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June 8, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Good or Bad? Are there good or bad signature patterns for countries. The most obvious answer is that every country should ideally look like Portugal in 2019. Government sector and foreign sector balances would be close to zero. Private sector balances would also be close to zero, with household surpluses (net household ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Financial Signatures: Portugal and New Zealand compared" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-financial-signatures-portugal-and-new-zealand-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Financial Signatures: Portugal and New Zealand compared">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Edwin Nand in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, a Canadian, has been told to step down to allow for independent investigations relating to allegations of misconduct and breaches of USP policies and procedures. FBC News has independently verified that the USP executive committee, which met this morning, has ... <a title="USP vice-chancellor told to ‘step aside’, committee member resigns in protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/usp-vice-chancellor-told-to-step-aside-committee-member-resigns-in-protest/" aria-label="Read more about USP vice-chancellor told to ‘step aside’, committee member resigns in protest">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Free childcare will end on July 12, with the government saying it has “done its job” and demand is now increasing for places as the economy is reopening. The system will return to the previous mean tested childcare subsidy scheme ... <a title="Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/free-childcare-ends-july-12-with-sector-losing-jobkeeper-but-receiving-temporary-payment-140253/" aria-label="Read more about Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted June 3-6 from a sample of 1,510, gave the Coalition a 51-49 lead, unchanged from three weeks ago. Primary votes were 42% Coalition (down one), 34% Labor (down one), 12% Greens ... <a title="Polls latest: Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/polls-latest-labor-trails-federally-and-in-queensland-biden-increases-lead-over-trump-140247/" aria-label="Read more about Polls latest: Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Soli Wilson in Apia A power struggle at the University of the South Pacific is continuing despite students and staff warning that it now threatens the future of the university. Elizabeth Reade Fong, a representative of the university’s Students and Staff Association, said more than 500 members at USP had signed a petition in ... <a title="USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/usp-students-staff-call-on-council-to-drop-harassment-of-ahluwalia/" aria-label="Read more about USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Today, for the first time since February 28, New Zealand has no active cases of COVID-19. Today is also the 17th day since the last new case was reported. New Zealand has a total of 1,154 confirmed cases ... <a title="New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/new-zealand-hits-zero-active-coronavirus-cases-here-are-5-measures-to-keep-it-that-way-139862/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way">Read more</a>
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June 8, 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 NZ First David Fisher (Herald): Big Read: Where Winston Peters will hunt for votes this election (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): The two contrasting faces of Winston Peters (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Balance is vital for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 8 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-8-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 8 2020">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Michael Plank of the University of Canterbury; Alex James of the University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research; Nicholas Steyn; Rachelle Binny of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, and Shaun Hendy There is now a 95 percent chance covid-19 has been eliminated in New Zealand, according to our modelling, based ... <a title="NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases will emerge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/nz-hits-95-chance-of-eliminating-covid-but-new-cases-will-emerge/" aria-label="Read more about NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases will emerge">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gene Lim, PhD Candidate, Monash University Dating and hook-up service Grindr has announced its intention to remove the “ethnicity filter” from its popular app. The controversial function allowed paying users to filter out prospective partners based on ethnicity labels such as “Asian”, “Black” and “Latino”. Long criticised ... <a title="Grindr is deleting its ‘ethnicity filter’. But racism is still rife in online dating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/grindr-is-deleting-its-ethnicity-filter-but-racism-is-still-rife-in-online-dating-140077/" aria-label="Read more about Grindr is deleting its ‘ethnicity filter’. But racism is still rife in online dating">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Professor Jenny Hocking recently won her longstanding campaign for the National Archives of Australia to release the so-called “Palace letters” about the dismissal of Gough Whitlam in 1975. This is her account of that campaign. In August 1975, speaking at a ... <a title="Jenny Hocking: why my battle for access to the ‘Palace letters’ should matter to all Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/jenny-hocking-why-my-battle-for-access-to-the-palace-letters-should-matter-to-all-australians-139738/" aria-label="Read more about Jenny Hocking: why my battle for access to the ‘Palace letters’ should matter to all Australians">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Why do we have boogers in our nose? – Tia, aged 6 Great question, Tia! Boogers, snot, bogeys and boogies are the common names for dried nasal mucus. Our nasal mucus is normally a clear, runny ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we have boogers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-boogers-133351/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we have boogers?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Nitschke, Associate Professor – Forest and Landscape Dynamics, University of Melbourne The Federal Court recently ruled that a timber harvesting company couldn’t log potential habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. This decision led to the immediate protection of more Leadbeater’s possum habitat and will lead ... <a title="We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/we-modelled-the-future-of-leadbeaters-possum-habitat-and-found-bushfires-not-logging-pose-the-greatest-threat-140055/" aria-label="Read more about We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat">Read more</a>
