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May 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Humpage, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland The government’s recently announced health sector reforms go well beyond what its expert health review had recommended. This was rightly welcomed by many in the sector, but it does raise the question: if radical change can be made ... <a title="If New Zealand can radically reform its health system, why not do the same for welfare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/if-new-zealand-can-radically-reform-its-health-system-why-not-do-the-same-for-welfare-160247/" aria-label="Read more about If New Zealand can radically reform its health system, why not do the same for welfare?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaaren Mathias, Lecturer in Health systems and policy, University of Canterbury As India’s COVID-19 crisis continues, the percentage of the population testing positive for the virus has grown from 4.2% to 18.4% in the past 30 days. With more than 300,000 new cases reported each day, hospitals ... <a title="Selling a buffalo for a brain scan: India’s COVID-19 crisis reveals deep fractures in its health system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/selling-a-buffalo-for-a-brain-scan-indias-covid-19-crisis-reveals-deep-fractures-in-its-health-system-160180/" aria-label="Read more about Selling a buffalo for a brain scan: India’s COVID-19 crisis reveals deep fractures in its health system">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra How hard is Scott Morrison willing to poke the panda? That’s a question posed by the government’s review of the Chinese company Landbridge’s 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin. The defence department is to advise on the security implications ... <a title="View from The Hill: Port of Darwin review opens a Pandora’s box" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/view-from-the-hill-port-of-darwin-review-opens-a-pandoras-box-160288/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Port of Darwin review opens a Pandora’s box">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Freeland, Professorial Fellow, Bond University / Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University, Western Sydney University A large piece of space debris, possibly weighing several tonnes, is currently on an uncontrolled reentry phase (that’s space speak for “out of control”), and parts of it are ... <a title="A giant piece of space junk is hurtling towards Earth. Here’s how worried you should be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/a-giant-piece-of-space-junk-is-hurtling-towards-earth-heres-how-worried-you-should-be-160254/" aria-label="Read more about A giant piece of space junk is hurtling towards Earth. Here’s how worried you should be">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Egliston, Postdoctoral research fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology The ABC’s latest Four Corners report is an investigation into how videogames are “deliberately designed to get people hooked”. It describes the use of gambling-like “loot boxes” in games, the hotly debated notion of ... <a title="Sure, video games want to get you hooked on spending. But there’s no evidence they can manipulate you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/sure-video-games-want-to-get-you-hooked-on-spending-but-theres-no-evidence-they-can-manipulate-you-160182/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, video games want to get you hooked on spending. But there’s no evidence they can manipulate you">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has warned Papua New Guinean ethnic groups to stop fighting and killing each other or they will be evicted from the city. Parkop told the media and settlers living around Moresby South settlements who turned up at Badili police station on Friday that ... <a title="‘Stop fighting or be tossed out of Moresby,’ warns Parkop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/stop-fighting-or-be-tossed-out-of-moresby-warns-parkop/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stop fighting or be tossed out of Moresby,’ warns Parkop">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
By Charlie Dreaver, RNZ News political reporter Cook Island businesses holding out for much needed tourists have now got a reprieve with a travel bubble with New Zealand less than two weeks away. It will start on May 17, with Air New Zealand offering flights from May 18. During yesterday’s announcement, Cook Islands Prime Minister ... <a title="Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/cook-islands-pm-on-travel-bubble-today-we-start-to-rebuild/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with journalist Maria Ressa, who faces a possible lifetime in prison in the Philippines. A new website features hundreds of videos from prominent supporters around the world – with a call ... <a title="#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/holdtheline-hundreds-of-maria-ressa-supporters-post-pressure-videos/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, PhD Student/Epidemiologist, University of Wollongong In early 2020, during the first thrashes of the pandemic, we were all talking about herd immunity. At that stage, many commentators were arguing we should let COVID-19 rip through populations so we could get enough people immune to the ... <a title="We may never achieve long-term global herd immunity for COVID. But if we’re all vaccinated, we’ll be safe from the worst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/we-may-never-achieve-long-term-global-herd-immunity-for-covid-but-if-were-all-vaccinated-well-be-safe-from-the-worst-159821/" aria-label="Read more about We may never achieve long-term global herd immunity for COVID. But if we’re all vaccinated, we’ll be safe from the worst">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University What in America they call the State of the Union, in Australia we call the federal budget. As surprising as it may seem, Australian budgets aren’t really about money — they’re about values. As a ... <a title="The budget is a window into the treasurer’s soul. Here’s what to look for Tuesday night" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/the-budget-is-a-window-into-the-treasurers-soul-heres-what-to-look-for-tuesday-night-160086/" aria-label="Read more about The budget is a window into the treasurer’s soul. Here’s what to look for Tuesday night">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it ... <a title="Climate explained: when Antarctica melts, will gravity changes lift up land and lower sea levels?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/climate-explained-when-antarctica-melts-will-gravity-changes-lift-up-land-and-lower-sea-levels-155464/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: when Antarctica melts, will gravity changes lift up land and lower sea levels?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sangeetha Pillai, Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW There is a growing public and political outcry over the federal government’s sudden decision to ban Australians from coming home from India. But as everyone from Indian community leaders ... <a title="Is Australia’s India travel ban legal? A citizenship law expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/is-australias-india-travel-ban-legal-a-citizenship-law-expert-explains-160178/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia’s India travel ban legal? A citizenship law expert explains">Read more</a>
