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June 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University Of all the elements on Earth, none is more strictly controlled under law than uranium. A plethora of international agreements govern its sale and use in energy, research and nuclear weapons. Australian environmental law considers nuclear actions, such ... <a title="Expensive, dirty and dangerous: why we must fight miners’ push to fast-track uranium mines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/expensive-dirty-and-dangerous-why-we-must-fight-miners-push-to-fast-track-uranium-mines-139966/" aria-label="Read more about Expensive, dirty and dangerous: why we must fight miners’ push to fast-track uranium mines">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Verity Firth, Executive Director Social Justice, University of Technology Sydney, University of Technology Sydney This essay is based on an episode of the University of Technology Sydney podcast series “The New Social Contract”. This series examines how the relationship between universities, the state and the public might ... <a title="After coronavirus, universities must collaborate with communities to support social transition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/after-coronavirus-universities-must-collaborate-with-communities-to-support-social-transition-140541/" aria-label="Read more about After coronavirus, universities must collaborate with communities to support social transition">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shanthi Robertson, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Successful settlement and integration are shared goals of refugees and the communities where they settle. The findings of our research released today highlight the importance of simple everyday encounters and experiences for newly arrived ... <a title="‘The neighbours were always very welcoming and warm’: little things count to help refugees belong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/the-neighbours-were-always-very-welcoming-and-warm-little-things-count-to-help-refugees-belong-140449/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The neighbours were always very welcoming and warm’: little things count to help refugees belong">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Baxter, PhD Candidate in Law/Criminology, researching human trafficking and modern slavery in Australia, Flinders University Yes, there was slavery in Australia. Yes, there is slavery in Australia now. It occurs as forced labour, sexual exploitation and forced marriage. These situations rarely involve the actual chains and ... <a title="Forced labour, sexual exploitation and forced marriage: modern slavery in Australia hides in plain sight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/forced-labour-sexual-exploitation-and-forced-marriage-modern-slavery-in-australia-hides-in-plain-sight-140838/" aria-label="Read more about Forced labour, sexual exploitation and forced marriage: modern slavery in Australia hides in plain sight">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Professor and Director, Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University, Griffith University Over the past three years, our Making Music Work project has mapped the creative, social, cultural, and economic realities of a music career in Australia. We surveyed nearly 600 musicians to understand their working ... <a title="A long way to the top: Australian musicians balance multiple roles to make their careers work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/a-long-way-to-the-top-australian-musicians-balance-multiple-roles-to-make-their-careers-work-140840/" aria-label="Read more about A long way to the top: Australian musicians balance multiple roles to make their careers work">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta A court in East Kalimantan found seven Papuans guilty of treason in separate trials today for their involvement in antiracism protests in Jayapura, Papua, in 2019, despite calls from human rights defenders for authorities to drop all charges against them. The Balikpapan District Court sentenced Buchtar Tabuni, an executive of pro-Papuan ... <a title="Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/seven-papuan-protesters-jailed-for-treason-amid-drop-charges-call/" aria-label="Read more about Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After its calls for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, Australia has found itself targeted by China with trade retaliation as well as sharp rhetoric. In this podcast, we talk with two prominent China experts about the superpower’s ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/politics-with-michelle-grattan-clive-hamilton-and-richard-mcgregor-on-australia-china-relations-140959/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relations">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By RNZ News An independent review should be held of all the country’s airports and ports to ensure correct protocols are being followed when people are released from managed isolation, a prominent epidemiologist says. Otago University public health physician Professor Sir David Skegg was commenting on the case of two women who had travelled from ... <a title="‘Raise our game’ on NZ border safety says expert after covid test shock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/raise-our-game-on-nz-border-safety-says-expert-after-covid-test-shock/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Raise our game’ on NZ border safety says expert after covid test shock">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By Wansolwara staff Critics have condemned Fiji police harassment and intimidation for summoning two staff members at the University of the South Pacific’s Laucala campus to the Fiji police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Suva yesterday for questioning. According to FBC News, police have launched an investigation into the public gathering of USP staff and ... <a title="Critics accuse Fiji police of harassing USP staff in ‘solidarity’ probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/critics-accuse-fiji-police-of-harassing-usp-staff-in-solidarity-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Critics accuse Fiji police of harassing USP staff in ‘solidarity’ probe">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By L Gordon Flake, CEO, Perth USAsia Centre, University of Western Australia After a period of relative quiet, North Korea again commandeered news headlines with the dramatic, if symbolic, demolition of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in the city of Kaesong, just north of the demilitarised zone. The office ... <a title="Tensions rise on the Korean peninsula – and they are unlikely to recede any time soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/tensions-rise-on-the-korean-peninsula-and-they-are-unlikely-to-recede-any-time-soon-140935/" aria-label="Read more about Tensions rise on the Korean peninsula – and they are unlikely to recede any time soon">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By RNZ Pacific A Paris-based lawyer acting for French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has taken his client’s treatment in the case in Tahiti to France’s High Council for the Judiciary. David Koubbi raised the actions of the prosecutor in Pape’ete against the Fa’aa mayor with the 22-member agency which rules on professional ethics. Two ... <a title="Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru challenges court over French judicial ethics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/tahitis-oscar-temaru-challenges-court-over-french-judicial-ethics/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru challenges court over French judicial ethics">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart shows my estimates for the actual infection rates of Covid19 for all countries with an (estimated) infection rate of above four percent of their population. Plus, Australia and New Zealand. The principal method of estimation is to use the testing ‘positivity rate’. If the average positivity rate over the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Estimates of Covid19 Incidence as of mid-June 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-estimates-of-covid19-incidence-as-of-mid-june-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Estimates of Covid19 Incidence as of mid-June 2020">Read more</a>
