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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sheila Fitzpatrick, Professor of History at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University Imagine that in 2023, in the fourth year of a pandemic that has exacerbated tensions and damaged the economy, after months of wrangling over internal borders and a sharp rise in ... <a title="This December is the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union – how does an empire collapse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/this-december-is-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-soviet-union-how-does-an-empire-collapse-172869/" aria-label="Read more about This December is the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union – how does an empire collapse?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hobbs, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Co-Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury David Hallett/Getty Images As New Zealand gets ready for the festive season under the new traffic light system, the emergence of the Omicron variant is a reminder this pandemic is far ... <a title="The uninvited Christmas guest: is New Zealand prepared for Omicron’s inevitable arrival?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/08/the-uninvited-christmas-guest-is-new-zealand-prepared-for-omicrons-inevitable-arrival-172937/" aria-label="Read more about The uninvited Christmas guest: is New Zealand prepared for Omicron’s inevitable arrival?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra shutterstock Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will announce on Wednesday a comprehensive reform of regulations governing the payments system, to bring it up to date with innovations such as digital wallets and cryptocurrency. The government says without the changes – the biggest ... <a title="Overhaul of payments system to cover digital wallets, buy now pay later, cryptocurrency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/overhaul-of-payments-system-to-cover-digital-wallets-buy-now-pay-later-cryptocurrency-173331/" aria-label="Read more about Overhaul of payments system to cover digital wallets, buy now pay later, cryptocurrency">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversation’s politics ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s climate policy and Liberal’s fight for Warringah" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/word-from-the-hill-michelle-grattan-on-labors-climate-policy-and-liberals-fight-for-warringah-173346/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Michelle Grattan on Labor’s climate policy and Liberal’s fight for Warringah">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Gleeson, Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Late last month, at least 27 people drowned after their inflatable dinghy capsized while trying to cross the English Channel to the UK. The International Organization for Migration has called it the ... <a title="Australia’s asylum policy has been a disaster. It’s deeply disturbing the UK wants to adopt it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/australias-asylum-policy-has-been-a-disaster-its-deeply-disturbing-the-uk-wants-to-adopt-it-172141/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s asylum policy has been a disaster. It’s deeply disturbing the UK wants to adopt it">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra UNSW Australian economics has lost one of its most internationally renowned scholars with the passing of Geoffrey Harcourt AC at the age of 90. He was also one of its most ... <a title="Remembering Geoff Harcourt, the beating heart of Australian economics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/remembering-geoff-harcourt-the-beating-heart-of-australian-economics-173330/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Geoff Harcourt, the beating heart of Australian economics">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Nosaka, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Many physically active people get muscle pain after exercise, known as “delayed onset muscle soreness” or DOMS. Foam rolling has emerged as a popular means of alleviating delayed onset muscle soreness and stiff muscles. You’re ... <a title="Is foam rolling effective for muscle pain and flexibility? The science isn’t so sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/is-foam-rolling-effective-for-muscle-pain-and-flexibility-the-science-isnt-so-sure-170878/" aria-label="Read more about Is foam rolling effective for muscle pain and flexibility? The science isn’t so sure">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The architect of the ingenious mechanism at the heart of Labor’s plan to sharply cut carbon emissions is about to leave the parliament. Throughout the pandemic, Greg Hunt has been best known as Australia’s health ... <a title="Who’s the unsung architect behind Labor’s climate plans? A retiring Coalition minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/whos-the-unsung-architect-behind-labors-climate-plans-a-retiring-coalition-minister-173313/" aria-label="Read more about Who’s the unsung architect behind Labor’s climate plans? A retiring Coalition minister">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joe Dortch, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Western Australia’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2021 is set to become law, replacing the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. The Bill will be read tonight for the third and final time in Western Australia’s state parliament upper ... <a title="A history of destruction: why the WA Aboriginal cultural heritage bill will not prevent another Juukan Gorge-like disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/a-history-of-destruction-why-the-wa-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-bill-will-not-prevent-another-juukan-gorge-like-disaster-173232/" aria-label="Read more about A history of destruction: why the WA Aboriginal cultural heritage bill will not prevent another Juukan Gorge-like disaster">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael Field, co-editor of The Pacific Newsroom Extensive damage to food crops across South Pacific atolls has followed three days of high spring tides in the region. Reports into The Pacific Newsroom show the tides have afflicted Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and the archipelago islands of Papua New ... <a title="Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/tidal-damage-cuts-swathe-across-wide-area-of-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
By Robert Iroga in Honiara After a day of political showdown that at times involved shouting battles and personal clashes, the much anticipated motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was defeated by 32 votes to 15 with two abstentions. With the capital city Honiara virtually closed for business yesterday, attention turned to ... <a title="Solomon Islands political battle ends with Sogavare winning confidence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/solomon-islands-political-battle-ends-with-sogavare-winning-confidence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands political battle ends with Sogavare winning confidence vote">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
RNZ Pacific Health authorities in Fiji have confirmed two people who had arrived in the country from southern Africa last month have now tested positive to the omicron variant of covid-19. The pair travelled to Fiji from Nigeria on November 25. They both tested positive to covid-19 while in a border quarantine facility. Health Secretary ... <a title="Two Fijians from Nigeria test positive for omicron variant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/two-fijians-from-nigeria-test-positive-for-omicron-variant/" aria-label="Read more about Two Fijians from Nigeria test positive for omicron variant">Read more</a>
