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September 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A West Papuan group seeking self-determination has greeted Papua New Guinea on its 46th anniversary of independence, predicting that one day the artificial colonial border separating the two would “fall like the Berlin Wall”. “Happy 46th independence anniversary to Papua New Guinea. We send a message of solidarity from your brothers ... <a title="Colonial border between PNG and West Papua ‘will fall like Berlin Wall’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/colonial-border-between-png-and-west-papua-will-fall-like-berlin-wall/" aria-label="Read more about Colonial border between PNG and West Papua ‘will fall like Berlin Wall’">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
By Grace Auka Salmang in Port Moresby Police Commissioner and Controller of the PNG National Pandemic Response David Manning has authorised the release of new measures to address the covid-19 pandemic in the country on the eve of the 46th Independence Day. Manning said these new measures, which came into effect yesterday, September 15, 2021, ... <a title="PNG controller issues new measures as covid-19 remains threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/png-controller-issues-new-measures-as-covid-19-remains-threat/" aria-label="Read more about PNG controller issues new measures as covid-19 remains threat">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks prompted the US to invade Afghanistan, the Taliban announced they have taken the whole country again last week. Journalists who remain there are at risk in spite of assurances media freedom will be respected. Will proper journalism be possible under the Taliban? We ... <a title="Afghanistan media: ‘You can’t put that genie back in the bottle’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/afghanistan-media-you-cant-put-that-genie-back-in-the-bottle/" aria-label="Read more about Afghanistan media: ‘You can’t put that genie back in the bottle’">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Ravenswood, Associate Professor in Employment Relations, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock As Auckland enters it’s fifth week in level 4 lockdown and the rest of New Zealand stays at level 2, spare a thought for the nation’s invisible network of essential community support workers. They are ... <a title="Overlooked and undervalued, New Zealand’s community caregivers have become the ‘invisible’ essential workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/overlooked-and-undervalued-new-zealands-community-caregivers-have-become-the-invisible-essential-workers-167632/" aria-label="Read more about Overlooked and undervalued, New Zealand’s community caregivers have become the ‘invisible’ essential workers">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Suzanne Dudley, Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University Shutterstock Supplying oxygen to their growing offspring and removing carbon dioxide is a major challenge for every pregnant animal. Humans deal with this problem by developing a placenta, but in seahorses — where the male, not the female, gestates and ... <a title="Pregnant male seahorses support up to 1,000 growing babies by forming a placenta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/pregnant-male-seahorses-support-up-to-1-000-growing-babies-by-forming-a-placenta-167534/" aria-label="Read more about Pregnant male seahorses support up to 1,000 growing babies by forming a placenta">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University The Morrison government has decided it’s best for Australia to accelerate the production of a more capable, integrated, nuclear-powered submarine platform with the US and the UK. This will more tightly enmesh Australia into the US ... <a title="Why nuclear submarines are a smart military move for Australia — and could deter China further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/why-nuclear-submarines-are-a-smart-military-move-for-australia-and-could-deter-china-further-168064/" aria-label="Read more about Why nuclear submarines are a smart military move for Australia — and could deter China further">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University While some Australians are awaiting the nation reopening after lockdowns with hope and optimism, others are approaching it with dread. This is because a blanket lifting of restrictions when the vaccination rate reaches 70% will have devastating effects on Indigenous ... <a title="Vaccinations need to reach 90% of First Nations adults and teens to protect vulnerable communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/vaccinations-need-to-reach-90-of-first-nations-adults-and-teens-to-protect-vulnerable-communities-167800/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccinations need to reach 90% of First Nations adults and teens to protect vulnerable communities">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Thielking, Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock If you’re a parent feeling a modicum of dread about the upcoming school holidays, you’re not alone. Many parents will be working from home over the school holidays and wondering, “how ... <a title="Parents, take the school holidays pressure off yourself. Let the kids embrace the boredom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/parents-take-the-school-holidays-pressure-off-yourself-let-the-kids-embrace-the-boredom-167797/" aria-label="Read more about Parents, take the school holidays pressure off yourself. Let the kids embrace the boredom">Read more</a>
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September 16, 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 National Party Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): The Ghost of lockdowns Past Ben ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 16 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-16-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 16 2021">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa Ubide, Senior Lecturer in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland Laura Becerril, Author provided The volcanoes we see on Earth’s surface are just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface, they are fed by a complex network of conduits and reservoirs that bring molten rock, ... <a title="There she blows: the internal ‘magma filter’ that prompts ocean island volcanoes to erupt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/there-she-blows-the-internal-magma-filter-that-prompts-ocean-island-volcanoes-to-erupt-167358/" aria-label="Read more about There she blows: the internal ‘magma filter’ that prompts ocean island volcanoes to erupt">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford The main way to control the pandemic, as we have all painfully found out, has been to restrict the movement ... <a title="Vaccine passports are coming. But are they ethical?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/vaccine-passports-are-coming-but-are-they-ethical-167693/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine passports are coming. But are they ethical?">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Matthews, Professor and Program Head, Therapeutic Vaccine and Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates as quickly as possible is currently a major focus for Australia. Doing so has clear benefits in reducing new infections and preventing severe disease, hospitalisation and death. One question ... <a title="You’re much less likely to get long COVID if you’ve been vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/youre-much-less-likely-to-get-long-covid-if-youve-been-vaccinated-167189/" aria-label="Read more about You’re much less likely to get long COVID if you’ve been vaccinated">Read more</a>
