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July 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael O’Neil, Executive Director, SA Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide The government is about to make an historic decision. The JobSeeker unemployment benefit (previously called Newstart) has scarcely increased in real terms since 1994. In that time general living standards, as measured by real gross ... <a title="The compromise that might just boost the JobSeeker unemployment benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/20/the-compromise-that-might-just-boost-the-jobseeker-unemployment-benefit-142321/" aria-label="Read more about The compromise that might just boost the JobSeeker unemployment benefit">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Henderson, PhD Candidate in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, University of Canberra Early ventures in queer young adult (YA) fiction followed certain conventions: they tended to be set in the contemporary world and their narratives focused on coming out, bullying, heartbreak or fighting for acceptance. Most ... <a title="Queer young adult fiction isn’t all gloomy realism. Here are 5 uplifting books to get you started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/20/queer-young-adult-fiction-isnt-all-gloomy-realism-here-are-5-uplifting-books-to-get-you-started-141125/" aria-label="Read more about Queer young adult fiction isn’t all gloomy realism. Here are 5 uplifting books to get you started">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2020
By Nikko Dizon and Paterno R Esmaquel II in Manila Filipinos and the people of Hong Kong are both in need of prayers over recently-passed security laws that threaten to undermine their basic freedoms and human rights, says the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The bishops’ call came after they recently received a ... <a title="Bishops slam draconian security laws in Philippines, Hong Kong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/19/bishops-slam-draconian-security-laws-in-philippines-hong-kong/" aria-label="Read more about Bishops slam draconian security laws in Philippines, Hong Kong">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is set to continue a revamped and re-targeted wage subsidy when it delivers its Thursday economic statement amid massive uncertainty about the trajectory of COVID-19 in the two largest states. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann on Sunday said JobKeeper ... <a title="Government to announce revamped wage subsidy amid huge COVID uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/19/government-to-announce-revamped-wage-subsidy-amid-huge-covid-uncertainty-142969/" aria-label="Read more about Government to announce revamped wage subsidy amid huge COVID uncertainty">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis in Sydney The man with his hands on the tiller of the Fijian economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has always been a great admirer of Gough Whitlam’s “crash through or crash” approach to leadership and never more so than with the F$3.67 billion budget he announced on Friday night. Allowing for a sobering ... <a title="Graham Davis: Fiji’s great ‘crash through or crash’ budget is counting on a tourism bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/19/graham-davis-fijis-great-crash-through-or-crash-budget-is-counting-on-a-tourism-bubble/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Fiji’s great ‘crash through or crash’ budget is counting on a tourism bubble">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake in Melbourne How disappointing to read another opinion piece in Australian papers repeating time-old arguments that fail to acknowledge the excellent education in journalism provided by universities around the country, an education many working journalists – and therefore readers – have benefited from. It is concerning that anyone would argue that ... <a title="Alexandra Wake: In defence of journalism schools and underpinning civil society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/19/alexandra-wake-in-defence-of-journalism-schools-and-underpinning-civil-society/" aria-label="Read more about Alexandra Wake: In defence of journalism schools and underpinning civil society">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2020
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) has publicly thanked one of the Solomon islands’ longest serving journalists and newspaper editors Ofani Eremae for his dedication and commitment in keeping the work of the media alive. Eremae, was reportedly dishonorably and undiplomatically terminated as editor by the Solomon Star newspaper, a family owned ... <a title="Transparency Solomon Islands pays tribute to Eremae for editor’s legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/18/transparency-solomon-islands-pays-tribute-to-eremae-for-editors-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Transparency Solomon Islands pays tribute to Eremae for editor’s legacy">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Bryan Bruce in the first of a series What is the purpose of an economy? I realised this morning that it is 7 years since I made my documentary Mind The Gap in which I unpacked the socially disastrous consequences of the neoliberal economic agenda, introduced by the 4th Labour government led by ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: Economics and the NZ election – unpacking neoliberal agendas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/bryan-bruce-economics-and-the-nz-election-unpacking-neoliberal-agendas/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: Economics and the NZ election – unpacking neoliberal agendas">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This chart orders countries by their Covid19 death rates in the seven days to 16 July. The seven worst countries are in Latin America; all except Panama being large countries. Two other large Latin American countries (Guatemala and Ecuador) are in the top 11 for recent Covid19 deaths. Of the larger countries ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Recent Cases and Deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-recent-cases-and-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Recent Cases and Deaths">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
By RNZ News Iconic New Zealand magazine titles NZ Woman’s Weekly and the NZ Listener will resume publication immediately, with Bauer Media’s titles officially sold to an Australian investment company. The magazine titles have been officially taken over by Mercury Capital. The Sydney-based company has taken ownership of magazine titles Woman’s Day, New Zealand Woman’s ... <a title="Woman’s Weekly and Listener to resume after Bauer sale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/womans-weekly-and-listener-to-resume-after-bauer-sale/" aria-label="Read more about Woman’s Weekly and Listener to resume after Bauer sale">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Burke, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Lorna Jane recently launched an “antiviral” line of its activewear, called “LJ Shield”, generating significant backlash from medical professionals. The popular activewear brand has now pedalled back and removed any mention of LJ Shield being antiviral from its marketing. ... <a title="Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/antibacterial-activewear-the-claim-is-just-as-absurd-as-it-sounds-142828/" aria-label="Read more about Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Burke, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Lorna Jane recently launched an “antiviral” line of its activewear, called “LJ Shield”, generating significant backlash from medical professionals. The popular activewear brand has now pedalled back and removed any mention of LJ Shield being antiviral from its marketing. ... <a title="Anti-bacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/anti-bacterial-activewear-the-claim-is-just-as-absurd-as-it-sounds-142828/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-bacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds">Read more</a>
