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September 17, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Op-Ed By Arnold August From Montreal, Canada The founding of the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples on September 6, 2020 marks a new political milestone. In the most difficult of circumstances, having to cope with not only the U.S. and Canadian sanctions but the ... <a title="New Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples: A Refreshing Contribution from Venezuela to the World" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/new-simon-bolivar-institute-for-peace-and-solidarity-among-peoples-a-refreshing-contribution-from-venezuela-to-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about New Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples: A Refreshing Contribution from Venezuela to the World">Read more</a>
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September 17, 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 Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update, Economy Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): High unemployment, high house prices and a social crisis on the books Audrey Young (Herald): Leaders make case for wisdom, honesty, balance and discipline (paywalled) ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 17 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-17-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 17 2020">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irina Vetter, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, The University of Queensland Australia is home to some of the world’s most dangerous wildlife. Anyone who spends time outdoors in eastern Australia is wise to keep an eye out for snakes, spiders, swooping birds, crocodiles, deadly cone snails and ... <a title="Australian stinging trees inject scorpion-like venom. The pain lasts for days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/australian-stinging-trees-inject-scorpion-like-venom-the-pain-lasts-for-days-146115/" aria-label="Read more about Australian stinging trees inject scorpion-like venom. The pain lasts for days">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bassina Farbenblum, Associate professor, UNSW In early April, Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent a clear message to temporary visa holders that if they were no longer financially solvent to ride out the pandemic, they were not welcome in Australia. As much as it’s lovely to have visitors ... <a title="‘Garbage’ and ‘cash cows’: temporary migrants describe anguish of exclusion and racism during COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/garbage-and-cash-cows-temporary-migrants-describe-anguish-of-exclusion-and-racism-during-covid-19-146098/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Garbage’ and ‘cash cows’: temporary migrants describe anguish of exclusion and racism during COVID-19">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford Melbourne’s lockdown has been described as one of the harshest in the world. And jurisdictions outside Australia have taken other ... <a title="Is lockdown worth the pain? No, it’s a sledgehammer and we have better options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/is-lockdown-worth-the-pain-no-its-a-sledgehammer-and-we-have-better-options-145555/" aria-label="Read more about Is lockdown worth the pain? No, it’s a sledgehammer and we have better options">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan G. Howell, PhD Candidate | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle In the next few weeks, federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley will decide whether to approve a New South Wales quarry expansion that will destroy critical koala breeding grounds. The case, involving the ... <a title="Environment Minister Sussan Ley faces a critical test: will she let a mine destroy koala breeding grounds?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/environment-minister-sussan-ley-faces-a-critical-test-will-she-let-a-mine-destroy-koala-breeding-grounds-145839/" aria-label="Read more about Environment Minister Sussan Ley faces a critical test: will she let a mine destroy koala breeding grounds?">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Seadon, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand’s government recently put more than NZ$160 million towards developing a domestic recycling sector to create jobs as part of its economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealanders recycle 1.3 million tonnes of materials each year, but ... <a title="New Zealand invests in growing its domestic recycling industry to create jobs and dump less rubbish at landfills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/new-zealand-invests-in-growing-its-domestic-recycling-industry-to-create-jobs-and-dump-less-rubbish-at-landfills-143684/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand invests in growing its domestic recycling industry to create jobs and dump less rubbish at landfills">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Education Policy, UNSW Many parents are worried the disruptions of COVID lockdowns and school closures may affect their children’s mental health and development. In the Royal Children’s Hospital’s National Child Health Poll in June 2020, more than one-third of parents reported the pandemic ... <a title="Are the kids alright? Social isolation can take a toll, but play can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/are-the-kids-alright-social-isolation-can-take-a-toll-but-play-can-help-146023/" aria-label="Read more about Are the kids alright? Social isolation can take a toll, but play can help">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Stone, Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Transitions and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Swinburne Research Centre, Swinburne University of Technology New research released today asked Australians how well current housing met their needs and their ideals, both in the short and longer-term. We found ... <a title="How might COVID-19 change what Australians want from their homes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/how-might-covid-19-change-what-australians-want-from-their-homes-145626/" aria-label="Read more about How might COVID-19 change what Australians want from their homes?">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Robertson, Professor, University of Western Australia Businesses are protesting vociferously about Victoria’s extended lockdown. It’s “gut-wrenching,” “devastating,” a “trainwreck,” a “death knell”. Yet businesses and shareholders are far from representative of those most at risk. The best evidence we’ve got suggests the hardest hit are Victoria’s ... <a title="Who suffers most from Melbourne’s extended lockdown? Hint: they are not necessarily particularly vocal " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/who-suffers-most-from-melbournes-extended-lockdown-hint-they-are-not-necessarily-particularly-vocal-145938/" aria-label="Read more about Who suffers most from Melbourne’s extended lockdown? Hint: they are not necessarily particularly vocal ">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Hayes, Academic, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden has been described as “the most significant children’s book of the 20th century.” First published in 1911, after being serialised in The American Magazine, it was dismissed by one critic ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: The Secret Garden and the healing power of nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/guide-to-the-classics-the-secret-garden-and-the-healing-power-of-nature-132269/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: The Secret Garden and the healing power of nature">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has unveiled a $1.9 billion package of investments in new and emerging technologies, and reinforced its message that it is time to move on from assisting now commercially-viable renewables. The package will be controversial, given its planned broadening ... <a title="Government targets emerging technologies with $1.9 billion, saying renewables can stand on own feet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/government-targets-emerging-technologies-with-1-9-billion-saying-renewables-can-stand-on-own-feet-146327/" aria-label="Read more about Government targets emerging technologies with $1.9 billion, saying renewables can stand on own feet">Read more</a>
