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August 21, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has today reported nine new cases of covid-19 in the community and two in the country’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has warned the nation against “vilifying those who have caught the virus”. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said there were eight people in hospital ... <a title="‘Don’t vilify covid cases’ warns PM as NZ reports nine more in community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/dont-vilify-covid-cases-warns-pm-as-nz-reports-nine-more-in-community/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t vilify covid cases’ warns PM as NZ reports nine more in community">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University China didn’t feature prominently in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s speech last month to announce Australia’s $270 billion defence update, but it was clear this was the country on everyone’s minds. We have become very ... <a title="Australia’s strategic blind spot: China’s newfound intimacy with once-rival Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/australias-strategic-blind-spot-chinas-newfound-intimacy-with-once-rival-russia-142385/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s strategic blind spot: China’s newfound intimacy with once-rival Russia">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Sheedy, Professor – Risk governance, culture, remuneration, Macquarie University The annual chief executive pay report produced by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is a must-read for shareholders and members of superannuation funds. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors The latest report, relating to the financial year ... <a title="$37.7 million is a new Australian record. Why our corporate chiefs are paid so well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/37-7-million-is-a-new-australian-record-why-our-corporate-chiefs-are-paid-so-well-144408/" aria-label="Read more about $37.7 million is a new Australian record. Why our corporate chiefs are paid so well">Read more</a>
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August 21, 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 Govt’s coronavirus response, border policy, political fallout Peter Dunne: Labour will be watching and checking everything and keeping its fingers crossed like never before Tim Watkin (RNZ): Test fail: Is Labour bordering on trouble? ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 21 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-21-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 21 2020">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby North Fly MP James Donald yesterday made an appearance in Papua New Guinea’s Waigani Committal Court to face cyber crime charges for allegedly publishing defamatory materials against a lawyer and the management team of OK Tedi River Development Foundation. Magistrate Garry Unjo, reading the MP’s charges, said Donald, from ... <a title="PNG parliamentarian faces cyber crime charges over K250m Ok Tedi claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/png-parliamentarian-faces-cyber-crime-charges-over-k250m-ok-tedi-claim/" aria-label="Read more about PNG parliamentarian faces cyber crime charges over K250m Ok Tedi claim">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea has reported its fourth covid-19 death with infection cases now reaching 361, reports NBC News. National Coordination Centre (NCC) Incident Manager Dr Daoni Esorom told a media briefing yesterday of the case of a 72-year old male who had tested positive on August 12 and died two days ... <a title="PNG reports fourth covid-19 death as total infections reach 361" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/png-reports-fourth-covid-19-death-as-total-infections-reach-361/" aria-label="Read more about PNG reports fourth covid-19 death as total infections reach 361">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Willis, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University Human faces are arguably the most important things we see. We are quick to detect them in any scene, and they command our attention. Faces express a wealth of important social information, such as whether another person ... <a title="Ancient faces, familiar feelings: expressions may be recognisable across time and cultures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/ancient-faces-familiar-feelings-expressions-may-be-recognisable-across-time-and-cultures-144729/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient faces, familiar feelings: expressions may be recognisable across time and cultures">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University While the COVID-19 pandemic is dominating domestic politics and will likely feature prominently in the upcoming Queensland election, there are other issues at play in this weekend’s election in the Northern Territory. One of the thorniest issues is ... <a title="NT election: is China’s Belt and Road Initiative the answer to a struggling economy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/nt-election-is-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-the-answer-to-a-struggling-economy-144274/" aria-label="Read more about NT election: is China’s Belt and Road Initiative the answer to a struggling economy?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW In Victoria there are nearly 80 active COVID-19 cases linked to more than 50 disability accommodation sites. At least two people have died. These don’t sound like big numbers in the context of Victoria’s second wave, and particularly when we ... <a title="Let’s heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/lets-heed-the-warnings-from-aged-care-we-must-act-now-to-avert-a-covid-19-crisis-in-disability-care-144669/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen Corrick, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Between 115,000 and 11,700 years ago, the Earth would have been almost unrecognisable. Massive ice-sheets covered northern Europe and northern Asia, and about half of North America, and global sea-levels were as much as 130 meters lower than today. In ... <a title="We pieced together the most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/we-pieced-together-the-most-precise-records-of-major-climate-events-from-thousands-of-years-ago-heres-what-we-found-144575/" aria-label="Read more about We pieced together the most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nadine Zacharias, Director, Student Engagement, Swinburne University of Technology Students failing at university is not a problem of “extremes”, as federal Education Minister Dan Tehan would have it. A large proportion of students fail units of study. And, surprisingly, our research found about a third do nothing ... <a title="When students fail, many do nothing about it. Here’s how unis can help them get back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/when-students-fail-many-do-nothing-about-it-heres-how-unis-can-help-them-get-back-on-track-144563/" aria-label="Read more about When students fail, many do nothing about it. Here’s how unis can help them get back on track">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Healey, PhD Student, Curtin University First, a grammar quiz. Which of these sentences do you think begins the Eric Carle classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar? a) A little egg lay on a leaf in the light of the moon. b) On a leaf, in the light ... <a title="4 ways to teach you’re (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/4-ways-to-teach-youre-sic-kids-about-grammar-so-they-actually-care-144353/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to teach you’re (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care">Read more</a>
