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October 12, 2021
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura A Papuan woman politician has warned Indonesian security forces against restricting women from selling noken — traditional string bags — and other accessories displaying the banned Morning Star flag design at the Papuan National Games (PON XX) venue in Jayapura. Orpa Nari, a Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP) member of the ... <a title="‘It’s our identity’, declare Papua’s defiant mamas over Morning Star" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/its-our-identity-declare-papuas-defiant-mamas-over-morning-star/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s our identity’, declare Papua’s defiant mamas over Morning Star">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy reporter If New Zealand’s border restrictions are loosened for arrivals from countries with high covid-19 numbers, South Auckland will see between 1000 and 1400 cases a week — even if vaccination rates get to 90 percent, according to modelling carried out by the Counties Manukau District Health ... <a title="South Auckland covid ‘could get totally out of control’ scenario warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/south-auckland-covid-could-get-totally-out-of-control-scenario-warning/" aria-label="Read more about South Auckland covid ‘could get totally out of control’ scenario warning">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
COMMENTARY: The PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea is unsure of what message the government is trying to convey over the latest covid-19 pandemic surge — effectively creating a state of confusion. In the midst of a dire healthcare crisis in the Eastern Highland’s capital Goroka, Prime Minister James Marape recently travelled to neighbouring Morobe Province’s ... <a title="PNG confused over ‘crowds’ mixed messages in face of covid surge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/png-confused-over-crowds-mixed-messages-in-face-of-covid-surge/" aria-label="Read more about PNG confused over ‘crowds’ mixed messages in face of covid surge">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
By Desi Purnamawati and Uyu Liman in Jakarta Eighty-three covid-19 cases have been reported during the Indonesian National Games (PON-XX) being held in Papua as of yesterday afternoon, says Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin. He said evaluation of the Games would improve public health protocols in future. “The 83 cases are concentrated among the participants ... <a title="Health officials detect 83 covid-19 cases at controversial Papuan Games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/health-officials-detect-83-covid-19-cases-at-controversial-papuan-games/" aria-label="Read more about Health officials detect 83 covid-19 cases at controversial Papuan Games">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
RNZ News Some in New Zealand’s health industry fear that the ICU system will not cope if the delta outbreak escalates, but Health Minister Andrew Little says anyone with covid-19 will be cared for. Little told RNZ Morning Report there was pressure on hospitals and headway was being made to bring in more nurses to ... <a title="NZ able to ‘surge’ covid ICU capacity by risking planned care, says minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/nz-able-to-surge-covid-icu-capacity-by-risking-planned-care-says-minister/" aria-label="Read more about NZ able to ‘surge’ covid ICU capacity by risking planned care, says minister">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversations’s politics ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: A prime minister, a prince and the ‘last chance saloon’." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-a-prime-minister-a-prince-and-the-last-chance-saloon-169736/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: A prime minister, a prince and the ‘last chance saloon’.">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Andrew Brodhead/Stanford Every year Australia’s Fair Work Commission considers whether to raise the minimum wage. And every year business leaders warn doing it will cost jobs. This year’s Nobel Prize in ... <a title="Introducing David Card, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics winner who made the minimum wage respectable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/introducing-david-card-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-economics-winner-who-made-the-minimum-wage-respectable-169715/" aria-label="Read more about Introducing David Card, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics winner who made the minimum wage respectable">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Analysis Keith Rankin, 12 Oct 2021 Egypt is the world’s 14th largest country by population. It’s the one of the only two African countries on the ourworldindata database. It’s also a major travel destination. The excess deaths data reveals that Egypt has suffered far worse from the Covid19 pandemic than the official reported data indicates, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Impact: Four Middle-East Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-impact-four-middle-east-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Impact: Four Middle-East Countries">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindy Willmott, Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying has been available to eligible Victorians for more than two years, and to Western Australians since July 2021. Laws also passed this year in ... <a title="Voluntary assisted dying will be debated in NSW parliament this week. Here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/voluntary-assisted-dying-will-be-debated-in-nsw-parliament-this-week-heres-what-to-expect-169468/" aria-label="Read more about Voluntary assisted dying will be debated in NSW parliament this week. Here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Larcombe, Associate Professor and Head of Respiratory Environmental Health, Telethon Kids Institute Toan Nguyen/Unsplash, CC BY From October 1, it’s been illegal to buy e-liquids containing nicotine without a prescription from a doctor everywhere in Australia, except South Australia. But vaping with nicotine-free e-liquids is not ... <a title="Many e-cigarette vaping liquids contain toxic chemicals: new Australian research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/many-e-cigarette-vaping-liquids-contain-toxic-chemicals-new-australian-research-169615/" aria-label="Read more about Many e-cigarette vaping liquids contain toxic chemicals: new Australian research">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tomas Trescak, Senior Lecturer in Intelligent Systems, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Graduates entering an ever-more-competitive job market are often unaware of the skills and values they offer employers. The challenge is greater with emerging job roles that require certifications and both multidisciplinary skills and specialist knowledge, even ... <a title="How AI can guide course design and study choices to help graduates get the jobs they want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/how-ai-can-guide-course-design-and-study-choices-to-help-graduates-get-the-jobs-they-want-167055/" aria-label="Read more about How AI can guide course design and study choices to help graduates get the jobs they want">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Never has an inquiry into the skyrocketing price of homes been more urgent. Rarely has one been as insultingly ill-suited as the one under way right now. Midway through last year in the midst of ... <a title="As home prices soar beyond reach, we have a government inquiry almost designed not to tell us why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/as-home-prices-soar-beyond-reach-we-have-a-government-inquiry-almost-designed-not-to-tell-us-why-168959/" aria-label="Read more about As home prices soar beyond reach, we have a government inquiry almost designed not to tell us why">Read more</a>
