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May 12, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The Government’s wage subsidy scheme may have incorrectly paid out billions of dollars to ineligible businesses, and this is not being audited. That’s the conclusion to be taken from the Auditor General’s report, released yesterday. It is highly critical about the lack of checks and balances on a scheme that has ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in the wage subsidy scheme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-have-billions-been-incorrectly-paid-out-in-the-wage-subsidy-scheme/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in the wage subsidy scheme?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University This week, a returned traveller who was quarantining in South Australia seems to have been infected with the virus during his stay, before testing positive once returning to Melbourne. It’s the latest in a long line of hotel quarantine leaks ... <a title="Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It’s no magic fix but it could reduce risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/should-we-vaccinate-all-returned-travellers-in-hotel-quarantine-its-no-magic-fix-but-it-could-reduce-risks-160711/" aria-label="Read more about Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It’s no magic fix but it could reduce risks">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Bergin, Researcher, The University of Melbourne At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed prime real estate in the centre of Serbia’s capital, Belgrade: his face plastered across a billboard with the words “Thank you brother Xi”. The sign, courtesy of the ... <a title="How China used the media to spread its COVID narrative — and win friends around the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/how-china-used-the-media-to-spread-its-covid-narrative-and-win-friends-around-the-world-160694/" aria-label="Read more about How China used the media to spread its COVID narrative — and win friends around the world">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marek Kowalkiewicz, Professor and Founding Director of QUT Centre for the Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology The federal budget for 2021-22 promises A$1.2 billion over the next six years to support the Digital Economy Strategy, a plan to make Australia “a leading digital economy and society ... <a title="Did someone drop a zero? Australia’s digital economy budget spend should be 10 times bigger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/did-someone-drop-a-zero-australias-digital-economy-budget-spend-should-be-10-times-bigger-160626/" aria-label="Read more about Did someone drop a zero? Australia’s digital economy budget spend should be 10 times bigger">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The big investment in aged care announced in last night’s federal budget – an extra A$17.7 billion over five years – is a welcome response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. But even an investment of ... <a title="Budget package doesn’t guarantee aged-care residents will get better care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/budget-package-doesnt-guarantee-aged-care-residents-will-get-better-care-160611/" aria-label="Read more about Budget package doesn’t guarantee aged-care residents will get better care">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara Cumming, Senior Lecturer, Charles Sturt University The government has committed an additional A$1.7 billion over five years to reduce the cost of childcare for around 250,000 families with more than one child. Another $1.6 billion is going into ensuring each four-year-old child gets 15 hours of ... <a title="‘Insulting’ and ‘degrading’: budget funding for childcare may help families but educators are still being paid pennies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/insulting-and-degrading-budget-funding-for-childcare-may-help-families-but-educators-are-still-being-paid-pennies-160610/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Insulting’ and ‘degrading’: budget funding for childcare may help families but educators are still being paid pennies">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Dunning, Sessional Lecturer, The University of Queensland Weeks of tensions between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem have boiled over in recent days, unleashing some of the worst violence between Israel and the Palestinians in years. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have left 30 ... <a title="Israel-Palestinian violence: why East Jerusalem has become a flashpoint in a decades-old conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/israel-palestinian-violence-why-east-jerusalem-has-become-a-flashpoint-in-a-decades-old-conflict-160697/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Palestinian violence: why East Jerusalem has become a flashpoint in a decades-old conflict">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Mowle, Lecturer in Finance, University of Canberra Home renovation has long been something of a national sport for many Australians, but community demand for home fix-ups has reached fever pitch since the pandemic. If you’re lucky enough to own a house — and able to afford ... <a title="How much can I spend on my home renovation? A personal finance expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/how-much-can-i-spend-on-my-home-renovation-a-personal-finance-expert-explains-160696/" aria-label="Read more about How much can I spend on my home renovation? A personal finance expert explains">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo has condemned the Israeli police violence against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the holy city of Jerusalem, reports Anadolu News. Widodo emphasised that the expulsion of Palestinian civilians from their homes and the use of force against them at the Al Aqsa Mosque must not be ... <a title="Indonesia condemns Israeli attack on Al Aqsa mosque – call for strong NZ stand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/indonesia-condemns-israeli-attack-on-al-aqsa-mosque-call-for-strong-nz-stand/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia condemns Israeli attack on Al Aqsa mosque – call for strong NZ stand">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fijians have been advised to remain calm as “ample notice” will be given should a situation in Fiji warrant a total lockdown of Viti Levu, reports The Fiji Times. Health Secretary Dr James Fong issued this assurance last night as he announced 12 new covid-19 cases. RNZ News reports that all ... <a title="Call for calm as 12 new community covid cases reported in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/call-for-calm-as-12-new-community-covid-cases-reported-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Call for calm as 12 new community covid cases reported in Fiji">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist A deadly explosion in the Solomon Islands capital has caused fear and confusion about the ongoing threat posed by hidden munitions left over from World War II. A central Honiara residential area was rocked on Sunday by the detonation of a buried howitzer shell which left one person dead ... <a title="Fatal Solomon Is blast highlights key threat in country littered with bombs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/fatal-solomon-is-blast-highlights-key-threat-in-country-littered-with-bombs/" aria-label="Read more about Fatal Solomon Is blast highlights key threat in country littered with bombs">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson I woke up to the news and fear cut into me for my family in Israel. Where are they right now? I felt one moment of the fear that Palestinians live with. No false equivalence: nothing about this is equal. In video, Israeli police are heavily armed and armoured, backed by ... <a title="Marilyn Garson: Nakba is an event in the present tense – in Jerusalem and in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/marilyn-garson-nakba-is-an-event-in-the-present-tense-in-jerusalem-and-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Marilyn Garson: Nakba is an event in the present tense – in Jerusalem and in Gaza">Read more</a>
