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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Victoria recorded one new case of COVID-19 on Monday, another fantastic result that suggests the coronavirus outbreak there is now being well controlled. Premier Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday the state was “well placed this weekend to be able to ... <a title="When and how should the Victoria-NSW border reopen? Is fishing allowed in Victoria? When can I travel between Melbourne and regional Victoria? Your COVID-19 questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/when-and-how-should-the-victoria-nsw-border-reopen-is-fishing-allowed-in-victoria-when-can-i-travel-between-melbourne-and-regional-victoria-your-covid-19-questions-answered-148428/" aria-label="Read more about When and how should the Victoria-NSW border reopen? Is fishing allowed in Victoria? When can I travel between Melbourne and regional Victoria? Your COVID-19 questions answered">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Les Christidis, Professor, Southern Cross University The tawny frogmouth is one of Australia’s most-loved birds. In fact, it was first runner-up in the Guardian/BirdLife Australia bird of the year poll (behind the endangered black-throated finch). Tawny frogmouths are found throughout Australia, including cities and towns, and population ... <a title="Hard to spot, but worth looking out for: 8 surprising tawny frogmouth facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/hard-to-spot-but-worth-looking-out-for-8-surprising-tawny-frogmouth-facts-146484/" aria-label="Read more about Hard to spot, but worth looking out for: 8 surprising tawny frogmouth facts">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nat Kassel, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Treasurer Josh Frydenberg promised a federal budget focused on “jobs, jobs, jobs”. In one sense he didn’t disappoint. His budget speech mentioned jobs 37 times – an average of about once a minute. “This budget is all about jobs,” he declared. ... <a title="The budget promises jobs, but does little for workers in the gig economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/the-budget-promises-jobs-but-does-little-for-workers-in-the-gig-economy-142638/" aria-label="Read more about The budget promises jobs, but does little for workers in the gig economy">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania After the 2008 global financial crisis, Green New Deals were proposed in various countries as a way to pick up the pieces of the economy. The general idea is to create jobs while rebuilding societies, by ... <a title="You’ve probably heard of the Green New Deal in the US — is it time for one in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/youve-probably-heard-of-the-green-new-deal-in-the-us-is-it-time-for-one-in-australia-148254/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve probably heard of the Green New Deal in the US — is it time for one in Australia?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz There is a mood circulating among some New Zealand circles that it would end badly for the Green Party in 2023 should it negotiate a part within a now-powerful Labour-led government. The argument goes: that should the Greens negotiate roles within the new government, that their voice and ... <a title="Injecting real change in NZ – Greens must not shy away from mandate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/injecting-real-change-in-nz-greens-must-not-shy-away-from-mandate/" aria-label="Read more about Injecting real change in NZ – Greens must not shy away from mandate">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Asmat regency in Papua has decided to limit access to and from the area for 28 days, starting last Sunday, after eight people in the regency’s capital Agats tested positive for covid-19 on Saturday, reports The Jakarta Post. Acting Asmat regent Triwarno Purnomo said the administration would only allow ships carrying ... <a title="Papua’s Asmat shut off following eight confirmed covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/papuas-asmat-shut-off-following-eight-confirmed-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s Asmat shut off following eight confirmed covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Opinion by By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Chihoko Asada Miyakawa In the fight against COVID-19, success has so far been defined by responses in Asia and the Pacific. Many countries in our region have been hailed as reference points in containing the virus. Yet if the region is to build back better, the success of immediate ... <a title="Op-Ed: Enhanced social protection an opportunity Asia Pacific must grasp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/op-ed-enhanced-social-protection-an-opportunity-asia-pacific-must-grasp/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Enhanced social protection an opportunity Asia Pacific must grasp">Read more</a>
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October 20, 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 Coalition negotiations, shape of government Gordon Campbell: On why the Greens shouldn’t join the government Andrew Geddis (Pundit): What Sort Of Relationship Might Labour And The Greens Agree On? Audrey Young (Herald): Prime Minister ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 20 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-20-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 20 2020">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University Few would have thought a US-China relationship marked by relative stability for half a century would be upended in just four years. But US President Donald Trump’s privileged tour of the Forbidden City in November 2017 ... <a title="Trump took a sledgehammer to US-China relations. This won’t be an easy fix, even if Biden wins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/trump-took-a-sledgehammer-to-us-china-relations-this-wont-be-an-easy-fix-even-if-biden-wins-147098/" aria-label="Read more about Trump took a sledgehammer to US-China relations. This won’t be an easy fix, even if Biden wins">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University This article is part of our series on the future of aged care. In the face of the harrowing findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the ... <a title="If we have the guts to give older people a fair go, this is how we fix aged care in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/if-we-have-the-guts-to-give-older-people-a-fair-go-this-is-how-we-fix-aged-care-in-australia-147461/" aria-label="Read more about If we have the guts to give older people a fair go, this is how we fix aged care in Australia">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Gluckman, Director of Koi Tū, the Centre for Informed Futures; former Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, University of Auckland The World Health Organization (WHO) has come in for its share of criticism for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some ... <a title="WHO reform: a call for an early-warning protocol for infectious diseases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/who-reform-a-call-for-an-early-warning-protocol-for-infectious-diseases-148078/" aria-label="Read more about WHO reform: a call for an early-warning protocol for infectious diseases">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Hutchins, Professor of Media and Communications Studies, Monash University Australian sport’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been remarkable. Major leagues reorganised with impressive speed to keep games going. Schedules dissolved, seasons were compressed and players relocated. And the once unthinkable is now reality: the AFL ... <a title="Fewer flights and a pesticide-free pitch? Here’s how Australia’s football codes can cut their carbon bootprint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/fewer-flights-and-a-pesticide-free-pitch-heres-how-australias-football-codes-can-cut-their-carbon-bootprint-148258/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer flights and a pesticide-free pitch? Here’s how Australia’s football codes can cut their carbon bootprint">Read more</a>
