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September 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has announced reforms to facilitate an increased flow of credit to households and businesses. A key change will be that lenders will be able to rely on the information provided by borrowers, unless there are reasonable grounds for ... <a title="Government proposes changes to smooth the path for borrowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/government-proposes-changes-to-smooth-the-path-for-borrowers-146877/" aria-label="Read more about Government proposes changes to smooth the path for borrowers">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
By Michael Field French Polynesian authorities are conceding the Pacific territory of 280,000 people will probably have 100,000 cases of covid-19 by the end of the year. Most of those affected will be young Polynesians and authorities seem comforted by this, as their medical system can cope and they expect few deaths. There are indications ... <a title="100,000 Polynesians with covid by year’s end, warn Tahiti officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/100000-polynesians-with-covid-by-years-end-warn-tahiti-officials/" aria-label="Read more about 100,000 Polynesians with covid by year’s end, warn Tahiti officials">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
By Romulus Masiu in Port Moresby Full independence will be top of the agenda pledges Ishmael Toroama, the newly elected president for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. Straight after his declaration yesterday at Hutjena in Bougainville, President-elect Toroama, a former rebel commander during the Bougainville civil war of the late 1980s, said he was looking ... <a title="Toroama declares independence top of agenda, offers ‘olive branch’ to rivals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/toroama-declares-independence-top-of-agenda-offers-olive-branch-to-rivals/" aria-label="Read more about Toroama declares independence top of agenda, offers ‘olive branch’ to rivals">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Edmond, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne Former prime minister Paul Keating isn’t alone in wanting the Reserve Bank to do much more to ensure economic recovery. In an opinion piece for major newspapers he has said it ought to be directly funding government spending rather ... <a title="Keating is right. The Reserve Bank should do more. It needs to aim for more inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/keating-is-right-the-reserve-bank-should-do-more-it-needs-to-aim-for-more-inflation-146393/" aria-label="Read more about Keating is right. The Reserve Bank should do more. It needs to aim for more inflation">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra John Frydenberg has painted a sombre picture of the outlook for the Australian economy, saying that by mid next year it is set to be 6% smaller than at the end of last year. The treasurer also warned wages growth ... <a title="COVID will leave Australia with smaller economy and older population: Frydenberg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/covid-will-leave-australia-with-smaller-economy-and-older-population-frydenberg-146848/" aria-label="Read more about COVID will leave Australia with smaller economy and older population: Frydenberg">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jude McCulloch, Professor of Criminology, Monash University The state of emergency that has been issued in Victoria during the pandemic is to be taken seriously. Police are undoubtedly one component of the state’s health response, needed to enforce measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 such as ... <a title="Expanding Victoria’s police powers without robust, independent oversight is a dangerous idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/expanding-victorias-police-powers-without-robust-independent-oversight-is-a-dangerous-idea-146758/" aria-label="Read more about Expanding Victoria’s police powers without robust, independent oversight is a dangerous idea">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jagadish Thaker, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University New Zealand’s top 30 corporations do a poor job reporting on climate change compared with similar Australian and Fortune Global 500 companies, according to our research. The fact that most big businesses in New Zealand ... <a title="New Zealand companies lag behind others in their reporting on climate change, and that’s a risk to their reputation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/new-zealand-companies-lag-behind-others-in-their-reporting-on-climate-change-and-thats-a-risk-to-their-reputation-145305/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand companies lag behind others in their reporting on climate change, and that’s a risk to their reputation">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Chand, Lecturer in Visual Communication Design and Creative Industries, University of Newcastle Images are all around us. But what about the images you may never have seen, which influence the storytelling you watch every day? Storyboarding often forms a crucial part of the pre-production process of ... <a title="Explainer: what is storyboarding for film?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/explainer-what-is-storyboarding-for-film-131205/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is storyboarding for film?">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra On October 17, New Zealanders will head to the polls to vote in a general election and also on referendum questions for the legalisation of cannabis and euthansia. In a head-to-head between two women, Labour’s Jacinda Ardern appears to be ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: New Zealand’s Helen Clark on the pandemic inquiry and avoiding election ‘cat fights’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/politics-with-michelle-grattan-new-zealands-helen-clark-on-the-pandemic-inquiry-and-avoiding-election-cat-fights-146836/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: New Zealand’s Helen Clark on the pandemic inquiry and avoiding election ‘cat fights’">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University Australia’s A$123 million contribution to a global vaccine initiative, announced earlier this week, means the country would have access to a wider pool of COVID-19 vaccines, should they pass ... <a title="Australia’s just signed up for a shot at 9 COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/australias-just-signed-up-for-a-shot-at-9-covid-19-vaccines-heres-what-to-expect-146750/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s just signed up for a shot at 9 COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Clarke, Professor, UTS Business, University of Technology Sydney Westpac is to pay A$1.3 billion, by far Australia’s biggest-ever corporate fine for breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act. The 93-page statement of agreed facts and admissions prepared by Westpac and the Australian Transaction Reports ... <a title="It’s not only Westpac. What’s behind the biggest fine in Australian corporate history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/its-not-only-westpac-whats-behind-the-biggest-fine-in-australian-corporate-history-146667/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not only Westpac. What’s behind the biggest fine in Australian corporate history">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Our universities actively helped with reconstruction after two world wars and supported recoveries in recent recessions. The Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme of 1944 – 1951 was set up to offer academic ... <a title="Universities can help Australia’s economic recovery, but that’s all at risk if the ‘job-ready graduates’ bill passes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/universities-can-help-australias-economic-recovery-but-thats-all-at-risk-if-the-job-ready-graduates-bill-passes-146582/" aria-label="Read more about Universities can help Australia’s economic recovery, but that’s all at risk if the ‘job-ready graduates’ bill passes">Read more</a>
