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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Severine Lamon, Associate professor, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Deakin University Shutterstock Women and girls account for 50% of the population, yet most health and physiology research is conducted in males. This is especially true for fundamental research (which builds knowledge but doesn’t have an application yet) and ... <a title="Why are males still the default subjects in medical research?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/why-are-males-still-the-default-subjects-in-medical-research-167545/" aria-label="Read more about Why are males still the default subjects in medical research?">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong In many ways, this is the worst possible time for a new premier to take the helm in New South Wales. The resignation of John Barilaro as deputy premier creates an even greater mood of ... <a title="Dominic Perrottet is set to become the next premier of NSW. Who is he?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/dominic-perrottet-is-set-to-become-the-next-premier-of-nsw-who-is-he-169138/" aria-label="Read more about Dominic Perrottet is set to become the next premier of NSW. Who is he?">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Wing Drone delivery company Wing recently celebrated 100,000 deliveries with an unusual burst of media fanfare. Australia is at the forefront of Wing’s plans, with the company’s two biggest trial sites running in Canberra and Logan in Queensland. Wing tells a ... <a title="Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/privatising-the-sky-drone-delivery-promises-comfort-and-speed-but-at-a-cost-to-workers-and-communities-166960/" aria-label="Read more about Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Dan Himbrechts This week’s Newspoll, conducted September 29 to October 3 from a sample of 1,545, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last fortnight’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 37% Coalition (steady), 37% Labor ... <a title="Labor retains clear Newspoll lead with voters approving of AUKUS; Perrottet set to be next NSW premier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/labor-retains-clear-newspoll-lead-with-voters-approving-of-aukus-perrottet-set-to-be-next-nsw-premier-169152/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains clear Newspoll lead with voters approving of AUKUS; Perrottet set to be next NSW premier">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura A major national sports event opened in Papua at the weekend, with officials hoping it will showcase the Indonesian government’s commitment to developing the province and reassure the public that the region is safe despite an active and escalating pro-independence insurgency. The National Games, an event held once every four ... <a title="Papua region hosts Indonesia’s national games amid rise in independence struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/papua-region-hosts-indonesias-national-games-amid-rise-in-independence-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Papua region hosts Indonesia’s national games amid rise in independence struggle">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Finance Minister Sir John Pundari has warned Papua New Guineans who are still holding onto the 102 APEC “on loan” vehicles to return them as soon as possible — or face the law. A disappointed Sir John, flanked by Finance Secretary Dr Ken Ngangan and Police Commissioner David Manning, ... <a title="PNG government launches recovery operation for APEC ‘on loan’ vehicles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/png-government-launches-recovery-operation-for-apec-on-loan-vehicles/" aria-label="Read more about PNG government launches recovery operation for APEC ‘on loan’ vehicles">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
By Rahel Narda Chaterine in Jakarta The Papua Advocacy Team says that Indonesian police committed acts of violence and sexual harassment while breaking up a protest and arrested 17 people in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta last week. The team said that that the protest on Thursday was forcibly broken up by police ... <a title="Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/papua-advocates-slam-police-violence-sexual-harassment-at-us-embassy-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
RNZ News Parts of Waikato — including Raglan, Huntly, Ngāruāwahia and Hamilton City — will join Auckland in alert level 3 from midnight tonight, the New Zealand Prime Minister has confirmed. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield have given today’s briefing after three recently reported community covid-19 cases outside of ... <a title="Waikato joins Auckland in alert level 3 tonight – 33 new NZ covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/waikato-joins-auckland-in-alert-level-3-tonight-33-new-nz-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Waikato joins Auckland in alert level 3 tonight – 33 new NZ covid cases">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Pacific Journalism Review A Frontline investigative journalism article on the politics behind the decade-long Bougainville war leading up to the overwhelming vote for independence is among articles in the latest Pacific Journalism Review. The report, by investigative journalist and former academic Professor Wendy Bacon and Nicole Gooch, poses questions about the “silence” in Australia over ... <a title="Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/behind-scenes-probe-of-bougainville-struggle-for-independence-tops-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Jackson, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Auckland GettyImages With vaccination rates still too low in Auckland and around Aotearoa New Zealand, and with unexpected cases still showing up, there are few options ahead of today’s government decision on alert levels. Until there are high levels ... <a title="NZ needs a more urgent vaccination plan — with nearly 80% now single-dosed, the majority will support it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/nz-needs-a-more-urgent-vaccination-plan-with-nearly-80-now-single-dosed-the-majority-will-support-it-168926/" aria-label="Read more about NZ needs a more urgent vaccination plan — with nearly 80% now single-dosed, the majority will support it">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Level decision Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Elimination is the quickest way out of lockdown ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 04 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-04-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 04 2021">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Savitri Taylor, Associate Professor, Law School, La Trobe University Shutterstock Late last month, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews and the president of Nauru, Lionel Aingimea, quietly announced they had signed a new agreement to establish an “enduring form” of offshore processing for asylum seekers taken to the ... <a title="Multibillion-dollar strategy with no end in sight: Australia’s ‘enduring’ offshore processing deal with Nauru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/multibillion-dollar-strategy-with-no-end-in-sight-australias-enduring-offshore-processing-deal-with-nauru-168941/" aria-label="Read more about Multibillion-dollar strategy with no end in sight: Australia’s ‘enduring’ offshore processing deal with Nauru">Read more</a>
