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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Things are really jeffed up for Karens right now. The Miley (“coronavirus”) did a Melba (“made yet another a comeback”), and Joe and Jane Bloggs are being drongos. In the process, “Karen” has become the Bradman of ways for calling ... <a title="What’s in a name? Well, quite a bit if your name is Karen (or Jack, John, Jeff, Dolly, Biddy, Meg …)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/whats-in-a-name-well-quite-a-bit-if-your-name-is-karen-or-jack-john-jeff-dolly-biddy-meg-143194/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in a name? Well, quite a bit if your name is Karen (or Jack, John, Jeff, Dolly, Biddy, Meg …)">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Moore, Social Researcher, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania In his book Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe writes that settler Australians wilfully misunderstood, hid and destroyed evidence of Aboriginal Australians’ farming practices. My analysis of secondary school textbooks shows this behaviour isn’t restricted to the past ... <a title="Secondary school textbooks teach our kids the myth that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gatherers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/secondary-school-textbooks-teach-our-kids-the-myth-that-aboriginal-australians-were-nomadic-hunter-gatherers-133066/" aria-label="Read more about Secondary school textbooks teach our kids the myth that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gatherers">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Grodach, Professor and Director of Urban Planning & Design, Monash University COVID-19 and the growing recession concentrated in the services sector will not just increase social inequality, but accelerate the growing spatial divide in our cities. As our new research report shows, the pandemic’s impacts reinforce ... <a title="Why coronavirus will deepen the inequality of our suburbs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/why-coronavirus-will-deepen-the-inequality-of-our-suburbs-143432/" aria-label="Read more about Why coronavirus will deepen the inequality of our suburbs">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glennda Scully, Professor, Curtin University The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a surge of calls to domestic violence support services, as survivors of violence spend more time at home with their abusers due to lockdowns and other restrictions. Many feel they can’t leave — or that they must ... <a title="If you’re thinking of leaving a violent partner, you need a financial plan. This toolkit can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/if-youre-thinking-of-leaving-a-violent-partner-you-need-a-financial-plan-this-toolkit-can-help-143004/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re thinking of leaving a violent partner, you need a financial plan. This toolkit can help">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Osborn, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. There is a genre of novel that I have relied upon for many years. Some people call it ... <a title="P.G. Wodehouse in a pandemic: wit and perfect prose to restore the soul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/p-g-wodehouse-in-a-pandemic-wit-and-perfect-prose-to-restore-the-soul-143533/" aria-label="Read more about P.G. Wodehouse in a pandemic: wit and perfect prose to restore the soul">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As Melbourne moved to an extraordinary 8pm to 5am daily curfew and Stage 4 restrictions, and Victoria declared a “state of disaster”, Scott Morrison took to social media with a message for the embattled residents. Read more: Explainer: what is ... <a title="View from The Hill: COVID has brought us a state in disaster and a prime minister in a mask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/view-from-the-hill-covid-has-brought-us-a-state-in-disaster-and-a-prime-minister-in-a-mask-143808/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: COVID has brought us a state in disaster and a prime minister in a mask">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney James Murdoch is not the most obvious candidate for editorial heroism. His route to resigning from the News Corp board because of “disagreements over certain editorial content” has been circuitous and colourful. James’s first ... <a title="James Murdoch’s resignation is the result of News Corp’s increasing shift to the right – not just on climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/james-murdochs-resignation-is-the-result-of-news-corps-increasing-shift-to-the-right-not-just-on-climate-143799/" aria-label="Read more about James Murdoch’s resignation is the result of News Corp’s increasing shift to the right – not just on climate">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney A “state of disaster” has been declared for the whole of Victoria from 6pm, Sunday August 2, for a month. How is this different from the existing “state of emergency” and what powers does it give the Andrews ... <a title="Explainer: what is a ‘state of disaster’ and what powers does it confer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/explainer-what-is-a-state-of-disaster-and-what-powers-does-it-confer-143807/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is a ‘state of disaster’ and what powers does it confer?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that metropolitan Melbourne will move to “stage 4” restrictions from 6pm Sunday, as new cases of COVID-19 continue to rise. The state recorded another 671 cases and 7 deaths on Sunday. Andrews ... <a title="State of Disaster called as Melbourne moves to nightly curfew and stage 4 restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/state-of-disaster-called-as-melbourne-moves-to-nightly-curfew-and-stage-4-restrictions-143804/" aria-label="Read more about State of Disaster called as Melbourne moves to nightly curfew and stage 4 restrictions">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Nineteen more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, taking the total number so far in the country to 91. The Pandemic Response Controller, David Manning, announced the new cases in the capital Port Moresby where almost 80 of PNG’s cases had been confirmed in just over two weeks. ... <a title="More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health workers still a concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/more-covid-cases-in-png-take-total-to-91-health-workers-still-a-concern/" aria-label="Read more about More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health workers still a concern">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Linguist and author Noam Chomsky says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions have left the country ill-prepared for a major health crisis. By Democracy Now! As the US coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, Democracy Now! spends the hour with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky, who ... <a title="Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/noam-chomsky-decades-of-neoliberal-plague-left-us-unprepared-for-coronavirus-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2020
OPINION – by Matt Robson, former Alliance Minister and Deputy Leader of Alliance and Progressive Parties 01 AUGUST 2020 – Labour, as a party founded on the interests of all who labour for their living, should rule out before the election coalescing with New Zealand First (NZF). National has done that, for its own narrow interests, as NZF ... <a title="OPINION – Hon Matt Robson – Labour should have the courage of National and rule out NZ First" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/01/opinion-hon-matt-robson-labour-should-have-the-courage-of-national-and-rule-out-nz-first/" aria-label="Read more about OPINION – Hon Matt Robson – Labour should have the courage of National and rule out NZ First">Read more</a>
