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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Lebanon did not need one of the world’s most horrific accidental detonations to remind people it is a state teetering on the edge of collapse. However, the destructive power of 2,750 metric tonnes of ammonium nitrate ignited ... <a title="Beirut explosion yet another heartbreak for a country already on the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/beirut-explosion-yet-another-heartbreak-for-a-country-already-on-the-brink-144055/" aria-label="Read more about Beirut explosion yet another heartbreak for a country already on the brink">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Odette Best, Professor, Nursing, University of Southern Queensland Recently announced Closing the Gap targets aim to improve the health and well-being of Indigenous people. But if that’s to happen, we need to provide health advice suitable for First Nations Australians. That includes providing culturally safe dietary advice, ... <a title="We need to Close the Gap on health. But even official dietary advice disadvantages Indigenous people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/we-need-to-close-the-gap-on-health-but-even-official-dietary-advice-disadvantages-indigenous-people-143680/" aria-label="Read more about We need to Close the Gap on health. But even official dietary advice disadvantages Indigenous people">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Review: Paul Kelly: The Man, the Music and Life in Between (Hatchette) Stuart Coupe’s new biography of Paul Kelly takes many known elements of Kelly’s story and rouses them again. Paul Kelly: The Man, the Music and ... <a title="Paul Kelly biography traces his journey but not his work with young artists today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/paul-kelly-biography-traces-his-journey-but-not-his-work-with-young-artists-today-143350/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Kelly biography traces his journey but not his work with young artists today">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Evening Report Video: This week in A View from Afar with Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning, we examine the Beirut explosion and what is going on behind the headlines. We also debate how leaders around the world are using authoritarianism as a mask to cover their weak handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. A View ... <a title="Video: A View from Afar – The Beirut Explosion + Authoritarianism as a Covid-19 Mask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/live-a-view-from-afar-the-beirut-explosion-authoritarianism-as-a-covid-19-mask/" aria-label="Read more about Video: A View from Afar – The Beirut Explosion + Authoritarianism as a Covid-19 Mask">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Money as an Unfortunate Metaphor for Cost Especially but not only in election years, when any new policy is proposed by a major party, a ubiquitous refrain follows: “what will it cost?”; “where will the money come from?”. The context is that cost is the spending of ‘coin’. Indeed I once ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Counting the Cost of Government Action and Inaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/keith-rankin-analysis-counting-the-cost-of-government-action-and-inaction/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Counting the Cost of Government Action and Inaction">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Can we postpone this year’s election? Quite frankly, the political parties don’t seem ready for it, and aren’t about to offer voters the necessary policy choices for the unprecedented times we’re in. We’ve ended up with a campaign focused on scandal, personality and leadership, with a policy void that’s worse ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-where-is-the-contest-of-ideas-in-the-election-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Gibbons, Professor, Australian National University Most people probably associate the Australian Alps with skiing and snow. Others might think of the Man from Snowy River legend or the engineering feats of the Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme. But few people know the region’s history of exploitation and overuse, ... <a title="‘It is not easy’: how science and courage saved the stunning Australian Alps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/it-is-not-easy-how-science-and-courage-saved-the-stunning-australian-alps-141658/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It is not easy’: how science and courage saved the stunning Australian Alps">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Mitchell, Professor of Nursing, University of Newcastle Face coverings, such as cloth masks, are mandatory for all Victorians and are being recommended for public use in some other parts of the country. Wearing a face covering helps prevent the spread of COVID-19 by providing a physical ... <a title="How should I clean my cloth mask?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/how-should-i-clean-my-cloth-mask-143974/" aria-label="Read more about How should I clean my cloth mask?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Gray, Associate professor, Jumbunna Insitute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney The Conversation is running a series of explainers on key figures in Australian political history, looking at the way they changed the nature of debate, its impact then, and it relevance to ... <a title="Charles Perkins forced Australia to confront its racist past. His fight for justice continues today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/charles-perkins-forced-australia-to-confront-its-racist-past-his-fight-for-justice-continues-today-139303/" aria-label="Read more about Charles Perkins forced Australia to confront its racist past. His fight for justice continues today">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Aroney, Professor of Constitutional Law, The University of Queensland There is a theory that despite all the commotion, religious freedom faces no significant threat in Western democracies like Australia. Therefore, the argument goes, we do not need a federal Religious Discrimination Act. Read more: New research ... <a title="New research shows religious discrimination is on the rise around the world, including in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/new-research-shows-religious-discrimination-is-on-the-rise-around-the-world-including-in-australia-141789/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows religious discrimination is on the rise around the world, including in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A medical authority has warned that the spike in covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea is to be expected and could reach thousands between September and December, reports The National today. Professor Glen Mola had predicted early last month, when the number of cases of infection had been below 20, that ... <a title="PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to rise, says doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/png-surge-in-covid-infections-to-153-expected-and-likely-to-rise-says-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to rise, says doctor">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (AJF) has called on the Malaysian government to desist its current investigation of Al Jazeera English as the current methods of investigation are an attack on free, independent journalism. If the Malaysian government takes issue with Al Jazeera’s work – or any reporting – there were ... <a title="AJF slams ‘misguided’ Malaysian investigation into Al Jazeera report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/ajf-slams-misguided-malaysian-investigation-into-al-jazeera-report/" aria-label="Read more about AJF slams ‘misguided’ Malaysian investigation into Al Jazeera report">Read more</a>
