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February 24, 2021
A View from Afar: Thursday March 4 @ midday (NZDST / Wednesday, 6pm USEST) Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will conduct a deep dive into the largely covert role of private enterprise in the intelligence, conflict, and war markets. Most recently, New Zealanders discovered that its national airline had been in business with the ... <a title="SCHEDULED LIVE: Buchanan + Manning on private enterprise and the conflict market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/live-video-buchanan-manning-on-private-enterprise-and-the-conflict-market/" aria-label="Read more about SCHEDULED LIVE: Buchanan + Manning on private enterprise and the conflict market">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua. Three young West Papuan men have been murdered by the Indonesian military in Intan Jaya Regency, and hundreds of residents have now fled the area in fear. Indonesia must urgently allow the International Committee of the Red Cross and the ... <a title="West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention over crisis, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/west-papua-needs-urgent-red-cross-intervention-over-crisis-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention over crisis, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report The federal government must act urgently to support small Australian news outlets that could be shut out of commercial deals with Facebook and Google under its News Media Bargaining Code, says the union for Australia’s journalists. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) said in a statement that it welcomed Facebook’s decision ... <a title="Facebook and Google deals may leave small publishers out in the cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/facebook-and-google-deals-may-leave-small-publishers-out-in-the-cold/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook and Google deals may leave small publishers out in the cold">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel William Crawford, Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute It emerged today that two aged-care residents in Brisbane were given an incorrect dose of the Pfizer vaccine — more than the amount recommended. The 88-year-old man and 94-year-old woman were receiving their vaccinations yesterday as part of ... <a title="When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/when-vaccinating-26-million-australians-expect-a-mistake-or-two-but-we-can-minimise-the-risk-of-repeating-queenslands-overdose-incident-155945/" aria-label="Read more about When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Analysis – Keith Rankin. It is not poor countries with poor access to vaccines that are getting the most new cases. But there are a number of very small countries in the Caribbean Sea and the Indian Ocean which are or were European colonial dependencies, and are very exposed to European covid spreaders. San Marino and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Where are the New Cases now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-where-are-the-new-cases-now/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Where are the New Cases now?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey Martin, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Paris Hilton — model, reality TV star, actor, pop singer and DJ — gained worldwide notoriety in 2003 because of a leaked sex tape. Over the years she has been viciously parodied and lampooned, famously on South Park and ... <a title="Podcast host, DJ …. how the much lampooned Paris Hilton has rewritten the celebrity script" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/podcast-host-dj-how-the-much-lampooned-paris-hilton-has-rewritten-the-celebrity-script-155304/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast host, DJ …. how the much lampooned Paris Hilton has rewritten the celebrity script">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology In every crisis there is opportunity. Even during New Zealand’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown last year, many people felt the pandemic offered a chance to tackle other global crises, especially climate change. The government responded to the pandemic ... <a title="New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/new-zealands-covid-19-stimulus-is-a-lost-opportunity-to-move-towards-a-low-emissions-economy-155838/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one that’s unlikely to be applied to the platforms it was intended to reign ... <a title="This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-heres-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865/" aria-label="Read more about This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but here’s what was lost along the way">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethan Greener, Associate Professor of Politics, Massey University National Party justice spokesperson Simon Bridges has accused New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of being a “wokester” whose commitment to “policing by consent” is out of step with the law. The claims were in response to Coster’s avowed ... <a title="Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/policing-by-consent-is-not-woke-it-is-fundamental-to-a-democratic-society-155866/" aria-label="Read more about Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University Disaster resilience and recovery conversations are filled with mentions of “community”, but collapsing various groups together this way fails to acknowledge that people experience disasters differently. For Indigenous peoples — whose experiences are shaped by vastly different ... <a title="Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/unwelcoming-and-reluctant-to-help-bushfire-recovery-hasnt-considered-aboriginal-culture-but-things-are-finally-starting-to-change-154954/" aria-label="Read more about Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Fifty dollars sounds like a lot. But the increase in the JobSeeker unemployment benefit announced by Prime Minister Morrison on Tuesday is $50 per fortnight, which is just $25 per week, and it will replace the ... <a title="The $50 boost to JobSeeker will take Australia’s payment from the lowest in the OECD to the second-lowest after Greece" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/24/the-50-boost-to-jobseeker-will-take-australias-payment-from-the-lowest-in-the-oecd-to-the-second-lowest-after-greece-155739/" aria-label="Read more about The $50 boost to JobSeeker will take Australia’s payment from the lowest in the OECD to the second-lowest after Greece">Read more</a>
