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August 18, 2020
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Facebook censorship on West Papua … a “cruel irony”. Image: RSF/PMC By David Robie THE SILENCE from Facebook is deafening and disturbing. At first, when I lodged my protests earlier this month to Facebook over the immediate removal of a West Papua news items from the ... <a title="Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/facebook-censorship-on-west-papua-then-deafening-silence/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew McLachlan, Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney The head lice drug ivermectin has yet again been touted in the media as a possible treatment for COVID-19. But despite the favourable headlines, huge uncertainty remains about whether this treatment can be safely and ... <a title="Ivermectin is still not a miracle cure for COVID-19, despite what you may have read" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/ivermectin-is-still-not-a-miracle-cure-for-covid-19-despite-what-you-may-have-read-144569/" aria-label="Read more about Ivermectin is still not a miracle cure for COVID-19, despite what you may have read">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Many New Zealanders will be feeling anxious, disappointed and even angry about the return of COVID-19 in the community. Many of us prefer to suppress these emotions because they are unpleasant or we may feel ... <a title="How setting aside some ‘worry time’ can help reduce anxiety over COVID-19 lockdowns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/how-setting-aside-some-worry-time-can-help-reduce-anxiety-over-covid-19-lockdowns-144561/" aria-label="Read more about How setting aside some ‘worry time’ can help reduce anxiety over COVID-19 lockdowns">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryan Cranston, Academic Teacher, Swinburne University of Technology Less than three months out from the presidential election, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has become the centre of a political storm. So much so that Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, has recalled the house ... <a title="Explainer: what is the controversy around the US postal service and how might it affect the election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/explainer-what-is-the-controversy-around-the-us-postal-service-and-how-might-it-affect-the-election-144663/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is the controversy around the US postal service and how might it affect the election?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Barnet, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology If you went to use Google yesterday, you may have been met with a pop-up warning that the tech giant’s functionality was “at risk” from new Australian government regulation. Google Australia’s managing director, Mel Silva, ... <a title="Google’s ‘open letter’ is trying to scare Australians. The company simply doesn’t want to pay for news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/googles-open-letter-is-trying-to-scare-australians-the-company-simply-doesnt-want-to-pay-for-news-144573/" aria-label="Read more about Google’s ‘open letter’ is trying to scare Australians. The company simply doesn’t want to pay for news">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aidan Coleman, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Humanities and Early Career Researcher at the JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, University of Adelaide His “poems are as urgent and accessible as headlines, though infinitely more beautiful”, the broadcaster Phillip Adams wrote of the Australian poet Philip Hodgins. ... <a title="Plainspoken virtuosity: the poetry of Philip Hodgins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/plainspoken-virtuosity-the-poetry-of-philip-hodgins-142666/" aria-label="Read more about Plainspoken virtuosity: the poetry of Philip Hodgins">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elspeth Tilley, Associate Professor of English (Expressive Arts), Massey University Feeling torn about wearing a mask? Me too. I don’t want to look like I’m virtue signalling or get funny looks. But I also want to be responsible about public health. I’ve ended up conflicted, wearing a ... <a title="Mask or no mask? This simple ethical approach can help with your pandemic etiquette" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/mask-or-no-mask-this-simple-ethical-approach-can-help-with-your-pandemic-etiquette-144552/" aria-label="Read more about Mask or no mask? This simple ethical approach can help with your pandemic etiquette">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Has the election been saved from becoming another victim of Covid-19? Quite possibly. The issue of when to hold the election had come under serious scrutiny due to the increased restrictions and changed focus necessitated by the outbreak of community transmission of Covid-19. There were major problems with how democratic ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-successful-and-clever-election-date-shift/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University Increasingly, people are turning to dating sites and apps to find love. And while the pool may seem larger, and access is at our fingertips, using them doesn’t necessarily improve our chances of finding a ... <a title="The downsides of dating apps, and how to overcome them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/the-downsides-of-dating-apps-and-how-to-overcome-them-131997/" aria-label="Read more about The downsides of dating apps, and how to overcome them">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Mindzak, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University The former NSW education minister and now head of the UNSW Gonski Institute, Adrian Piccoli, suggested in recent days Australian governments should fully fund all non-government primary schools. In an opinion piece published by the Sydney Morning Herald, ... <a title="Canada doesn’t fully fund its private primary schools, and Australia shouldn’t either" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/canada-doesnt-fully-fund-its-private-primary-schools-and-australia-shouldnt-either-144281/" aria-label="Read more about Canada doesn’t fully fund its private primary schools, and Australia shouldn’t either">Read more</a>
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August 18, 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 Election date Bryce Edwards (Guardian): By delaying the New Zealand election Jacinda Ardern appears magnanimous and conciliatory Audrey Young (Herald): Full marks to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for the way she delayed the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-18-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2020">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Schools in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District resumed yesterday, with strict covid-19 protocols in place, and with several turning away those who came without masks. This came in the wake of a new covid-19 spike with PNG reporting another 52 cases of covid-19 yesterday since Thursday, taking its total to ... <a title="PNG schools follow no-mask-no-entry rule amid growing covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/png-schools-follow-no-mask-no-entry-rule-amid-growing-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about PNG schools follow no-mask-no-entry rule amid growing covid cases">Read more</a>
