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March 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Spoonley, Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University In the hours after the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 last year, I wrote that I hoped New Zealand would finally stop believing it was immune to far-right extremist violence. A year on, I’m ... <a title="Far-right extremists still threaten New Zealand, a year on from the Christchurch attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/far-right-extremists-still-threaten-new-zealand-a-year-on-from-the-christchurch-attacks-133050/" aria-label="Read more about Far-right extremists still threaten New Zealand, a year on from the Christchurch attacks">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will unveil on Wednesday a package of coronavirus health measures, including a network of respiratory clinics, a new Medicare item for tele-consultations, and a communications campaign. The package, which comes as the number of Australian cases reached 100, ... <a title="Morrison government funds ‘pop up’ testing clinics and tele-consultations in $2.4 billion COVID-19 health package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/morrison-government-funds-pop-up-testing-clinics-and-tele-consultations-in-2-4-billion-covid-19-health-package-133368/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government funds ‘pop up’ testing clinics and tele-consultations in $2.4 billion COVID-19 health package">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With 100 domestic cases as of March 10, federal and state governments and health authorities face daunting challenges posed by COVID-19 in coming weeks and months – securing a workforce of nurses and doctors to treat the sick, ensuring enough ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy on COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/politics-with-michelle-grattan-chief-medical-officer-brendan-murphy-on-covid-19-133362/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy on COVID-19">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohan Fisher, Information Technology for Development Researcher, Charles Darwin University The tropical savannas of northern Australia are among the most fire-prone regions in the world. On average, they account for 70% of the area affected by fire each year in Australia. But effective fire management over the ... <a title="The world’s best fire management system is in northern Australia, and it’s led by Indigenous land managers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/the-worlds-best-fire-management-system-is-in-northern-australia-and-its-led-by-indigenous-land-managers-133071/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s best fire management system is in northern Australia, and it’s led by Indigenous land managers">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Australia should work towards adopting a mandatory age-verification system for gambling and pornography websites, according to a recommendation from the federal parliamentary cross-party committee on social and legal issues. The recommendation follows the committee’s inquiry findings, released ... <a title="Restricting underage access to porn and gambling sites: a good idea, but technically tricky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/restricting-underage-access-to-porn-and-gambling-sites-a-good-idea-but-technically-tricky-133153/" aria-label="Read more about Restricting underage access to porn and gambling sites: a good idea, but technically tricky">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rae Kaspiew, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Family Studies As Family Court Chief Justice Will Alstergren said late last year, when people separate, it can be “a shocking time in their lives”. This is particularly so when parents face each other in court. Australia’s family law ... <a title="To fix the family law system, we need to ask parents what really works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/to-fix-the-family-law-system-we-need-to-ask-parents-what-really-works-126508/" aria-label="Read more about To fix the family law system, we need to ask parents what really works">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Philip Cass Former Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano will be sentenced at the end of next month after being found guilty in the Supreme Court yesterday of three charges, including making a false statement for the purpose of obtaining a passport and perjury. The offences in what was known as the Chinese passport scandal were ... <a title="Former Tongan PM guilty on false statement, perjury charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/former-tongan-pm-guilty-on-false-statement-perjury-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Former Tongan PM guilty on false statement, perjury charges">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Ayat S. Karokaro in Medan Indonesian activists have deplored the recent jailing of two indigenous community members in Sumatra in a land conflict involving an affiliate of pulp and paper giant Royal Golden Eagle. The Simalungun District Court, in North Sumatra province, handed down nine-month sentences to Jonny Ambarita and Thomson Ambarita, who ... <a title="Indonesian indigenous land defenders jailed in fight with pulpwood giant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/indonesian-indigenous-land-defenders-jailed-in-fight-with-pulpwood-giant/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian indigenous land defenders jailed in fight with pulpwood giant">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niall Edwards-FitzSimons, PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, University of Sydney Since its launch in 2016, the online video sharing platform TikTok has grown at an astonishing rate. The app has been downloaded more than a billion times, and more than 700 million people around the world (most of ... <a title="The secret of TikTok’s success? Humans are wired to love imitating dance moves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/the-secret-of-tiktoks-success-humans-are-wired-to-love-imitating-dance-moves-133057/" aria-label="Read more about The secret of TikTok’s success? Humans are wired to love imitating dance moves">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls to place Metro Manila on lockdown after health officials recorded a spike in Covid-19 novel coronavirus cases. In a late night press conference yesterday, Duterte said it was still “too early” to implement the sweeping restrictions that would limit people’s movements. “We have not ... <a title="Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/duterte-rejects-metro-manila-coronavirus-lockdown-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Asylum seekers with legal representation are seven times more likely to succeed before the government tribunal tasked with reviewing refugee cases than those who represent themselves. Where refugees come from and which individual member is reviewing their case on the Administrative ... <a title="How to succeed in refugee review cases: new research reveals the factors that matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/how-to-succeed-in-refugee-review-cases-new-research-reveals-the-factors-that-matter-131763/" aria-label="Read more about How to succeed in refugee review cases: new research reveals the factors that matter">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tereza Hendl, Research Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich In an age of gender-reveal parties, baby bumps on Instagram, and hyper-gendered toys and clothing, learning about a baby’s sex is big news. But having a boy rather than a girl, or vice versa, makes some people sad. ... <a title="Sad about having a boy not a girl? Your distress might be real but ‘gender disappointment’ is no mental illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/sad-about-having-a-boy-not-a-girl-your-distress-might-be-real-but-gender-disappointment-is-no-mental-illness-131300/" aria-label="Read more about Sad about having a boy not a girl? Your distress might be real but ‘gender disappointment’ is no mental illness">Read more</a>
