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September 23, 2021
RNZ News Papua New Guinea authorities are preparing for a four-week lockdown in at least three provinces at the end of the month. The move has been prompted by a spike in covid-19 infection rates in Eastern Highlands province as well as the two provinces which sit on the border with Indonesia, Western and West ... <a title="PNG prepares to impose covid lockdown in several provinces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/png-prepares-to-impose-covid-lockdown-in-several-provinces/" aria-label="Read more about PNG prepares to impose covid lockdown in several provinces">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
By Luke Nacei in Suva Fiji’s pposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad told Parliament yesterday that the Electoral Registration of Voters (Amendment) Bill was the product of dictatorship, pseudo-democracy and the “my way or the highway” approach to governance in a bid to ensure continuity of FijiFirst rule in the country. Professor Prasad ... <a title="‘My way or highway’ bill a product of Fiji dictatorship, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/my-way-or-highway-bill-a-product-of-fiji-dictatorship-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about ‘My way or highway’ bill a product of Fiji dictatorship, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community case of the coronavirus in almost six months. Within hours, the nation of five million moved into alert level four, part of its “go hard, go early” approach. All travel ... <a title="In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely successful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/in-spite-of-relentless-media-negativity-nzs-covid-story-is-largely-successful/" aria-label="Read more about In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely successful">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A United Nations expert has urged Indonesia to provide proper medical care to a Papuan independence activist to “keep him from dying in prison”, after reports emerged that his health had deteriorated, reports The Jakarta Post. Victor Yeimo, 39, the international spokesman for the West Papua National Committee, was arrested in ... <a title="Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN expert warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/detained-west-papuan-activist-at-risk-of-dying-in-jail-un-expert-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN expert warns">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Clode, Associate Professor (adjunct) in Creative Writing, Flinders University Ben King/ABC Bushfires are incredibly difficult to imagine, but once experienced are impossible to forget. They are events that most people would prefer not to think about — at least not in too much detail. Just prior ... <a title="Fires review: new ABC drama helps teach important lessons about the realities of bushfires in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/fires-review-new-abc-drama-helps-teach-important-lessons-about-the-realities-of-bushfires-in-australia-168191/" aria-label="Read more about Fires review: new ABC drama helps teach important lessons about the realities of bushfires in Australia">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Bianca de Marchi A New South Wales state Resolve poll for The Sydney Morning Herald gave the Coalition 41% of the primary vote (down two since July), Labor 30% (up two), the Greens 11% ... <a title="Coalition still well ahead in NSW poll, Newspoll premiers’ ratings, and WA upper house electoral reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/coalition-still-well-ahead-in-nsw-poll-newspoll-premiers-ratings-and-wa-upper-house-electoral-reforms-168259/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition still well ahead in NSW poll, Newspoll premiers’ ratings, and WA upper house electoral reforms">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dilani Gedera, Teaching and Learning Manager, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock As any university student, lecturer or tutor can attest, the pandemic has turned learning and teaching upside down. So it’s important we understand what happens for students when their learning shifts online with little to no ... <a title="Beyond Zoom, Teams and video lectures — what do university students really want from online learning?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/beyond-zoom-teams-and-video-lectures-what-do-university-students-really-want-from-online-learning-167705/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond Zoom, Teams and video lectures — what do university students really want from online learning?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University Alexei Druzhinin/AP The global opinions on the new AUKUS security pact between Australia, the US and the UK have been decidedly mixed. China and France immediately blasted the deal, while others, such as Japan ... <a title="After AUKUS, Russia sees a potential threat — and an opportunity to market its own submarines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/after-aukus-russia-sees-a-potential-threat-and-an-opportunity-to-market-its-own-submarines-168374/" aria-label="Read more about After AUKUS, Russia sees a potential threat — and an opportunity to market its own submarines">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Quain, Lecturer, University of Sydney He Gong/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Within minutes of Melbourne being rattled by yesterday’s earthquake, my Victorian friends reported changes in the behaviour of their animals. One friend wrote on social media that her dog Harvey stood in the hallway howling for five ... <a title="Can animals sense when an earthquake is about to happen?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/can-animals-sense-when-an-earthquake-is-about-to-happen-168483/" aria-label="Read more about Can animals sense when an earthquake is about to happen?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Lake, Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University First Lady Frances Cleveland and the wives of members of Cleveland Cabinet pose for a photo in 1897. Frances B Johnston/Library of Congress A new app can turn anyone into a porn star against their will. All you need is ... <a title="In the 19th century, a man was busted for pasting photos of women’s heads on naked bodies … sound familiar?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/in-the-19th-century-a-man-was-busted-for-pasting-photos-of-womens-heads-on-naked-bodies-sound-familiar-168081/" aria-label="Read more about In the 19th century, a man was busted for pasting photos of women’s heads on naked bodies … sound familiar?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magdalena Plebanski, Professor of Immunology, RMIT University Shutterstock SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can sometimes cause the immune system to mistakenly attack the person’s own body. This process, known as “autoimmunity”, can damage a number of different organs. After COVID-19, a small number of patients have ... <a title="COVID-19 increases the chance of getting an autoimmune condition. Here’s what the science says so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/covid-19-increases-the-chance-of-getting-an-autoimmune-condition-heres-what-the-science-says-so-far-166819/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 increases the chance of getting an autoimmune condition. Here’s what the science says so far">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hadi Ghasemi, Senior Seismologist, Geoscience Australia Yesterday’s earthquake in eastern Victoria shook the ground for hundreds of kilometres around and damaged buildings as far away as Melbourne – and took many people by surprise. While Australia doesn’t compare with seismic hotspots like New Zealand and Japan, relatively ... <a title="We may never be able to predict earthquakes – but we can already know enough to be prepared" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/we-may-never-be-able-to-predict-earthquakes-but-we-can-already-know-enough-to-be-prepared-168480/" aria-label="Read more about We may never be able to predict earthquakes – but we can already know enough to be prepared">Read more</a>
