hole-other-failed-png-projects-land-contractors-in-court/" aria-label="Read more about K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
By Edwin Nand in Suva A four-month-old baby boy has died from covid-19 in Fiji. Health Secretary Dr James Fong has confirmed the child was admitted at the Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital five days before he succumbed to the virus. He is among three deaths reported in Fiji over a seven day period between ... <a title="Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/baby-among-fijis-three-new-covid-deaths-reported-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour’s act this week undermining an indigenous response to New Zealand’s covid-19 pandemic as “unbelievably irresponsible and cruel”. Seymour publicly shared a priority vaccine code for Māori so that Pākehā, or non-Māori, could jump the queue for vaccinations against the ... <a title="Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/seymours-sabotage-of-maori-priority-vaccine-code-unbelievably-cruel/" aria-label="Read more about Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Nolan, Professor of Law and Justice and Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW The Morrison government’s handpicked appointment of a new human rights commissioner, Lorraine Finlay, threatens to undermine the independence and legitimacy of the Australian Human Rights Commission itself. It could also damage ... <a title="Australia’s ‘A’ rating on human rights is under threat with a handpicked, politically engineered commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/australias-a-rating-on-human-rights-is-under-threat-with-a-handpicked-politically-engineered-commissioner-167626/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘A’ rating on human rights is under threat with a handpicked, politically engineered commissioner">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Honorary Professional Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Universities have had few sources of capital funds since the Abbott government sidelined the Education Investment Fund in 2014. The loss of an estimated A$16 ... <a title="Why universities may come to regret the costs of City Deals and private sector ‘solutions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/why-universities-may-come-to-regret-the-costs-of-city-deals-and-private-sector-solutions-166670/" aria-label="Read more about Why universities may come to regret the costs of City Deals and private sector ‘solutions’">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tadgh McMahon, Adjunct Lecturer, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University As evacuees and refugees from Afghanistan start their new lives in Australia, their ability to navigate the digital world will be crucial. Our research, published today, reveals how newly arrived refugees use digital technologies as ... <a title="Technology is key for refugees starting new lives in Australia. But women and children don’t have equal access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/technology-is-key-for-refugees-starting-new-lives-in-australia-but-women-and-children-dont-have-equal-access-167272/" aria-label="Read more about Technology is key for refugees starting new lives in Australia. But women and children don’t have equal access">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Wilson, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canterbury Shutterstock Children born through surrogacy are much wanted and much loved. Under the current law, however, they can spend at least their first months of life in a kind of legal limbo. This is because of the ... <a title="Who are my parents? Why New Zealand’s ‘creaky’ surrogacy laws are overdue for major reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/who-are-my-parents-why-new-zealands-creaky-surrogacy-laws-are-overdue-for-major-reform-166745/" aria-label="Read more about Who are my parents? Why New Zealand’s ‘creaky’ surrogacy laws are overdue for major reform">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University Shutterstock Qantas has tugged at many Australians’ heart strings with its advertising campaign about reuniting family and friends. It dangles the prospect of travelling overseas, and of thousands of Australians still stranded overseas coming home. But the airline is ... <a title="Qantas fights on against court ruling it unlawfully sacked 2,000 workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/qantas-fights-on-against-court-ruling-it-unlawfully-sacked-2-000-workers-167434/" aria-label="Read more about Qantas fights on against court ruling it unlawfully sacked 2,000 workers">Read more</a>
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September 9, 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 Mall terror attack Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Why Not Just Send The Auckland Terrorist Back? Paul Buchanan (Kiwipolitico): The supermarket stabbing ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 09 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-09-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 09 2021">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Oswald, Senior Lecturer in Construction, RMIT University Roberto Robanne/AP The collapse of the World Trade Center has been subject to intense public scrutiny over the 20 years since the centre’s twin towers were struck by aircraft hijacked by terrorists. Both collapsed within two hours of impact, ... <a title="9/11 conspiracy theories debunked: 20 years later, engineering experts explain how the twin towers collapsed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/9-11-conspiracy-theories-debunked-20-years-later-engineering-experts-explain-how-the-twin-towers-collapsed-167353/" aria-label="Read more about 9/11 conspiracy theories debunked: 20 years later, engineering experts explain how the twin towers collapsed">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University Shawn Baldwin/AP/AAP Image Emergency workers and clean-up crew are among 9/11 responders still suffering significant health issues 20 years after the terrorist attacks. More than 91,000 workers and volunteers ... <a title="20 years on, 9/11 responders are still sick and dying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/20-years-on-9-11-responders-are-still-sick-and-dying-166033/" aria-label="Read more about 20 years on, 9/11 responders are still sick and dying">Read more</a>
