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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niranjan Casinader, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Education, Faculty of Education, Monash University For people who experience racism, the pain sometimes comes as much from words as it does from actions. Indigenous people like Adam Goodes and Latrell Mitchell have spoken of the hurt they feel when they’re ... <a title="To understand racism, kids must empathise with its impact — and teachers must embrace discomfort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/to-understand-racism-kids-must-empathise-with-its-impact-and-teachers-must-embrace-discomfort-144516/" aria-label="Read more about To understand racism, kids must empathise with its impact — and teachers must embrace discomfort">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Josh Frydenberg calls this a “pandemic budget” – one to sustain the economy in times that are still uncertain – but it also has a substantial element of an election budget. That’s not to suggest Prime Minister Scott Morrison ... <a title="View from The Hill: a budget for a pandemic, with next year’s election in mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/09/view-from-the-hill-a-budget-for-a-pandemic-with-next-years-election-in-mind-160594/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: a budget for a pandemic, with next year’s election in mind">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards Is Labour supposed to be the party of labour or of capital? It’s often hard to tell these days, and many in the labour movement and the political left are feeling betrayed this week by the Government’s announcement of a pay freeze for public sector workers. The Government has essentially directed ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-public-sector-worker-backlash-against-labour/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Phil Thornton As chaos flows in Burma, journalists are being forced to hide in plain sight by the Burmese military, writes senior journalist and Myanmar expert Phil Thornton. Journalists in Myanmar are being hunted and arrested by the country’s military for trying to do their job. Independent media outlets have been raided, licences ... <a title="Myanmar: If independent media dies, democracy dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/08/myanmar-if-independent-media-dies-democracy-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar: If independent media dies, democracy dies">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Josh Frydenberg says he will bring down a “pandemic budget” on Tuesday, warning that despite Australia’s strong recovery, there is “still a great deal of uncertainty out there”. The Treasurer points to new strains of the coronavirus, the COVID crisis ... <a title="Frydenberg promises housing breaks in ‘pandemic budget’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/08/frydenberg-promises-housing-breaks-in-pandemic-budget-160561/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg promises housing breaks in ‘pandemic budget’">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Josh Frydenberg says he will bring down a “pandemic budget” on Tuesday, warning that despite Australia’s strong recovery, there is “still a great deal of uncertainty out there”. The Treasurer points to new strains of the coronavirus, the COVID crisis ... <a title="Frydenberg says this will be a ‘pandemic budget’ to secure the recovery’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/08/frydenberg-says-this-will-be-a-pandemic-budget-to-secure-the-recovery-160561/" aria-label="Read more about Frydenberg says this will be a ‘pandemic budget’ to secure the recovery’">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdeskPapua New Guinean police have released a detained EMTV staff man, Richard Magei, after he reportedly filmed officers destroying buai markets at 5 Mile in the capital of Port Moresby. An appeal by the television channel for more information was posted on the network’s Facebook page, saying Magei, a sales executive, “was ... <a title="PNG police release EMTV employee detained over buai market video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/png-police-release-emtv-employee-detained-over-buai-market-video/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police release EMTV employee detained over buai market video">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji has today reported seven new cases of covid-19 and all are locally transmitted cases. These were confirmed after 1349 tests. They are in Lautoka and Nadi in the west of the main island, Viti Levu, and the settlement of Makoi, near the capital Suva. The first is a 30-year-old ... <a title="Fiji reports 7 new local covid cases as memory lapses ‘cost us dearly’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/fiji-reports-7-new-local-covid-cases-as-memory-lapses-cost-us-dearly/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji reports 7 new local covid cases as memory lapses ‘cost us dearly’">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
RNZ Pacific Human Rights Watch is urging the Indonesian government to rethink its classification of rebels in West Papua as terrorists. Indonesia has formally designated Papuan independence fighters as “terrorists”, in a move expected to expand the military’s role in civilian policing in Papua. But the NGO has warned that the new designation under counter-terrorism ... <a title="Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/terrorist-tag-in-west-papua-could-worsen-racism-says-rights-group/" aria-label="Read more about Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Ahead of the definitive official read of the economy from the treasury in the budget on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank has given us two special insights into its own thinking in the space of 14 hours. They suggest that (first) the ... <a title="Vital Signs. The RBA wants to cut unemployment, and nothing — not even soaring home prices — will stand in its way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/vital-signs-the-rba-wants-to-cut-unemployment-and-nothing-not-even-soaring-home-prices-will-stand-in-its-way-160171/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. The RBA wants to cut unemployment, and nothing — not even soaring home prices — will stand in its way">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. India’s Covid19 outbreak is still predominantly in the more prosperous cities, mainly in the west and far north of that country. And it is in the domestic coastal and mountain tourist destinations. The data continue to show the provinces which represent the stereotypic poverty and crowdedness – the Ganges provinces of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India in context" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-india-in-context/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India in context">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liza-Mare Syron, Indigenous Scientia Senior Lecturer, UNSW Review: Dogged, directed by Declan Greene. Griffin Theatre Company in association with Force Majeure. Dingo (Sandy Greenwood, a Gumbaynggirr, Dunghutti and Bundjalung actor) stands facing the audience, dressed in a muddied tracksuit with a dingo-like mask. Her opening speech signals ... <a title="Australia’s settler and First Nations histories meet in the wild of the bush in Dogged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/australias-settler-and-first-nations-histories-meet-in-the-wild-of-the-bush-in-dogged-160522/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s settler and First Nations histories meet in the wild of the bush in Dogged">Read more</a>
