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August 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Deputy Director (Research), Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Wikimedia Commons, CC BY This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who ... <a title="Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/07/jawaharlal-nehrus-vision-for-a-just-and-equitable-post-colonial-world-with-india-leading-the-way-156307/" aria-label="Read more about Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A female nurse in Madang is the first local Papua New Guinean to be tested positive for the highly infectious coronavirus covid-19 delta strain, with health officials scrambling to find out where she got it from. She becomes the eighth confirmed case in Papua New Guinea. The other seven ... <a title="Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after eight cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/madang-nurse-tests-positive-as-png-covid-delta-fears-rise-after-eight-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after eight cases">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
By Pita Ligaiula of Pacnews in Suva Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama used his inaugural speech as the new chair of the Pacific Islands Forum to offer an apology to the Micronesian members of the Pacific grouping who were angered by the way the Forum rejected their nominee for the Forum Secretary-General’s job. “I offer ... <a title="‘We’re sorry,’ Pacific Forum chair tells Micronesia over SG post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/were-sorry-pacific-forum-chair-tells-micronesia-over-sg-post/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re sorry,’ Pacific Forum chair tells Micronesia over SG post">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji has reported 968 new cases of covid-19 and 11 more deaths, including a teenager, for the 24 hours to 8am yesterday. That compares with 1187 infections and 11 deaths in the previous 24-hour period. The government also confirmed last night that all but one of the victims were not vaccinated. Of the ... <a title="Girl, 15, among 11 dead as 968 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/girl-15-among-11-dead-as-968-new-covid-cases-confirmed-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Girl, 15, among 11 dead as 968 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Indonesia have been discussing a potential reopening of their shared border. The border was officially closed early last year due to the covid-19 pandemic, but the illegal movement of people back and forth has continued across the porous international boundary. PNG Prime Minister James Marape met with Indonesia’s ... <a title="Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/indonesia-png-hold-talks-over-possible-reopening-of-border/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney When is a cabinet not a cabinet? When it is really an intergovernmental body that is pretending to be a cabinet so it can avoid transparency? Simply calling itself a “cabinet” is not enough to trigger an exemption ... <a title="Nowhere to hide: the significance of national cabinet not being a cabinet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/nowhere-to-hide-the-significance-of-national-cabinet-not-being-a-cabinet-165671/" aria-label="Read more about Nowhere to hide: the significance of national cabinet not being a cabinet">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Shutterstock We learned this week of the tragic death of a 27-year-old man from Sydney who had COVID-19. This follows a 38-year-old woman who died from the virus last month. Throughout the current Delta ... <a title="Younger adults can get very sick and die from COVID too. Here’s what the data tell us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/younger-adults-can-get-very-sick-and-die-from-covid-too-heres-what-the-data-tell-us-165250/" aria-label="Read more about Younger adults can get very sick and die from COVID too. Here’s what the data tell us">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design, Queensland University of Technology Wacomka / Shutterstock Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the tech giant will shift from being a social media company to becoming “a metaverse company”, functioning in an “embodied internet” that blends real and virtual ... <a title="What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/what-is-the-metaverse-a-high-tech-plan-to-facebookify-the-world-165326/" aria-label="Read more about What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP On July 15, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Sydney’s COVID lockdown wouldn’t end until the number of new cases not in full isolation was zero or as close to zero ... <a title="We can’t rely solely on arbitrary vaccination levels to end lockdowns. Here are 7 ways to fix Sydney’s outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/we-cant-rely-solely-on-arbitrary-vaccination-levels-to-end-lockdowns-here-are-7-ways-to-fix-sydneys-outbreak-165658/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t rely solely on arbitrary vaccination levels to end lockdowns. Here are 7 ways to fix Sydney’s outbreak">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deirdre Howard-Wagner, Senior Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Tinnakorn jorruang / shutterstock There is a national incarceration crisis impacting First Nations women in Australia. First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population, constituting 37% of the female prison population, despite making up ... <a title="Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/increased-incarceration-of-first-nations-women-is-interwoven-with-the-experience-of-violence-and-trauma-164773/" aria-label="Read more about Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the ongoing lockdowns across the nation, and the plans released by the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Closing the Gap, National Cabinet, and an 80% vaccination rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/video-michelle-grattan-on-closing-the-gap-national-cabinet-and-an-80-vaccination-rate-165733/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Closing the Gap, National Cabinet, and an 80% vaccination rate">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW If you ask most people what economists do, they might tell you it has something to do with money. Or perhaps forecasting what the economy will look like a year from now. Most of the other comparisons would be less charitable. ... <a title="Vital Signs: If you want predictions, ask an astrologer. Economists have better things to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/vital-signs-if-you-want-predictions-ask-an-astrologer-economists-have-better-things-to-do-165616/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: If you want predictions, ask an astrologer. Economists have better things to do">Read more</a>
