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June 16, 2022
RNZ Pacific Switzerland will not allow visa-free entry for Vanuatu citizens whose passports were issued on or after May 25, 2015. The ban will stay in place until February 3, 2023. This follows a decision in March by the European Union’s Council to partially call off the visa waiver agreement with Vanuatu. The EU had ... <a title="Switzerland bans most Vanuatu visa free entry over ‘golden threat’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/switzerland-bans-most-vanuatu-visa-free-entry-over-golden-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Switzerland bans most Vanuatu visa free entry over ‘golden threat’">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
RNZ Pacific Samoa and China do not have any plans for military ties, Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa says. Fiamē — who is on a three-day trip to Aotearoa — is making her first official bilateral trip abroad since becoming leader last year. Her visit marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between New Zealand ... <a title="Samoa and China have no plans for military ties, says Fiamē" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/samoa-and-china-have-no-plans-for-military-ties-says-fiame/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa and China have no plans for military ties, says Fiamē">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Former FijiFirst party member and parliamentarian Alifereti Nabulivou claims many Fijians across the country have only one thing in mind: “They no longer want the FijiFirst party in power.” A staunch supporter of the Unity Fiji party since 2018, Nabulivou highlighted this during a recent campaign meeting in Mokani, Bau, ... <a title="Fijians ‘no longer want FijiFirst in power’, says former party MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/fijians-no-longer-want-fijifirst-in-power-says-former-party-mp/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians ‘no longer want FijiFirst in power’, says former party MP">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pamela McCalman, PhD Candidate and Midwife, La Trobe University shutterstock While Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth, First Nations women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than other Australian women (17.5 vs 5.5 per 100,000 women from ... <a title="First Nations mothers are more likely to die during childbirth. More First Nations midwives could close this gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/first-nations-mothers-are-more-likely-to-die-during-childbirth-more-first-nations-midwives-could-close-this-gap-182935/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations mothers are more likely to die during childbirth. More First Nations midwives could close this gap">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Goot, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University Addressing the first meeting of Labor’s new caucus, Anthony Albanese held out the prospect of “back-to-back premierships”. But a second-term in government isn’t a given, he implied – it is something Labor will have to earn. ... <a title="Governments usually win a second term. But could the new Labor government be an exception?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/governments-usually-win-a-second-term-but-could-the-new-labor-government-be-an-exception-184845/" aria-label="Read more about Governments usually win a second term. But could the new Labor government be an exception?">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tin Fei Sim, Senior Lecturer, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University CDC/Unsplash With Australians learning to live with COVID and resuming international travel, cases of influenza are steadily rising. Getting a flu shot reduces your chance of catching the flu caused by four flu virus strains covered by ... <a title="Which flu shot should I choose? And what are cell-based and ‘adjuvanted’ vaccines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/which-flu-shot-should-i-choose-and-what-are-cell-based-and-adjuvanted-vaccines-184325/" aria-label="Read more about Which flu shot should I choose? And what are cell-based and ‘adjuvanted’ vaccines?">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra McEwan, Lecturer: Law, CQUniversity Australia Tonia Kraakman/Unsplash, CC BY An e-petition against greyhound racing to the Tasmanian parliament reached a record number of signatures last week, with 13,519 people demanding the state government end public funding of the industry. The previous record in Tasmania was 11,699 ... <a title="Greyhound racing: despite waning public support, governments are spending big to keep the industry running" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/greyhound-racing-despite-waning-public-support-governments-are-spending-big-to-keep-the-industry-running-184849/" aria-label="Read more about Greyhound racing: despite waning public support, governments are spending big to keep the industry running">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Mitchell, Associate Professor Health and Societal Outcomes, Macquarie University Shutterstock NAPLAN scores can tell us about a child’s learning, but can they also help us to support learners who have had a serious injury or a long-term chronic illness like asthma or epilepsy? Children who spend ... <a title="Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/time-in-hospital-sets-back-tens-of-thousands-of-childrens-learning-each-year-but-targeted-support-can-help-them-catch-up-184313/" aria-label="Read more about Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Lycett, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University Since 2001 our research group has asked 2,000 Australians every year how they’re doing. Are they satisfied with their standard of living, their relationships, purpose in life, community connectedness, safety, health and ... <a title="5 charts on Australian well-being, and the surprising effects of the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/5-charts-on-australian-well-being-and-the-surprising-effects-of-the-pandemic-183537/" aria-label="Read more about 5 charts on Australian well-being, and the surprising effects of the pandemic">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony O’Donnell, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Law, La Trobe University Shutterstock When Labor leader Anthony Albanese couldn’t quote Australia’s unemployment rate in the first week of the election campaign, many said it didn’t matter: the Australian Bureau of Statistics figure was “meaningless”; “fudged”; “manipulated”; and didn’t ... <a title="How we invented ‘unemployment’ – and why we’re outgrowing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/how-we-invented-unemployment-and-why-were-outgrowing-it-183545/" aria-label="Read more about How we invented ‘unemployment’ – and why we’re outgrowing it">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Shutterstock Barely a month ago Anthony Albanese was derided as a “loose unit” for endorsing a 5.1% increase in the minimum wage. His rationale was, with 5.1% inflation, the incomes of ... <a title="This 5.2% decision on the minimum wage could shift the trajectory for all workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/this-5-2-decision-on-the-minimum-wage-could-shift-the-trajectory-for-all-workers-185117/" aria-label="Read more about This 5.2% decision on the minimum wage could shift the trajectory for all workers">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University Australia’s energy market operator has just suspended the National Electricity market. That means instead of the price for wholesale electricity being set competitively, the market operator (AEMO) sets fixed prices and will take a greater role in directing which power stations ... <a title="Australia’s National Electricity Market was just suspended. Here’s why and what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/15/australias-national-electricity-market-was-just-suspended-heres-why-and-what-happens-next-185136/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s National Electricity Market was just suspended. Here’s why and what happens next">Read more</a>
