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May 10, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board The caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, thinks the newspaper you hold in your hands is dedicated to trying to “tear down” the Samoan government but the broader economic progress of Samoa. So, reader, are you subsidising borderline treachery by having paid for the edition you hold ... <a title="Samoa Observer: Silence tears down a nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/samoa-observer-silence-tears-down-a-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: Silence tears down a nation">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Alexander, Adjunct Reseach Fellow (Supply Chains), Curtin University “This is the one thing we didn’t want to happen.” That line – from the satirical British current affairs television program BrassEye – could easily be reverberating through federal government offices this week. Yesterday the news dropped that ... <a title="Australia Post’s worst nightmare: Christine Holgate to head delivery rival Global Express" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/australia-posts-worst-nightmare-christine-holgate-to-head-delivery-rival-global-express-160606/" aria-label="Read more about Australia Post’s worst nightmare: Christine Holgate to head delivery rival Global Express">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Steer, Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law; Mission Specialist, ANU Institute for Space, Australian National University Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s space launch company Blue Origin has announced it will sell its first flights into microgravity to the highest bidder. Blue Origin and its two greatest competitors in ... <a title="Want to become a space tourist? You finally can — if you have $250,000 and a will to sign your life away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/want-to-become-a-space-tourist-you-finally-can-if-you-have-250-000-and-a-will-to-sign-your-life-away-160543/" aria-label="Read more about Want to become a space tourist? You finally can — if you have $250,000 and a will to sign your life away">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Baxter, PhD Candidate in Criminology/Law, researching human trafficking and modern slavery in Australia, Flinders University Millions of kidnapped children are imprisoned in underground tunnels, being sexually abused and tortured by a shadowy global cabal of paedophiles. That, at least, is some of the misinformation about child ... <a title="Want to save the children? How child sexual abuse and human trafficking really work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/want-to-save-the-children-how-child-sexual-abuse-and-human-trafficking-really-work-153288/" aria-label="Read more about Want to save the children? How child sexual abuse and human trafficking really work">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Juno, Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Since COVID-19 vaccines began rolling out across the world, many scientists have been hesitant to say they can reduce transmission of the virus. Their primary purpose is to prevent you from getting really sick ... <a title="Mounting evidence suggests COVID vaccines do reduce transmission. How does this work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/mounting-evidence-suggests-covid-vaccines-do-reduce-transmission-how-does-this-work-160437/" aria-label="Read more about Mounting evidence suggests COVID vaccines do reduce transmission. How does this work?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Enoch, Inaugural Indigenous Chair – Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology Big thinking has been unfashionable for too long. Over the past decade, successive leaders have overseen cuts to universities, the arts and public broadcasting. There has also been a rejection of First Nations attempts to ... <a title="Wesley Enoch: the 2021 budget must think big and reinvest in the social capital of ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/wesley-enoch-the-2021-budget-must-think-big-and-reinvest-in-the-social-capital-of-ideas-160341/" aria-label="Read more about Wesley Enoch: the 2021 budget must think big and reinvest in the social capital of ideas">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, Assistant Professor, General Practice, Bond University Australia is currently in Phase 1a and Phase 1b of the COVID vaccine rollout but as a GP, I have had many questions from patients unsure if they’re in those categories or not. One way to find out is ... <a title="I have asthma, diabetes or another illness — can I get my COVID vaccine yet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/i-have-asthma-diabetes-or-another-illness-can-i-get-my-covid-vaccine-yet-160602/" aria-label="Read more about I have asthma, diabetes or another illness — can I get my COVID vaccine yet?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury New Zealand has resumed quarantine-free travel with New South Wales today, even though the Australian state’s government has extended restrictions in greater Sydney for another week. From New Zealand’s perspective, the fact no further community cases have been ... <a title="Flights have resumed between New Zealand and NSW, but the temporary travel pause may not be the last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/flights-have-resumed-between-new-zealand-and-nsw-but-the-temporary-travel-pause-may-not-be-the-last-160539/" aria-label="Read more about Flights have resumed between New Zealand and NSW, but the temporary travel pause may not be the last">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Public sector pay freeze Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour Andrea Vance (Stuff): Why ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 10 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-10-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 10 2021">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Atkin-Smith, Research scientist, La Trobe University We have all heard of COVID-19, the flu and bacterial infections. But what is actually happening to our cells when we contract these diseases? Many of our body’s cells don’t live to tell the tale. But cell death isn’t necessarily ... <a title="Taking one for the team: 6 ways our cells can die and help fight infectious disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/taking-one-for-the-team-6-ways-our-cells-can-die-and-help-fight-infectious-disease-160098/" aria-label="Read more about Taking one for the team: 6 ways our cells can die and help fight infectious disease">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University There has been much debate recently about the way women who work in our federal parliament are treated. This discussion has highlighted that society continues to place very different values on the way women and men behave. Language – as ... <a title="Shrill, bossy, emotional: why language matters in the gender debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/shrill-bossy-emotional-why-language-matters-in-the-gender-debate-158310/" aria-label="Read more about Shrill, bossy, emotional: why language matters in the gender debate">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Foerster, Senior Lecturer, Monash University In a great start towards net zero emissions by 2050, the Victorian Government recently released their Climate Change Strategy, committing to halving greenhouse emissions by 2030. Victoria’s leadership, alongside commitments from other Australian states and territories, stands in stark contrast to ... <a title="A great start, but still not enough: why Victoria’s new climate target isn’t as ambitious as it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/a-great-start-but-still-not-enough-why-victorias-new-climate-target-isnt-as-ambitious-as-it-sounds-160364/" aria-label="Read more about A great start, but still not enough: why Victoria’s new climate target isn’t as ambitious as it sounds">Read more</a>