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November 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Fisher, Co-author of the Digital News Report: Australia, Deputy Director of the News and Media Research Centre, and Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Canberra Shutterstock The News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code was enacted early this year in response to a call by ... <a title="Is the news media bargaining code fit for purpose?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/29/is-the-news-media-bargaining-code-fit-for-purpose-172224/" aria-label="Read more about Is the news media bargaining code fit for purpose?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colm Cunningham, Conjoint Associate Professor, UNSW Getty Images A decline in verbal skills is a source of grief for any person living with dementia. For First Nations peoples, the loss of speech brings the added pain of lost connection to Country, community, family and culture, which are ... <a title="A new way to keep First Nations people with dementia connected to Country, community, family and culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/29/a-new-way-to-keep-first-nations-people-with-dementia-connected-to-country-community-family-and-culture-171293/" aria-label="Read more about A new way to keep First Nations people with dementia connected to Country, community, family and culture">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content National Party leadership Luke Malpass (Stuff): Here is what the new leader will ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 29 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-29-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 29 2021">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Senior lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPA With nuclear talks between Iran, the US, and the other members of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) resuming on November 29, one question looms large. Is engagement with Iran likely to bear ... <a title="The Iran nuclear talks are resuming, but is there any trust left to strike a deal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/29/the-iran-nuclear-talks-are-resuming-but-is-there-any-trust-left-to-strike-a-deal-171937/" aria-label="Read more about The Iran nuclear talks are resuming, but is there any trust left to strike a deal?">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock As more and more Australians are forced into private renting, including Australians who once would have owned homes or lived in social housing, more are living in poverty, suffering financial stress and becoming homeless. Social housing – where ... <a title="The compelling case for a future fund for social housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/28/the-compelling-case-for-a-future-fund-for-social-housing-172508/" aria-label="Read more about The compelling case for a future fund for social housing">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Zwi, Professor of Global Health and Development, UNSW Shutterstock There is global concern and widespread alarm at the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called Omicron. The WHO has classified Omicron as a “variant of concern” because it has a ... <a title="Travel bans aren’t the answer to stopping new COVID variant Omicron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/28/travel-bans-arent-the-answer-to-stopping-new-covid-variant-omicron-172736/" aria-label="Read more about Travel bans aren’t the answer to stopping new COVID variant Omicron">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Solomon Islands police have arrested more than 100 suspects as Honiara townspeople clean up after three days of rioting and looting in Chinatown following a peaceful protest. The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) confirmed this in a statement. “I must make it very clear here that no one is above ... <a title="Solomon Islands riots: 100 arrested as police chief warns ‘nobody above law’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/28/solomon-islands-riots-100-arrested-as-police-chief-warns-nobody-above-law/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands riots: 100 arrested as police chief warns ‘nobody above law’">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2021
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale has announced that he is filing a notice of a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare after three days of rioting has rocked the capital Honiara. Wale said today he still did not have enough numbers for such a motion ... <a title="Solomon Islands riots: Wale calls for no confidence vote in ‘hiding’ PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/28/solomon-islands-riots-wale-calls-for-no-confidence-vote-in-hiding-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands riots: Wale calls for no confidence vote in ‘hiding’ PM">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2021
RNZ Pacific Police in Honiara have confirmed that three bodies have been found in one of the burnt out buildings in Chinatown after the rioting in the Solomon Islands. A protest on Wednesday calling for the Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to step down lapsed into major unrest and three days of rioting. A police ... <a title="Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/28/solomon-islands-bodies-discovered-in-burnt-out-chinatown-building/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Governor General of Solomon Islands has declared a nightly curfew in the troubled capital Honiara, after a third day of looting and destruction. Sir David Vunagi said the curfew, which started last night, will go from 7pm to 6am and be repeated every day until it is revoked. Sir David said it ... <a title="Solomon Islands riots: Night-time curfew imposed in capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/27/solomon-islands-riots-night-time-curfew-imposed-in-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands riots: Night-time curfew imposed in capital">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garry Cook, Honorary Fellow, CSIRO The Black Summer forest fires of 2019–2020 burned more than 24 million hectares, directly causing 33 deaths and almost 450 more from smoke inhalation. But were these fires unprecedented? You might remember sceptics questioning the idea that the Black Summer fires really ... <a title="Australia’s Black Summer of fire was not normal – and we can prove it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/australias-black-summer-of-fire-was-not-normal-and-we-can-prove-it-172506/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Black Summer of fire was not normal – and we can prove it">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Spain copped Covid early; as early as Italy, presumably, like Italy, directly from Wuhan, China. While the main spread of Covid19 in Europe was via the Italian and Austrian alps, the early spread of covid to the United Kingdom may have been largely from Spain. The first chart shows that for ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Spain as a country of interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-spain-as-a-country-of-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Spain as a country of interest">Read more</a>