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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Coinciding with the Trans-Tasman travel bubble starting today, over the past week there have been murmurings Australia could soon relax its borders further, ... <a title="What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/whats-the-risk-if-australia-opens-its-international-borders-an-epidemiologist-explains-159208/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Wilson, Honorary Professor, Australian National University The US Congress is considering a proposed law to ban the import and sale of kangaroo parts. Backed by a campaign called Kangaroos Are Not Shoes, the bill is aimed at stopping Nike, Adidas and other big brands from using ... <a title="A US ban on kangaroo leather would be an animal welfare disaster – and a missed farming opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/a-us-ban-on-kangaroo-leather-would-be-an-animal-welfare-disaster-and-a-missed-farming-opportunity-155904/" aria-label="Read more about A US ban on kangaroo leather would be an animal welfare disaster – and a missed farming opportunity">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
By Praneeta Prakash in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says a breach in protocol in relation to the 53-year-old woman now testing positive of covid-19 should not have happened. The woman who was working as a maid in a border quarantine facility developed symptoms last Thursday, but continued working and failed to notify authorities. ... <a title="Bainimarama blames ‘protocol breach’ for second Fiji community covid case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/bainimarama-blames-protocol-breach-for-second-fiji-community-covid-case/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama blames ‘protocol breach’ for second Fiji community covid case">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
The Pacific Newsroom Vanuatu’s capital island of Efate has gone into covid-19 lockdown for three days after a body was found on a beach near Port Vila. The body, which tested positive for covid, was that of a Filipino crewman from the British-flagged liquified petroleum gas carrier Inge Kosan, a medium range tanker that supplies ... <a title="Beach body off Pacific LPG ship throws Vanuatu capital into covid lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/beach-body-off-pacific-lpg-ship-throws-vanuatu-capital-into-covid-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Beach body off Pacific LPG ship throws Vanuatu capital into covid lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
While the trans-Tasman bubble today is “a significant day” for New Zealanders, any moves to open the borders to other countries will need to be be based on hard evidence, the prime minister says. After months of discussions, the trans-Tasman bubble is officially open. The prime ministers of New Zealand and Australia are describing it ... <a title="Trans-Tasman bubble opens – data key to other bubbles opening, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/trans-tasman-bubble-opens-data-key-to-other-bubbles-opening-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Trans-Tasman bubble opens – data key to other bubbles opening, says PM">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues that members believe the New Zealand government should be pursuing with Indonesia. Leary has a strong track record on Pacific human rights issues having worked in Fiji as a television ... <a title="West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/west-papua-action-group-raises-human-rights-issues-with-taieri-mp/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW The Federal Court has found Google misled some users about personal location data collected through Android devices for two years, from January 2017 to December 2018. The Australian Competition & ... <a title="ACCC ‘world first’: Australia’s Federal Court found Google misled users about personal location data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/accc-world-first-australias-federal-court-found-google-misled-users-about-personal-location-data-159138/" aria-label="Read more about ACCC ‘world first’: Australia’s Federal Court found Google misled users about personal location data">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has had a significant win against Google. The Federal Court found Google misled some Android users about how to disable personal location tracking. Will this decision actually change the behaviour of ... <a title="Privacy erosion by design: why the Federal Court should throw the book at Google over location data tracking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/privacy-erosion-by-design-why-the-federal-court-should-throw-the-book-at-google-over-location-data-tracking-159206/" aria-label="Read more about Privacy erosion by design: why the Federal Court should throw the book at Google over location data tracking">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University Review: This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist, directed by Colin Barnicle. After dreaming for many years of visiting Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, I was surprised by its dour presence when I finally arrived on its doorstep. ... <a title="Grand theft art world: Netflix probe into history’s biggest gallery heist is a rollicking story of lapses and loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/grand-theft-art-world-netflix-probe-into-historys-biggest-gallery-heist-is-a-rollicking-story-of-lapses-and-loss-159054/" aria-label="Read more about Grand theft art world: Netflix probe into history’s biggest gallery heist is a rollicking story of lapses and loss">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Munsie, Deputy Director – Centre for Stem Cell Systems and Head of Engagements, Ethics & Policy Program, Stem Cells Australia, The University of Melbourne The recent announcement that scientists have made human-monkey embryos and cultured them in the lab for two weeks made international headlines. The ... <a title="As scientists move closer to making part human, part animal organisms, what are the concerns?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/as-scientists-move-closer-to-making-part-human-part-animal-organisms-what-are-the-concerns-159049/" aria-label="Read more about As scientists move closer to making part human, part animal organisms, what are the concerns?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing crisis Reuters: ‘Explosion of wealth inequality’ as housing boom leaves many behind – economist Dan Satherley (Newshub): Housing crisis: Price ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 19 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-19-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 19 2021">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris O’Neill, Research fellow, Monash University COVID-19 lockdowns were a huge disruption for Australian universities. With students unable to come to campus, many universities turned to “online proctoring solutions” to monitor students during exam time. Many of these systems rely on automated facial recognition or detection, often ... <a title="Online exam monitoring is now common in Australian universities — but is it here to stay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/online-exam-monitoring-is-now-common-in-australian-universities-but-is-it-here-to-stay-159074/" aria-label="Read more about Online exam monitoring is now common in Australian universities — but is it here to stay?">Read more</a>
