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Month: September 2019

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent MP Helen Haines on using ‘soft power’

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Helen Haines, MP for the Victorian regional seat Indi, made history at the election as the first federal independent to succeed another independent. She was backed by grassroots campaigners, Voices for Indi, who had earlier helped her predecessor, Cathy McGowan, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent MP Helen Haines on using ‘soft power’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/politics-with-michelle-grattan-independent-mp-helen-haines-on-using-soft-power-123347/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent MP Helen Haines on using ‘soft power’">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Helen Haines – an independent – on using ‘soft power’

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Helen Haines, MP for the Victorian regional seat Indi, made history at the election as the first federal independent to succeed another independent. She was backed by grassroots campaigners, Voices for Indi, who had earlier helped her predecessor, Cathy McGowan, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Helen Haines – an independent – on using ‘soft power’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/politics-with-michelle-grattan-helen-haines-an-independent-on-using-soft-power-123347/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Helen Haines – an independent – on using ‘soft power’">Read more</a>

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BOOK REVIEW: Brian Toohey’s Secret warns against Australia being ‘joined at the hip’ with US

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University When journalist Brian Toohey began researching his book Secret: The Makings of Australia’s Security State, he could not have foreseen publication would coincide with real-time overreach by government agencies of their security responsibilities. Contemporary examples of such ... <a title="BOOK REVIEW: Brian Toohey’s Secret warns against Australia being ‘joined at the hip’ with US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/book-review-brian-tooheys-secret-warns-against-australia-being-joined-at-the-hip-with-us-122848/" aria-label="Read more about BOOK REVIEW: Brian Toohey’s Secret warns against Australia being ‘joined at the hip’ with US">Read more</a>

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The Joker’s origin story comes at a perfect moment: clowns define our times

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Notre Dame Australia The joker, the trickster, the jester, the provocateur – there is a rich cultural history of these roles going back at least as far as Greek mythology’s Hermes. One of the most famous jester figures of ... <a title="The Joker’s origin story comes at a perfect moment: clowns define our times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/the-jokers-origin-story-comes-at-a-perfect-moment-clowns-define-our-times-123009/" aria-label="Read more about The Joker’s origin story comes at a perfect moment: clowns define our times">Read more</a>

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Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests

September 11, 2019

  OPINION: By Michael Andrew of Pacific Media Watch For the past three weeks, a wave of violent protest has been spreading across West Papua and Indonesia. Sparked by a racist attack on West Papuan students, the protests have featured the burning of government buildings, 6000 troops mobilised, an internet blackout, marauding, snake-wielding militias stabbing ... <a title="Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/michael-andrew-the-nz-medias-coverage-of-the-west-papua-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests">Read more</a>

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Why do astronomers believe in dark matter?

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University Dark matter, by its very nature, is unseen. We cannot observe it with telescopes, and nor have particle physicists had any luck detecting it via experiments. So why do I and thousands of my colleagues believe most ... <a title="Why do astronomers believe in dark matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/why-do-astronomers-believe-in-dark-matter-122864/" aria-label="Read more about Why do astronomers believe in dark matter?">Read more</a>

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Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of South Australia Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure ... <a title="Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/will-a-vegetarian-diet-increase-your-risk-of-stroke-123083/" aria-label="Read more about Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?">Read more</a>

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Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese government

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Around 2005, the Chinese government began pushing its policy of huaren canzheng, or “ethnic Chinese participation in politics overseas”. It was a new tactic in the Chinese Communist Party’s “united front” strategy ... <a title="Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/why-gladys-liu-must-answer-to-parliament-about-alleged-links-to-the-chinese-government-123339/" aria-label="Read more about Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese government">Read more</a>

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Vanuatu Daily Post: Indonesia online propaganda undermining West Papua

September 11, 2019

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila In the wake of a Vanuatu Daily Post investigation into what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to spread fake news targeted at the government of Vanuatu and other supporters of West Papuan independence movement, a BBC investigative journalist has found clear evidence of a concerted campaign to pollute discussions ... <a title="Vanuatu Daily Post: Indonesia online propaganda undermining West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/vanuatu-daily-post-indonesia-online-propaganda-undermining-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu Daily Post: Indonesia online propaganda undermining West Papua">Read more</a>

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Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuse

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Elphick, Adjunct Research Fellow, Law School, University of Western Australia Two weeks ago, Victorian Reason Party MP Fiona Patten introduced a new anti-vilification bill to the state parliament. In the midst of heated public debate over the federal government’s draft Religious Discrimination Bill, Patten’s bill has ... <a title="Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/why-victorias-new-anti-vilification-bill-strikes-the-right-balance-in-targeting-online-abuse-123014/" aria-label="Read more about Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuse">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 11 2019

September 11, 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Labour Party sexual abuse allegations Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): We must question PM’s honesty over Labour sexual assault allegations Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Labour Party’s handling of sex ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 11 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-11-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 11 2019">Read more</a>

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Forensic science isn’t ‘reliable’ or ‘unreliable’ – it depends on the questions you’re trying to answer

September 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claude Roux, Distinguished Professor of Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney After recent criticism in the US and the UK, forensic science is now coming under attack in Australia. Several recent reports have detailed concerns that innocent people have been jailed because of flawed forensic techniques. Among ... <a title="Forensic science isn’t ‘reliable’ or ‘unreliable’ – it depends on the questions you’re trying to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/forensic-science-isnt-reliable-or-unreliable-it-depends-on-the-questions-youre-trying-to-answer-123020/" aria-label="Read more about Forensic science isn’t ‘reliable’ or ‘unreliable’ – it depends on the questions you’re trying to answer">Read more</a>