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February 21, 2021
By Sheldon Chanel in Suva Facebook’s ban on Australian news will cut off a vital source of authoritative information for the Pacific region, government and industry analysts have warned. Across the Pacific, thousands have found their access to news blocked, or severely limited, after the tech giant wiped all news on the platform in Australia ... <a title="Facebook’s Australia ban threatens to leave Pacific without key news source" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/21/facebooks-australia-ban-threatens-to-leave-pacific-without-key-news-source/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook’s Australia ban threatens to leave Pacific without key news source">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Chinese government has formally charged Australian journalist Cheng Lei with “illegally supplying state secrets overseas”, almost half a year after she was first detained, reports ABC News. Lei has been held since August last year under a form of detention that allows Chinese police to imprison and question a suspect ... <a title="China formally charges Australian journalist Cheng Lei – half year after being detained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/china-formally-charges-australian-journalist-cheng-lei-half-year-after-being-detained/" aria-label="Read more about China formally charges Australian journalist Cheng Lei – half year after being detained">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2021
ANALYSIS: By James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission this week released its long-anticipated advice to the government on how to reshape the economy to meet the country’s domestic and international climate change obligations. The document sets out three emissions budgets, covering 15 years to 2035 in ... <a title="Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/03/climate-change-commission-calls-on-nz-to-take-immediate-decisive-action/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta Jakarta Indonesian Doctor’s Association (IDI) chairperson Slamet Budiarto has challenged a statement by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo who has claimed that the Indonesian government has succeeded in bringing the coronavirus pandemic under control. Budiarto said he was confused about what parameters Widodo was using in making such a statement. “I don’t ... <a title="Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/indonesian-doctors-challenge-jokowis-claim-pandemic-is-under-control/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter A wine delivery, a note penned on the back of a facemask and a 20-minute bedroom “encounter” have spelled the end of a managed isolation staffer’s job in New Zealand. However, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins refutes there are slipping standards at the border facilities, where authorities are also ... <a title="Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/hipkins-denies-nzs-miq-standards-slipping-after-covid-cases-illicit-rendevous/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By Karo Jesse in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has stayed a court order nullifying the appointment of David Manning as Commissioner of Police. Manning, who was ordered to vacate his office by noon today, is also the country’s Pandemic Response Controller. The order was handed down by Justice David Cannings in the ... <a title="PNG court rules police chief Manning can stay pending appeal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/png-court-rules-police-chief-manning-can-stay-pending-appeal/" aria-label="Read more about PNG court rules police chief Manning can stay pending appeal">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By RNZ News The New Zealand government should impose a week-long home quarantine for returnees after they have left managed isolation facilities to reduce the risk of community spread, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says. Three positive cases, a Northland woman and a father and daughter in Auckland, were detected this week after they had left ... <a title="‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/impose-stricter-quarantine-measures-epidemiologist-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By RNZ News The two new cases of covid-19 confirmed yesterday in New Zealand are the South African variant and initial results show they are connected to the Northland case at the Pullman Hotel. This morning the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, confirmed to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins that preliminary genomic sequencing results ... <a title="NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/nzs-two-new-covid-cases-linked-to-south-african-strain-in-northland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Alex Baumann, Western Sydney University and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne Among the many hard truths exposed by covid-19 is the huge disparity between the world’s rich and poor. As economies went into freefall, the world’s billionaires increased their already huge fortunes by 27.5 percent. And as many ordinary people lost their jobs ... <a title="We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/we-are-the-1-the-wealth-of-many-australians-puts-them-in-an-elite-club-wrecking-the-planet/" aria-label="Read more about We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2021
New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has revealed that 14 close contacts of the Northland community case have returned negative test results. Yesterday he announced two close contacts – her husband and hair dresser – were negative. In his tweet, Hipkins described the news as “encouraging”. However, New Zealand should be ready to move ... <a title="NZ covid: 14 close contacts of Northland case test negative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/26/nz-covid-14-close-contacts-of-northland-case-test-negative/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: 14 close contacts of Northland case test negative">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of agonising free-speech dilemmas to which there are no easy answers. Do they allow a president of the United States to use their platforms to falsely and provocatively claim ... <a title="To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/to-publish-or-not-to-publish-the-medias-free-speech-dilemmas-in-a-world-of-division-violence-and-extremism/" aria-label="Read more about To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path Two weeks after the storming of the US Capitol by the followers of his predecessor, in the middle of an out-of-control pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans, Joe Biden — the 46th president ... <a title="Joe Biden sends a clear message to watching world – America’s back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/joe-biden-sends-a-clear-message-to-watching-world-americas-back/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden sends a clear message to watching world – America’s back">Read more</a>
