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Year: 2022

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Port Moresby back to normal after 36 hours of election tension

July 27, 2022

By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby After 36 hours of unrest, fear and anxiety, Port Moresby city woke up yesterday morning to a quiet start under the watchful eyes of the police and military personnel as tensions slowly faded. Kicking off to a slow start, shops and business houses opened their doors to the public ... <a title="Port Moresby back to normal after 36 hours of election tension" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/port-moresby-back-to-normal-after-36-hours-of-election-tension/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby back to normal after 36 hours of election tension">Read more</a>

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Bougainville’s Toroama visits Ona’s rebel village 25 years after civil war

July 27, 2022

The National Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has visited Guava village in the heartland of the Panguna mine in Central Bougainville to pay his respects to the resting place of Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) leader Francis Ona. It was the first time President Toroama had visited Guava in 25 years after the 1997 Roreinang coup that ... <a title="Bougainville’s Toroama visits Ona’s rebel village 25 years after civil war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/bougainvilles-toroama-visits-onas-rebel-village-25-years-after-civil-war/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville’s Toroama visits Ona’s rebel village 25 years after civil war">Read more</a>

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Tokelau keen to get its people stuck abroad back home again

July 27, 2022

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Plans are underway to help Tokelauans stuck abroad, mostly in New Zealand and Samoa, to return home. The general manager for the office of the Taupulega (council of elders) of the atoll of Nukunonu, Asi Pasilio, said borders had been shut for more than two years with the country ... <a title="Tokelau keen to get its people stuck abroad back home again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/tokelau-keen-to-get-its-people-stuck-abroad-back-home-again/" aria-label="Read more about Tokelau keen to get its people stuck abroad back home again">Read more</a>

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NZ has bigger problems than a social media post while in Hawai’i, says Luxon

July 27, 2022

RNZ News Opposition National Party leader Christopher Luxon says there are more important issues facing Aotearoa New Zealand than the controversy over a party social media post while he was holidaying in Hawai’i. He has admitted he was holidaying in Hawai’i last week despite his social media posts suggesting he was visiting provincial New Zealand. ... <a title="NZ has bigger problems than a social media post while in Hawai’i, says Luxon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/nz-has-bigger-problems-than-a-social-media-post-while-in-hawaii-says-luxon/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has bigger problems than a social media post while in Hawai’i, says Luxon">Read more</a>

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Inflation is being amplified by firms with market power

July 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The upsurge in inflation has revived old debates about what causes it. Until recently, it has been an article of faith among both businesses and union leaders that inflation is “cost-push”, meaning it is caused by ... <a title="Inflation is being amplified by firms with market power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/inflation-is-being-amplified-by-firms-with-market-power-187418/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation is being amplified by firms with market power">Read more</a>

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Australia’s Economy – Inflation hasn’t been higher for 32 years. What now?

July 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Inflation jumped from 5.1% to a new long-term high of 6.1% in the June quarter, a rate matched only by short-lived jump caused by the introduction of the goods and services tax, and ... <a title="Australia’s Economy – Inflation hasn’t been higher for 32 years. What now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/inflation-hasnt-been-higher-for-32-years-what-now-187452/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Economy – Inflation hasn’t been higher for 32 years. What now?">Read more</a>

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Labor has introduced its controversial climate bill to parliament. Here’s how to give it real teeth

July 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Lucas Coch/AAP Earlier today, the federal government introduced its hotly awaited climate change bill to parliament. Despite the attention and controversy it’s attracted, the proposed legislation – as it stands – would be almost entirely symbolic. Labor ... <a title="Labor has introduced its controversial climate bill to parliament. Here’s how to give it real teeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/labor-has-introduced-its-controversial-climate-bill-to-parliament-heres-how-to-give-it-real-teeth-187762/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has introduced its controversial climate bill to parliament. Here’s how to give it real teeth">Read more</a>

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New COVID variants may be more transmissible but that doesn’t mean the R0 – or basic reproduction number – has increased

July 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Shearer, Research Fellow, Epidemic Decision Support, The University of Melbourne During the pandemic we have all become familiar with a lot of epidemiological concepts. One that was introduced to us early in 2020 is the “basic reproductive number”, or R0. This tells us about the intrinsic ... <a title="New COVID variants may be more transmissible but that doesn’t mean the R0 – or basic reproduction number – has increased" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/new-covid-variants-may-be-more-transmissible-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-r0-or-basic-reproduction-number-has-increased-186826/" aria-label="Read more about New COVID variants may be more transmissible but that doesn’t mean the R0 – or basic reproduction number – has increased">Read more</a>

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Why does my cat kick litter all over the place? 4 tips from cat experts

July 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Does your cat kick litter all over the floor? What does this mean and how can you stop it? Despite being skilled predators, cats are also mesopredators, meaning they are both predators and ... <a title="Why does my cat kick litter all over the place? 4 tips from cat experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/why-does-my-cat-kick-litter-all-over-the-place-4-tips-from-cat-experts-186928/" aria-label="Read more about Why does my cat kick litter all over the place? 4 tips from cat experts">Read more</a>

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Amazon just took over a primary healthcare company for a lot of money. Should we be worried?

July 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock This week Amazon announced plans to fork out US$3.9 billion (A$5.6 billion) to acquire US healthcare company One Medical. One Medical reportedly provides primary care on a membership basis to some 800,000 people across the United ... <a title="Amazon just took over a primary healthcare company for a lot of money. Should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/amazon-just-took-over-a-primary-healthcare-company-for-a-lot-of-money-should-we-be-worried-187627/" aria-label="Read more about Amazon just took over a primary healthcare company for a lot of money. Should we be worried?">Read more</a>

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A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: a lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence

July 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Shutterstock Disturbing footage emerged this week of a chess-playing robot breaking the finger of a seven-year-old child during a tournament in Russia. Public commentary on this event highlights some ... <a title="A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: a lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/a-robot-breaks-the-finger-of-a-7-year-old-a-lesson-in-the-need-for-stronger-regulation-of-artificial-intelligence-187612/" aria-label="Read more about A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: a lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence">Read more</a>

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We analysed NZ Twitter users’ language during lockdown – with surprising results

July 27, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato Shutterstock Social media has the reputation of being spontaneous, rushed, prone to typos and ungrammatical sentences, and generally a linguistic disaster. And some of it is. However, analysis of Twitter posts on the topic of COVID-19 suggests ... <a title="We analysed NZ Twitter users’ language during lockdown – with surprising results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/27/we-analysed-nz-twitter-users-language-during-lockdown-with-surprising-results-187520/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed NZ Twitter users’ language during lockdown – with surprising results">Read more</a>