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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Elms, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology What’s the difference between an independent and non-independent director? This question lies at the heart of the scandal embroiling Crown Resorts, Australia’s largest gaming company, which owns casinos in Melbourne and Perth, and is seeking a licence to run a ... <a title="Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can’t bet on ‘independent’ directors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/gaming-the-board-crown-resorts-shows-you-just-cant-bet-on-independent-directors-148522/" aria-label="Read more about Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can’t bet on ‘independent’ directors">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Bartlett, Associate Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney Electronic prescriptions (or e-prescriptions) are being rolled out in stages across Australia after being used in Victoria during the pandemic. E-prescriptions have been common in countries such as the United States and Sweden for more than ten years. ... <a title="E-prescriptions are coming. But what are they? And is this the end of paper ones?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/e-prescriptions-are-coming-but-what-are-they-and-is-this-the-end-of-paper-ones-148526/" aria-label="Read more about E-prescriptions are coming. But what are they? And is this the end of paper ones?">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Vilkins, PhD candidate, Australian National University In April, as the coronavirus pandemic was gathering force around the world, reporters asked Brendan Murphy, then Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, about international case numbers. In his answer, he made an interesting comment: The only numbers I have total faith ... <a title="How do we know statistics can be trusted? We talked to the humans behind the numbers to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/how-do-we-know-statistics-can-be-trusted-we-talked-to-the-humans-behind-the-numbers-to-find-out-148339/" aria-label="Read more about How do we know statistics can be trusted? We talked to the humans behind the numbers to find out">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin D. Butler, Honorary Professor, Australian National University In all the talk of tackling environmental problems such as climate change, the problem of population growth often escapes attention. Politicians don’t like talking about it. By and large, neither do environmentalists – but former Greens leader Bob Brown ... <a title="Bob Brown is right – it’s time environmentalists talked about the population problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/bob-brown-is-right-its-time-environmentalists-talked-about-the-population-problem-148347/" aria-label="Read more about Bob Brown is right – it’s time environmentalists talked about the population problem">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Ngo, Honorary Fellow, Deakin University Footscray Primary School in Victoria decided earlier this year to abolish its long-running Vietnamese bilingual program — where classes are taught in both English and Vietnamese. It will replace it with an Italian bilingual program. Vietnamese will be downgraded to two ... <a title="Housing a sense of self: for migrant communities, bilingual school programs are about more than learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/housing-a-sense-of-self-for-migrant-communities-bilingual-school-programs-are-about-more-than-learning-148099/" aria-label="Read more about Housing a sense of self: for migrant communities, bilingual school programs are about more than learning">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Macquarie University The year has been a strange one for sports lovers. We’ve seen athlete protests here and around the world. Where big gatherings have been permitted in the US, discordant NFL crowds have highlighted ... <a title="The power of the grand final crowd recalls ancient times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/the-power-of-the-grand-final-crowd-recalls-ancient-times-145619/" aria-label="Read more about The power of the grand final crowd recalls ancient times">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia One can always sense an election is looming when law and order becomes headline news. As Queenslanders head towards election day on October 31, the state’s opposition leader Deb Frecklington has announced that, if ... <a title="Queensland’s LNP wants a curfew for kids, but evidence suggests this won’t reduce crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/queenslands-lnp-wants-a-curfew-for-kids-but-evidence-suggests-this-wont-reduce-crime-148529/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland’s LNP wants a curfew for kids, but evidence suggests this won’t reduce crime">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW The effects of a warming planet are no longer far away in time or distance. We are witnessing transformed landscapes, mass extinctions and people on the move, whether by force or choice. ... <a title="We can no longer ignore the threats facing the Pacific — we need to support more migration to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/we-can-no-longer-ignore-the-threats-facing-the-pacific-we-need-to-support-more-migration-to-australia-148530/" aria-label="Read more about We can no longer ignore the threats facing the Pacific — we need to support more migration to Australia">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Auckland With the government borrowing heavily to fund its pandemic response and recovery, it has been suggested it could simply cancel its debt by printing more money. That sounds like an attractive idea, but it is one ... <a title="Explainer: why the government can’t simply cancel its pandemic debt by printing more money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/explainer-why-the-government-cant-simply-cancel-its-pandemic-debt-by-printing-more-money-148514/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why the government can’t simply cancel its pandemic debt by printing more money">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
By RNZ News Hundreds of Russian fishing crew at a New Zealand covid isolation hotel in Christchurch are said to be in good spirits and those who have the virus are doing well. Eighteen of the 237 foreign workers at the Sudima Hotel are infected with covid-19. They will all be tested again today with ... <a title="Russian fishing crew not feeling too unwell, says Sealord boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/russian-fishing-crew-not-feeling-too-unwell-says-sealord-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Russian fishing crew not feeling too unwell, says Sealord boss">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Welcome to Evening Report’s A View from Afar As always, we are joined by political scientist Paul Buchanan and this week we will discuss: In these weeks leading up to the United States elections… there have been a number of countries around the world that have seen voters swing away from economically liberal right parties ... <a title="VIDEO: New Zealand and Bolivia Elections – A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/live-a-view-from-afar-with-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-new-zealand-and-bolivia-elections-do-they-indicate-a-change-in-global-mood/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: New Zealand and Bolivia Elections – A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Auditor-General has questioned who approved a US-based international auditing firm to audit the awarding of contracts by the Health Department to pharmaceutical companies. Acting Auditor-General Gordon Kega said his office should “sanction” the involvement of any private firm in the auditing of public funds. “Under the ... <a title="PNG auditor calls for ‘sanctions’ in private probe over medicines row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/png-auditor-calls-for-sanctions-in-private-probe-over-medicines-row/" aria-label="Read more about PNG auditor calls for ‘sanctions’ in private probe over medicines row">Read more</a>
