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June 10, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has rejected a Fiji minister’s claim that the decision of the University of the South Pacific to reappoint its vice-chancellor and base him in Apia, Samoa, instead of Suva is illegal. “I don’t see how it can be illegal,” said President Aingimea, who is also the university’s ... <a title="Nauru president defends Samoa contract decision for USP chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/nauru-president-defends-samoa-contract-decision-for-usp-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Nauru president defends Samoa contract decision for USP chief">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country’s Parliament. On Tuesday, the Speaker of Parliament, Gracia Shadrack, declared the seats of Prime Minister Bob Loughman and 18 of his MPs vacant because they had been absent from Parliament on three consecutive ... <a title="Vanuatu judge stays Speaker’s vacation of PM plus 18 parliamentary seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/vanuatu-judge-stays-speakers-vacation-of-pm-plus-18-parliamentary-seats/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu judge stays Speaker’s vacation of PM plus 18 parliamentary seats">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Vaccine passports are an increasingly likely proposition in Australia. Last week, national cabinet “welcomed” a new COVID-19 digital vaccination certificate, which will be made available through the Medicare app ... <a title="If you don’t have a COVID vaccination certificate, could you be banned from restaurants, shops and theatres?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/if-you-dont-have-a-covid-vaccination-certificate-could-you-be-banned-from-restaurants-shops-and-theatres-162248/" aria-label="Read more about If you don’t have a COVID vaccination certificate, could you be banned from restaurants, shops and theatres?">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Bowen, Professor of Quantum and Precision Technologies, The University of Queensland Warwick Bowen, Author provided You’ve probably seen images of scientists peering down a microscope, looking at objects invisible to the naked eye. Indeed, microscopes are indispensable to our understanding of life. They are just as ... <a title="A quantum hack for microscopes can reveal the undiscovered details of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/a-quantum-hack-for-microscopes-can-reveal-the-undiscovered-details-of-life-161182/" aria-label="Read more about A quantum hack for microscopes can reveal the undiscovered details of life">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The revived debate over whether COVID-19 could be the result of an accidental release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology may never be adequately resolved. Either way, we risk not seeing the wood for the trees. While the World ... <a title="The COVID-19 lab leak theory highlights a glaring lack of global biosecurity regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/the-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-highlights-a-glaring-lack-of-global-biosecurity-regulation-162419/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID-19 lab leak theory highlights a glaring lack of global biosecurity regulation">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Division Head, Population Health and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Shutterstock As haematologists, we look after many patients who have had blood clots in the past or take blood thinners. They often ask: “should I have the AstraZeneca vaccine?” The answer is usually a ... <a title="A history of blood clots is not usually any reason to avoid the AstraZeneca vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/a-history-of-blood-clots-is-not-usually-any-reason-to-avoid-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-161889/" aria-label="Read more about A history of blood clots is not usually any reason to avoid the AstraZeneca vaccine">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjorn Sturmberg, Research Leader, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Shutterstock Governments and car manufacturers are investing hundreds of billions of dollars on electric vehicles. But while the electric transport revolution is inevitable, the final destination remains unknown. The electric vehicle transition is about ... <a title="Check your mirrors: 3 things rooftop solar can teach us about Australia’s electric car rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/check-your-mirrors-3-things-rooftop-solar-can-teach-us-about-australias-electric-car-rollout-162085/" aria-label="Read more about Check your mirrors: 3 things rooftop solar can teach us about Australia’s electric car rollout">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, PhD Candidate, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Many students across Australia wear traditional school uniforms. These consist of button-up shirts, tailored trousers, pleated skirts or tunics, and black leather shoes. Traditional school uniform (left) and sports uniform (right) can both ... <a title="4 reasons schools should let students wear sports uniforms every day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/4-reasons-schools-should-let-students-wear-sports-uniforms-every-day-161653/" aria-label="Read more about 4 reasons schools should let students wear sports uniforms every day">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Astell-Burt, Professor of Population Health and Environmental Data Science, NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow, University of Wollongong Photo: Thomas Astell-Burt , Author provided One in four Australians feel lonely on three or more days a week. Our longitudinal study, just published in the International Journal ... <a title="People’s odds of loneliness could fall by up to half if cities hit 30% green space targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/peoples-odds-of-loneliness-could-fall-by-up-to-half-if-cities-hit-30-green-space-targets-161989/" aria-label="Read more about People’s odds of loneliness could fall by up to half if cities hit 30% green space targets">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Takolander, Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Deakin University Patrick Semansky/AAP Poetry has made something of a comeback in popular culture, thanks to America’s Amanda Gorman, who read her performance poems at a presidential inauguration and this year’s Super Bowl. Gorman has been described ... <a title="Moved by words: how poetry helps us express our feelings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/moved-by-words-how-poetry-helps-us-express-our-feelings-161892/" aria-label="Read more about Moved by words: how poetry helps us express our feelings">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In the latest twist in Samoa’s political rollercoaster, the FAST party has accused the rival HRPP leader of contempt of court, reports Pacific Media Network News. Tuila’epa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has been accused of ignoring a Supreme Court ruling to convene Parliament, when FAST should have been sworn in as government. ... <a title="Samoa’s caretaker PM Tuila’epa sued for contempt of court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/samoas-caretaker-pm-tuilaepa-sued-for-contempt-of-court/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s caretaker PM Tuila’epa sued for contempt of court">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Tuesday the government was considering two overseas resettlement options for the Biloela Tamil family, whose daughter Tharunicaa is in a Perth hospital after being medevaced from Christmas Island. These were sending the family to ... <a title="View from The Hill: the Morrison government has escape hatch in Tamil family case – if it wants to use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/view-from-the-hill-the-morrison-government-has-escape-hatch-in-tamil-family-case-if-it-wants-to-use-it-162433/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: the Morrison government has escape hatch in Tamil family case – if it wants to use it">Read more</a>
