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February 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Bianca de Marchi Four state byelections will occur in NSW on Saturday, with polls closing at 6pm AEDT. The byelections are in the seats of Bega (Lib, 6.9% margin at the 2019 election), Monaro ... <a title="NSW byelections preview; federal Coalition rebounds in Essential poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/nsw-byelections-preview-federal-coalition-rebounds-in-essential-poll-176348/" aria-label="Read more about NSW byelections preview; federal Coalition rebounds in Essential poll">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Protests, anti vaccination, mandates Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Signs of a schism as anti-mandate ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 10 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-10-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 10 2022">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock Many of us have taken a rapid antigen test (RAT) or have administered them to our school-aged children. But how many of us are using them correctly? ... <a title="15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen test, from storing in the freezer to sampling snot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/15-things-not-to-do-when-using-a-rapid-antigen-test-from-storing-in-the-freezer-to-sampling-snot-176364/" aria-label="Read more about 15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen test, from storing in the freezer to sampling snot">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Hutchins, Professor of Media and Communications, Monash University Shutterstock As we head towards the end of the summer sporting calendar, Cricket Australia is facing pressing questions well beyond replacing Justin Langer as coach of the men’s national teams. Chief among them is the question of climate ... <a title="Time for a reckoning: Cricket Australia, fossil fuel sponsorship and climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/time-for-a-reckoning-cricket-australia-fossil-fuel-sponsorship-and-climate-change-176707/" aria-label="Read more about Time for a reckoning: Cricket Australia, fossil fuel sponsorship and climate change">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute shutterstock Australia’s unemployment rate – now at 4.2% – is at its lowest in more than a decade. It’s not too far off slipping below 4%, something that hasn’t happened for the best part of half a century. This ... <a title="The myth that won’t die: shutting down immigration did not kickstart the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/the-myth-that-wont-die-shutting-down-immigration-did-not-kickstart-the-economy-176457/" aria-label="Read more about The myth that won’t die: shutting down immigration did not kickstart the economy">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Lecturer – School of Art, RMIT University Vivienne Binns Somebody’s every day, somewhere, sometime, 2009. Acrylic paint on canvas. 152 x 183cm MCA/Tim Herbert Review: Vivienne Binns: On and through the Surface, MUMA In 1967, Vivienne Binns blasted onto the art scene with her Vag ... <a title="Meet Vivienne Binns, the Australian artist whose work was called ‘an affront to masculinity’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/meet-vivienne-binns-the-australian-artist-whose-work-was-called-an-affront-to-masculinity-175635/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Vivienne Binns, the Australian artist whose work was called ‘an affront to masculinity’">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In a humiliating rebuff to Scott Morrison, a revolt by Liberal backbenchers has struck down the provisions of the sex discrimination act that allow discrimination against gay and transgender children. In the early hours of Thursday, five Liberals crossed the ... <a title="Liberal revolt removes all discrimination against gay and transgender children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/liberal-revolt-removes-all-discrimination-against-gay-and-transgender-children-176808/" aria-label="Read more about Liberal revolt removes all discrimination against gay and transgender children">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Police handcuffed three people after protesters today tried to push through a barrier on the grounds of New Zealand’s Parliament — known as the Beehive. The group is part of a convoy which travelled to the capital Wellington yesterday to protest against covid-19 vaccine mandates. After trying to push through the blockade this afternoon, three ... <a title="Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/police-arrest-3-nz-anti-vax-protesters-after-push-through-beehive-barrier/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
RNZ News More than 50 police have formed a ring around the front of New Zealand’s Parliament today edging up to a line of protesters who have linked arms lining up in front of the Cenotaph. One person speaking said he would walk up the Parliament steps at 3pm and get arrested, inviting others in ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/covid-19-nz-protesters-camped-at-parliament-warned-over-trespass/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Suspension of the news manager of Papua New Guinea’s major television channel, EMTV, has sparked a flurry of protest from senior news personalities and independent who condemn the apparent political pressure on the broadcaster. Long standing and experienced news manager Sincha Dimara has reportedly been suspended over news judgement in a ... <a title="Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/suspension-of-emtvs-news-chief-sparks-png-journo-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific Several hundred more cases of covid in Solomon Islands … Kiribati records first covid death …nearly 12,000 in isolation in New Caledonia … French Polynesia records first covid death in nearly four months … Federated States of Micronesia calls a halt to flights from neighbouring Guam … a partial border re-opening in the ... <a title="Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/latest-covid-19-reports-roundup-across-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific Investigators in French Polynesia have reassessed their case against the pro-independence leader Oscar Manutahi Temaru, who has challenged the seizure of his US$100,000 savings. The money was taken at the behest of the French prosecutor as part of a probe into the community radio station funding of Temaru’s defence in a trial in ... <a title="Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/temaru-defence-controversy-in-radio-tefana-political-case-revisited/" aria-label="Read more about Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited">Read more</a>
