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October 31, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Papua Province Humanitarian Team for Cases of Violence Against Religious Figures in Intan Jaya Regency, Haris Azhar, has announced the results of their investigation into the shooting of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani who was allegedly shot by a rogue Indonesian military (TNI) officer in Hitadipa District, Intan Jaya, on September 19, ... <a title="Independent investigators blame TNI for murder of Papuan pastor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/31/independent-investigators-blame-tni-for-murder-of-papuan-pastor/" aria-label="Read more about Independent investigators blame TNI for murder of Papuan pastor">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC A wave of Indigenous peoples supporting the Luis Arce-David Choquehuanca presidential ticket defeated the main right-wing candidate, Carlos Mesa by 20 points, restoring democracy to Bolivia. Just days later around 80% of Chilean voters decided by referendum to re-found their nation with a ... <a title="Radical neoliberalism was born and will die in Chile" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/31/radical-neoliberalism-was-born-and-will-die-in-chile/" aria-label="Read more about Radical neoliberalism was born and will die in Chile">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2020
The euthanasia referendum has passed New Zealand’s public vote, with 65.2 percent voting in favour, but the cannabis question has 53.1 percent voting “no” so far, preliminary results show. The number of voters who chose “no” in the End of Life Choice referendum reached 33.8 percent. In the cannabis question, “yes” received 46.1 percent of ... <a title="NZ referendum preliminary results – yes to euthanasia reform, no to cannabis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/31/nz-referendum-preliminary-results-yes-to-euthanasia-reform-no-to-cannabis/" aria-label="Read more about NZ referendum preliminary results – yes to euthanasia reform, no to cannabis">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University After three people died in a knife attack in Nice this week that French President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist attack”, there was a sense of déjà vu — we ... <a title="For French Muslims, every terror attack brings questions about their loyalty to the republic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/for-french-muslims-every-terror-attack-brings-questions-about-their-loyalty-to-the-republic-149151/" aria-label="Read more about For French Muslims, every terror attack brings questions about their loyalty to the republic">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Tranter, Professor of Sociology, University of Tasmania It’s written into electoral folklore that Labor was wiped out at the 2019 federal election because Queensland didn’t like its position on coal. As the story goes, Labor’s lukewarm support for the Adani coal mine and its ambitious climate ... <a title="Labor politicians need not fear: Queenslanders are no more attached to coal than the rest of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/labor-politicians-need-not-fear-queenslanders-are-no-more-attached-to-coal-than-the-rest-of-australia-148993/" aria-label="Read more about Labor politicians need not fear: Queenslanders are no more attached to coal than the rest of Australia">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia should develop a national aerial fire fighting capability and fuel load management strategies should be more transparent, the inquiry set up following last summer’s devastating bushfires has recommended. In its 80 recommendations, including many shared between federal and state ... <a title="Set up national air fleet to fight fires, says royal commission, warning of worsening weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/set-up-national-air-fleet-to-fight-fires-says-royal-commission-warning-of-worsening-weather-149165/" aria-label="Read more about Set up national air fleet to fight fires, says royal commission, warning of worsening weather">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania The bushfire royal commission today handed down its long-awaited final report. At almost 1,000 pages, it will take us all some time to digest. But it marks the start of Australia’s national disaster adaptation journey after ... <a title="The bushfire royal commission has made a clarion call for change. Now we need politics to follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/the-bushfire-royal-commission-has-made-a-clarion-call-for-change-now-we-need-politics-to-follow-149158/" aria-label="Read more about The bushfire royal commission has made a clarion call for change. Now we need politics to follow">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania The bushfire royal commission today handed down its long-awaited final report. At almost 1,000 pages, it will take us all some time to digest. But it marks the start of Australia’s national disaster adaptation journey after ... <a title="The bushfire royal commission sets a strong precedent for change. Now we need politics to follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/the-bushfire-royal-commission-sets-a-strong-precedent-for-change-now-we-need-politics-to-follow-149158/" aria-label="Read more about The bushfire royal commission sets a strong precedent for change. Now we need politics to follow">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Uhlmann, Professor of English, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University Review: Cursed! by Kodie Bedford, directed by Jason Klarwein Tucked away at the back of the program for Kodie Bedford’s first play Cursed! is a blurb on Belvoir, mentioning the company has “faith in ... <a title="Review: Cursed! is a play of outrageous wit and deep thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/review-cursed-is-a-play-of-outrageous-wit-and-deep-thought-148333/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Cursed! is a play of outrageous wit and deep thought">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s charts show three small economically prosperous European countries with similar populations; Belgium has 11.6 million people, Switzerland 8.6 million, and Sweden has 10.1 million. Belgium has the third highest per capita death toll in the world from Covid-19; only Peru and little San Marino have had more deaths. Belgium got ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Belgium, Switzerland and Sweden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-belgium-switzerland-and-sweden/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Belgium, Switzerland and Sweden">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Mealy, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the Sunshine Coast On Monday October 26, five days ahead of Queensland’s election, many voters received an unsolicited text message from Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy, accusing Labor of planning to introduce a “death tax” and providing a link ... <a title="How political parties legally harvest your data and use it to bombard you with election spam" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/how-political-parties-legally-harvest-your-data-and-use-it-to-bombard-you-with-election-spam-148803/" aria-label="Read more about How political parties legally harvest your data and use it to bombard you with election spam">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle The Sirtfood diet has been in the news again this week after singer Adele showed off her slimmed-down figure on US comedy show Saturday Night Live. Adele has previously credited her significant weight loss to the Sirtfood ... <a title="Yes, Adele has sung its praises. But the Sirtfood diet may be just another fad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/yes-adele-has-sung-its-praises-but-the-sirtfood-diet-may-be-just-another-fad-148902/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Adele has sung its praises. But the Sirtfood diet may be just another fad">Read more</a>
