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May 2, 2021
By Josefa Babitu The Australian government has announced an A$170 million (F$267 million) programme for the Pacific region to strengthen gender equality initiatives over the next five years. The commitment was revealed by Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Women Marise Payne during the high-level ministerial session at the 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women ... <a title="Australia commits $170m to boost Pacific gender equality efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/australia-commits-170m-to-boost-pacific-gender-equality-efforts/" aria-label="Read more about Australia commits $170m to boost Pacific gender equality efforts">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji’s government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year. Most of the country is on lockdown from 8pm tonight to 4am on Monday local time. This comes amid a new covid-19 case confirmed by the Health Ministry, taking the total ... <a title="Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/fiji-tightens-lockdown-as-covid-cases-rise-in-viti-levu/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University The Australian government has announced big changes to its child-care subsidy ahead of the May 11 federal budget. The changes involve adding A$1.7 billion to the A$10.3 billion a year already budgeted for child care. This spending will ... <a title="An extra $1.7 billion for child care will help some. It won’t improve affordability for most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/an-extra-1-7-billion-for-child-care-will-help-some-it-wont-improve-affordability-for-most-160163/" aria-label="Read more about An extra $1.7 billion for child care will help some. It won’t improve affordability for most">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne With 79% counted in Saturday’s Tasmanian election, the ABC is calling 12 of the 25 Tasmanian lower house seats for the Liberals, eight for Labor, two Greens and three undecided. Vote shares were 48.7% ... <a title="Liberals likely to retain majority in Tasmania; Biden’s ratings after 100 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/liberals-likely-to-retain-majority-in-tasmania-bidens-ratings-after-100-days-159629/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals likely to retain majority in Tasmania; Biden’s ratings after 100 days">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2021
By David Robie Branding armed Papuan groups as “terrorists” has sparked strong condemnation from human rights groups across Indonesia and in West Papua, some describing the move as desperation and the “worst ever” action by President Joko Widodo’s administration. Many warn that this draconian militarist approach to the Papuan independence struggle will lead to further ... <a title="Branding armed Papuan resistance as ‘terrorists’ angers rights groups, sparks media warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/01/branding-armed-papuan-resistance-as-terrorists-angers-rights-groups-sparks-media-warning/" aria-label="Read more about Branding armed Papuan resistance as ‘terrorists’ angers rights groups, sparks media warning">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2021
By Barry Guy, RNZ News sports reporter New Zealand Rugby is accusing the Players’ Association of misrepresenting the reasons for their opposition to the Silver Lake deal. Thursday’s NZR annual general meeting unanimously backed the selling of a minority stake in its commercial arm to the US private equity firm. Holding up the NZ$387.5 million ... <a title="NZ Rugby accuses Players’ Association of misrepresentation over US deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/01/nz-rugby-accuses-players-association-of-misrepresentation-over-us-deal/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Rugby accuses Players’ Association of misrepresentation over US deal">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings, co-editors of Newsroom Less than half the New Zealand public now professes “overall trust” in news media outlets, despite big rises in audience numbers during the covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis. The 2021 Trust in News in New Zealand survey released yesterday found the level of overall trust ... <a title="Digital news check: In media, we don’t trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/01/digital-news-check-in-media-we-dont-trust/" aria-label="Read more about Digital news check: In media, we don’t trust">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wise, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland Over recent weeks, news reports have indicated some women are experiencing irregularities in their menstrual cycles after receiving a COVID vaccine. This has included periods arriving early and being heavier than usual, or being absent ... <a title="Could the COVID vaccines affect your period? We don’t know yet — but there’s no cause for concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/could-the-covid-vaccines-affect-your-period-we-dont-know-yet-but-theres-no-cause-for-concern-159912/" aria-label="Read more about Could the COVID vaccines affect your period? We don’t know yet — but there’s no cause for concern">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the coronavirus situation in India, where more than 300,000 new cases have ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the COVID situation in India, Mike Pezzullo and the upcoming budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-covid-situation-in-india-mike-pezzullo-and-the-upcoming-budget-160106/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the COVID situation in India, Mike Pezzullo and the upcoming budget">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Broadbent, PhD candidate Faculty of Science UNSW, UNSW Australia’s trucking industry is making moves to go electric. The latest development — a system for using swappable batteries instead of time-consuming recharge stations for long-haul trucks between Sydney and Brisbane — shows how this transition is gathering ... <a title="The trucking industry has begun to turn electric — but passenger vehicles will take a little longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/the-trucking-industry-has-begun-to-turn-electric-but-passenger-vehicles-will-take-a-little-longer-160005/" aria-label="Read more about The trucking industry has begun to turn electric — but passenger vehicles will take a little longer">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University She published more than 70 novels and sold more than 34 million books translated into 29 languages, making her one of Australia’s most successful and prolific authors. Yet many are not familiar with her name. Valerie Parv ... <a title="‘I believe in romance’: remembering Valerie Parv, the Australian author who sold 34 million books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/i-believe-in-romance-remembering-valerie-parv-the-australian-author-who-sold-34-million-books-160084/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I believe in romance’: remembering Valerie Parv, the Australian author who sold 34 million books">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Henry, Research Officer, CSIRO Imagine constantly living with mice. Every time you open a cupboard to get linen, clothes or food, mice have been or are still there. When you go to sleep they run across your bed and, in the morning, your first job is ... <a title="‘No one ever forgets living through a mouse plague’: the dystopia facing Australian rural communities, explained by an expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/no-one-ever-forgets-living-through-a-mouse-plague-the-dystopia-facing-australian-rural-communities-explained-by-an-expert-159339/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No one ever forgets living through a mouse plague’: the dystopia facing Australian rural communities, explained by an expert">Read more</a>
