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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Hoadley, Associate Professor, University of Auckland The question of whether New Zealand accepts some moral responsibility to help Afghans who worked with its armed forces has now been answered. But another question remains: will high ideals be brought to earth by political and practical obstacles? To ... <a title="As New Zealand mobilises to help in Afghanistan, its rescue response faces serious challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/as-new-zealand-mobilises-to-help-in-afghanistan-its-rescue-response-faces-serious-challenges-166179/" aria-label="Read more about As New Zealand mobilises to help in Afghanistan, its rescue response faces serious challenges">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert-level 4 lockdown starting at 11.59pm tonight for seven days in Auckland and Coromandel, and three days elsewhere. Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield briefed media after a Cabinet meeting on the covid-19 community case identified in Auckland today. The Ministry of ... <a title="NZ declares national level 4 lockdown over covid community case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/nz-declares-national-level-4-lockdown-over-covid-community-case/" aria-label="Read more about NZ declares national level 4 lockdown over covid community case">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Journalism Research and Education Association of Australia (JERAA) has urged the Australian government to make a strong commitment to supporting journalists and media personnel in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of international forces. JERAA said in a statement today it had endorsed the calls of Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance ... <a title="JERAA calls for urgent action to support Afghan journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/jeraa-calls-for-urgent-action-to-support-afghan-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about JERAA calls for urgent action to support Afghan journalists">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
OPEN LETTER: By Pastor Dr Socratez S. Yoman The reality is that we now live under an Indonesian ruler who is anti-democratic, anti-justice, anti-freedom, anti-peace, anti-equality and anti-humanity. This is the real reflection of the face of the colonial rulers of Indonesia. The Indonesian rulers have lost their conscience, common sense, and have no creativity ... <a title="Open letter from Papua: Indonesian state creates stalemate of injustice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/open-letter-from-papua-indonesian-state-creates-stalemate-of-injustice/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from Papua: Indonesian state creates stalemate of injustice">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
RNZ Pacific More than 800 cases of covid-19 have been reported in Fiji for the last 48 hours to 8am on Monday and the first case in the north has been reported. The Fiji government also confirmed 26 deaths, bringing the toll to 394. That compares with 958 cases and 23 deaths in the previous ... <a title="More than 800 new Fiji covid cases, 26 deaths in 48 hours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/more-than-800-new-fiji-covid-cases-26-deaths-in-48-hours/" aria-label="Read more about More than 800 new Fiji covid cases, 26 deaths in 48 hours">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Urgent medical resources are being dispatched to western NSW in a vaccination and support drive after the alarming spread of COVID into Aboriginal communities there. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the first of five Australian Defence Force vaccination teams will ... <a title="Medical dash as COVID spreads among Indigenous people in western NSW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/medical-dash-as-covid-spreads-among-indigenous-people-in-western-nsw-166279/" aria-label="Read more about Medical dash as COVID spreads among Indigenous people in western NSW">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Ralph, Associate Professor and malaria researcher, The University of Melbourne Daniel Pockett/AAP Governments around the world have enacted unprecedented responses to minimise the spread of COVID to preserve both individual health and health systems. In enacting these responses, governments have repeatedly used rhetoric invoking notions of ... <a title="Using military language and presence might not be the best approach to COVID and public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/using-military-language-and-presence-might-not-be-the-best-approach-to-covid-and-public-health-166019/" aria-label="Read more about Using military language and presence might not be the best approach to COVID and public health">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Graphic pictures of mayhem confront the world as desperate Afghans attempt to flee their country, after the Taliban’s seizure of Kabul. Australia’s moral responsibly to evacuate people who assisted the Australian Defence Force, and may now face Taliban retribution, has ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese says Afghans in Australia should be given permanent residency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/politics-with-michelle-grattan-anthony-albanese-says-afghans-in-australia-should-be-given-permanent-residency-166280/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese says Afghans in Australia should be given permanent residency">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announcing New Zealand’s nationwide level 4 lockdown on Tuesday evening. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images New Zealanders are back in their bubbles after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a three day alert level 4 lockdown for ... <a title="After its first suspected Delta variant community case, New Zealand goes into short, sharp nationwide lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/after-its-first-suspected-delta-variant-community-case-new-zealand-goes-into-short-sharp-nationwide-lockdown-166276/" aria-label="Read more about After its first suspected Delta variant community case, New Zealand goes into short, sharp nationwide lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nematullah Bizhan, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, and Senior Research Associate with the Global Economic Governance Program, Oxford University, Australian National University Two days ago, a close friend in Afghanistan told me Kabul seems like a graveyard. Silenced. Helpless. And ... <a title="‘I feel suffocated’: Afghans are feeling hopeless, but there’s still a chance to preserve some rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/i-feel-suffocated-afghans-are-feeling-hopeless-but-theres-still-a-chance-to-preserve-some-rights-166171/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I feel suffocated’: Afghans are feeling hopeless, but there’s still a chance to preserve some rights">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Crosby, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University Shutterstock With the launch of the Paramount+, Australian consumers of video streaming are arguably drowning in choice. We now have more than a dozen “subscription video on demand” services to choose from, with many dozens more options available worldwide ... <a title="The more video streaming services we get, the more we’ll turn to piracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/the-more-video-streaming-services-we-get-the-more-well-turn-to-piracy-166090/" aria-label="Read more about The more video streaming services we get, the more we’ll turn to piracy">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney The 17 socioeconomic targets in the Closing the Gap report intend to reduce the incarceration rate of First Nations people. Despite this, according to the recent Productivity Commission update on the Closing the Gap targets, First Nations incarceration ... <a title="The role of ‘re-storying’ in addressing over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/17/the-role-of-re-storying-in-addressing-over-incarceration-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-163577/" aria-label="Read more about The role of ‘re-storying’ in addressing over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples">Read more</a>
