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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Young, PhD Candidate in Medical Sociology, University of Otago According to the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll, almost two-thirds of New Zealanders are planning to vote yes in the upcoming referendum on assisted dying. Our research shows this number aligns with the past 20 years ... <a title="Assisted dying referendum: people at the end of their lives say it offers a ‘good death’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/assisted-dying-referendum-people-at-the-end-of-their-lives-say-it-offers-a-good-death-144112/" aria-label="Read more about Assisted dying referendum: people at the end of their lives say it offers a ‘good death’">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Mitchell, Professor of Nursing, University of Newcastle Australians are emerging from winter and, where possible, enjoying trips to beaches and public pools. Beach-side picnics, barbecues and get-togethers are back on the cards for many of us. While daily COVID-19 case numbers have been looking promising in ... <a title="How to reduce COVID-19 risk at the beach or the pool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/how-to-reduce-covid-19-risk-at-the-beach-or-the-pool-147088/" aria-label="Read more about How to reduce COVID-19 risk at the beach or the pool">Read more</a>
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September 30, 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 SFO NZ First decision Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): Nothing to do with the NZ First Party? Seriously laughable RNZ: Checkpoint: NZ First Foundation arrangement ‘unprecedented’ – law expert Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Winston Peters’ smoke and ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 30 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-30-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 30 2020">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Is it possible the whole observable universe is just a thing kept in a container, in a room where there are some other extraterrestrial beings much bigger than us? Kanishk, Year 9 Hi Kanishk! I’m going to interpret your question ... <a title="Curious Kids: could our entire reality be part of a simulation created by some other beings?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/curious-kids-could-our-entire-reality-be-part-of-a-simulation-created-by-some-other-beings-146840/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: could our entire reality be part of a simulation created by some other beings?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University In the fight against the coronavirus, the Australian government has enacted a series of measures that have expanded executive powers. These include the use of smartphone contact-tracing technology, mandatory isolation arrangements and the closure of borders and businesses. ... <a title="Have our governments become too powerful during COVID-19?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/have-our-governments-become-too-powerful-during-covid-19-147028/" aria-label="Read more about Have our governments become too powerful during COVID-19?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Australia’s aged care system has produced a litany of failures: unpalatable food, poor care, neglect, abuse and, most recently, the tragedies of the pandemic. This should not come as a surprise. Poor regulation has taken the “nursing” out of “nursing ... <a title="The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/the-budget-must-address-aged-care-here-are-3-key-priorities-146678/" aria-label="Read more about The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Spring has arrived, and all over the country the hills and riversides are burnished with the green and gold of Australian wattles, all belonging to the genus Acacia. It’s a spectacular sight, but not a surprising one as there ... <a title="Spring is here and wattles are out in bloom: a love letter to our iconic flowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/spring-is-here-and-wattles-are-out-in-bloom-a-love-letter-to-our-iconic-flowers-146109/" aria-label="Read more about Spring is here and wattles are out in bloom: a love letter to our iconic flowers">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Students in Australia and around the world have experienced significant challenges this year, including the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters. Globally, as many as one in five young people may experience mental-health problems. These can be exacerbated, ... <a title="A place to get away from it all: 5 ways school libraries support student well-being" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/a-place-to-get-away-from-it-all-5-ways-school-libraries-support-student-well-being-145180/" aria-label="Read more about A place to get away from it all: 5 ways school libraries support student well-being">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Polly Fong, PhD Candidate in Psychology, The University of Queensland Physical distancing measures during the first COVID-19 outbreak led to the closure of libraries, theatres, gyms, cafes and community centres across Australia. Venues like these are known as “third places”. These are the semi-public, semi-private places that ... <a title="New tricks? When COVID forces a bridge club online, what becomes of their community?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/new-tricks-when-covid-forces-a-bridge-club-online-what-becomes-of-their-community-144594/" aria-label="Read more about New tricks? When COVID forces a bridge club online, what becomes of their community?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhonda Sharp, Emeritus Professor, UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia COVID-19 has left women, more than men, economically disadvantaged through unemployment, underemployment, lowered incomes, less secure work, greater household and family demands, and increased risk of domestic violence. But you’re unlikely to read about it ... <a title="Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/each-budget-used-to-have-a-gender-impact-statement-we-need-it-back-especially-now-144849/" aria-label="Read more about Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially now">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Bird, DIscipline Leader, Corporate Governance & Senior Lecturer, Swinburne Law School, Swinburne University of Technology Paying a record A$1.3 billion fine for breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act is one thing, making sure it couldn’t happen again is another. The fine agreed to ... <a title="A mea culpa, not a fix: Australia’s biggest corporate fine isn’t the end of it for Westpac" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/a-mea-culpa-not-a-fix-australias-biggest-corporate-fine-isnt-the-end-of-it-for-westpac-146842/" aria-label="Read more about A mea culpa, not a fix: Australia’s biggest corporate fine isn’t the end of it for Westpac">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius Sepehri, Doctoral Candidate, Comparative Literature, Religion and History of Philosophy, University of Sydney Over a thousand years ago, Nuh ibn Mansur, the reigning prince of the medieval city of Bukhara, fell badly ill. The doctors, unable to do anything for him, were forced to send for ... <a title="Avicenna: the Persian polymath who shaped modern science, medicine and philosophy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/avicenna-the-persian-polymath-who-shaped-modern-science-medicine-and-philosophy-142667/" aria-label="Read more about Avicenna: the Persian polymath who shaped modern science, medicine and philosophy">Read more</a>
