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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruud Gerards, Coordinating Senior Researcher, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market , Maastricht University New Africa/Shutterstock Under so-called mutual obligation rules, the Australian government requires the unemployed to complete activities (including training and applying for a certain number of jobs) in return for receiving unemployment ... <a title="New finding: jobseekers subject to mutual obligations take longer to find work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/new-finding-jobseekers-subject-to-mutual-obligations-take-longer-to-find-work-162093/" aria-label="Read more about New finding: jobseekers subject to mutual obligations take longer to find work">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ou Yang, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Karen McFarland/Shutterstock The solution to most problems in most markets is more competition. Whether it’s the market for hairdressers, for massage therapists or for general practitioners, usually, the more of them there are in any town or suburb, the ... <a title="There are problems in aged care, but more competition isn’t the solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/there-are-problems-in-aged-care-but-more-competition-isnt-the-solution-154943/" aria-label="Read more about There are problems in aged care, but more competition isn’t the solution">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Gardner, Postdoctoral Research Associate, UNSW Madman Entertainment Review: Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story, directed by Sally Aitken A new documentary Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story shines a light on Valerie Taylor AM, a pioneering ocean explorer. With flashbacks, interviews and expert commentary ... <a title="New documentary recalls how Valerie Taylor played with sharks to prove a point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/new-documentary-recalls-how-valerie-taylor-played-with-sharks-to-prove-a-point-161808/" aria-label="Read more about New documentary recalls how Valerie Taylor played with sharks to prove a point">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Biloela Tamil family will finally be released from detention. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke will announce this on Tuesday, but we have yet to learn the terms of that release. There are several options. These include letting the Murugappan family ... <a title="View from The Hill: Biloela family to be released but Hawke has yet to reveal the terms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/view-from-the-hill-biloela-family-to-be-released-but-hawke-has-yet-to-reveal-the-terms-162696/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Biloela family to be released but Hawke has yet to reveal the terms">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University zz/Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Israel’s 36th government was approved today, with a slim majority of 60–59 in the Knesset (parliament). The new prime minister is the leader of national-religious party Yamina, Naftali Bennett. A religious ... <a title="Netanyahu leaves behind a complex legacy in Israel. His successor will need to deliver change — and fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/netanyahu-leaves-behind-a-complex-legacy-in-israel-his-successor-will-need-to-deliver-change-and-fast-162660/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu leaves behind a complex legacy in Israel. His successor will need to deliver change — and fast">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make a formal government apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders on June 26 at a commemoration event in the Auckland Town Hall. She made the announcement today alongside Pacific Peoples Minister ‘Aupito William Sio. Ardern said there was strict criteria cabinet needed to ... <a title="NZ to formally apologise for Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/nz-to-formally-apologise-for-dawn-raids-against-pacific-islanders/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to formally apologise for Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University What a difference a year makes in international diplomacy. A year ago, then-US President Donald Trump was obliged to abandon his plans for a G7 summit at the presidential retreat of Camp David outside Washington. Various excuses were advanced by ... <a title="G7 showed that post-Trump, the world has shifted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/g7-showed-that-post-trump-the-world-has-shifted-162598/" aria-label="Read more about G7 showed that post-Trump, the world has shifted">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Fiji’s Health Ministry has announced 105 new covid-19 cases as the pandemic crisis worsens. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said 98 of the cases recorded yesterday were linked to existing clusters, while links to seven more cases were still under investigation. He said new cases recorded at Grantham Rd and ... <a title="105 more covid cases in Fiji – 98 linked to existing clusters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/105-more-covid-cases-in-fiji-98-linked-to-existing-clusters/" aria-label="Read more about 105 more covid cases in Fiji – 98 linked to existing clusters">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Ella Henry, Auckland University of Technology While I am always happy to celebrate any accolades my country and city might garner on the international stage, seeing Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau awarded the top ranking in a recent “most liveable cities” survey left me somewhat flummoxed. In particular, I would argue that many Māori whānau in ... <a title="Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/auckland-is-the-worlds-most-liveable-city-many-maori-might-disagree/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
By Katie Doyle, RNZ News reporter A Christchurch woman is furious a flyer from the New Zealand disinformation group Voices For Freedom ended up in her letterbox. It contains nine false or misleading claims about covid-19 and the vaccine, and asks readers “are you fed up with covid yet?” The woman, who RNZ News has ... <a title="‘Deeply misleading’ NZ covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/deeply-misleading-nz-covid-19-leaflets-cause-distress-to-at-risk-resident/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Deeply misleading’ NZ covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The leader of Fiji’s opposition National Federation Party has condemned the government’s strategy for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic as having “failed” and warns it will lead to “catastrophic results”. “The government plan is complacent and short-sighted,” said Professor Biman Prasad in a statement tonight in response to the “ominous total” ... <a title="NFP leader Prasad warns against Fiji ‘catastrophe’ by stubborn government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/nfp-leader-prasad-warns-against-fiji-catastrophe-by-stubborn-government/" aria-label="Read more about NFP leader Prasad warns against Fiji ‘catastrophe’ by stubborn government">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific A prominent Australian lawyer, Greg Sheppard, has been arrested by Papua New Guinean police and is facing a range of fraud charges. Sheppard, a principal of Young & Williams Lawyers, was arrested on Tuesday in Port Moresby. He was charged with two counts of misappropriation and another two counts of money laundering. Police ... <a title="High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/high-profile-lawyer-faces-fresh-fraud-money-laundering-charges-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG">Read more</a>
