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June 26, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. At the end of another tumultuous week for National, two former senior staffers for Judith Collins have spoken out in savage terms about the state of the party. First Matthew Hooton argued that the party could be in mortal decline: “National has been in intensive care. It’s now moving to the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Does National’s turmoil mean the party is terminal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-does-nationals-turmoil-mean-the-party-is-terminal/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Does National’s turmoil mean the party is terminal?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zora Simic, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities, UNSW This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who helped shape the 20th century, and ... <a title="How Eleanor Roosevelt reshaped the role of First Lady and became a feminist icon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/how-eleanor-roosevelt-reshaped-the-role-of-first-lady-and-became-a-feminist-icon-156295/" aria-label="Read more about How Eleanor Roosevelt reshaped the role of First Lady and became a feminist icon">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2021
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Hate speech will become a criminal offence in New Zealand and anyone convicted could face harsher punishment under proposed legislative changes. The government has today released for public consultation its long-awaited plan for the laws governing hate speech. The plan is part of the government’s work to strengthen ... <a title="NZ government plans new law, tougher penalties for hate speech as crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/nz-government-plans-new-law-tougher-penalties-for-hate-speech-as-crime/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government plans new law, tougher penalties for hate speech as crime">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Three more people with covid-19 have died in Fiji in the last 24 hours — one of them the youngest patient since the pandemic reached the country in March 2020. There have been 14 deaths from covid-19 and 12 were from this outbreak alone while 8 covid-19 ... <a title="Fiji covid-19 death toll still climb – woman dies at 34 as crisis grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/fiji-covid-19-death-toll-still-climb-woman-dies-at-34-as-crisis-grows/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji covid-19 death toll still climb – woman dies at 34 as crisis grows">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2021
By Tsarina Maharani in Jakarta The initiator of the citizen-based reporting coalition Lapor Covid-19 (Report Covid-19), Ahmad Arif, says the Indonesian public is facing the covid-19 pandemic without any clear direction. There was no data transparency and inadequate information and education on the pandemic, Arif told a media conference. There was also no clear leadership ... <a title="Indonesia vs covid – ‘it’s like fighting a war without a commander’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/indonesia-vs-covid-its-like-fighting-a-war-without-a-commander/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia vs covid – ‘it’s like fighting a war without a commander’">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Lynne Sladky/AP Just before 2am US Eastern Daylight Time on June 24, the Champlain Towers South Tower in Surfside, South Florida, partially collapsed. The 12-storey building with 136 apartments was built in 1981 on ... <a title="Why did the Miami apartment building collapse? And are others in danger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/why-did-the-miami-apartment-building-collapse-and-are-others-in-danger-163425/" aria-label="Read more about Why did the Miami apartment building collapse? And are others in danger?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Aitchison, Professor of Architecture and CEO of Building 4.0 CRC, Monash University Screen Shot at am The announcement that the Victorian and federal governments will build a 1,000-bed COVID quarantine hub at Mickleham in Melbourne’s north marks a welcome end, or at least a fresh chapter, ... <a title="A mining camp won’t cut it: Australia’s quarantine system needs a smarter design" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/a-mining-camp-wont-cut-it-australias-quarantine-system-needs-a-smarter-design-163012/" aria-label="Read more about A mining camp won’t cut it: Australia’s quarantine system needs a smarter design">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the parliamentary sitting week, which commenced with a spill of the National ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the return of Barnaby Joyce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-return-of-barnaby-joyce-163421/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the return of Barnaby Joyce">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Gothard, Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University Artist: Marcus Fernihough, Author provided “Idiots”, “imbeciles”, the “feeble-minded”, anyone with a “loathsome disease”: all were refused entry into Australia under early migration acts. Today, the language has changed, but the thrust of migration health regulations has not. The government ... <a title="Australia once rejected ‘feeble-minded’ immigrants. While the language has changed, discrimination remains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/australia-once-rejected-feeble-minded-immigrants-while-the-language-has-changed-discrimination-remains-158872/" aria-label="Read more about Australia once rejected ‘feeble-minded’ immigrants. While the language has changed, discrimination remains">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Davey, Senior Associate, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies , Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington www.shutterstock.com You’re never too old to become your own boss, it seems. All over the world there has been an increase in people aged 50 and over setting ... <a title="More older New Zealanders are starting businesses — and they’re motivated by more than just money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/more-older-new-zealanders-are-starting-businesses-and-theyre-motivated-by-more-than-just-money-163003/" aria-label="Read more about More older New Zealanders are starting businesses — and they’re motivated by more than just money">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ahmed Ibrahim, Lecturer (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Patrick Semansky/AP Over the past few years, tensions have been rising between Russia and the United States — not in conventional military terms, but in cyberspace. The issue came to a head at this month’s summit in Geneva, ... <a title="Cyber Cold War? The US and Russia talk tough, but only diplomacy will ease the threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/cyber-cold-war-the-us-and-russia-talk-tough-but-only-diplomacy-will-ease-the-threat-163171/" aria-label="Read more about Cyber Cold War? The US and Russia talk tough, but only diplomacy will ease the threat">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archa Fox, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia guteksk7/shutterstock.com The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are set to become the mainstay of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the year progresses, according to the latest government projections released this week. From September, up to ... <a title="Can the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/can-the-pfizer-or-moderna-mrna-vaccines-affect-my-genetic-code-162590/" aria-label="Read more about Can the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code?">Read more</a>
