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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan G. Howell, PhD Candidate | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle The COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant economic challenges for Australia. With April figures showing more than 800,000 people unemployed and last month 1.6 million on JobSeeker payments, a key focus will be ... <a title="Let’s fix Australia’s environment with any pandemic recovery aid – the Kiwis are doing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/lets-fix-australias-environment-with-any-pandemic-recovery-aid-the-kiwis-are-doing-it-139305/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s fix Australia’s environment with any pandemic recovery aid – the Kiwis are doing it">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr. Bodean Hedwards, Lecturer, Monash University This week the leaders of India and Australia reaffirmed their mutual interest in closer diplomatic and economic ties. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their long-delayed Thursday “virtual summit”: India is committed to expanding its ... <a title="Fast moves in India-Australia relations risk pushing millions more into modern slavery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/fast-moves-in-india-australia-relations-risk-pushing-millions-more-into-modern-slavery-139867/" aria-label="Read more about Fast moves in India-Australia relations risk pushing millions more into modern slavery">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University Life in lockdown has been tough on many relationships. But negotiating the transition back to “normal” as restrictions continue to lift could also be a challenge for couples. So what are some of the key ... <a title="Love lockdown: the pandemic has put pressure on many relationships, but here’s how to tell if yours will survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/love-lockdown-the-pandemic-has-put-pressure-on-many-relationships-but-heres-how-to-tell-if-yours-will-survive-135824/" aria-label="Read more about Love lockdown: the pandemic has put pressure on many relationships, but here’s how to tell if yours will survive">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide HomeBuilder is a good idea gone bad. It is possibly the most complex and least equitable program the government could have devised to deliver construction jobs. It gives $25,000 to people who already own a home or already ... <a title="HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/homebuilder-might-be-the-most-complex-least-equitable-construction-jobs-program-ever-devised-140162/" aria-label="Read more about HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devised">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University The federal government’s new A$688 million HomeBuilder package might protect residential construction jobs but it’s a missed opportunity to deliver sustainability benefits that would save owners money in the long run. The A$25,000 grant ... <a title="HomeBuilder misses a chance to make our homes perform better for us and the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/homebuilder-misses-a-chance-to-make-our-homes-perform-better-for-us-and-the-planet-140067/" aria-label="Read more about HomeBuilder misses a chance to make our homes perform better for us and the planet">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Keller, Professor of Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University The coronavirus pandemic has silenced the world’s concert halls and opera theatres. Organisations specialising in live performance face an existential crisis under current restrictions on social gatherings, with up to 75% of people employed in the creative and ... <a title="There is no easy path out of coronavirus for live classical music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/there-is-no-easy-path-out-of-coronavirus-for-live-classical-music-138207/" aria-label="Read more about There is no easy path out of coronavirus for live classical music">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Scott Morrison wants to overhaul the skills workforce to ensure a better post-COVID-19 recovery. But there may not be enough people with the necessary skills to do so. And travel restrictions, which will reduce migration, will only ... <a title="There may not be enough skilled workers in Australia’s pipeline for a post-COVID-19 recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/there-may-not-be-enough-skilled-workers-in-australias-pipeline-for-a-post-covid-19-recovery-140061/" aria-label="Read more about There may not be enough skilled workers in Australia’s pipeline for a post-COVID-19 recovery">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The conversation around the 2020 covid19 pandemic has been widely framed as ‘health versus the economy’. It has been quite political, with people leaning to the left emphasising ‘health’, and people leaning to the right emphasising ‘the economy’. A couple of weeks ago (27 May), on RNZ I heard outspoken British ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Impacts of Pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/keith-rankin-analysis-economic-impacts-of-pandemics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Impacts of Pandemics">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA Editorial TeamFrom Washington DC The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) joins the Black Alliance for Peace[1] and other pro-democracy organizations throughout the world in calling for the United Nations to address the systemic violations of human rights by the police and other security forces in the ... <a title="COHA joins world-wide outcry against police brutality in the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/coha-joins-world-wide-outcry-against-police-brutality-in-the-us/" aria-label="Read more about COHA joins world-wide outcry against police brutality in the US">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHAFrom Washington DC Federal charges against the four protectors of the Venezuelan Embassy, who defended the building in Washington DC against violent opposition crowds for several weeks between April 10 and May 16 of 2019, were completely dropped in a case that was brought directly by prosecutors ... <a title="Protectors of the Venezuelan Embassy declare victory after federal charges are dropped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/protectors-of-the-venezuelan-embassy-declare-victory-after-federal-charges-are-dropped/" aria-label="Read more about Protectors of the Venezuelan Embassy declare victory after federal charges are dropped">Read more</a>
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June 5, 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’s coronavirus response, public health strategy, Level 1 decision Derek Cheng (Herald): Big Read: Ashley Bloomfield and Health Ministry’s different views on elimination Peter Dunne: Public compliance and acquiescence during lockdown unlikely to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 5 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-5-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 5 2020">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned the demand by Indonesian prosecutors seeking 17 and five years imprisonment for West Papuan activists Buchtar Tabuni and Irwanus Uropmabin. On June 2, the Jayapura District Prosecutor’s Office issued 33 pages containing charges against the defendant Irwanus Uropmabin. In the document, the Public Prosecutor concluded that Irwanus Uropmabin was ... <a title="TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/tapol-condemns-prosecutor-push-for-heavy-sentences-for-uprising-activists/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’">Read more</a>
