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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan talk about the week in politics. They discuss Julie Bishop finally announcing her retirement and how damaging this might be for the Liberal party; the pressure on Mathias Corman ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Julie Bishop’s retirement and misbehaving ministers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/video-michelle-grattan-on-julie-bishops-retirement-and-misbehaving-ministers-112299/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Julie Bishop’s retirement and misbehaving ministers">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 22 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Capital gains tax John Armstrong (1News): Failure to deliver capital gains tax would see Ardern reduced to a laughing stock ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 22 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-22-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 22 2019">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Many commentators have compared Labor’s support for the Medevac legislation with the Tampa incident in late August 2001. The implication is that Labor lost the 2001 election due to Tampa, and could lose this year’s ... <a title="2001 polls in review: September 11 influenced election outcome far more than Tampa incident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/2001-polls-in-review-september-11-influenced-election-outcome-far-more-than-tampa-incident-112139/" aria-label="Read more about 2001 polls in review: September 11 influenced election outcome far more than Tampa incident">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Indonesian police torture a pro-independence West Papuan suspect. Image: West Papua Campaign/AFP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation’s human rights experts for “Prompt and impartial investigations … into numerous cases of alleged killings, unlawful arrests, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of indigenous Papuans ... <a title="West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/west-papuan-campaigners-welcome-un-call-to-halt-indonesian-torture/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling When Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this week that a “sophisticated state actor” had targeted the big Australian political parties in a major cyber attack, the revelation threw up more questions than answers. Who did it and how? What data did ... <a title="‘I think we should be very concerned’: A cyber crime expert on this week’s hack and what needs to happen next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/i-think-we-should-be-very-concerned-a-cyber-crime-expert-on-this-weeks-hack-and-what-needs-to-happen-next-112070/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I think we should be very concerned’: A cyber crime expert on this week’s hack and what needs to happen next">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig O’Neill, Director of the Macquarie Planetary Research Centre/Associate Professor in Geodynamics, Macquarie University It’s almost 40 years since scientists discovered what wiped out the dinosaurs: an asteroid hitting Earth near modern-day Mexico. That was it, or so we thought. A paper published today in Science further ... <a title="How the dinosaurs went extinct: asteroid collision triggered potentially deadly volcanic eruptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/how-the-dinosaurs-went-extinct-asteroid-collision-triggered-potentially-deadly-volcanic-eruptions-112134/" aria-label="Read more about How the dinosaurs went extinct: asteroid collision triggered potentially deadly volcanic eruptions">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland In a scene right out of a thriller, agents from the Filipino National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) raided journalist and editor Maria Ressa’s Manila office at 5pm on Wednesday February 13, after most courts had closed. ... <a title="Press freedom under attack: why Filipino journalist Maria Ressa’s arrest should matter to all of us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/press-freedom-under-attack-why-filipino-journalist-maria-ressas-arrest-should-matter-to-all-of-us-112056/" aria-label="Read more about Press freedom under attack: why Filipino journalist Maria Ressa’s arrest should matter to all of us">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Nixon, Lecturer, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology The Morrison government has finally agreed to a royal commission into the abuse of people living with disability – if the states get on board. After hearing horrific tales of abuse and neglect in the ... <a title="People with disability are more likely to be victims of crime – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/people-with-disability-are-more-likely-to-be-victims-of-crime-heres-why-111999/" aria-label="Read more about People with disability are more likely to be victims of crime – here’s why">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon KA Robson, Honorary Professor, University of Sydney Many people on a tropical island getaway might take a jungle hike, or learn about the local wildlife. My colleagues and I went one better: we tracked down the world’s biggest bee species, which hadn’t been spotted for decades, ... <a title="Catch the buzz: how a tropical holiday led us to find the world’s biggest bee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/catch-the-buzz-how-a-tropical-holiday-led-us-to-find-the-worlds-biggest-bee-112138/" aria-label="Read more about Catch the buzz: how a tropical holiday led us to find the world’s biggest bee">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Lane, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney A “granny flat agreement” is an informal arrangement between a parent and their adult child or children. The parent (often elderly) contributes funds to create granny flat accommodation either by modifying a home or by buying a suitable property in ... <a title="When granny flats go wrong – perils for parents highlight need for law reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/when-granny-flats-go-wrong-perils-for-parents-highlight-need-for-law-reform-103335/" aria-label="Read more about When granny flats go wrong – perils for parents highlight need for law reform">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The supermarket giant Woolworths this week broke ranks and announced it was going to stop selling A$1 per litre milk. It will now charge A$1.10, or A$2.20 for two litres. Chief executive Brad Banducci made it clear that there was more ... <a title="Vital Signs: why more expensive milk won’t help farmers much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/vital-signs-why-more-expensive-milk-wont-help-farmers-much-112145/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: why more expensive milk won’t help farmers much">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angelina Hurley, PhD candidate, Griffith University I am from Queensland. Unfortunately, from personal experience I know racism well. An early recollection of this was at six years old, my first sporting event at a new school. I beat the local, white school hero in my opening sprint ... <a title="Friday essay: it’s not funny to us – an Aboriginal perspective on political correctness and humour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/friday-essay-its-not-funny-to-us-an-aboriginal-perspective-on-political-correctness-and-humour-111535/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: it’s not funny to us – an Aboriginal perspective on political correctness and humour">Read more</a>
