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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Halvard Dalheim, Practitioner in Residence, The Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney Living, working and playing in the one neighbourhood has often been touted as the ideal outcome for well-planned cities. Yet this goal has been elusive. For most of us, our daily activities are segregated into ... <a title="We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/were-at-a-fork-in-the-road-do-we-choose-neighbourhoods-to-live-work-and-play-in-138949/" aria-label="Read more about We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University Pacific nations have largely avoided the worst health effects of COVID-19, but its economic impact has been devastating. With the tourism tap turned off, unemployment has soared while GDP has plummeted. In recent weeks, Fiji Airways laid off 775 ... <a title="Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/sun-sand-and-uncertainty-the-promise-and-peril-of-a-pacific-tourism-bubble-139661/" aria-label="Read more about Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael P. Theophilos, Senior Lecturer, Australian Catholic University As shoppers and retailers do away with cash transactions, we may be witnessing the end of a major source of social and historical information – the coin. In the modern age, coinage is increasingly seen as cumbersome, a vector ... <a title="Spare change? Cashless transactions could end the cultural legacy of the coin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/spare-change-cashless-transactions-could-end-the-cultural-legacy-of-the-coin-138944/" aria-label="Read more about Spare change? Cashless transactions could end the cultural legacy of the coin">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Jade Bradford in Perth News that Australian Associated Press has been saved is being welcomed by media outlets in socially and culturally complex Pacific countries such as Papua New Guinea where dramatic and important stories often emerge. When the closure of AAP was announced earlier this year, concern was expressed by media industry figures ... <a title="Pacific media react with relief over proposed sale reprieve for AAP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/pacific-media-react-with-relief-over-proposed-sale-reprieve-for-aap/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media react with relief over proposed sale reprieve for AAP">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller of the University of Melbourne When a newspaper with the authority of The New York Times chooses to publish a party-political essay calculated to further inflame the violence wracking cities across America, serious questions arise. On June 3 the Times published in its opinion section an essay by a Republican senator ... <a title="In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a terrible error" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/07/in-publishing-tom-cotton-the-new-york-times-has-made-a-terrible-error/" aria-label="Read more about In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a terrible error">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Three quarters of a million Australian children are likely to be experiencing employment stress in the family as a result of COVID-19. This is on top of around 615,000 children whose families were already dealing with employment stress, ... <a title="Number of Australia’s vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/07/number-of-australias-vulnerable-children-is-set-to-double-as-covid-19-takes-its-toll-140057/" aria-label="Read more about Number of Australia’s vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2020
By RNZ News Thousands of people were protesting across Australia today to oppose the deaths of Indigenous people in police custody. It comes as Black Lives Matter protests are held around the world after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in the US state of Minneapolis. Rallies kicked ... <a title="Thousands rally across Australia to protest against Indigenous deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/06/thousands-rally-across-australia-to-protest-against-indigenous-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands rally across Australia to protest against Indigenous deaths">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2020
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta As the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died while being arrested in the United States, sparks a global outcry, Indonesian rights advocates and young people have stepped forward to remind fellow citizens that racism has long been an issue at home as well. The scene of Floyd ... <a title="‘#PapuanLivesMatter’: George Floyd’s death exposes double standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/06/papuanlivesmatter-george-floyds-death-exposes-double-standards/" aria-label="Read more about ‘#PapuanLivesMatter’: George Floyd’s death exposes double standards">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vikrant Minhas, PhD candidate, University of Adelaide Although bacteria are single-celled and microscopically small, they still need energy to survive, just like us. One of the most efficient ways of acquiring energy for bacteria is through sweet, soluble carbohydrates: sugars. In fact, the keen ability of the ... <a title="We’ve discovered how these deadly bacteria use a common sugar to spread through the body. It could help us stop them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/weve-discovered-how-these-deadly-bacteria-use-a-common-sugar-to-spread-through-the-body-it-could-help-us-stop-them-138942/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve discovered how these deadly bacteria use a common sugar to spread through the body. It could help us stop them">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie Three cartoonists had especially poignant takes on the tragic and toxic political aftermath of martyr George Floyd’s brutal killing under the knee of a white American policeman in Minneapolis last week. The Boston Globe’s Christopher Weyant featured a split frame contrasting a red-capped “Make America Great Again” and a ... <a title="Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/toxic-us-politics-a-brutal-killing-and-the-messengers-become-the-target/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monika Sarder, Senior Strategic Analyst, Monash University Algorithmic decision-making has enormous potential to do good. From identifying priority areas for first response after an earthquake hits, to identifying those at risk of COVID-19 within minutes, their application has proven hugely beneficial. But things can go drastically wrong ... <a title="From robodebt to racism: what can go wrong when governments let algorithms make the decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/from-robodebt-to-racism-what-can-go-wrong-when-governments-let-algorithms-make-the-decisions-132594/" aria-label="Read more about From robodebt to racism: what can go wrong when governments let algorithms make the decisions">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Thomas, Associate professor, Flinders University We have seen ten days of protests in the United States over the death of George Floyd. While thousands of people have gathered to express their outrage peacefully, some demonstrations have been marred by vandalism and violent clashes with police. Read ... <a title="Why do protests turn violent? It’s not just because people are desperate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/why-do-protests-turn-violent-its-not-just-because-people-are-desperate-139968/" aria-label="Read more about Why do protests turn violent? It’s not just because people are desperate">Read more</a>
