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June 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating. While some countries such as Australia and New Zealand have managed to flatten the curve, in many other parts of the world the number of cases has continued to reach new highs. ... <a title="In many countries the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, not slowing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/in-many-countries-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-accelerating-not-slowing-141238/" aria-label="Read more about In many countries the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, not slowing">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Rennie, Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a sense history had ended, and that the United States represented a supreme endpoint. Today, the US is not dominant, it is in crisis: convulsed by riots and protest, riven ... <a title="Is America a ‘failing state’? How a superpower has been brought to the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/is-america-a-failing-state-how-a-superpower-has-been-brought-to-the-brink-139680/" aria-label="Read more about Is America a ‘failing state’? How a superpower has been brought to the brink">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Could the quarantine and testing botch-ups have an impact on the election? The Government might have been hoping that the scandal was a one-week wonder, but the stories of quarantine and testing fiascos keep coming and will be felt strongly by the public. Many voters will now have much less ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fallout from the Covid border blunder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-fallout-from-the-covid-border-blunder/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fallout from the Covid border blunder">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland Rio Tinto has committed to an internal review of its heritage management processes in the wake of its destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site in Western Australia last month. After intense ... <a title="How Rio Tinto can ensure its Aboriginal heritage review is transparent and independent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/how-rio-tinto-can-ensure-its-aboriginal-heritage-review-is-transparent-and-independent-141192/" aria-label="Read more about How Rio Tinto can ensure its Aboriginal heritage review is transparent and independent">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea government has announced a ninth covid-19 case in the country, and this has since been confirmed by the Australian Defence Force as being an officer posted to Port Moresby. This news came on Friday as the country entered the fourth day of operating under the new Pandemic ... <a title="Australian Defence Force officer confirmed covid positive in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/australian-defence-force-officer-confirmed-covid-positive-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Defence Force officer confirmed covid positive in PNG">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. It all boils down to this: The timeline of latest revelations suggests National Party MPs placed their want to GET their opponents – the Ardern Government – ahead of concerns that Covid-19 was potentially un-contained and again infecting New Zealanders. Is this a step too far for the Todd Muller-led party? ... <a title="Editorial: Snakes and Mirrors – National Sat On Covid-19 Infection Information For Hours Before Dropping Political Bombshell In Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/editorial-snakes-and-mirrors-national-sat-on-covid-19-infection-information-for-hours-before-dropping-political-bombshell-in-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Editorial: Snakes and Mirrors – National Sat On Covid-19 Infection Information For Hours Before Dropping Political Bombshell In Parliament">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
COMMENT: By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor Public confidence in New Zealand’s border controls has been shattered. The obvious anger of the prime minister when talking about the latest border bungle shows that goes right to the top. The fate of Health Minister David Clark and potentially Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield hang ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 border botch-up: ‘Next few days will be crucial’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/nzs-covid-19-border-botch-up-next-few-days-will-be-crucial/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 border botch-up: ‘Next few days will be crucial’">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta A court in East Kalimantan found seven Papuans guilty of treason in separate trials today for their involvement in antiracism protests in Jayapura, Papua, in 2019, despite calls from human rights defenders for authorities to drop all charges against them. The Balikpapan District Court sentenced Buchtar Tabuni, an executive of pro-Papuan ... <a title="Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/seven-papuan-protesters-jailed-for-treason-amid-drop-charges-call/" aria-label="Read more about Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart shows my estimates for the actual infection rates of Covid19 for all countries with an (estimated) infection rate of above four percent of their population. Plus, Australia and New Zealand. The principal method of estimation is to use the testing ‘positivity rate’. If the average positivity rate over the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Estimates of Covid19 Incidence as of mid-June 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-estimates-of-covid19-incidence-as-of-mid-june-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Estimates of Covid19 Incidence as of mid-June 2020">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By Shaun Hendy; Alex James of University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research; Michael Plank of University of Canterbury; Nicholas Steyn, and Rachelle Binny of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research New Zealand is one of a handful of countries where community transmission of covid-19 has been eliminated. But with two new ... <a title="2 new covid-19 cases in NZ, but elimination target still stands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/2-new-covid-19-cases-in-nz-but-elimination-target-still-stands/" aria-label="Read more about 2 new covid-19 cases in NZ, but elimination target still stands">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2020
By RNZ News Two new cases of covid-19 in New Zealand were women aged in their 30s and 40s who visited a dying parent in Wellington under compassionate grounds, says Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. In a statement released today, the Ministry of Health said the two new cases were related to the border as a ... <a title="Two new covid-19 cases in NZ visited dying parent, says Bloomfield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/two-new-covid-19-cases-in-nz-visited-dying-parent-says-bloomfield/" aria-label="Read more about Two new covid-19 cases in NZ visited dying parent, says Bloomfield">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Foreign lives matter, especially (but by no means only) when they are our foreigners. As intimated on 15 March 2019, our foreigners include all non New Zealand citizens in New Zealand, at a given point in time (the ‘present’). And our foreigners include all non New Zealand citizens normally resident in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Foreign Lives Matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/keith-rankin-analysis-foreign-lives-matter/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Foreign Lives Matter">Read more</a>
