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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University When I stepped into the role of Victoria’s deputy chief health officer in July 2020, there was a lot to learn. But the aspect most foreign to me was working with the media. It felt very much like ... <a title="My year as Victoria’s deputy chief health officer: on the pandemic, press conferences and our COVID future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/my-year-as-victorias-deputy-chief-health-officer-on-the-pandemic-press-conferences-and-our-covid-future-166164/" aria-label="Read more about My year as Victoria’s deputy chief health officer: on the pandemic, press conferences and our COVID future">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Wait, Professor, University of Sydney The findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggest Australia may have to jettison tracts of the bush unless there is a massive investment in climate-change adaptation and planning. The potential impacts of climate change on employment and the livability ... <a title="Climate change means Australia may have to abandon much of its farming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/06/climate-change-means-australia-may-have-to-abandon-much-of-its-farming-166098/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change means Australia may have to abandon much of its farming">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinean chief executives believe the country’s entire workforce needs to be vaccinated against covid-19 to be fully productive, says Business Council of PNG executive director Douveri Henao. Although there seems to be a large number of vaccine hesitant people, Henao said that sooner or later it would be mandatory ... <a title="‘No jab, no job’ covid policy of PNG employers stirs constitutional row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/05/no-jab-no-job-covid-policy-of-png-employers-stirs-constitutional-row/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No jab, no job’ covid policy of PNG employers stirs constitutional row">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joe Burton, Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato Fiona Goodall/Getty Images As Friday’s attack by an ISIS sympathiser in a New Zealand supermarket has shown, ISIS’s extreme ideology still holds strong appeal for some disaffected Muslims living in the west. ... <a title="New Zealand’s latest terror attack shows why ISIS is harder to defeat online than on the battlefield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/04/new-zealands-latest-terror-attack-shows-why-isis-is-harder-to-defeat-online-than-on-the-battlefield-167336/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s latest terror attack shows why ISIS is harder to defeat online than on the battlefield">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Fiona Goodall/Getty Images New Zealand’s second terrorist attack in two years highlights weaknesses in existing counter-terrorism laws in preventing violent extremism. Beyond fast-tracking changes to terrorism suppression laws, there are still other areas of law and policy in New ... <a title="New Zealand needs to go beyond fast-tracking counter-terrorism laws to reduce the risk of future attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/04/new-zealand-needs-to-go-beyond-fast-tracking-counter-terrorism-laws-to-reduce-the-risk-of-future-attacks-167338/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand needs to go beyond fast-tracking counter-terrorism laws to reduce the risk of future attacks">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2021
By Sarah Robson, RNZ News Reporter Name suppression for the man responsible for yesterday’s New Zealand terror attack at a west Auckland supermarket has been revoked, but his name cannot be published yet. The High Court has given his family who live overseas at least 24 hours to seek further suppression orders. The Sri Lankan ... <a title="Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/04/auckland-terrorists-name-suppression-revoked-but-remains-secret-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says an attack at Auckland’s New Lynn Countdown supermarket today was a terrorist attack carried out by a violent extremist. The prime minister and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster addressed media after the man was shot dead at a west Auckland mall this afternoon. It is understood six ... <a title="NZ mall stabbings a terrorist attack by ‘lone wolf’, says PM Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/nz-mall-stabbings-a-terrorist-attack-by-lone-wolf-says-pm-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mall stabbings a terrorist attack by ‘lone wolf’, says PM Ardern">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
By Assumpta Buchanan in Honiara A high school student is one of three people — including his two brothers — who has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for breaching a Solomon Islands trial covid-19 lockdown late last month. The 18-year-old was sentenced by a magistrates court on Wednesday with his older brothers after ... <a title="Honiara court jails high school student, 18, for ‘lockdown’ breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/honiara-court-jails-high-school-student-18-for-lockdown-breach/" aria-label="Read more about Honiara court jails high school student, 18, for ‘lockdown’ breach">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
By Hengky Yeimo in Jayapura Papuan activist Victor Yeimo has been receiving medical treatment in hospital following a police crackdown on a protest in the provincial capital Jayapura demanding that he be released from detention to be treated for illness. Hundreds of protesters had gathered at the Papua chief public prosecutor’s office on Monday to ... <a title="Medical treatment for Victor Yeimo after police break up Papua protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/medical-treatment-for-victor-yeimo-after-police-break-up-papua-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Medical treatment for Victor Yeimo after police break up Papua protest">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
RNZ Pacific Pacific health providers say a major New Zealand government funding boost is not just a recognition of the critical role they play in reaching Pasifika communities, but of the urgent and sustained response that the delta variant demands The government has announced a NZ$26 million package of support for the Pacific community which ... <a title="Pacific health boost aims to meet urgent and sustained demand in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/pacific-health-boost-aims-to-meet-urgent-and-sustained-demand-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific health boost aims to meet urgent and sustained demand in NZ">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Shutterstock After years of waiting, the federal government finally introduced Australia’s first offshore electricity legislation in parliament yesterday. The bill will establish a regulatory framework for the offshore wind industry, paving the way for more than ten proposed projects. Australia’s wind ... <a title="Australia’s first offshore wind farm bill was a long time coming, but here are 4 reasons it’s not up to scratch yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/australias-first-offshore-wind-farm-bill-was-a-long-time-coming-but-here-are-4-reasons-its-not-up-to-scratch-yet-167196/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s first offshore wind farm bill was a long time coming, but here are 4 reasons it’s not up to scratch yet">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pnina Levine, Lecturer in Law, Curtin Law School, Curtin University Shutterstock The nature and enforceability of university codes of conduct have been in the news lately. Prominent sackings for alleged misconduct include the cases of Professors Peter Ridd from James Cook University and Tim Anderson from the ... <a title="Court gives legal weight to academics’ right to intellectual freedom, but it’s not the final word" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/court-gives-legal-weight-to-academics-right-to-intellectual-freedom-but-its-not-the-final-word-167112/" aria-label="Read more about Court gives legal weight to academics’ right to intellectual freedom, but it’s not the final word">Read more</a>
