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September 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific Five months after Samoa’s April 9 general election the FAST party government finally began its first parliamentary session today. But it was without the members of the opposition HRPP party, who were shut out by the Speaker, Papalii Lio Masipau. Papali’i announced a ban yesterday, saying the HRPP was still failing to acknowledge ... <a title="Samoan parliament sits but opposition MPs banned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/samoan-parliament-sits-but-opposition-mps-banned/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan parliament sits but opposition MPs banned">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A mural on the eastern side of the Wirobrajan intersection in Central Java city of Yogyakarta was covered over with black paint before President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s weekend visit. But officials have denied that it was censorship, reports CNN Indonesia. It was known that President Widodo would be passing through this ... <a title="Yogyakarta officials ‘black out’ critical street art before Jokowi’s visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/yogyakarta-officials-black-out-critical-street-art-before-jokowis-visit/" aria-label="Read more about Yogyakarta officials ‘black out’ critical street art before Jokowi’s visit">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk French High Commissioner Patrice Faure in New Caledonia has declared an eight hour curfew for 15 days from tonight as health authorities reported 256 new cases yesterday in the covid delta variant outbreak. The curfew will run from 9pm to 5am Government spokesman Yannick Slamet and Health Director Dr Mabon de ... <a title="New Caledonia imposes curfew as delta outbreak new cases hit 256" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/new-caledonia-imposes-curfew-as-delta-outbreak-new-cases-hit-256/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia imposes curfew as delta outbreak new cases hit 256">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Shailendra Singh in Suva Do the Fiji news media represent a wide range of political perspectives?Fiji’s national media, like media elsewhere, would cover a wider berth collectively, rather than as individual media organisations, because individual media have obvious leanings and priorities. But do the media, even as whole, provide a wide enough perspective?Not ... <a title="Slippery slope for Fiji’s media in politically charged climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/slippery-slope-for-fijis-media-in-politically-charged-climate/" aria-label="Read more about Slippery slope for Fiji’s media in politically charged climate">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Novitz, Lecturer, Writing, School of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology EPA/HAYOUNG JEON Email newsletters might be associated with the ghost towns of old personal email addresses for many: relentlessly accumulating unopened updates from organisations, stores and services signed up to and forgotten in the ... <a title="Is Salman Rushdie’s decision to publish on Substack the death of the novel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/is-salman-rushdies-decision-to-publish-on-substack-the-death-of-the-novel-167530/" aria-label="Read more about Is Salman Rushdie’s decision to publish on Substack the death of the novel?">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Schmulow, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong Shutterstock The implosion of Australia’s corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, under the federal government’s new directions, has gone from tragedy to farce. ASIC was described as “weak, hesitant and timid” in a 2014 Senate ... <a title="ASIC, now less a corporate watchdog, more a lapdog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/asic-now-less-a-corporate-watchdog-more-a-lapdog-167532/" aria-label="Read more about ASIC, now less a corporate watchdog, more a lapdog">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW New South Wales plans to relax restrictions when vaccination targets of 70% and 80% of those aged 16 years and over are met. The national plan was based on the ... <a title="NSW risks a second larger COVID peak by Christmas if it eases restrictions too quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/nsw-risks-a-second-larger-covid-peak-by-christmas-if-it-eases-restrictions-too-quickly-167877/" aria-label="Read more about NSW risks a second larger COVID peak by Christmas if it eases restrictions too quickly">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University Shutterstock/Tsetso Photo CC BY-ND Climate explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please ... <a title="Climate explained: how much of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuels and could we replace it all with renewables?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/climate-explained-how-much-of-the-worlds-energy-comes-from-fossil-fuels-and-could-we-replace-it-all-with-renewables-167190/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: how much of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuels and could we replace it all with renewables?">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Last week’s National Summit on Women’s Safety was intended to gather input from stakeholders as the government finalises the next National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children in 2022. A series of invite-only virtual roundtables was also ... <a title="We need a national plan to address family violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/we-need-a-national-plan-to-address-family-violence-against-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-167640/" aria-label="Read more about We need a national plan to address family violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Saul, Senior Principal Research Fellow (Honorary), Burnet Institute In a pandemic, you expect that as new public health measures are introduced, there’s an observable impact on the spread of the disease. But while that might have been the case in Melbourne’s second wave last year, the ... <a title="Flattening the COVID curve: 3 weeks of tougher lockdowns in Sydney’s hotspots halved expected case numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/flattening-the-covid-curve-3-weeks-of-tougher-lockdowns-in-sydneys-hotspots-halved-expected-case-numbers-167778/" aria-label="Read more about Flattening the COVID curve: 3 weeks of tougher lockdowns in Sydney’s hotspots halved expected case numbers">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma F. Jackson, PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University Shutterstock A newly released report by a NSW parliamentary inquiry ignores scientific research in supporting changes to the Education Act. These changes are likely to add to the risks of harm that transgender and gender-diverse young people ... <a title="NSW inquiry rejects expert advice on Parental Rights Bill, and it will cause students to suffer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/nsw-inquiry-rejects-expert-advice-on-parental-rights-bill-and-it-will-cause-students-to-suffer-167539/" aria-label="Read more about NSW inquiry rejects expert advice on Parental Rights Bill, and it will cause students to suffer">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Luskin, Lecturer in Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Monika Gregussova/Shutterstock For more than 40,000 years, Indigenous communities in Borneo have hunted and eaten bearded pigs – huge, nomadic animals that roam the island in Southeast Asia. These 100kg creatures are central to the livelihood and ... <a title="‘The pigs can smell man’: how decimation of Borneo’s ancient rainforests threatens hunters and the hunted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/the-pigs-can-smell-man-how-decimation-of-borneos-ancient-rainforests-threatens-hunters-and-the-hunted-166895/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The pigs can smell man’: how decimation of Borneo’s ancient rainforests threatens hunters and the hunted">Read more</a>
