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November 8, 2019
By Moale James “West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly like a human being. Freedom to be respected. To have your own dignity and pride. This is being taken away from West Papuans.” Richard Mogu is a Papua New Guinean ... <a title="The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/the-genocide-next-door-west-papuan-band-spreading-message-of-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The messages for next time from Labor’s 2019 election post-mortem are clear. Have a better strategy. Have a stronger narrative, fewer policies, greater emphasis on economic growth. Have a better leader. Obvious. Incontestable. Just, as a package, devilishly hard to ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor’s post-mortem leaves the hard work still to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/grattan-on-friday-labors-post-mortem-leaves-the-hard-work-still-to-be-done-126596/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor’s post-mortem leaves the hard work still to be done">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute In the past, when you needed chemotherapy or intravenous (in-the-vein) treatments such as antibiotics or hydration, you needed to be admitted to hospital. These days, it’s possible to have such treatments in the comfort of your home, with nursing or ... <a title="Private health insurers should start paying for hospital-type care at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/private-health-insurers-should-start-paying-for-hospital-type-care-at-home-126345/" aria-label="Read more about Private health insurers should start paying for hospital-type care at home">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Winston Peters is well known for being belligerent, complaining and prone to political conspiracies. It’s easy to write-off his current High Court trial as hubris and score-settling. Peters is suing former National Cabinet Ministers and heads of government departments for their alleged role in his embarrassing 2017 scandal when his pension overpayments were made public ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-winston-peters-puts-dirty-politics-on-trial/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University A directive ordering Queensland Health staff to avoid upgrades to the state’s hospital electronic medical record system during parliamentary sitting weeks was recently reversed. After the email containing the directive was leaked, the state’s health minister Steven Miles revoked ... <a title="Queensland Health’s history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/queensland-healths-history-of-software-mishaps-is-proof-of-how-hard-e-health-can-be-126272/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland Health’s history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lin Crase, Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia There are two basic components to the Morrison government’s latest A$1 billion package response to the drought affecting large parts eastern Australia. One part involves extra subsidies to farmers and farm-related business. The other ... <a title="Australia’s drought relief package hits the political spot but misses the bigger point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/australias-drought-relief-package-hits-the-political-spot-but-misses-the-bigger-point-126583/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s drought relief package hits the political spot but misses the bigger point">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bonny Cassidy, Lecturer in Creative Writing, RMIT University Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. From Patrick White’s Voss to Tim Winton’s Breath, white, male Australian novelists have reproduced ... <a title="Woke to the past, Shaun Prescott’s The Town moves beyond colonialism and then its protagonist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/woke-to-the-past-shaun-prescotts-the-town-moves-beyond-colonialism-and-then-its-protagonist-112867/" aria-label="Read more about Woke to the past, Shaun Prescott’s The Town moves beyond colonialism and then its protagonist">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The long-awaited ALP campaign review says Labor lost “because of a weak strategy that could not adapt to the change in Liberal leadership, a cluttered policy agenda that looked risky and an unpopular leader”. “No one of these shortcomings was ... <a title="Labor’s election post-mortem warns against ‘becoming a grievance-based organisation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/labors-election-post-mortem-warns-against-becoming-a-grievance-based-organisation-126592/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s election post-mortem warns against ‘becoming a grievance-based organisation’">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aurora Elmes, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Margaret was depressed, jobless, broke and behind on her rent when the single mother of two heard about Vanguard Laundry Services, in Toowoomba, Queensland. “I was desperate for work, any work,” she recalls. She started working at the laundry ... <a title="This laundry is changing the vicious cycle of unemployment and mental illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/this-laundry-is-changing-the-vicious-cycle-of-unemployment-and-mental-illness-117965/" aria-label="Read more about This laundry is changing the vicious cycle of unemployment and mental illness">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Research fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne Set in a dystopian 2019, the sci-fi classic Blade Runner explores how artificial humans could impact our humanity. Harrison Ford’s character experiences powerful emotional and moral effects as he goes about hunting “replicants”. Now, ... <a title="Abusing a robot won’t hurt it, but it could make you a crueller person" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/abusing-a-robot-wont-hurt-it-but-it-could-make-you-a-crueller-person-126187/" aria-label="Read more about Abusing a robot won’t hurt it, but it could make you a crueller person">Read more</a>
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November 7, 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. Immigration Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Has Shane Jones Just Saved NZ First? Gaurav Sharma (Spinoff): How Shane Jones’ fire is burning New Zealand’s Indian community Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Immigration ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 07 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-07-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 07 2019">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Associate Professor in International History, Flinders University Thirty years after protesters pulled down the Berlin Wall, the city has knitted itself back together. It has emerged not only as the new capital of reunified Germany (during the split, West Germany’s capital was Bonn), but also ... <a title="Thirty years after the Berlin Wall came down, Germany is still working to meet east with west" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/thirty-years-after-the-berlin-wall-came-down-germany-is-still-working-to-meet-east-with-west-126185/" aria-label="Read more about Thirty years after the Berlin Wall came down, Germany is still working to meet east with west">Read more</a>
