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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington What have we lost because of the pandemic? According to our calculations, a lot — and many of the worst hit countries and regions are far from world ... <a title="COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/covid-19-cost-more-in-2020-than-the-worlds-combined-natural-disasters-in-any-of-the-past-20-years-156646/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University The good news from new research conducted by the Australian National University for Social Ventures Australia and the Brotherhood of St Laurence is that fewer of us ... <a title="Financial stress in 3 graphs: there’s fewer of us in it, but for those who are, it’s worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/financial-stress-in-3-graphs-theres-fewer-of-us-in-it-but-for-those-who-are-its-worse-159218/" aria-label="Read more about Financial stress in 3 graphs: there’s fewer of us in it, but for those who are, it’s worse">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Webb, Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. She’s called Maman, and she emerged into the world in 1999, just in time to find ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: I’d revisit Maman, Louise Bourgeois’ 9-metre spider at London’s Tate Modern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/if-i-could-go-anywhere-id-revisit-maman-louise-bourgeois-9-metre-spider-at-londons-tate-modern-157859/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: I’d revisit Maman, Louise Bourgeois’ 9-metre spider at London’s Tate Modern">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As Scott Morrison gradually pivots his climate policy towards embracing a target of net zero emissions by 2050, he is seeking to distinguish the government from “inner city” types and political opponents who’ve been marching down that road for a ... <a title="Net zero won’t be achieved in inner city wine bars: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/net-zero-wont-be-achieved-in-inner-city-wine-bars-morrison-159265/" aria-label="Read more about Net zero won’t be achieved in inner city wine bars: Morrison">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton has begun his tenure as defence minister by delivering a very public slap to his most senior military adviser, chief of the Australian Defence Force Angus Campbell. Dutton’s overriding of Campbell’s initial command decision to revoke a meritorious ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dutton humiliates defence force chief Angus Campbell over citation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/view-from-the-hill-dutton-humiliates-defence-force-chief-angus-campbell-over-citation-159243/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dutton humiliates defence force chief Angus Campbell over citation">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
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 Coinciding with the Trans-Tasman travel bubble starting today, over the past week there have been murmurings Australia could soon relax its borders further, ... <a title="What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/whats-the-risk-if-australia-opens-its-international-borders-an-epidemiologist-explains-159208/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Wilson, Honorary Professor, Australian National University The US Congress is considering a proposed law to ban the import and sale of kangaroo parts. Backed by a campaign called Kangaroos Are Not Shoes, the bill is aimed at stopping Nike, Adidas and other big brands from using ... <a title="A US ban on kangaroo leather would be an animal welfare disaster – and a missed farming opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/a-us-ban-on-kangaroo-leather-would-be-an-animal-welfare-disaster-and-a-missed-farming-opportunity-155904/" aria-label="Read more about A US ban on kangaroo leather would be an animal welfare disaster – and a missed farming opportunity">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
By Praneeta Prakash in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says a breach in protocol in relation to the 53-year-old woman now testing positive of covid-19 should not have happened. The woman who was working as a maid in a border quarantine facility developed symptoms last Thursday, but continued working and failed to notify authorities. ... <a title="Bainimarama blames ‘protocol breach’ for second Fiji community covid case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/bainimarama-blames-protocol-breach-for-second-fiji-community-covid-case/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama blames ‘protocol breach’ for second Fiji community covid case">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
The Pacific Newsroom Vanuatu’s capital island of Efate has gone into covid-19 lockdown for three days after a body was found on a beach near Port Vila. The body, which tested positive for covid, was that of a Filipino crewman from the British-flagged liquified petroleum gas carrier Inge Kosan, a medium range tanker that supplies ... <a title="Beach body off Pacific LPG ship throws Vanuatu capital into covid lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/beach-body-off-pacific-lpg-ship-throws-vanuatu-capital-into-covid-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Beach body off Pacific LPG ship throws Vanuatu capital into covid lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
While the trans-Tasman bubble today is “a significant day” for New Zealanders, any moves to open the borders to other countries will need to be be based on hard evidence, the prime minister says. After months of discussions, the trans-Tasman bubble is officially open. The prime ministers of New Zealand and Australia are describing it ... <a title="Trans-Tasman bubble opens – data key to other bubbles opening, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/trans-tasman-bubble-opens-data-key-to-other-bubbles-opening-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Trans-Tasman bubble opens – data key to other bubbles opening, says PM">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues that members believe the New Zealand government should be pursuing with Indonesia. Leary has a strong track record on Pacific human rights issues having worked in Fiji as a television ... <a title="West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/west-papua-action-group-raises-human-rights-issues-with-taieri-mp/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW The Federal Court has found Google misled some users about personal location data collected through Android devices for two years, from January 2017 to December 2018. The Australian Competition & ... <a title="ACCC ‘world first’: Australia’s Federal Court found Google misled users about personal location data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/accc-world-first-australias-federal-court-found-google-misled-users-about-personal-location-data-159138/" aria-label="Read more about ACCC ‘world first’: Australia’s Federal Court found Google misled users about personal location data">Read more</a>
