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April 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A West Papuan envoy who was gagged while addressing the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues two years ago is due to speak again today. For six years, John Anari, leader of the West Papua Liberation Organisation (WPLO) and an “ambassador” of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), ... <a title="‘Gagged’ West Papuan envoy to raise self-determination issue again at UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/gagged-west-papuan-envoy-to-raise-self-determination-issue-again-at-un/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Gagged’ West Papuan envoy to raise self-determination issue again at UN">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia Samoa could end going back to the polls should a tie of 26/26 between the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) and the Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party ensue. The caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, told the media yesterday of the possibility of a united government ... <a title="Samoa could go back to the polls with a hung parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/samoa-could-go-back-to-the-polls-with-a-hung-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa could go back to the polls with a hung parliament">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The numbers of Australian citizens and permanent residents allowed to return from India and other COVID “high risk” countries are to be restricted. With COVID surging in India, the cases in quarantine among people arriving from India have risen significantly. ... <a title="Numbers returning from India cut because of increase in quarantine cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/numbers-returning-from-india-cut-because-of-increase-in-quarantine-cases-159581/" aria-label="Read more about Numbers returning from India cut because of increase in quarantine cases">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra We shouldn’t be surprised at the Kevin Rudd-Malcolm Turnbull bromance. After all, we saw the same with Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam. The stronger the earlier political antipathy, it seems, the closer the later collaboration. Rudd’s fury over Turnbull’s refusal ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: As Morrison struggles with 2050, the climate leaders up the ante for 2030" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/grattan-on-friday-as-morrison-struggles-with-2050-the-climate-leaders-up-the-ante-for-2030-159559/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: As Morrison struggles with 2050, the climate leaders up the ante for 2030">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Stories last week from Radio New Zealand: Expert analysis: low interest rates vs soaring house prices, Nine to Noon, 15 April 2021. And refer to: Arthur Grimes: How to fix a broken Auckland? Add 150,000 homes to crash prices by 40%; The Spinoff, 4 July 2016 Bernard Hickey: PM says Arthur ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Money, Housing, and King Canute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/keith-rankin-analysis-money-housing-and-king-canute/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Money, Housing, and King Canute">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Clarke, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The Morrison government’s decision to scrap Victoria’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement with China was based on Australia’s new Foreign Relations Act, which says the foreign minister may ensure that arrangements entered by state ... <a title="Why scrap Victoria’s ‘meaningless’ Belt and Road deal? Because it sends a powerful message to Beijing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/why-scrap-victorias-meaningless-belt-and-road-deal-because-it-sends-a-powerful-message-to-beijing-159536/" aria-label="Read more about Why scrap Victoria’s ‘meaningless’ Belt and Road deal? Because it sends a powerful message to Beijing">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Broer, Head of molecular nutrition group, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University From time to time, generally when there’s a public case of a hunger strike, people ask me how long a person can survive without food. The hunger strike generating attention at ... <a title="Alexei Navalny has been on a hunger strike for over 3 weeks. How long can humans survive without food?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/alexei-navalny-has-been-on-a-hunger-strike-for-over-3-weeks-how-long-can-humans-survive-without-food-159349/" aria-label="Read more about Alexei Navalny has been on a hunger strike for over 3 weeks. How long can humans survive without food?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meghan Hockey, PhD Candidate, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Deakin University Almost half of all Australians live with a chronic disease, which contribute to some 90% of deaths. It’s no secret our diet can have a major impact on our health. But our new umbrella review, published this week ... <a title="Clear evidence for a link between pro-inflammatory diets and 27 chronic diseases. Here’s how you can eat better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/clear-evidence-for-a-link-between-pro-inflammatory-diets-and-27-chronic-diseases-heres-how-you-can-eat-better-158451/" aria-label="Read more about Clear evidence for a link between pro-inflammatory diets and 27 chronic diseases. Here’s how you can eat better">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Moana Kolff, Lecturer, UNSW Two videos were removed this week from the Australian government’s recently released sexuality education resource for schools. The government released the Good Society resource in mid April, which consists of more than 350 materials including videos, digital stories and podcasts to teach ... <a title="Teaching young people about sex is too important to get wrong. Here are 5 videos that actually hit the mark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/teaching-young-people-about-sex-is-too-important-to-get-wrong-here-are-5-videos-that-actually-hit-the-mark-159438/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching young people about sex is too important to get wrong. Here are 5 videos that actually hit the mark">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shams Rahman, Professor of Supply Chain Management, RMIT University The 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring 2,600 more, is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. It is not just the body count, though, that made the collapse of the Rana ... <a title="8 years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment workers are still bottom of the pile" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/8-years-after-the-rana-plaza-tragedy-bangladeshs-garment-workers-are-still-bottom-of-the-pile-159224/" aria-label="Read more about 8 years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment workers are still bottom of the pile">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University As tensions with China continue to grow, Japan is making moves to join the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance. This week, Japan’s ambassador to Australia, Shingo Yamagami, told The Sydney Morning Herald he was “optimistic” about his country ... <a title="From Five Eyes to Six? Japan’s push to join the West’s intelligence alliance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/from-five-eyes-to-six-japans-push-to-join-the-wests-intelligence-alliance-159429/" aria-label="Read more about From Five Eyes to Six? Japan’s push to join the West’s intelligence alliance">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The recent crash of a Tesla car in the United States, in which two people died, has reignited debate about the capabilities and safety of today’s “self-driving” technologies. Tesla cars include an “autopilot” feature which monitors ... <a title="‘Self-driving’ cars are still a long way off. Here are three reasons why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/self-driving-cars-are-still-a-long-way-off-here-are-three-reasons-why-159234/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Self-driving’ cars are still a long way off. Here are three reasons why">Read more</a>
