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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians of Indian heritage are not just trying to get back home — many are attempting to go to India. Scott Morrison revealed on Wednesday that since April 23, more more than 1,000 people had sought to travel there. “Now ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison locked Australia’s border gate and now he’s hiding the key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/grattan-on-friday-morrison-locked-australias-border-gate-and-now-hes-hiding-the-key-161284/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison locked Australia’s border gate and now he’s hiding the key">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Timor-Leste today registered 172 more cases of covid-19 infection with the majority in Dili – passing the barrier of 5000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. On the day that the country celebrated 19 years of the restoration of independence, the Integrated Crisis Management Center (CIGC) announced 126 more ... <a title="Covid-19: Timor-Leste registers 172 more cases – tops 5000 barrier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/covid-19-timor-leste-registers-172-more-cases-tops-5000-barrier/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Timor-Leste registers 172 more cases – tops 5000 barrier">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Amid uncertainty and a court battle over the University of Goroka’s vice-chancellor seat, Higher Education Minister Wesley Raminai surprised staff and students by leading the university’s interim council members onto the campus to be “sworn in”. The usually quiet study-friendly Humilaveka campus atmosphere was disrupted by a chanting group of Huli ... <a title="Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/goroka-swears-in-new-officers-in-defiance-of-png-court-order/" aria-label="Read more about Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
By Janet Kari in Lae, PNG Prosecution of perpetrators of gender-based violence around the country still remains a massive problem for Papua New Guinea, says National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop. He said while the issue of GBV continued to escalate in the country, perpetrators were not being brought to account and this gave them ... <a title="Prosecuting gender violence culprits still a problem, Parkop tells women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/prosecuting-gender-violence-culprits-still-a-problem-parkop-tells-women/" aria-label="Read more about Prosecuting gender violence culprits still a problem, Parkop tells women">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By John Minto When Nanaia Mahuta was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, there were hopes for a change in government thinking towards the struggles of indigenous people. The minister said she hoped to bring her experience and cultural identity as an indigenous woman to her role on international issues. Palestine, West Papua and Western ... <a title="John Minto: Time for NZ to speak up clearly for Palestinian rights and international law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/john-minto-time-for-nz-to-speak-up-clearly-for-palestinian-rights-and-international-law/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: Time for NZ to speak up clearly for Palestinian rights and international law">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
RNZ Pacific The chair of the board of French Polynesia’s social security agency CPS has called on the French state to pay for the medical costs caused by its nuclear weapons tests. Patrick Galenon, who is also a leading trade unionist, has written to the French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu as France plans a high-level ... <a title="France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/france-asked-to-pay-for-tahiti-nuke-victims-ahead-of-paris-summit/" aria-label="Read more about France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris summit">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
COMMENT: By Scott Waide in Lae Papua New Guinea’s Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, recently told a news conference to mark World Press Freedom Day that the state of journalism and broadcasting in the country has seen a general decline. He was critical of the quality and the content of the media in general. The former ... <a title="Scott Waide: We must invest in our journalism schools to help shape our future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/scott-waide-we-must-invest-in-our-journalism-schools-to-help-shape-our-future/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: We must invest in our journalism schools to help shape our future">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah-Catherine Rodan, PhD candidate, University of Sydney The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is considering rescheduling psilocybin and MDMA from their current classification as Schedule 9 prohibited substances to Schedule 8 controlled substances. This would allow psychiatrists to use these drugs in combination with psychotherapy for the treatment ... <a title="Why the TGA should reschedule MDMA and psilocybin for the treatment of mental illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/why-the-tga-should-reschedule-mdma-and-psilocybin-for-the-treatment-of-mental-illness-160276/" aria-label="Read more about Why the TGA should reschedule MDMA and psilocybin for the treatment of mental illness">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Crowley, Associate, Grattan Institute Victoria’s budget shows a Treasurer engaged in a high-wire balancing act: ensuring a job-rich economic ‘soft landing’ on one hand, while trying to improve the state’s long-term fiscal position on the other. The budget partly delivers on both goals but, like any ... <a title="Like a high-wire act, Victoria’s budget is a mix of hard work, luck and optical illusion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/like-a-high-wire-act-victorias-budget-is-a-mix-of-hard-work-luck-and-optical-illusion-161103/" aria-label="Read more about Like a high-wire act, Victoria’s budget is a mix of hard work, luck and optical illusion">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland New Zealand has now had three “Wellbeing Budgets”: the prototype in 2019, the COVID-19 “Rebuilding Together” version in 2020, and today Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced the Labour government is “Securing our Recovery”. With Labour governing with ... <a title="NZ Budget 2021: billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/nz-budget-2021-billions-more-for-benefits-but-one-eye-on-the-bottom-line-161083/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2021: billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University, Honorary Fellow at University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong The Black Summer bushfires burned far more temperate forest than any other fire season recorded in Australia. The disaster was clearly a climate change event; however, other human activities also ... <a title="Native forest logging makes bushfires worse – and to say otherwise ignores the facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/native-forest-logging-makes-bushfires-worse-and-to-say-otherwise-ignores-the-facts-161177/" aria-label="Read more about Native forest logging makes bushfires worse – and to say otherwise ignores the facts">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is one of only a handful of 20th century classical concert pieces that can claim to have become embedded in popular culture. Its opening movement in particular has featured in epic film battle scenes, coffee, ... <a title="Decoding the music masterpieces: how Carmina Burana, based on Benedictine poems, travelled from Bavaria to a beer ad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/decoding-the-music-masterpieces-how-carmina-burana-based-on-benedictine-poems-travelled-from-bavaria-to-a-beer-ad-159057/" aria-label="Read more about Decoding the music masterpieces: how Carmina Burana, based on Benedictine poems, travelled from Bavaria to a beer ad">Read more</a>
