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Month: September 2020

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These Aussie teens have launched a landmark climate case against the government. Win or lose, it’ll make a difference

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Schuijers, Research Fellow in Environmental Law, University of Melbourne On Tuesday, eight young Australians aged 13-17 filed a class action seeking an injunction to prevent federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley approving a new coal project expansion. They are bringing their case to the Federal Court. They ... <a title="These Aussie teens have launched a landmark climate case against the government. Win or lose, it’ll make a difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/these-aussie-teens-have-launched-a-landmark-climate-case-against-the-government-win-or-lose-itll-make-a-difference-145830/" aria-label="Read more about These Aussie teens have launched a landmark climate case against the government. Win or lose, it’ll make a difference">Read more</a>

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Relax, losing access to China won’t make us the ‘poor white trash of Asia’

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland In another round of the increasingly bitter exchanges between China and Australia, a columnist for China’s Global Times, Yu Lei, suggested that a further decoupling from China will make former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s famous ... <a title="Relax, losing access to China won’t make us the ‘poor white trash of Asia’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/relax-losing-access-to-china-wont-make-us-the-poor-white-trash-of-asia-145442/" aria-label="Read more about Relax, losing access to China won’t make us the ‘poor white trash of Asia’">Read more</a>

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5 ways our immune responses to COVID vaccines are unique

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Gill, Post-doctoral Researcher (Gastroenterology and Immunology), Monash University The Oxford vaccine trial at the centre of safety concerns this week highlights the idea that people’s immune systems respond to vaccines differently. We don’t yet know whether reports of immune complications in one or two trial participants ... <a title="5 ways our immune responses to COVID vaccines are unique" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/5-ways-our-immune-responses-to-covid-vaccines-are-unique-145248/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways our immune responses to COVID vaccines are unique">Read more</a>

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Why unis are worried about a federal power to cancel their foreign ‘arrangements’

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narrelle Morris, Senior Lecturer, Curtin Law School, Curtin University A proposed law would give the federal government power to cancel arrangements between foreign governments and Australian states, territories, local councils and public universities. At first glance, it’s not meant to cover universities’ arrangements with all foreign universities. ... <a title="Why unis are worried about a federal power to cancel their foreign ‘arrangements’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/why-unis-are-worried-about-a-federal-power-to-cancel-their-foreign-arrangements-145689/" aria-label="Read more about Why unis are worried about a federal power to cancel their foreign ‘arrangements’">Read more</a>

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Night in the Woods: the video game that captures bittersweet, millennial life under COVID-19

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Henderson, PhD Candidate in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, University of Canberra Night in the Woods is a video game about strange in-between spaces: between youth and adulthood, between a rose-tinted past and an uncertain future. Released in 2017, it feels especially resonant in a time ... <a title="Night in the Woods: the video game that captures bittersweet, millennial life under COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/night-in-the-woods-the-video-game-that-captures-bittersweet-millennial-life-under-covid-19-145451/" aria-label="Read more about Night in the Woods: the video game that captures bittersweet, millennial life under COVID-19">Read more</a>

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Swimming with whales: you must know the risks and when it’s best to keep your distance

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chantal Denise Pagel, Doctoral student | Marine Wildlife Tourism Professional, Auckland University of Technology Three people were injured last month in separate humpback whale encounters off the Western Australia coast. The incidents happened during snorkelling tours on Ningaloo Reef when swimmers came too close to a mother ... <a title="Swimming with whales: you must know the risks and when it’s best to keep your distance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/swimming-with-whales-you-must-know-the-risks-and-when-its-best-to-keep-your-distance-145614/" aria-label="Read more about Swimming with whales: you must know the risks and when it’s best to keep your distance">Read more</a>

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LIVE: A View from Afar – Paul Buchanan & Selwyn Manning: Is Trump Losing the US Presidential Campaign?

September 10, 2020

Welcome to Evening Report’s A View from Afar: As always, we are joined by political scientist Paul Buchanan to discuss: 1: How Trump told Bob Woodward he intentionally held back how deadly Covid-19 was. We consider how damaging will Woodward’s book RAGE be, for his presidential campaign? 2: How effective is Trump’s culture-wars, race-baiting tactic… VERSUS ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – Paul Buchanan & Selwyn Manning: Is Trump Losing the US Presidential Campaign?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/live-a-view-from-afar-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-is-trump-losing-the-us-presidential-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – Paul Buchanan & Selwyn Manning: Is Trump Losing the US Presidential Campaign?">Read more</a>

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NZ churches with US links blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation

September 10, 2020

By Anusha Bradley, RNZ News reporter New Zealand churches with US links are being blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation. Health Minister Chris Hipkins has said some of the 43 people linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship church “mini-cluster” in Auckland were sceptical about the seriousness of the pandemic, as church and community leaders say ... <a title="NZ churches with US links blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/nz-churches-with-us-links-blamed-for-spreading-covid-19-misinformation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ churches with US links blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation">Read more</a>

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With their conservative promises, Labour and National lock in existing unfairness in New Zealand’s tax system

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Senior Lecturer in Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Ability to pay is the basic principle of tax fairness: people in a similar financial position should pay similar amounts of tax; people who can afford to pay more tax than others ought ... <a title="With their conservative promises, Labour and National lock in existing unfairness in New Zealand’s tax system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/with-their-conservative-promises-labour-and-national-lock-in-existing-unfairness-in-new-zealands-tax-system-145916/" aria-label="Read more about With their conservative promises, Labour and National lock in existing unfairness in New Zealand’s tax system">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 10 2020

September 10, 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 Labour Party Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Labour’s tax plan framing around Covid-19 both clever and cynical Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Labour’s ultra-cautious tax policy will be a relief to the wealthy Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Labour’s tax ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 10 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-10-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 10 2020">Read more</a>

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Cashless payment is booming, thanks to coronavirus. So is financial surveillance

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Parkin, Digital Economist, Western Sydney University A banknote has been sitting in my wallet for six months now. As time ticks on, it burns an ever greater hole in my pocket. At first I felt uneasy spending it, following COVID-19 warnings to pay more attention to ... <a title="Cashless payment is booming, thanks to coronavirus. So is financial surveillance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/cashless-payment-is-booming-thanks-to-coronavirus-so-is-financial-surveillance-145179/" aria-label="Read more about Cashless payment is booming, thanks to coronavirus. So is financial surveillance">Read more</a>

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An obedient nation of larrikins: why Victorians are not revolting

September 10, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The late historian John Hirst liked to tell students from overseas that Australians are an obedient people. To those of us raised on the idea that we were an anti-authoritarian nation of ... <a title="An obedient nation of larrikins: why Victorians are not revolting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/an-obedient-nation-of-larrikins-why-victorians-are-not-revolting-145675/" aria-label="Read more about An obedient nation of larrikins: why Victorians are not revolting">Read more</a>