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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After mishandling its cancellation of the French submarines contract, the Morrison government is making things worse by suggesting the French really must have, or should have, known what was coming. As Labor keeps saying on the domestic front, Scott Morrison ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison and Macron need to talk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/view-from-the-hill-morrison-and-macron-need-to-talk-168390/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison and Macron need to talk">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: The Furious French and Porter’s fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-the-furious-french-and-porters-fall-168391/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: The Furious French and Porter’s fall">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Word from The Hill: The Furious French and Porter’s fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/word-from-the-hill-the-furious-french-and-porters-fall-168391/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: The Furious French and Porter’s fall">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Baker, Research Fellow in Statistics for Biosecurity Risk, The University of Melbourne The Doherty Report, released 10 August, underpins the vaccination targets in the federal government’s national reopening plan of 70% and 80% of the population aged over 16. However, since we began this modelling, we ... <a title="Doherty modelling update provides the goalposts, but local insights will determine play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/doherty-modelling-update-provides-the-goalposts-but-local-insights-will-determine-play-168364/" aria-label="Read more about Doherty modelling update provides the goalposts, but local insights will determine play">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Collin Tukuitonga, University of Auckland Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national covid-19 elimination strategy has failed or is even being abandoned. While the New Zealand government denies it, others clearly believe it is at least a possibility. The uncertainty is troubling. If elimination fails or ... <a title="If NZ’s covid elimination strategy is abandoned now ‘more Māori and Pasifika people will die’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/if-nzs-covid-elimination-strategy-is-abandoned-now-more-maori-and-pasifika-people-will-die/" aria-label="Read more about If NZ’s covid elimination strategy is abandoned now ‘more Māori and Pasifika people will die’">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
RNZ News Breaching covid-19 restrictions in New Zealand will now mean an increased infringement fee of up to $12,000 for individuals when imposed by a court, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. Speaking at the daily covid-19 briefing today, Ardern said fines for breaches of the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act were being increased because ... <a title="NZ covid-19 breaches: Infringement fines to increase dramatically" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/nz-covid-19-breaches-infringement-fines-to-increase-dramatically/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid-19 breaches: Infringement fines to increase dramatically">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board It perhaps wasn’t a remarkable coincidence that last month Samoa’s former Ambassador to the United Nations called on the United States to ratify a treaty declaring the South Pacific a nuclear-free zone. Ali’ioaiga Feturi Elisaia, currently Samoa’s High Commissioner to Fiji, made the comments during a Blue Pacific ... <a title="Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/samoa-observer-the-fallacy-of-a-nuclear-submarine-deal-for-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Alert level 3 is being called a roll of the dice that could either eliminate delta or send the country back into level 4. From tomorrow, Auckland will make the move after five weeks at alert level 4. Covid-19 modeller – and Aucklander – professor Shaun Hendy said ... <a title="NZ experts say Auckland move to alert level 3 ‘risky’ – but PM still confident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/nz-experts-say-auckland-move-to-alert-level-3-risky-but-pm-still-confident/" aria-label="Read more about NZ experts say Auckland move to alert level 3 ‘risky’ – but PM still confident">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
By Roy Luarca in Manila Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is leaving the sport that propelled him to stardom as he seeks the Philippine presidency in 2022 He is no longer fighting in the ring. “My boxing career? My boxing career is already over,” Senator Pacquiao told actress Toni Gonzaga in Filipino on her YouTube ... <a title="Pacquiao says boxing career over in favour of his presidency quest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/pacquiao-says-boxing-career-over-in-favour-of-his-presidency-quest/" aria-label="Read more about Pacquiao says boxing career over in favour of his presidency quest">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Scenes of protesters clad in hi-vis jackets and shouting anti-vaccination slogans have dominated the news this week. As the ABC reported: Some of those gathered held a banner reading ‘freedom’, while others sang the national anthem and chanted ‘f*** the ... <a title="‘It’s almost like grooming’: how anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and the far-right came together over COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/its-almost-like-grooming-how-anti-vaxxers-conspiracy-theorists-and-the-far-right-came-together-over-covid-168383/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s almost like grooming’: how anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and the far-right came together over COVID">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn C. Savage, Associate Professor of Education Policy, The University of Western Australia Over the past two decades, Australian governments have committed exorbitant energy and resources to transform our nation’s schools. The driving force behind many reforms has been a narrative of panic and failure, often centred ... <a title="Want to improve our education system? Stop seeking advice from far-off gurus and encourage expertise in schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/want-to-improve-our-education-system-stop-seeking-advice-from-far-off-gurus-and-encourage-expertise-in-schools-165320/" aria-label="Read more about Want to improve our education system? Stop seeking advice from far-off gurus and encourage expertise in schools">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Sarvasy, Research Fellow in Linguistics, Western Sydney University Binoora Bhultse demonstrates the two-handed _moyzé_ whistling technique used in the Oyda district of southwest Ethiopia. Azeb Amha, Author provided 36-year-old Binoora Bhultse lives in Garda village in the Oyda district of southwest Ethiopia. While he could share ... <a title="If you were called by a melody, how would it sound? Communities in Ethiopia and PNG name people with unique individual tunes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/if-you-were-called-by-a-melody-how-would-it-sound-communities-in-ethiopia-and-png-name-people-with-unique-individual-tunes-165969/" aria-label="Read more about If you were called by a melody, how would it sound? Communities in Ethiopia and PNG name people with unique individual tunes">Read more</a>