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March 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Review: Beethoven’s Fidelio. West Australian Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Opera and Perth Festival. There’s something disconcertingly compartmentalised about opera – particularly opera in concert. The audience stays lit throughout, and the chorus sit behind the orchestra looking at ... <a title="Fidelio review: Beethoven’s only opera bristles with contemporary relevance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/fidelio-review-beethovens-only-opera-bristles-with-contemporary-relevance-132271/" aria-label="Read more about Fidelio review: Beethoven’s only opera bristles with contemporary relevance">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi Former Director of Public Health Dr Colin Tukuitonga says it is incumbent on New Zealand to screen passengers travelling to and from the Pacific Islands thoroughly for the Covid-19 coronavirus. Coronavirus continues to proliferate rapidly outside China where it originated, topping 90,000 cases and 3000 deaths worldwide. There was risk of “devastating” ... <a title="NZ must ‘properly screen’ passengers in Pacific, says former health chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/nz-must-properly-screen-passengers-in-pacific-says-former-health-chief/" aria-label="Read more about NZ must ‘properly screen’ passengers in Pacific, says former health chief">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priya Chacko, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Adelaide Last week, India’s capital, New Delhi, experienced its worst communal violence targeting a religious minority in more than 30 years. The death toll currently stands at 43 and parts of northeast Delhi remain under lock-down. As per ... <a title="Why Modi’s India has become a dangerous place for Muslims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/why-modis-india-has-become-a-dangerous-place-for-muslims-132591/" aria-label="Read more about Why Modi’s India has become a dangerous place for Muslims">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick McKibbin, Chair in Public Policy, ANU Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The COVID-19 coronavirus is spreading across the world. Initially the epicenter was China, with reported cases either in China or in travellers from China. There are ... <a title="The first economic modelling of coronavirus scenarios is grim for Australia, the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/the-first-economic-modelling-of-coronavirus-scenarios-is-grim-for-australia-the-world-132759/" aria-label="Read more about The first economic modelling of coronavirus scenarios is grim for Australia, the world">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta A top Indonesian official has declared a halt to new oil palm plantations in the country’s heavily forested West Papua region in favour of other – “greener” – crops, apparently contradicting his vigorous earlier defences of the industry. The remarks by Luhut Pandjaitan, the chief minister in charge of ... <a title="Investments minister rules out more palm oil plantations in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/investments-minister-rules-out-more-palm-oil-plantations-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Investments minister rules out more palm oil plantations in Papua">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD says he is not interested in further examining the document containing data on Papuan political prisoners and people who have died due to the conflict in Nduga, Papua, because it is “incomplete”, reports CNN Indonesia. Mahfud claims that the government already ... <a title="Indonesian security chief belittles Papua political prisoners document" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/indonesian-security-chief-belittles-papua-political-prisoners-document/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian security chief belittles Papua political prisoners document">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
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 Coronavirus Chris Trotter (Interest): A helluva job: the political machinations of the coronavirus crisis during an election year Richard Harman (Politik): PM takes control Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Coronavirus potential ‘game-changer’ in election year Tom Hunt ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 03 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-03-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 03 2020">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dustin Marshall, Professor, Marine Evolutionary Ecology, Monash University Apart from mammals and birds, most animals develop as eggs exposed to the vagaries of the outside world. This development is energetically “costly”. Going from a tiny egg to a fully functioning organism can deplete up to 60% of ... <a title="From crocodiles to krill, a warming world raises the ‘costs’ paid by developing embryos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/from-crocodiles-to-krill-a-warming-world-raises-the-costs-paid-by-developing-embryos-132673/" aria-label="Read more about From crocodiles to krill, a warming world raises the ‘costs’ paid by developing embryos">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elena Campbell, Associate Director – Research, Advocacy and Policy, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University Adolescents are consistently identified as perpetrators of violence against family members. We know this from a decade of Victorian court and police data. Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence also highlighted the ... <a title="Adolescent family violence is a growing problem – and the legal system is making it worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/adolescent-family-violence-is-a-growing-problem-and-the-legal-system-is-making-it-worse-132663/" aria-label="Read more about Adolescent family violence is a growing problem – and the legal system is making it worse">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Blyth, Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, University of Western Australia The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19, has infected nearly 90,000 people and caused more than 3,000 deaths so far. Parents are understandably concerned. But it’s important to keep in mind that ... <a title="Worried about your child getting coronavirus? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/worried-about-your-child-getting-coronavirus-heres-what-you-need-to-know-131909/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about your child getting coronavirus? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Church, Chair Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW For many coastal regions, sea-level rise is a looming crisis threatening our coastal society, livelihoods and coastal ecosystems. A new study, published in Nature Climate Change, has reported the world will lose almost half of its valuable sandy ... <a title="The world may lose half its sandy beaches by 2100. It’s not too late to save most of them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/the-world-may-lose-half-its-sandy-beaches-by-2100-its-not-too-late-to-save-most-of-them-132586/" aria-label="Read more about The world may lose half its sandy beaches by 2100. It’s not too late to save most of them">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn MacCann, Associate Professor, University of Sydney The ability to understand emotions contributes almost as much to students’ grades as their IQ. Past studies show two personal qualities are important for student academic success – intelligence and conscientiousness. IQ scores explain about 15% of the differences between ... <a title="Understanding emotions is nearly as important as IQ for students’ academic success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/understanding-emotions-is-nearly-as-important-as-iq-for-students-academic-success-131212/" aria-label="Read more about Understanding emotions is nearly as important as IQ for students’ academic success">Read more</a>
