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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Woodward, Professor, School of Population Health, University of Auckland At the end of this month, the Climate Change Commission will deliver its final advice to government, outlining how New Zealand can reach its climate targets. New Zealand has committed to reaching net zero emissions of long-lived ... <a title="Climate policy that relies on a shift to electric cars risks entrenching existing inequities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/climate-policy-that-relies-on-a-shift-to-electric-cars-risks-entrenching-existing-inequities-160856/" aria-label="Read more about Climate policy that relies on a shift to electric cars risks entrenching existing inequities">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Australia is unquestionably in the midst of an extinction crisis. Some 34 native mammal species have been driven to extinction since European invasion, and threatened species and ... <a title="Australia’s threatened species plan sends in the ambulances but ignores glaring dangers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/australias-threatened-species-plan-sends-in-the-ambulances-but-ignores-glaring-dangers-161407/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s threatened species plan sends in the ambulances but ignores glaring dangers">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste government may apply disciplinary action to public officials doing face-to-face work who refuse to take the vaccine, while maintaining that vaccination against covid-19 is not mandatory. Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Fidelis Magalhães admitted the government’s tough stance, explaining that the vaccine was not ... <a title="Timor government may punish public officials who refuse covid vaccination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/timor-government-may-punish-public-officials-who-refuse-covid-vaccination/" aria-label="Read more about Timor government may punish public officials who refuse covid vaccination">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa’s incoming prime minister has called for the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government to relinquish power so the country can rebuild. The country is in a constitutional crisis after the FAST party, which won a one-seat majority in the April 9 election, was blocked from entering Parliament ... <a title="Fiame calls for Tuila’epa to end Samoa’s ‘enormous assault’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/fiame-calls-for-tuilaepa-to-end-samoas-enormous-assault/" aria-label="Read more about Fiame calls for Tuila’epa to end Samoa’s ‘enormous assault’">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Senate inquiry into the Christine Holgate affair has declared Scott Morrison, shareholder ministers and the Australia Post board should apologise to the former CEO “for denying her the legal principles of procedural fairness and natural justice”. The Labor-Greens dominated ... <a title="Morrison should apologise to Christine Holgate and Australia Post chair should resign: Senate report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/morrison-should-apologise-to-christine-holgate-and-australia-post-chair-should-resign-senate-report-161605/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison should apologise to Christine Holgate and Australia Post chair should resign: Senate report">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Ha, Associate, Grattan Institute In the global effort to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, achieving a “100% renewables” electricity system is considered ideal. Some Australian states have committed to 100% renewable energy targets, or even 200% renewable energy targets. But this doesn’t mean their ... <a title="A ‘100% renewables’ target might not mean what you think it means. An energy expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/a-100-renewables-target-might-not-mean-what-you-think-it-means-an-energy-expert-explains-160619/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘100% renewables’ target might not mean what you think it means. An energy expert explains">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renae Barker, Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia The New South Wales government has put a temporary ban on Sikh students carrying a kirpan in public schools. The kirpan is a ceremonial dagger baptised Sikhs carry to symbolise their duty to stand up against injustice. The ... <a title="A religious symbol, not a knife: at the heart of the NSW kirpan ban is a battle to define secularism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/a-religious-symbol-not-a-knife-at-the-heart-of-the-nsw-kirpan-ban-is-a-battle-to-define-secularism-161413/" aria-label="Read more about A religious symbol, not a knife: at the heart of the NSW kirpan ban is a battle to define secularism">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Shi, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has reached its next phase, now people aged 50 and over are officially eligible to receive their shot from a GP, respiratory clinic or mass vaccination hub. People under 50 are ... <a title="Do I get time off work for my COVID shot? Can I take a sick day?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/do-i-get-time-off-work-for-my-covid-shot-can-i-take-a-sick-day-161279/" aria-label="Read more about Do I get time off work for my COVID shot? Can I take a sick day?">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manying Ip, Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies, University of Auckland News of a revised New Zealand history curriculum was welcomed by many, including me as an historian and someone who has worked closely with high schools and the education sector. In particular, this seemed like an opportunity ... <a title="The New Zealand Chinese experience is unique and important — the new history curriculum can’t ignore it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/the-new-zealand-chinese-experience-is-unique-and-important-the-new-history-curriculum-cant-ignore-it-160782/" aria-label="Read more about The New Zealand Chinese experience is unique and important — the new history curriculum can’t ignore it">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region. The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence activist Victor Yeimo who was taken into police custody more than two weeks ago. They were also calling for the release of other Papuan political prisoners, and rejecting Jakarta’s ... <a title="Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/indonesian-police-crack-down-on-free-yeimo-west-papuan-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva The governing body of the University of the South Pacific has put a stop to a long and bitter campaign by the Fiji government to get rid of vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia. With the strong leadership of Tonga and Samoa, the council voted to: Issue a new contract for the ... <a title="Fiji-deported USP vice-chancellor Ahluwalia gets new contract" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/fiji-deported-usp-vice-chancellor-ahluwalia-gets-new-contract/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji-deported USP vice-chancellor Ahluwalia gets new contract">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
By Laurens Ikinia Students from six Melanesian countries and territories in the Pacific — Fiji, Kanaky/New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon islands, Vanuatu and West Papua — have gathered at Auckland University of Technology to form a club to “empower wantoks”. The AUT Melanesian Students Club was launched last Sunday with representative students from each ... <a title="Wantok students from 6 nations form solidarity Melanesian club at AUT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/wantok-students-from-6-nations-form-solidarity-melanesian-club-at-aut/" aria-label="Read more about Wantok students from 6 nations form solidarity Melanesian club at AUT">Read more</a>
