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April 13, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has called for the “urgent” and “immediate” release of immigration detainees in line with recommendations of peak medical bodies advising the federal government on their response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Edward Santow in an exclusive interview with SBS News said they should be ... <a title="Human Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/human-rights-commissioner-calls-for-release-of-detainees-amid-virus-alarm/" aria-label="Read more about Human Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura Three officers from the Mamberamo Raya Police force have died while two others sustained wounds following a reported clash with military personnel in Mamberamo Raya regency of Papua yesterday morning. “Two police officers were killed in the clash. However, we have received a report that another officer succumbed to his ... <a title="Three Papuan police officers killed in ‘misunderstanding’ clash with military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/three-papuan-police-officers-killed-in-misunderstanding-clash-with-military/" aria-label="Read more about Three Papuan police officers killed in ‘misunderstanding’ clash with military">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series. The lockdown breaches over the Easter weekend shows the number of self-entitled and selfish people flouting the rules in New Zealand and Fiji as reports have suggested. On self-isolation day 18 yesterday – ... <a title="Selfish lockdown breaches cause headaches in Fiji, NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/selfish-lockdown-breaches-cause-headaches-in-fiji-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Selfish lockdown breaches cause headaches in Fiji, NZ">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Goldlust, Phd candidate in Environmental History, La Trobe University Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home. There is a long history ... <a title="Great time to try: starting a vegetable garden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/great-time-to-try-starting-a-vegetable-garden-135552/" aria-label="Read more about Great time to try: starting a vegetable garden">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tambri Housen, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, a small proportion of Australians infected have now died, while most have either recovered, or are likely to recover over the next few weeks. ... <a title="How long are you infectious when you have coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/how-long-are-you-infectious-when-you-have-coronavirus-135295/" aria-label="Read more about How long are you infectious when you have coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karl Sebire, Researcher (Technology and education), University of New England “How would we have coped before the internet?” is a quandary likely posed by someone you know. Beyond being a whimsical hypothetical, this question is relevant at a time when the digital age is ridiculed as the ... <a title="The coronavirus lockdown is forcing us to view ‘screen time’ differently. That’s a good thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/the-coronavirus-lockdown-is-forcing-us-to-view-screen-time-differently-thats-a-good-thing-135641/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus lockdown is forcing us to view ‘screen time’ differently. That’s a good thing">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Moran, Professor of Development Effectiveness, The University of Queensland Less than four kilometres from Australia’s northernmost islands in the Torres Strait lies the South Fly District of Papua New Guinea. If you’ve ever heard anything about this borderland region – wedged between Australia, Indonesia and the ... <a title="Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/destitution-on-australias-hardening-border-with-png-and-the-need-for-a-better-aid-strategy-135038/" aria-label="Read more about Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Cornish, PhD student, University of Sydney A recent survey of more than 1,500 Australians found 95% were concerned about the welfare of farm animals and 91% wanted to see some reform to animal welfare regulations. But this concern doesn’t always mean consumers will make the right ... <a title="Animal welfare: our good intentions usually fall short. Here are 4 ways to shop responsibly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/animal-welfare-our-good-intentions-usually-fall-short-here-are-4-ways-to-shop-responsibly-122536/" aria-label="Read more about Animal welfare: our good intentions usually fall short. Here are 4 ways to shop responsibly">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Davies, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University The COVID-19 pandemic is likened to a “war on two fronts” by senior government figures, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. On one front is the pandemic, which threatens to put unprecedented strain on ... <a title="Australia had rent control in wartime. War on coronavirus demands the same response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/australia-had-rent-control-in-wartime-war-on-coronavirus-demands-the-same-response-135694/" aria-label="Read more about Australia had rent control in wartime. War on coronavirus demands the same response">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Temnyalov, Senior Lecturer, Economics, University of Technology Sydney COVID-19’s impact on the Australian labour market has been dramatic and multifaceted. Some sectors of the economy have been almost completely shut down by government order. The demand in many industries has collapsed, while a few others have ... <a title="What should we do with 1 billion hours of time? Australia’s COVID-19 opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/what-should-we-do-with-1-billion-hours-of-time-australias-covid-19-opportunity-135677/" aria-label="Read more about What should we do with 1 billion hours of time? Australia’s COVID-19 opportunity">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea’s Police Minister Bryan Kramer has published an extraordinary attack on two leading journalists over their reporting of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, accusing them of “misrepresenting” a financial update this week and suggesting they ought to be sacked. He claimed in an Easter weekend posting on his Kramer Report – ... <a title="Police Minister Kramer blasts two journalists in virus reporting row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/12/police-minister-kramer-blasts-two-journalists-in-virus-reporting-row/" aria-label="Read more about Police Minister Kramer blasts two journalists in virus reporting row">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2020
By Ritika Pratap in Suva Fiji police have arrested 193 people in the last 24 hours for violations of the country’s coronavirus lockdown and the Police Commissioner, Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho, says they are classic examples of the “selfish group”. Of the 193 arrests, 139 people were arrested for social gathering breaches, 53 arrested for curfew ... <a title="Fiji police make 193 virus lockdown violation arrests, blast ‘selfish group’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/12/fiji-police-make-193-virus-lockdown-violation-arrests-blast-selfish-group/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police make 193 virus lockdown violation arrests, blast ‘selfish group’">Read more</a>
