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Year: 2021

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Something really beautiful — dipping into Ed Kuepper’s golden past

June 9, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Willsteed, Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology Ed Kuepper, right, performing with The Aints! in 2018. Perry Duffin/AAP Ed Kuepper has been making groundbreaking music for nearly 50 years. As a member of The Saints, and after the release of their first ... <a title="Something really beautiful — dipping into Ed Kuepper’s golden past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/something-really-beautiful-dipping-into-ed-kueppers-golden-past-161266/" aria-label="Read more about Something really beautiful — dipping into Ed Kuepper’s golden past">Read more</a>

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Temaru calls for Tahiti nuclear tests roundtable in New York – not Paris

June 9, 2021

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says high-level talks on France’s nuclear legacy due in Paris this month should be held at the United Nations in New York instead. French President Emmanuel Macron called the meeting in response to a report which accused France of misleading the public about the fallout after a ... <a title="Temaru calls for Tahiti nuclear tests roundtable in New York – not Paris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/temaru-calls-for-tahiti-nuclear-tests-roundtable-in-new-york-not-paris/" aria-label="Read more about Temaru calls for Tahiti nuclear tests roundtable in New York – not Paris">Read more</a>

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Fiji’s government goes quiet as covid crisis spirals out of control

June 9, 2021

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Calls for more action from the Fiji government are growing louder, as authorities appear to be losing their grip on a rapidly-growing outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic in the country. Authorities have confirmed 147 cases in the last two days alone, and the country’s main hospital has been effectively ... <a title="Fiji’s government goes quiet as covid crisis spirals out of control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/fijis-government-goes-quiet-as-covid-crisis-spirals-out-of-control/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s government goes quiet as covid crisis spirals out of control">Read more</a>

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Vanuatu speaker declares vacant seats of PM, his deputy and 16 MPs

June 9, 2021

RNZ Pacific The speaker of the Vanuatu Parliament has declared the seats of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 16 other government MPs vacant. The government had filed a motion to have the speaker, Gracia Shadrack, removed – a feud which saw the MPs and Prime Minister Bob Loughman boycott Parliament for three ... <a title="Vanuatu speaker declares vacant seats of PM, his deputy and 16 MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/vanuatu-speaker-declares-vacant-seats-of-pm-his-deputy-and-16-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu speaker declares vacant seats of PM, his deputy and 16 MPs">Read more</a>

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Male students at UPNG attack media for reporting on sexual harassment

June 9, 2021

By Jemimah Sukbat in Port Moresby A group of male students attacked the media covering a harassment protest by female students at the University of Papua New Guinea today. The rowdy group said they did not want the media to report on an issue of sexual and physical harassment by males, claiming it was an ... <a title="Male students at UPNG attack media for reporting on sexual harassment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/male-students-at-upng-attack-media-for-reporting-on-sexual-harassment/" aria-label="Read more about Male students at UPNG attack media for reporting on sexual harassment">Read more</a>

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AG raises Suva lawyers’ ‘little confidence’ social media posts

June 9, 2021

By Luke Nacei in Suva Social media posts by two outspoken Suva-based lawyers have been raised in Parliament over a critical culture “that has been created”. Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum told Parliament the lawyers, Jon Apted and Richard Naidu, were from a law firm that specialised in commercial law. “But talking about confidence, let me read ... <a title="AG raises Suva lawyers’ ‘little confidence’ social media posts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/ag-raises-suva-lawyers-little-confidence-social-media-posts/" aria-label="Read more about AG raises Suva lawyers’ ‘little confidence’ social media posts">Read more</a>

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Scott Morrison says it’s vital to get to the bottom of COVID-19’s origins

June 9, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia is still pursuing the origin of COVID-19, with Scott Morrison strongly supporting President Joe Biden’s efforts to get to the bottom of the outbreak. In a speech ahead of his trip to the weekend G7 summit, which will discuss ... <a title="Scott Morrison says it’s vital to get to the bottom of COVID-19’s origins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/scott-morrison-says-its-vital-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-covid-19s-origins-162357/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison says it’s vital to get to the bottom of COVID-19’s origins">Read more</a>

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Fastly global internet outage: why did so many sites go down — and what is a CDN, anyway?

June 9, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Shutterstock If you were having difficulty accessing your favourite website on Tuesday evening Australian time, you’re not alone. A jaw-dropping number of major websites around the globe suddenly became unavailable with no immediately obvious explanation — before ... <a title="Fastly global internet outage: why did so many sites go down — and what is a CDN, anyway?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/fastly-global-internet-outage-why-did-so-many-sites-go-down-and-what-is-a-cdn-anyway-162371/" aria-label="Read more about Fastly global internet outage: why did so many sites go down — and what is a CDN, anyway?">Read more</a>

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What are the side effects of the Pfizer vaccine? An expert explains

June 8, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney As of Tuesday this week, all Australian adults aged 40-49 are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Some states and territories had already opened up their rollout to under 50s, including Victoria, which invited ... <a title="What are the side effects of the Pfizer vaccine? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/what-are-the-side-effects-of-the-pfizer-vaccine-an-expert-explains-161667/" aria-label="Read more about What are the side effects of the Pfizer vaccine? An expert explains">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Word from The Hill

June 8, 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: Word from The Hill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-word-from-the-hill-162352/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Word from The Hill">Read more</a>

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How an app to decrypt criminal messages was born ‘over a few beers’ with the FBI

June 8, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Australian and US law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced they’d sprung a trap three years in the making, catching major international crime figures using an encrypted app. More than 200 underworld figures in Australia have been ... <a title="How an app to decrypt criminal messages was born ‘over a few beers’ with the FBI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/how-an-app-to-decrypt-criminal-messages-was-born-over-a-few-beers-with-the-fbi-162343/" aria-label="Read more about How an app to decrypt criminal messages was born ‘over a few beers’ with the FBI">Read more</a>

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What’s in a name? How recruitment discriminates against ‘foreign’ applicants

June 8, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mladen Adamovic, Research Fellow in Management, Monash University Since moving from Pakistan to Australia, Mariam Mohammed has gained a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, co-founded a social enterprise (teaching financial literacy to women) and made the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence list. But there was ... <a title="What’s in a name? How recruitment discriminates against ‘foreign’ applicants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/whats-in-a-name-how-recruitment-discriminates-against-foreign-applicants-160695/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in a name? How recruitment discriminates against ‘foreign’ applicants">Read more</a>