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September 21, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s Department of Labour has broken its silence over the government’s stance on covid-19 testing requirements in the “no jab no jobs” controversy, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has called on employers and employees to exercise common sense and ensure that businesses are allowed to continue and embrace workplace ... <a title="PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’ controversy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/pngs-labour-minister-calls-for-truce-in-no-jab-no-job-controversy/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’ controversy">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
RNZ News Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Tuesday night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. The rest of New Zealand will remain in level 2, but will move from gatherings of 50 up to gatherings of 100. Meanwhile, part of ... <a title="Auckland moves ‘cautiously’ to covid alert level 3, rest of NZ stays put" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/auckland-moves-cautiously-to-covid-alert-level-3-rest-of-nz-stays-put/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland moves ‘cautiously’ to covid alert level 3, rest of NZ stays put">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The criminalisation of activists — including those in West Papua — in 2019 and 2020 has been cited as one of the factors for the decline in the quality of democracy in Indonesia. Based on a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), democracy in Indonesia scored its worst figure ever ... <a title="Criminalisation of activists blamed for Indonesia’s declining democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/criminalisation-of-activists-blamed-for-indonesias-declining-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Criminalisation of activists blamed for Indonesia’s declining democracy">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
RNZ News A testing centre is being set up at a marae in New Zealand’s Waikato settlement of Kaiaua today after three community cases of covid-19 were confirmed in the region. They are household members of a man with the virus who is in remand at Mount Eden prison in Auckland. The Ministry of Health ... <a title="Three new NZ ‘breakout’ covid cases in Waikato include two students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/three-new-nz-breakout-covid-cases-in-waikato-include-two-students/" aria-label="Read more about Three new NZ ‘breakout’ covid cases in Waikato include two students">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Government gambles with Level 3 move Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern rolls the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 21 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-21-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 21 2021">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shazia Sadiq, Professor, The University of Queensland Headway/Unsplash.com, CC BY-SA Digital technologies are now at the heart of our everyday lives, as anyone who has swapped their office for a videoconferencing screen, or downloaded a contact-tracing app, knows only too well. This trend is set to continue ... <a title="Digital tech is the future, but a new report shows Australia risks being left in the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/digital-tech-is-the-future-but-a-new-report-shows-australia-risks-being-left-in-the-past-168250/" aria-label="Read more about Digital tech is the future, but a new report shows Australia risks being left in the past">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Scanlon, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University Mick Tsikas/AAP Which federal MP spends the most on Facebook advertising? If you guessed Prime Minister Scott Morrison or Labor leader Anthony Albanese — or even headline-grabbing backbenchers Craig Kelly or Andrew Laming — you would be wrong. Way ... <a title="Which federal MP is spending the most on Facebook advertising? (Hint: it is not Craig Kelly)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/which-federal-mp-is-spending-the-most-on-facebook-advertising-hint-it-is-not-craig-kelly-168197/" aria-label="Read more about Which federal MP is spending the most on Facebook advertising? (Hint: it is not Craig Kelly)">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock A therapy for infants showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of the child meeting diagnostic criteria for autism at three years of age. That’s according to our new research, published ... <a title="Therapy for babies showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of clinical diagnosis at age 3" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/therapy-for-babies-showing-early-signs-of-autism-reduces-the-chance-of-clinical-diagnosis-at-age-3-167146/" aria-label="Read more about Therapy for babies showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of clinical diagnosis at age 3">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Croucher, Professor and Head of School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing, Massey University Fiona Goodall/Getty Images After five weeks in the strictest lockdown, Auckland will move to level 3 restrictions from midnight on Tuesday, for at least two weeks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the decision ... <a title="New Zealand has ramped up vaccination rates, but too many people remain concerned about vaccine safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/new-zealand-has-ramped-up-vaccination-rates-but-too-many-people-remain-concerned-about-vaccine-safety-167984/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand has ramped up vaccination rates, but too many people remain concerned about vaccine safety">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Helene Nolan, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University One year following the 2019/20 fires, this forest has been slow to recover. Rachael Nolan, CC BY-NC-ND Green shoots emerging from black tree trunks is an iconic image in the days following bushfires, thanks to the remarkable ability ... <a title="Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea lilies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/climate-change-is-testing-the-resilience-of-native-plants-to-fire-from-ash-forests-to-gymea-lilies-167367/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea lilies">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chen Zhao, Research associate, University of Tasmania The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest mass of ice in the world, holding around 60% of the world’s fresh water. If it all melted, global average sea levels would rise by 58 metres. But scientists are grappling with exactly ... <a title="Scientists still don’t know how far melting in Antarctica will go – or the sea level rise it will unleash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/scientists-still-dont-know-how-far-melting-in-antarctica-will-go-or-the-sea-level-rise-it-will-unleash-166677/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists still don’t know how far melting in Antarctica will go – or the sea level rise it will unleash">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Davie, Lecturer in Piano, School of Music, Australian National University Kent G Becker/flickr, CC BY-SA On June 25 1910, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird opened to acclaim at the Paris Opéra. The success propelled its composer, then aged 28, to international prominence, a position of influence ... <a title="Decoding the music masterpieces: Stravinsky’s The Firebird" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/decoding-the-music-masterpieces-stravinskys-the-firebird-161582/" aria-label="Read more about Decoding the music masterpieces: Stravinsky’s The Firebird">Read more</a>
