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Month: July 2020

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Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation

July 6, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Thirty five years ago this week in another life Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie was an environmental journalist on board the original Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship that was bombed by French secret agents on 10 July 1985. He was on board for almost 11 weeks and joined the ... <a title="Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/pacific-bombs-nuclear-weapons-and-the-rongelap-evacuation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation">Read more</a>

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Explainer: will life mean life when the Christchurch mosque killer is sentenced?

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology On the very day New Zealand entered COVID-19 lockdown (March 26), the man arrested for the Christchurch mosque terror attacks admitted he was a murderer and a terrorist. Despite the lockdown, Justice Mander arranged for media and community ... <a title="Explainer: will life mean life when the Christchurch mosque killer is sentenced?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/explainer-will-life-mean-life-when-the-christchurch-mosque-killer-is-sentenced-141984/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: will life mean life when the Christchurch mosque killer is sentenced?">Read more</a>

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$2.5 billion lost over a decade: Nigerian princes lose their sheen, but scams are on the rise

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Cross, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, Cybersecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Last year, Australians reported more than A$634 million lost to fraud, a significant jump from $489.7 million the year before. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its latest ... <a title="$2.5 billion lost over a decade: Nigerian princes lose their sheen, but scams are on the rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/2-5-billion-lost-over-a-decade-nigerian-princes-lose-their-sheen-but-scams-are-on-the-rise-141289/" aria-label="Read more about $2.5 billion lost over a decade: Nigerian princes lose their sheen, but scams are on the rise">Read more</a>

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Deep cultural shifts required: open letter from 500 legal women calls for reform of way judges are appointed and disciplined

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW In an open letter to Attorney-General Christian Porter, about 500 women working in the law from across Australia have sought changes to the way judges are disciplined and appointed. The letter comes after former High Court judge Dyson Heydon was ... <a title="Deep cultural shifts required: open letter from 500 legal women calls for reform of way judges are appointed and disciplined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/deep-cultural-shifts-required-open-letter-from-500-legal-women-calls-for-reform-of-way-judges-are-appointed-and-disciplined-142042/" aria-label="Read more about Deep cultural shifts required: open letter from 500 legal women calls for reform of way judges are appointed and disciplined">Read more</a>

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Big Tobacco’s decisive defeat on plain packaging laws won’t stop its war against public health

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Genevieve Wilkinson, Lecturer in Intellectual Property and Human Rights, University of Technology Sydney After a decade of legal challenges by the tobacco lobby, Australia’s pioneering push to eliminate all tobacco advertising finally has clear air. Its longest stoush, over plain packaging laws introduced in 2012, finally ended ... <a title="Big Tobacco’s decisive defeat on plain packaging laws won’t stop its war against public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/big-tobaccos-decisive-defeat-on-plain-packaging-laws-wont-stop-its-war-against-public-health-140439/" aria-label="Read more about Big Tobacco’s decisive defeat on plain packaging laws won’t stop its war against public health">Read more</a>

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Police have become political tool under Widodo’s watch, says rights group

July 6, 2020

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Lokataru Legal and Human Rights Foundation says there are two problems with the Indonesian police which have developed during the era of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration. These two problems are “politicisation” and “police professionalism”. “Perhaps it’s still the same as the problem before, particularly during the era of Jokowi’s ... <a title="Police have become political tool under Widodo’s watch, says rights group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/police-have-become-political-tool-under-widodos-watch-says-rights-group/" aria-label="Read more about Police have become political tool under Widodo’s watch, says rights group">Read more</a>

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Protest marks French Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa anniversary

July 6, 2020

By RNZ Pacific A sit-in has been held outside the French High Commission in French Polynesia to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons test at Moruroa. The demonstration was organised by the anti-nuclear group Association 193 which again decried the recent law change tightening compensation criteria for those suffering ill-health. The group ... <a title="Protest marks French Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa anniversary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/protest-marks-french-pacific-nuclear-tests-at-moruroa-anniversary/" aria-label="Read more about Protest marks French Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa anniversary">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 06 2020

July 6, 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 Labour Party Thomas Manch (Stuff): It might be ‘team’ Labour, but there’s little doubt about who’s the skipper, and ‘saviour’ Audrey Young (Herald): No ordinary Labour speech by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (paywalled) Sam ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 06 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-06-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 06 2020">Read more</a>

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Why outer space matters in a post-pandemic world

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Moore, Director of The Australian National University Institute for Space and the Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre, Australian National University With all of the immense challenges we face on Earth this year, space can feel like an afterthought. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the hope of a growing ... <a title="Why outer space matters in a post-pandemic world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/why-outer-space-matters-in-a-post-pandemic-world-141977/" aria-label="Read more about Why outer space matters in a post-pandemic world">Read more</a>

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We live in an age of ‘fake news’. But Australian children are not learning enough about media literacy

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Notley, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media, Western Sydney University Today we release the findings from our new research into how young Australians consume and think about news media. Following a summer of bushfires and during the COVID-19 pandemic, young people have told us they consume news ... <a title="We live in an age of ‘fake news’. But Australian children are not learning enough about media literacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/we-live-in-an-age-of-fake-news-but-australian-children-are-not-learning-enough-about-media-literacy-141371/" aria-label="Read more about We live in an age of ‘fake news’. But Australian children are not learning enough about media literacy">Read more</a>

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Global report gives Australia an A for coronavirus response but a D on climate

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University The global Sustainable Development Report 2020, released this week in New York, ranks Australia third among OECD countries for the effectiveness of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, beaten by only South Korea and Latvia. ... <a title="Global report gives Australia an A for coronavirus response but a D on climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/global-report-gives-australia-an-a-for-coronavirus-response-but-a-d-on-climate-141982/" aria-label="Read more about Global report gives Australia an A for coronavirus response but a D on climate">Read more</a>

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Students in China heed their government’s warnings against studying in Australia – less than half plan to come back

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology Only 40% of students in China who previously intended to study overseas still plan to, while just under 50% of those who had studied overseas plan to return to their study after the borders ... <a title="Students in China heed their government’s warnings against studying in Australia – less than half plan to come back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/students-in-china-heed-their-governments-warnings-against-studying-in-australia-less-than-half-plan-to-come-back-141871/" aria-label="Read more about Students in China heed their government’s warnings against studying in Australia – less than half plan to come back">Read more</a>