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August 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The five consecutive consecutive hikes in compulsory super contributions due to start next July should be deferred or abandoned in the view of the overwhelming majority of the leading Australian economists surveyed by the Economic ... <a title="Australia’s top economists oppose the next increases in compulsory super: new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/30/australias-top-economists-oppose-the-next-increases-in-compulsory-super-new-poll-145111/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s top economists oppose the next increases in compulsory super: new poll">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Crispin Maslog A mad race to produce a vaccine against covid-19 has begun with the world’s superpowers leading the pack. At stake are millions of lives and billions of dollars. Among the frontrunners is the United States with its futuristic-sounding Operation Warp Speed. Europe and China also have their own leading candidate vaccines. ... <a title="Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/30/global-race-to-produce-covid-vaccines-must-ensure-poor-not-left-behind/" aria-label="Read more about Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left behind">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia have reported sharply rising Pacific statistics in the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning reported in a statement yesterday that there were 29 new Papua New Guinean cases of the virus, taking the total of confirmed infections to 453, and one death ... <a title="PNG and French Polynesia covid spikes continue to grow sharply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/png-and-french-polynesia-covid-spikes-continue-to-grow-sharply/" aria-label="Read more about PNG and French Polynesia covid spikes continue to grow sharply">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. At what point in time does an atrocity have a beginning? Is it when the first gunshot is fired? When the first victim is killed? When a killer first submits to thoughts of hatred, alienation, blame and ... <a title="Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/selwyn-manning-the-sentencing-of-a-human-shell-over-nz-mosque-atrocity/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
Special Report by Selwyn Manning. A German language version of this report was published by Cicero.de magazine in Germany. Caution: This report contains detail that could be disturbing to many people. AT WHAT POINT in time does an atrocity have a beginning? Is it when the first gunshot is fired? When the first victim is ... <a title="SPECIAL REPORT: The Sentencing of a ‘Human Shell’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/special-report-the-sentencing-of-a-human-shell/" aria-label="Read more about SPECIAL REPORT: The Sentencing of a ‘Human Shell’">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended weeks of speculation about the state of his health by announcing his surprise resignation today. The 65-year-old Abe was finally forced to concede to the ulcerative colitis intestinal disease that had ... <a title="Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, leaves office a diminished figure with an unfulfilled legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/shinzo-abe-japans-longest-serving-leader-leaves-office-a-diminished-figure-with-an-unfulfilled-legacy-145250/" aria-label="Read more about Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, leaves office a diminished figure with an unfulfilled legacy">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has further ramped up his pressure on states to relax border restrictions by declaring “there will be a Commonwealth definition of a hotspot – come rain, hail or shine”. The Prime Minister said he hoped such a definition ... <a title="Scott Morrison pressures national cabinet to agree to ‘hotspot’ definition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/scott-morrison-pressures-national-cabinet-to-agree-to-hotspot-definition-145262/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison pressures national cabinet to agree to ‘hotspot’ definition">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Global variation These two charts show Covid19 incidence in the world as a whole, in an American country (USA), an Asian country (South Korea), and New Zealand. The first chart shows cumulative cases, with the United States being about six times worse (close to an order of magnitude, which usually means ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 towards the end of August 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-towards-the-end-of-august-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 towards the end of August 2020">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney British soldiers have reportedly been given insect repellent to help protect themselves against COVID-19. The UK government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory released a study showing the citriodiol-based spray can kill SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that ... <a title="Could an insect repellent with citriodiol help fight the bite of COVID-19? Not so fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/could-an-insect-repellent-with-citriodiol-help-fight-the-bite-of-covid-19-not-so-fast-145171/" aria-label="Read more about Could an insect repellent with citriodiol help fight the bite of COVID-19? Not so fast">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss a week’s worth of question time, the government’s proposed bill to cancel agreements entered into ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a week of parliament, aged-care, and the Victorian state of emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/video-michelle-grattan-on-a-week-of-parliament-aged-care-and-the-victorian-state-of-emergency-145247/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a week of parliament, aged-care, and the Victorian state of emergency">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
By RNZ News Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. An Auckland University law professor says there is a risk the mosque terrorist could walk the streets of Sydney if he was deported to Australia to serve his life sentence. After a four-day sentencing hearing in the High Court ... <a title="No guarantee mosque mass killer would serve full jail term in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/no-guarantee-mosque-mass-killer-would-serve-full-jail-term-in-australia/" aria-label="Read more about No guarantee mosque mass killer would serve full jail term in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology There was public celebration of the sentence of life without parole for the Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant who admitted murdering 51 people and attempting to murder 40 others. Aged 29, the convicted mass murderer and terrorist is still ... <a title="No rehab and little chance of appeal for the Christchurch terrorist jailed for life without parole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/no-rehab-and-little-chance-of-appeal-for-the-christchurch-terrorist-jailed-for-life-without-parole-145242/" aria-label="Read more about No rehab and little chance of appeal for the Christchurch terrorist jailed for life without parole">Read more</a>
