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August 18, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s ruling Labour’s caucus has unanimously decided to suspend Hamilton West MP Dr Gaurav Sharma effective immediately in the wake of allegations of bullying of and by MPs. This morning, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s office confirmed the meeting to discuss allegations of bullying raised by Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma would ... <a title="Labour’s caucus suspends rogue MP Gaurav Sharma for ‘breach of trust’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/labours-caucus-suspends-rogue-mp-gaurav-sharma-for-breach-of-trust/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s caucus suspends rogue MP Gaurav Sharma for ‘breach of trust’">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the covid outbreak in the Marshall Islands a Public Health Emergency. A total of 571 new omicron cases of the virus were recorded in the latest 24-hour reporting period. Three people have died and more than 10 percent of the population in the capital Majuro have ... <a title="WHO declares public health emergency for Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/who-declares-public-health-emergency-for-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about WHO declares public health emergency for Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Two days after being elected as Prime Minister again in Papua New Guinea, James Marape took his first official trip as the country’s leader while hitting the ground running in groundbreaking clean green energy projects he has been championing over the past two years. He met with leaders of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) ... <a title="Marape’s ‘mystery’ green energy Singapore trip explained at midnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/marapes-mystery-green-energy-singapore-trip-explained-at-midnight/" aria-label="Read more about Marape’s ‘mystery’ green energy Singapore trip explained at midnight">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal editor and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Marshall Islands is a live demonstration that the omicron BA.5 variant is the most contagious covid variant yet to appear. In the first five days of the outbreak in the Marshall Islands, more than 10 percent of the population in Majuro, ... <a title="Marshall Islands covid spread demonstrates super variant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/marshall-islands-covid-spread-demonstrates-super-variant/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands covid spread demonstrates super variant">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Unfathomably, Australia’s unemployment rate has sunk to 3.5%. Even harder to believe is that it will soon sink lower – perhaps even this week, when the update is released on Thursday – and after ... <a title="Why unemployment is set to stay below 5% for years to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/why-unemployment-is-set-to-stay-below-5-for-years-to-come-188705/" aria-label="Read more about Why unemployment is set to stay below 5% for years to come">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Jeff Busby/Melbourne Theatre Compnay Review: Laurinda, directed by Petra Kalive. The Melbourne Theatre Company’s Laurinda is a smart re-framing of Alice Pung’s classic coming-of-age novel about the racism inherent in the privileged world of private school culture. In ... <a title="Witty and relevant, a stage adaptation of Alice Pung’s Laurinda is filled with intelligence and humour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/witty-and-relevant-a-stage-adaptation-of-alice-pungs-laurinda-is-filled-with-intelligence-and-humour-187619/" aria-label="Read more about Witty and relevant, a stage adaptation of Alice Pung’s Laurinda is filled with intelligence and humour">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The revelation that Scott Morrison secretly had himself appointed to five separate portfolios has triggered widespread outrage, just when the broader question of integrity has been a big political issue. In this podcast, Michelle Grattan speaks with Independent member for ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Crossbencher Helen Haines on Morrison and integrity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-crossbencher-helen-haines-on-morrison-and-integrity-188986/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Crossbencher Helen Haines on Morrison and integrity">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jinhyun Cho, Senior Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at Macquarie University, Macquarie University D B CE DB AFA A Is Australia an English-speaking country? The answer seems obvious. Although Australia does not have an official language, English is so pervasive that a full life in Australia is ... <a title="Hidden gems: Translators and interpreters in Australia play a critical if seldom seen role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/hidden-gems-translators-and-interpreters-in-australia-play-a-critical-if-seldom-seen-role-188603/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden gems: Translators and interpreters in Australia play a critical if seldom seen role">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michaela Lang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Kindel Media/Pexels, CC BY Cold weather and rising energy costs, combined with poor-quality housing, have left many renters struggling to keep warm this winter. The Cold and Costly report released this week by Better Renting shows how ... <a title="‘I’ve never actually met them’: what will motivate landlords to fix cold and costly homes for renters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/ive-never-actually-met-them-what-will-motivate-landlords-to-fix-cold-and-costly-homes-for-renters-188827/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’ve never actually met them’: what will motivate landlords to fix cold and costly homes for renters?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University Author provided The world’s oceans are absorbing more than 90% of the excess heat and energy generated by rising greenhouse gas emissions. But, as the oceans keep warming, ... <a title="Warming oceans may force New Zealand’s sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/warming-oceans-may-force-new-zealands-sperm-and-blue-whales-to-shift-to-cooler-southern-waters-188522/" aria-label="Read more about Warming oceans may force New Zealand’s sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. MacKenzie, Associate Professor in Economics, The University of Queensland Veeterzy/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Could Australia soon have a form of emissions trading? Yes, if Labor’s much-anticipated paper on fixing Australia’s mediocre emissions-reduction framework, released today, is any guide. At present, Australia relies on the controversial safeguard ... <a title="Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/australia-may-be-heading-for-emissions-trading-between-big-polluters-188799/" aria-label="Read more about Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Bessell, Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Photo by Orlando Vera/Pexels, CC BY An eight-year-old boy is often hungry, but knows if he tells his mum, she will eat less herself and go hungry. He hates the thought, so he ... <a title="We asked children how they experienced poverty. Here are 6 changes needed now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/we-asked-children-how-they-experienced-poverty-here-are-6-changes-needed-now-180567/" aria-label="Read more about We asked children how they experienced poverty. Here are 6 changes needed now">Read more</a>
