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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University During a typical day, we touch the surfaces of many different objects, often without noticing: money, phones, door handles, elevator buttons, cups, desks, keyboards, petrol pumps and shopping trolleys. Objects with surfaces that carry pathogens (such ... <a title="How worried should I be about news the coronavirus survives on surfaces for up to 28 days?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/how-worried-should-i-be-about-news-the-coronavirus-survives-on-surfaces-for-up-to-28-days-147919/" aria-label="Read more about How worried should I be about news the coronavirus survives on surfaces for up to 28 days?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lyn Tieu, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney University When we communicate, there is often just as much meaning in what we don’t say as in what we say overtly. For example, if I say “Sally coloured the circle or the triangle”, you will probably take this to ... <a title="Children can’t always read between the lines. Sometimes it’s better to be explicit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/children-cant-always-read-between-the-lines-sometimes-its-better-to-be-explicit-147008/" aria-label="Read more about Children can’t always read between the lines. Sometimes it’s better to be explicit">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland The Liberal National Party has referred some of its own fundraising activities to the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ). As the ABC reported on Tuesday, this implicates its own parliamentary leader, Deb Frecklington. Why would a party administration ... <a title="Fundraising questions have interrupted the Queensland LNP’s election campaign. What does the law say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/fundraising-questions-have-interrupted-the-queensland-lnps-election-campaign-what-does-the-law-say-147992/" aria-label="Read more about Fundraising questions have interrupted the Queensland LNP’s election campaign. What does the law say?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shelley Marshall, Associate Professor and Director of the RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre, RMIT University From the United States to Brazil, Britain, Germany and Australia, meat-processing plants have played a peculiar role in spreading COVID-19. In Brazil, union officials allege one-fifth of the industry’s employees – ... <a title="Treating workers like meat: what we’ve learnt from COVID-19 outbreaks in abattoirs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/treating-workers-like-meat-what-weve-learnt-from-covid-19-outbreaks-in-abattoirs-145444/" aria-label="Read more about Treating workers like meat: what we’ve learnt from COVID-19 outbreaks in abattoirs">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Panizza Allmark, Associate Dean of Arts, Associate Professor Media & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University There are certain film roles that can define an actor’s career. Ralph Macchio has starred in over 25 films, yet he is most identifiable as the teenage Danny Larouso in The Karate ... <a title="Cobra Kai, Bill & Ted: comebacks redefine middle-aged masculinity, but where are the women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/cobra-kai-bill-and-ted-comebacks-redefine-middle-aged-masculinity-but-where-are-the-women-147257/" aria-label="Read more about Cobra Kai, Bill & Ted: comebacks redefine middle-aged masculinity, but where are the women?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva Attempts to remove the University of the South Pacific pro-chancellor and one of its council’s committee chairperson – both of Fiji – were thwarted yesterday when the USP Council special meeting ran out of time. Fiji’s five-member delegation led by its Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum were accused of stalling the deliberation ... <a title="Bid to oust USP’s pro-chancellor thwarted by Fiji ‘stalling’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/bid-to-oust-usps-pro-chancellor-thwarted-by-fiji-stalling/" aria-label="Read more about Bid to oust USP’s pro-chancellor thwarted by Fiji ‘stalling’">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This 21st century epoch is coming to be one of ‘existential crises’, meaning that various large-scale dangers are increasingly coming to be seen to threaten ‘our’ existence, where ‘our’ most commonly relates to people, but may also relate to multicellular life on Earth. An existential catastrophe might fall short of human ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Existential Concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/keith-rankin-analysis-existential-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Existential Concerns">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage John Perry From Masaya US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched another attack on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government last month, accusing President Daniel Ortega of being a “dictator” who is “doubling down on repression and refusing to honor the democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people.”[1] The State Department openly ... <a title="Nicaragua, attacked for following the same US policies against foreign meddling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/nicaragua-attacked-for-following-the-same-us-policies-against-foreign-meddling/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaragua, attacked for following the same US policies against foreign meddling">Read more</a>
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October 14, 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 Wealth tax, Labour-Greens coalition negotiations Tim Watkin (Pundit): What Else Apart From A Wealth Tax? The Shape Of A Labour-Greens Coalition Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Jacinda Ardern’s deputy dilemma Audrey Young (Herald): It takes two ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 14 2020">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dianne Gleeson, Professor, Science, University of Canberra There has been much attention on how the Morrison government’s university funding reforms will increase the cost of humanities degrees. But another devastating change has passed almost unnoticed: a 29% cut to funding to environmental studies courses. This is one ... <a title="Australia – ‘Devastating’: The Morrison government cuts uni funding for environment courses by almost 30%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/devastating-the-morrison-government-cuts-uni-funding-for-environment-courses-by-almost-30-147852/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – ‘Devastating’: The Morrison government cuts uni funding for environment courses by almost 30%">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dora Marinova, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Making eco-conscious choices at the shops can be tricky when we’re presented with so many options, especially when it comes to milk. Should we buy plant-based milk, or dairy? We’ve looked at the evidence to help you choose. Read more: ... <a title="Which ‘milk’ is best for the environment? We compared dairy, nut, soy, hemp and grain milks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/which-milk-is-best-for-the-environment-we-compared-dairy-nut-soy-hemp-and-grain-milks-147660/" aria-label="Read more about Which ‘milk’ is best for the environment? We compared dairy, nut, soy, hemp and grain milks">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Critchlow, Science Outreach Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of ... <a title="How much do our genes restrict free will?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/how-much-do-our-genes-restrict-free-will-134330/" aria-label="Read more about How much do our genes restrict free will?">Read more</a>
