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July 17, 2022
By Reiner Brabar in Jayapura Papua People’s Petition (PRP) protesters have braved brutal police blockades, forced dispersals and assaults while staging simultaneous mass actions across Papua. The actions were held on Thursday to demonstrate the people’s opposition to revisions of the Special Autonomy Law on Papua (Otsus), the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) and ... <a title="Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/papua-peoples-petition-protesters-hold-rallies-against-new-papuan-provinces/" aria-label="Read more about Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2022
RNZ Pacific A state of emergency has been declared in American Samoa because of severe weather conditions resulting in damage to roads, infrastructure, property, and coastal villages. American Samoa Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga declared the state of emergency after homes, the school and church on Aunu’u island were swamped by huge waves, the building housing ... <a title="American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/american-samoa-declares-state-of-emergency-over-severe-storms/" aria-label="Read more about American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Megan Darby, editor of Climate Home News When it comes to the world’s two biggest emitters, we are caught between a secretive autocracy and an oversharing corrupted democracy. Most media attention is focused on the latter. The United States this week raised hopes of a compromise climate spending bill and quashed it again ... <a title="Climate rivalry between secretive autocracy and corrupted democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/climate-rivalry-between-secretive-autocracy-and-corrupted-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Climate rivalry between secretive autocracy and corrupted democracy">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will reinstate the pandemic leave payment for workers who have to isolate but do not have sick leave, after earlier vigorously defending its ending on budgetary grounds. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the decision after a national ... <a title="Albanese government restores pandemic leave payment until September 30, saying COVID wave will peak in August" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/16/albanese-government-restores-pandemic-leave-payment-until-september-30-saying-covid-wave-will-peak-in-august-187146/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government restores pandemic leave payment until September 30, saying COVID wave will peak in August">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2022
RNZ Pacific The media has been taken to task for doom-laden climate crisis presentations in a speech at an international workshop — and told to tell the full story. Former Marshall Islands president Hilda Heine made the comments as the keynote speaker at the recent East West Centre’s international media conference in Hawai’i. She said ... <a title="Media warned over ‘doom-laden’ climate change narrative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/16/media-warned-over-doom-laden-climate-change-narrative/" aria-label="Read more about Media warned over ‘doom-laden’ climate change narrative">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour wants to be tough on crime – and tough on the causes of crime The Labour Government has managed to get one major issue right this week, at least in an electoral sense. The Government has been under pressure to deal with escalating public concerns about crime and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour wants to be tough on crime – and tough on the causes of crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labour-wants-to-be-tough-on-crime-and-tough-on-the-causes-of-crime/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour wants to be tough on crime – and tough on the causes of crime">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olga Oleinikova, Senior Lecturer and Director of the SITADHub (Social Impact Technologies and Democracy Research Hub) in the School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Ukraine this month, promising an extra A$100 million in military aid and pledging to help the ... <a title="Australia’s special visa program for Ukrainians to end, despite war raging on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/australias-special-visa-program-for-ukrainians-to-end-despite-war-raging-on-186829/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s special visa program for Ukrainians to end, despite war raging on">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Turner, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide The beloved Asian elephant Tricia died at Perth Zoo this month at the ripe old age of 65, making her one of the world’s oldest elephants. Tricia was born in 1957 and arrived at Perth Zoo in 1963 from Vietnam. ... <a title="Was Tricia the elephant happy? Experts on the ethics of keeping such big, roaming creatures in captivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/was-tricia-the-elephant-happy-experts-on-the-ethics-of-keeping-such-big-roaming-creatures-in-captivity-187016/" aria-label="Read more about Was Tricia the elephant happy? Experts on the ethics of keeping such big, roaming creatures in captivity">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW Sydney Back in mid 2020, it was suggested mask use was similar to seat belt wearing in cars. Not everyone wore a seat belt start straight away, but now it’s unheard of to get into a car and not put it on. ... <a title="Mask mandates – will we only act on public health advice if someone makes us?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/mask-mandates-will-we-only-act-on-public-health-advice-if-someone-makes-us-186914/" aria-label="Read more about Mask mandates – will we only act on public health advice if someone makes us?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne New Zealand, Australia and many countries are experiencing a further Omicron wave driven by the latest BA.4/BA.5 subvariants. Our response to this threat ... <a title="How are Australia and NZ managing the rising COVID winter wave – and is either getting it right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/how-are-australia-and-nz-managing-the-rising-covid-winter-wave-and-is-either-getting-it-right-187020/" aria-label="Read more about How are Australia and NZ managing the rising COVID winter wave – and is either getting it right?">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Fernandez-Perez, Senior Research Fellow in Finance, Auckland University of Technology GettyImages Think about the last time you bought something expensive to make yourself feel better after a disappointment or when you treated yourself with a fancy and expensive dinner after some accomplishment. Emotions have a strong ... <a title="In the mood for sustainable funds? How feeling pessimistic can influence where investors put their money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/in-the-mood-for-sustainable-funds-how-feeling-pessimistic-can-influence-where-investors-put-their-money-186994/" aria-label="Read more about In the mood for sustainable funds? How feeling pessimistic can influence where investors put their money">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Senior lecturer, University of Wollongong At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government’s pandemic response struggled to include the country’s most minoritised groups, including First Nations people. Daily press conferences were broadcast, but the messages were not delivered or received equally across the ... <a title="First Nations people in rural NSW lived with more anxiety and fear about COVID-19 than non-First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/first-nations-people-in-rural-nsw-lived-with-more-anxiety-and-fear-about-covid-19-than-non-first-nations-people-186730/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations people in rural NSW lived with more anxiety and fear about COVID-19 than non-First Nations people">Read more</a>