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February 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will ensure COVID tests are tax deductible for workers and exempt from fringe benefits tax for businesses when purchased for work-related purposes. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will announce on Monday that the government will remove uncertainty around the ... <a title="Australia is seeing a ‘great reshuffle’ not a ‘great resignation’ in workforce: Frydenberg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/07/australia-is-seeing-a-great-reshuffle-not-a-great-resignation-in-workforce-frydenberg-176516/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is seeing a ‘great reshuffle’ not a ‘great resignation’ in workforce: Frydenberg">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An umbrella organisation representing Papuan students worldwide has been formed with a renewed commitment to strengthening their efforts to gain “quality education”. Five country groups affiliated to the International Alliance of Papuan Students Associations Overseas (IAPSAO) met virtually yesterday to make a united stance on Papuan education, affirming their appeal last ... <a title="Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/06/papuan-students-form-umbrella-body-reaffirm-campaign-for-education-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Suzanne Wilkinson, Mohamed Elkharboutly and Regan Potangaroa, Massey University While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami on January 15, it’s clear the island nation has suffered significant damage to housing stock and infrastructure. Once initial clean-up work is done, the focus then turns to rebuilding — ... <a title="Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/rebuilding-post-eruption-tonga-4-key-lessons-from-fiji-after-cyclone-winston/" aria-label="Read more about Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand has recorded its highest number of community cases in one day, with 243 new cases reported today. The previous highest number of cases reported in one day was 222 during the delta outbreak in November. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the continued increase in cases today was “a reminder ... <a title="New Zealand posts record 243 new daily covid cases in community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/new-zealand-posts-record-243-new-daily-covid-cases-in-community/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand posts record 243 new daily covid cases in community">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Florian Vogt, Senior Research Fellow, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Shutterstock Early in the pandemic, the COVIDSafe app was designed as a tool to improve contact tracing. And a multimedia campaign promoted it as helping to find more COVID contacts faster. Now, almost two years after its launch ... <a title="The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. We crunched the numbers to see what really happened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/the-covidsafe-app-was-designed-to-help-contact-tracers-we-crunched-the-numbers-to-see-what-really-happened-172242/" aria-label="Read more about The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. We crunched the numbers to see what really happened">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne; Alexandra Wake, RMIT University, and Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University News Corp Australia and Google have announced the creation of the Digital News Academy in partnership with the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne. It will provide digital skills training for News Corp journalists and other ... <a title="Journalism academics question News Corp’s deal with Google and Melbourne Business School" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/journalism-academics-question-news-corps-deal-with-google-and-melbourne-business-school/" aria-label="Read more about Journalism academics question News Corp’s deal with Google and Melbourne Business School">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby Air travellers were left stranded and fuming country-wide as airlines Air Niugini and PNG Air hit a rough patch in operations due to wet weather and a large number of their key staff falling sick and unable to be at work. Flight cancellations were the order of the day ... <a title="Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/chaos-as-png-airlines-cancel-flights-with-majority-of-staff-off-sick/" aria-label="Read more about Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Peter Davis With the arrival of the omicron variant on our shores, it is hard to believe, judging by the media coverage — particularly on MIQ, that the Aotearoa New Zealand government has got anything right in its pandemic response. One important feature that has been missed in the debate on New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/nz-deserves-far-more-respect-for-keeping-covid-deaths-so-low/" aria-label="Read more about NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting Māori health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand are holding back on covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of growing anti-vaxxer protest in the wider Whanganui region. That is despite the area recording the second-lowest rate in the country of vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11 years. Iwi ... <a title="Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for tamariki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/iwi-clinic-egged-as-anti-vaxxers-force-caution-in-vaccine-rollout-for-tamariki/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for tamariki">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care ... <a title="View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/view-from-the-hill-aged-care-residents-are-paying-for-lessons-not-learned-fast-enough-176472/" aria-label="Read more about View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock News Corp Australia and Google have announced the creation of the Digital News Academy in partnership with the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne. It will provide digital skills training for ... <a title="News Corp’s deal with Google and the Melbourne Business School questioned by journalism academics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/news-corps-deal-with-google-and-the-melbourne-business-school-questioned-by-journalism-academics-176462/" aria-label="Read more about News Corp’s deal with Google and the Melbourne Business School questioned by journalism academics">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW shutterstock If you’re paying off a mortgage – or aspiring to – imagine if you didn’t have to worry so much about rising interest rates. That’s already the reality for US home buyers. Unlike in Australia, most mortgages in the US ... <a title="Vital Signs: What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/vital-signs-whats-wrong-with-australian-mortgages-theyre-fixed-for-shareholders-not-home-owners-176234/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners">Read more</a>
