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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Resources minister Keith Pitt might have been a “no” when the Nationals debated the government’s climate plan but he was a winner in the deal struck between Scott Morrison and the Coalition’s minor partner. He has been restored to cabinet, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the climate plan and coal’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-keith-pitt-on-the-climate-plan-and-coals-future-170720/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the climate plan and coal’s future">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts are of the type that I have published approximately monthly. Last time, three weeks ago, the key covid places were clearly the Caribbean and the Balkans. This time, while these two regions are important pandemic sites, there is clearly a new outbreak beginning in the European Union, starting from ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Outbreaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-latest-outbreaks/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Outbreaks">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Moore, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia Shutterstock In 2017, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse handed down its final report. This came after years of social action and advocacy by survivors and their ... <a title="Does the government’s new national plan to combat child sexual abuse go far enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/does-the-governments-new-national-plan-to-combat-child-sexual-abuse-go-far-enough-170707/" aria-label="Read more about Does the government’s new national plan to combat child sexual abuse go far enough?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, UNSW Shutterstock This week the federal government announced proposed legislation to develop an online privacy code (or “OP Code”) setting tougher privacy standards for Facebook, Google, Amazon and many other online platforms. These companies collect and use ... <a title="A new proposed privacy code promises tough rules and $10 million penalties for tech giants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/a-new-proposed-privacy-code-promises-tough-rules-and-10-million-penalties-for-tech-giants-170711/" aria-label="Read more about A new proposed privacy code promises tough rules and $10 million penalties for tech giants">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
By Sam Olley, RNZ News reporter Ngāti Whātua kaitiaki remain in bolstered numbers at the border between Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau to stop protesters getting through. Together with Navy and police staff at Te Hana, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua has turned around about 50 people from anti-vax and anti-lockdown groups throughout this ... <a title="Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/kaitiaki-block-particularly-dangerous-anti-vax-protesters-at-auckland-border/" aria-label="Read more about Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
RNZ Pacific France has detailed an unprecedented security set-up for New Caledonia’s third and final independence referendum on December 12. The French authorities made the announcement as the pro-independence FLNKS called on its supporters to boycott the vote after France refused to delay it until next year. If the call is heeded, the anti-independence side ... <a title="France deploys big force to secure New Caledonia referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/france-deploys-big-force-to-secure-new-caledonia-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about France deploys big force to secure New Caledonia referendum">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has announced that there will not be a total lockdown of Port Moresby. He said the decision was made after much deliberation with key stakeholders in the city and the national government. “Instead we will focus on maintaining and upgrading the three-pronged approach ... <a title="Port Moresby backs off ‘total’ lockdown in city, says Governor Parkop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/port-moresby-backs-off-total-lockdown-in-city-says-governor-parkop/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby backs off ‘total’ lockdown in city, says Governor Parkop">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Grubsheet’s Graham Davis A public relations disaster for Fiji just as Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum head to Glasgow for COP26 as one of Britain’s leading media outlets — The Independent — carries out a detailed investigation into events at the University of the South Pacific. Fiji’s reputation in Britain ... <a title="Bainimarama’s Fiji faces investigative PR crisis on eve of climate COP26" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/bainimaramas-fiji-faces-investigative-pr-crisis-on-eve-of-climate-cop26/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama’s Fiji faces investigative PR crisis on eve of climate COP26">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Shaw, Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne After 18 months of lockdown, the City of Melbourne is understandably anxious to get people back to the CBD and inner areas. Commercial vacancy rates are high, international student numbers have plummeted and the streets are dead. The ... <a title="Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it’s window dressing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/can-artists-revive-dead-city-centres-without-long-term-tenancies-its-window-dressing-169822/" aria-label="Read more about Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it’s window dressing">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eibhlish O’Hara, Research Associate, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Participation in specialist sport programs keeps teenagers from low socioeconomic backgrounds at school and boosts their maths grades. This is what I found in my PhD study. Being engaged in learning can set people up for success in the ... <a title="‘It was the best five years of my life!’ How sports programs are keeping disadvantaged teens at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/it-was-the-best-five-years-of-my-life-how-sports-programs-are-keeping-disadvantaged-teens-at-school-162855/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It was the best five years of my life!’ How sports programs are keeping disadvantaged teens at school">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Juno, Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), today provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine to be used as a booster for anyone over the age of 18. The TGA said people can take ... <a title="Australians will soon receive COVID booster vaccines. Why do we need them, and how effective are they?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/australians-will-soon-receive-covid-booster-vaccines-why-do-we-need-them-and-how-effective-are-they-170368/" aria-label="Read more about Australians will soon receive COVID booster vaccines. Why do we need them, and how effective are they?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Shutterstock The Morrison government’s eleventh hour commitment to net zero by 2050 is a monumental failure. Critics rightly point out the government’s plan involves no increase to Australia’s 2030 climate target, no new funding or policies and few concrete details ... <a title="Australia’s net-zero plan fails to tackle our biggest contribution to climate change: fossil fuel exports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/australias-net-zero-plan-fails-to-tackle-our-biggest-contribution-to-climate-change-fossil-fuel-exports-170646/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s net-zero plan fails to tackle our biggest contribution to climate change: fossil fuel exports">Read more</a>
