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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Premier Dan Andrews shortly after the fall that left him with broken ribs and a damaged spine. AAP/@DanielAndrewsMP A case study in the manufacture of fake news is playing out right now in Melbourne. ... <a title="Liberals’ Dan Andrews questions are a perfect case study in how to manufacture fake news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/liberals-dan-andrews-questions-are-a-perfect-case-study-in-how-to-manufacture-fake-news-162511/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals’ Dan Andrews questions are a perfect case study in how to manufacture fake news">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Mitchell, Professor of Nursing, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Melbourne is once again emerging from lockdown but fitness fans may be wondering: how come gyms remain closed for another week, while hospitality venues are allowed to open? It’s true in most lockdowns around the world, gyms have ... <a title="Melbourne lockdown: why can’t gyms open yet but hospitality venues can?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/melbourne-lockdown-why-cant-gyms-open-yet-but-hospitality-venues-can-162501/" aria-label="Read more about Melbourne lockdown: why can’t gyms open yet but hospitality venues can?">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University Shutterstock The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has once again called for a tax on sugary drinks in Australia. This time, the proposed tax is a key part of the AMA’s blueprint to make Australia the healthiest country in the world. The ... <a title="How much longer do we need to wait for Australia to implement a sugary drinks tax?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/how-much-longer-do-we-need-to-wait-for-australia-to-implement-a-sugary-drinks-tax-162434/" aria-label="Read more about How much longer do we need to wait for Australia to implement a sugary drinks tax?">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has accused Indonesian “colonial forces” of a new massacre with the killing of three civilians, “adding to the hundreds of thousands of West Papuans killed during six decades of occupation”. Interim president Benny Wenda of the ULMWP has also claimed that Jakarta has put the entire population of ... <a title="Wenda accuses Jakarta’s military of ‘massacre’ after killing of 3 Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/wenda-accuses-jakartas-military-of-massacre-after-killing-of-3-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Jakarta’s military of ‘massacre’ after killing of 3 Papuans">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
By Koroi Tadulala, FBC News multimedia journalist Fiji’s Ministry of Health says it is aware of concerns about the high number of frontline healthcare workers testing positive. However, Health Protection Head Dr Aalisha Sahukhan said these people played a critical role in the war against the virus. The frontline healthcare workers cannot stay home because ... <a title="Fiji frontline healthcare workers can’t stay home, says Dr Sahukhan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/fiji-frontline-healthcare-workers-cant-stay-home-says-dr-sahukhan/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji frontline healthcare workers can’t stay home, says Dr Sahukhan">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
By Katie Todd, RNZ News Reporter Critics have hammered the Climate Change Commission’s agriculture goals in New Zealand, saying it has missed the mark on methane targets. In a final 419-page report handed to Parliament yesterday, the commission urged the government to get tough on the way New Zealanders live, move and work, through implementing ... <a title="Climate Commission report gives NZ dairy industry ‘free pass to pollute’, say critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/climate-commission-report-gives-nz-dairy-industry-free-pass-to-pollute-say-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Commission report gives NZ dairy industry ‘free pass to pollute’, say critics">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has rejected a Fiji minister’s claim that the decision of the University of the South Pacific to reappoint its vice-chancellor and base him in Apia, Samoa, instead of Suva is illegal. “I don’t see how it can be illegal,” said President Aingimea, who is also the university’s ... <a title="Nauru president defends Samoa contract decision for USP chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/nauru-president-defends-samoa-contract-decision-for-usp-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Nauru president defends Samoa contract decision for USP chief">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country’s Parliament. On Tuesday, the Speaker of Parliament, Gracia Shadrack, declared the seats of Prime Minister Bob Loughman and 18 of his MPs vacant because they had been absent from Parliament on three consecutive ... <a title="Vanuatu judge stays Speaker’s vacation of PM plus 18 parliamentary seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/vanuatu-judge-stays-speakers-vacation-of-pm-plus-18-parliamentary-seats/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu judge stays Speaker’s vacation of PM plus 18 parliamentary seats">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Vaccine passports are an increasingly likely proposition in Australia. Last week, national cabinet “welcomed” a new COVID-19 digital vaccination certificate, which will be made available through the Medicare app ... <a title="If you don’t have a COVID vaccination certificate, could you be banned from restaurants, shops and theatres?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/if-you-dont-have-a-covid-vaccination-certificate-could-you-be-banned-from-restaurants-shops-and-theatres-162248/" aria-label="Read more about If you don’t have a COVID vaccination certificate, could you be banned from restaurants, shops and theatres?">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Bowen, Professor of Quantum and Precision Technologies, The University of Queensland Warwick Bowen, Author provided You’ve probably seen images of scientists peering down a microscope, looking at objects invisible to the naked eye. Indeed, microscopes are indispensable to our understanding of life. They are just as ... <a title="A quantum hack for microscopes can reveal the undiscovered details of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/a-quantum-hack-for-microscopes-can-reveal-the-undiscovered-details-of-life-161182/" aria-label="Read more about A quantum hack for microscopes can reveal the undiscovered details of life">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The revived debate over whether COVID-19 could be the result of an accidental release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology may never be adequately resolved. Either way, we risk not seeing the wood for the trees. While the World ... <a title="The COVID-19 lab leak theory highlights a glaring lack of global biosecurity regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/the-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-highlights-a-glaring-lack-of-global-biosecurity-regulation-162419/" aria-label="Read more about The COVID-19 lab leak theory highlights a glaring lack of global biosecurity regulation">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Division Head, Population Health and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Shutterstock As haematologists, we look after many patients who have had blood clots in the past or take blood thinners. They often ask: “should I have the AstraZeneca vaccine?” The answer is usually a ... <a title="A history of blood clots is not usually any reason to avoid the AstraZeneca vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/a-history-of-blood-clots-is-not-usually-any-reason-to-avoid-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-161889/" aria-label="Read more about A history of blood clots is not usually any reason to avoid the AstraZeneca vaccine">Read more</a>
