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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute Mark R. Cristino/AP Since May, the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread rapidly through most of Southeast Asia. Of the ten member nations of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), all but Brunei have experienced recent surges, ... <a title="The Philippines passes the 2 million mark as COVID-19 cases surge in Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/the-philippines-passes-the-2-million-mark-as-covid-19-cases-surge-in-southeast-asia-167186/" aria-label="Read more about The Philippines passes the 2 million mark as COVID-19 cases surge in Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Shutterstock South Australia has begun a trial of a new COVID app to monitor arrivals into the state. SA Premier Steven Marshall claimed “every South Australian should feel pretty proud that we are the national pilot ... <a title="I’d prefer an ankle tag: why home quarantine apps are a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/id-prefer-an-ankle-tag-why-home-quarantine-apps-are-a-bad-idea-167533/" aria-label="Read more about I’d prefer an ankle tag: why home quarantine apps are a bad idea">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will W Dobud, Social Work Lecturer, Charles Sturt University Luis Ascui/ AAP If you peered through the keyhole of any psychotherapy session, chances are they would all look very similar. There may be nearly 1,000 types of therapies — such as cognitive behavioural and family therapy — ... <a title="Counselling almost always happens in a room — what if more people had the option of going outside?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/counselling-almost-always-happens-in-a-room-what-if-more-people-had-the-option-of-going-outside-166503/" aria-label="Read more about Counselling almost always happens in a room — what if more people had the option of going outside?">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Shutterstock A study out today says the vast majority of Earth’s coal, including 95% of Australia’s, cannot be burned if global warming is to be ... <a title="A promising new dawn is ours for the taking – so let’s stop counting the coal Australia must leave in the ground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/a-promising-new-dawn-is-ours-for-the-taking-so-lets-stop-counting-the-coal-australia-must-leave-in-the-ground-167527/" aria-label="Read more about A promising new dawn is ours for the taking – so let’s stop counting the coal Australia must leave in the ground">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders from terror-styled attacks; legal measures designed to protect communities from danger and even protect individuals from themselves and why they failed.
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ernesta Sofija, Lecturer, public health and health promotion, Griffith University Shutterstock Most people want to do the “right thing” when it comes to following public health measures, such as wearing a mask or not mixing with friends and family. Yet after what feels like a never-ending 18 ... <a title="We’re sick of COVID. So government messaging needs to change if it’s to cut through" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/were-sick-of-covid-so-government-messaging-needs-to-change-if-its-to-cut-through-166891/" aria-label="Read more about We’re sick of COVID. So government messaging needs to change if it’s to cut through">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A one metre-deep hole in the ground is all there is to show of an almost K2.7 million state contract project in Papua New Guinea’s Northern Province, reports PNG Post-Courier. The project was for the design, pre-fabrication and construction of a community health post building with support facilities for Kiorata in ... <a title="K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/k2-7-million-hole-other-failed-png-projects-land-contractors-in-court/" aria-label="Read more about K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
By Edwin Nand in Suva A four-month-old baby boy has died from covid-19 in Fiji. Health Secretary Dr James Fong has confirmed the child was admitted at the Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital five days before he succumbed to the virus. He is among three deaths reported in Fiji over a seven day period between ... <a title="Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/baby-among-fijis-three-new-covid-deaths-reported-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour’s act this week undermining an indigenous response to New Zealand’s covid-19 pandemic as “unbelievably irresponsible and cruel”. Seymour publicly shared a priority vaccine code for Māori so that Pākehā, or non-Māori, could jump the queue for vaccinations against the ... <a title="Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/seymours-sabotage-of-maori-priority-vaccine-code-unbelievably-cruel/" aria-label="Read more about Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Nolan, Professor of Law and Justice and Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW The Morrison government’s handpicked appointment of a new human rights commissioner, Lorraine Finlay, threatens to undermine the independence and legitimacy of the Australian Human Rights Commission itself. It could also damage ... <a title="Australia’s ‘A’ rating on human rights is under threat with a handpicked, politically engineered commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/australias-a-rating-on-human-rights-is-under-threat-with-a-handpicked-politically-engineered-commissioner-167626/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘A’ rating on human rights is under threat with a handpicked, politically engineered commissioner">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Honorary Professional Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Universities have had few sources of capital funds since the Abbott government sidelined the Education Investment Fund in 2014. The loss of an estimated A$16 ... <a title="Why universities may come to regret the costs of City Deals and private sector ‘solutions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/why-universities-may-come-to-regret-the-costs-of-city-deals-and-private-sector-solutions-166670/" aria-label="Read more about Why universities may come to regret the costs of City Deals and private sector ‘solutions’">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tadgh McMahon, Adjunct Lecturer, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University As evacuees and refugees from Afghanistan start their new lives in Australia, their ability to navigate the digital world will be crucial. Our research, published today, reveals how newly arrived refugees use digital technologies as ... <a title="Technology is key for refugees starting new lives in Australia. But women and children don’t have equal access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/technology-is-key-for-refugees-starting-new-lives-in-australia-but-women-and-children-dont-have-equal-access-167272/" aria-label="Read more about Technology is key for refugees starting new lives in Australia. But women and children don’t have equal access">Read more</a>
