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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock International students are returning to Australia after almost two years of closed borders. The number of international students in Australia increased by 29,856 in the first six weeks after the Australian government opened the border to them in ... <a title="International students are coming back and it’s not just universities sighing with relief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/international-students-are-coming-back-and-its-not-just-universities-sighing-with-relief-176530/" aria-label="Read more about International students are coming back and it’s not just universities sighing with relief">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The disruption of the COVID pandemic has led many of us to reconsider our relationship to work, as well as our spending priorities. Some are eager to return to pre-pandemic “normality”. Others have found working from ... <a title="There’s never been a better time for Australia to embrace the 4-day week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/theres-never-been-a-better-time-for-australia-to-embrace-the-4-day-week-176374/" aria-label="Read more about There’s never been a better time for Australia to embrace the 4-day week">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has said he is “devastated” by failing to deliver the religious discrimination legislation but declared he would rather lay down the attempt than see the protections compromised. He confirmed the legislation is dead for this term – the ... <a title="Morrison draws on Bible story to explain refusal to compromise on religious discrimination package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/morrison-draws-on-bible-story-to-explain-refusal-to-compromise-on-religious-discrimination-package-177043/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison draws on Bible story to explain refusal to compromise on religious discrimination package">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
RNZ News Hundreds of anti-mandate protesters remained on the New Zealand Parliament lawn today as health officials reported a big increase in covid-19 cases nationally. But some have been driven away by the heavy rain and the gale force winds from the tailend of Cyclone Dovi lashing the capital Wellington. The Health Ministry reported that ... <a title="NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost double to 810" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/nz-protest-at-parliament-enters-sixth-day-covid-cases-almost-double-to-810/" aria-label="Read more about NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost double to 810">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva The United States insists it is a Pacific nation and has unveiled a raft of new strategies to better engage with other nations in the Region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the first Secretary of State to visit Fiji in nearly 37 years. During his ... <a title="US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/us-announces-deeper-engagement-strategy-to-match-china-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
Police say a protester who needed medical attention within New Zealand’s Parliament grounds last night had to wait for ambulance staff to get through the roads blocked by vehicles. The protest against covid-19 protection measures has continued through its fifth day with police saying new tents and marquees had been erected while police have strengthened ... <a title="Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/stronger-police-barriers-heavy-rain-covid-ads-dont-dampen-nz-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson has warned that although people have a right to protest when “they threaten, harass and disrupt people and a whole city they lose that right”. In a post on Facebook, Robertson — who is also Finance Minister and MP for Central Wellington where the five-day-old Parliament ... <a title="Right to protest lost for those who ‘threaten, harass and disrupt’, warns deputy PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/right-to-protest-lost-for-those-who-threaten-harass-and-disrupt-warns-deputy-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Right to protest lost for those who ‘threaten, harass and disrupt’, warns deputy PM">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
RNZ Pacific Strengthening democracy and rolling back corruption in the Pacific must be front of mind for Pacific leaders meeting with the US Secretary of State today. Transparency International says the Pacific is facing a number of existential threats, so good governance is critical to open up opportunities for prosperity. The watchdog group says governments ... <a title="Transparency watchdog seeks US help to tackle Pacific corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/transparency-watchdog-seeks-us-help-to-tackle-pacific-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about Transparency watchdog seeks US help to tackle Pacific corruption">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
RNZ News Police say misinformation and a “range of different causes and motivations” are making it difficult to resolve the situation with protesters at New Zealand’s Parliament. In a statement this afternoon, Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said police were continuing to monitor the protest activity at Parliament grounds as new community cases of ... <a title="Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/covid-19-outbreak-misinformation-spreading-among-nzs-parliament-protesters-say-police/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Steven Saphore NSW state byelections occurred Saturday in the seats of Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby. Labor gained Bega and held Strathfield, but the Nationals held Monaro. In Willoughby, the Liberals are likely to ... <a title="Mixed NSW byelection results do not imply voters in a “baseball bat” mood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/mixed-nsw-byelection-results-do-not-imply-voters-in-a-baseball-bat-mood-176879/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed NSW byelection results do not imply voters in a “baseball bat” mood">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lavina Lee, Senior lecturer, Macquarie University The stakes were high when the foreign ministers of the Quad security group met in Melbourne this week. The US has warned a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent. And Russian President Vladimir Putin had just met with his Chinese ... <a title="The Quad has a strategy to counter China and Russia: be a force for global good without ideological warfare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/12/the-quad-has-a-strategy-to-counter-china-and-russia-be-a-force-for-global-good-without-ideological-warfare-176555/" aria-label="Read more about The Quad has a strategy to counter China and Russia: be a force for global good without ideological warfare">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Unsplash/NeONBRAND A focus on pleasure in sexual health education can increase condom use and enhance positive attitudes toward safe sex, according to a new international study ... <a title="Sex ed needs to talk about pleasure and fun. Safe sex depends on it and condom use rises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/12/sex-ed-needs-to-talk-about-pleasure-and-fun-safe-sex-depends-on-it-and-condom-use-rises-176572/" aria-label="Read more about Sex ed needs to talk about pleasure and fun. Safe sex depends on it and condom use rises">Read more</a>
