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October 31, 2021
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinea government’s financial hub was hit by computer hackers last week, holding state officials at ransom, reports have revealed. The ransomware attack on the Department of Finance’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) happened last Thursday, locking out government workers who use the system to run the ... <a title="Hackers hit PNG financial hub, fail in bid to hold state officials to ransom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/hackers-hit-png-financial-hub-fail-in-bid-to-hold-state-officials-to-ransom/" aria-label="Read more about Hackers hit PNG financial hub, fail in bid to hold state officials to ransom">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first chart shows excess deaths in Germany for every year from 2015. (The chart is essentially the one that can be found here, on the Our World in Data website, though it uses three-period moving averages to smooth out some of the ‘random noise’ that inevitably accompanies such time-series data. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 deaths, the German case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-the-german-case/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 deaths, the German case">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become more informed. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds himself crushed between these two counterbalances — the asserted right of powerful nations to operate in secret, and the right of the press ... <a title="Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/assumptions-vs-facts-how-the-julian-assange-case-confronts-our-biases/" aria-label="Read more about Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Former Timor-Leste President Xanana Gusmão today lamented the death of journalist and filmmaker Max Stahl, recalling that his work had “changed the fate of the nation”. In a letter sent to his widow Dr Ingrid Brucens, Gusmão, chief negotiator over East Timor’s maritime borders, said Stahl’s footage of the 1991 ... <a title="Journalist Max Stahl ‘changed the fate of East Timor’, says Xanana" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/journalist-max-stahl-changed-the-fate-of-east-timor-says-xanana/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist Max Stahl ‘changed the fate of East Timor’, says Xanana">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has reported 125 new covid-19 cases in the community today — including two new cases in Christchurch, the Ministry of Health says. There was no covid-19 media conference for lockdown updates today. In a statement, the ministry said the two Christchurch cases were expected and linked community cases, both from a ... <a title="125 new NZ covid cases in community – two in Christchurch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/125-new-nz-covid-cases-in-community-two-in-christchurch/" aria-label="Read more about 125 new NZ covid cases in community – two in Christchurch">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images As the UN climate summit in Glasgow kicks off on Sunday, it marks the deadline for countries to make more ambitious pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The meeting is the 26th Conference ... <a title="COP26: time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/cop26-time-for-new-zealand-to-show-regional-leadership-on-climate-change-170785/" aria-label="Read more about COP26: time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate change">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Independent Commission Against Corruption/ AAP After two weeks of sensational Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) hearings into the conduct of Gladys Berejiklian, we have finally heard from the former NSW premier herself. This saw Berejiklian continue ... <a title="Berejiklian says Maguire was part of her ‘love circle’ but was not significant enough to declare – will this wash with ICAC?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/berejiklian-says-maguire-was-part-of-her-love-circle-but-was-not-significant-enough-to-declare-will-this-wash-with-icac-170860/" aria-label="Read more about Berejiklian says Maguire was part of her ‘love circle’ but was not significant enough to declare – will this wash with ICAC?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Sarkissian, Operations Scientist, CSIRO CSIRO, Author provided The CSIRO’s 64-metre Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned on October 31 1961. At the time it was the most advanced radio telescope in the world, incorporating many innovative features that have since become standard in all large-dish antennas. Through ... <a title="60 years after it first gazed at the skies, the Parkes dish is still making breakthroughs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/60-years-after-it-first-gazed-at-the-skies-the-parkes-dish-is-still-making-breakthroughs-170753/" aria-label="Read more about 60 years after it first gazed at the skies, the Parkes dish is still making breakthroughs">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Keogh, Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Shutterstock Halloween movies often feature kids sitting around a campfire sharing gory, spooky stories, trying to get someone to scream in fear. This weekend you might be doing the same – sharing a horror story with friends. ... <a title="Not spooked by Halloween ghost stories? You may have aphantasia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/not-spooked-by-halloween-ghost-stories-you-may-have-aphantasia-170712/" aria-label="Read more about Not spooked by Halloween ghost stories? You may have aphantasia">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne L. Bartlett, Associate Professor, UNSW The military coup in Sudan follows a longstanding pattern in which a short period of democracy in the country is brought to an abrupt, and often sticky, authoritarian end. This time, however, the stakes are higher than ever. Not only is ... <a title="Explainer: what Sudan’s coup is about and why the rest of the world needs to act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/explainer-what-sudans-coup-is-about-and-why-the-rest-of-the-world-needs-to-act-170774/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what Sudan’s coup is about and why the rest of the world needs to act">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
In this video — one of several made while he was guest speaker at the Pacific Journalism Review’s 20th anniversary conference in Auckland in 2014 — Max Stahl talks about the betrayal of West Papua. Video: Pacific Media Centre By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Filmmaker and journalist Max Stahl, 66, has died after almost 30 ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s ‘true hero’ cameraman Max Stahl who exposed Indonesian atrocities dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/timor-lestes-true-hero-cameraman-max-stahl-who-exposed-indonesian-atrocities-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s ‘true hero’ cameraman Max Stahl who exposed Indonesian atrocities dies">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Carter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney Eric Risberg/AP Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company will change its name to Meta, saying the move reflects the fact the company is now much broader than just the social media platform ... <a title="Facebook relaunches itself as ‘Meta’ in a clear bid to dominate the metaverse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/facebook-relaunches-itself-as-meta-in-a-clear-bid-to-dominate-the-metaverse-170543/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook relaunches itself as ‘Meta’ in a clear bid to dominate the metaverse">Read more</a>
