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July 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese this week sent a clear message – he intends to use John Howard’s 1996 model as his strategic guide to the election. With this in mind, it was predictable the opposition leader would embrace the government’s stage three ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese lightens his boat, ahead of the battle of the ‘grey men’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/grattan-on-friday-albanese-lightens-his-boat-ahead-of-the-battle-of-the-grey-men-165331/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese lightens his boat, ahead of the battle of the ‘grey men’">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University The arrest of nine Fijian opposition politicians, including party leaders and two former prime ministers, once again exposes Fijian democracy’s fragility. The intimidation doesn’t bode well for the parliamentary elections due next year (or early 2023). The political crisis has been overshadowed by Fiji’s covid-19 crisis, which has ... <a title="Fiji’s other crisis – away from the covid emergency, political dissent can still get you arrested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/fijis-other-crisis-away-from-the-covid-emergency-political-dissent-can-still-get-you-arrested/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s other crisis – away from the covid emergency, political dissent can still get you arrested">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific A covid-19 positive patient is being flown to New Zealand from Fiji today despite an earlier decision by the Ministry of Health to decline the transfer. The infected patient from Fiji is being flown to Auckland for hospital treatment. It is reported the person involved is a high-profile staff member employed by the ... <a title="Fiji covid-19 patient being flown to NZ for treatment in about-turn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/fiji-covid-19-patient-being-flown-to-nz-for-treatment-in-about-turn/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji covid-19 patient being flown to NZ for treatment in about-turn">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
COMMENT: By Shailendra Singh in Suva This poignant photo by Max Vosailagi captures Fiji’s fixation with rugby sevens, with winning a second Olympic Gold last night by beating New Zealand 27-12 in the men’s final. Two young boys, glued to what is apparently a TV screen through a neighbourhood front door during the Tokyo Olympic ... <a title="Fiji Olympic Gold … never to be missed even for Fiji’s youngest sevens fans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/fiji-olympic-gold-never-to-be-missed-even-for-fijis-youngest-sevens-fans/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Olympic Gold … never to be missed even for Fiji’s youngest sevens fans">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji has dedicated its Olympic rugby sevens win to the people back home who are struggling amidst the country’s covid-19 health crisis. Fiji defeated New Zealand 27-12 in the men’s sevens final in Tokyo to defend the title they won in Rio five years ago. Captain Jerry Tuwai said the win is very ... <a title="Fiji dedicates Olympic sevens win to struggling people back home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/fiji-dedicates-olympic-sevens-win-to-struggling-people-back-home/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji dedicates Olympic sevens win to struggling people back home">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Allegations of “hijacking and manipulation” of a Papua New Guinea national government sanctioned validation exercise at the Porgera mine in Enga province have been raised, reports the PNG Post-Courier. Tieni Wuape clan leader from the Special Mining Lease (SML) Janet Yuwi told the Post-Courier that a landowner group was allegedly misleading ... <a title="PNG landowner group accused of ‘hijack’ over validation in Porgera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/png-landowner-group-accused-of-hijack-over-validation-in-porgera/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landowner group accused of ‘hijack’ over validation in Porgera">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The co-leader of New Zealand’s minority Māori Party has launched a blistering attack on white privilege and the opposition National Party which it accuses of “igniting racism” in the framing of a debate about radical political change. In a provocative introduction to her weekly column in The New Zealand Herald today, ... <a title="Māori Party calls for indigenous debate to address NZ racism, white privilege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/maori-party-calls-for-indigenous-debate-to-address-nz-racism-white-privilege/" aria-label="Read more about Māori Party calls for indigenous debate to address NZ racism, white privilege">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Having a baby brings enough stress and uncertainty without having to deal with a pandemic. Added to that is the difficult decision to have a recently developed vaccine or not. ... <a title="Should pregnant women have a COVID vaccine? The evidence says it’s safe and effective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/should-pregnant-women-have-a-covid-vaccine-the-evidence-says-its-safe-and-effective-165192/" aria-label="Read more about Should pregnant women have a COVID vaccine? The evidence says it’s safe and effective">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Norris, Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University ESO Can we find alien technology? That is the ambitious goal of the Galileo Project, launched this week by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb with substantial private financial backing. The project is far from the first attempt to detect ... <a title="Is the truth out there? How the Harvard-based Galileo Project will search the skies for alien technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/is-the-truth-out-there-how-the-harvard-based-galileo-project-will-search-the-skies-for-alien-technology-165237/" aria-label="Read more about Is the truth out there? How the Harvard-based Galileo Project will search the skies for alien technology">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University GettyImages The arrest of nine Fijian opposition politicians, including party leaders and two former prime ministers, once again exposes Fijian democracy’s fragility. The intimidation doesn’t ... <a title="Fiji’s other crisis: away from the COVID emergency, political dissent can still get you arrested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/fijis-other-crisis-away-from-the-covid-emergency-political-dissent-can-still-get-you-arrested-165238/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s other crisis: away from the COVID emergency, political dissent can still get you arrested">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janine Mohamed, Distinguished Fellow, George Institute for Global Health The 2021 Close the Gap report declared the national agreement on Closing the Gap “a game changer” that sets a new standard for how governments work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities. The national agreement ... <a title="How can the new Closing the Gap dashboard highlight what indicators and targets are on track?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/how-can-the-new-closing-the-gap-dashboard-highlight-what-indicators-and-targets-are-on-track-163809/" aria-label="Read more about How can the new Closing the Gap dashboard highlight what indicators and targets are on track?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Soutphommasane, Professor of Practice (Sociology and Political Theory) Director, Culture Strategy, University of Sydney DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP It’s four more weeks of lockdown for Sydneysiders, with no end yet in sight. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is still to outline a roadmap out. Sydney feels like it is ... <a title="Zero-COVID is no longer an effective strategy. We need to learn from other countries how to adapt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/zero-covid-is-no-longer-an-effective-strategy-we-need-to-learn-from-other-countries-how-to-adapt-165241/" aria-label="Read more about Zero-COVID is no longer an effective strategy. We need to learn from other countries how to adapt">Read more</a>
