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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Gerry, Professor and Queen’s Counsel, Deakin University In January, the International Court of Justice ruled unanimously that Myanmar must take all measures to prevent acts of genocide against the Rohingya minority by its military and police forces. Since then, Amnesty International has questioned whether Myanmar has ... <a title="Australia must do more to ensure Myanmar is preventing genocide against the Rohingya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/australia-must-do-more-to-ensure-myanmar-is-preventing-genocide-against-the-rohingya-147451/" aria-label="Read more about Australia must do more to ensure Myanmar is preventing genocide against the Rohingya">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga and Clifford Faiparik About 400 squatters in Papua New Guinea watched helplessly as excavators demolished their homes and properties to make way for the construction of a K100 million four-lane road outside the capital of Port Moresby. Police were present to ensure that the court-ordered eviction at 14-Mile on the border of ... <a title="Port Moresby evicts 400 squatters to make way for new capital highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/port-moresby-evicts-400-squatters-to-make-way-for-new-capital-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby evicts 400 squatters to make way for new capital highway">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Hi I’m Selwyn Manning and you are watching A View from Afar. As always, we are joined by political scientist and former Pentagon analyst… Paul Buchanan… and this week we will discuss: How United States Secretary of Defense, Mike Pompeo, has this week been traveling around South East Asia. He has signed a new defence ... <a title="LIVE: Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on US and ASEAN Move to Contain China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/live-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-on-us-and-asean-move-to-contain-china/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on US and ASEAN Move to Contain China">Read more</a>
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October 29, 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 National Party Tim Murphy (Newsroom): National MPs need to avoid their own spin Claire Trevett (Herald): The case for Judith Collins to make Deputy Shane Reti and put Simon Bridges in finance (paywalled) John Bishop (Stuff): National needs new ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 29 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-29-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 29 2020">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The Greens are at a crossroads. The direction they take in the next few days may have significant consequences, not just for the country and the shape of the Government, but also for the future of the Greens themselves. Currently, the Labour and Green negotiating teams are behind closed doors ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Green Party’s fraught decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-green-partys-fraught-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Green Party’s fraught decision">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Curtis, Research fellow, The University of Queensland Every day we are likely to interact with some form of artificial intelligence (AI). It works behind the scenes in everything from social media and traffic navigation apps to product recommendations and virtual assistants. AI systems can perform tasks ... <a title="Australians have low trust in artificial intelligence and want it to be better regulated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/australians-have-low-trust-in-artificial-intelligence-and-want-it-to-be-better-regulated-148262/" aria-label="Read more about Australians have low trust in artificial intelligence and want it to be better regulated">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Burgin, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology Changes to a Victorian law back in February made it an offence to publicly identify victim-survivors of sexual violence. These changes removed the capacity for survivors to give permission for their names or images to be published, as ... <a title="Explainer: why is Victoria fast-tracking reforms to sexual violence ‘gag laws’ and to what effect?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/explainer-why-is-victoria-fast-tracking-reforms-to-sexual-violence-gag-laws-and-to-what-effect-148905/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why is Victoria fast-tracking reforms to sexual violence ‘gag laws’ and to what effect?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon O’Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump’s path to re-election requires maximising the support of his oft-mentioned “base” — white voters without college degrees — in the key battleground states where he eked out ... <a title="Who exactly is Trump’s ‘base’? Why white, working-class voters could be key to the US election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/who-exactly-is-trumps-base-why-white-working-class-voters-could-be-key-to-the-us-election-147267/" aria-label="Read more about Who exactly is Trump’s ‘base’? Why white, working-class voters could be key to the US election">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The presidency of Donald Trump has been challenging for New Zealand’s foreign policy. Our commitment to multilateral solutions to global problems has run into a new isolationism in the United States. Infamously, Trump quit both the World Health Organisation ... <a title="A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/a-biden-presidency-might-be-better-for-nz-but-the-big-foreign-policy-challenges-wont-disappear-with-trump-148622/" aria-label="Read more about A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ziggi Ivan Santini, Postdoctoral associate, University of Southern Denmark We know having friends is generally good for your happiness and mental well-being. Likewise, keeping socially active and engaging in formal social activities like volunteering has been linked to better mental health. But it is also possible to ... <a title="Social activity can be good for mental health, but whether you benefit depends on how many friends you have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/social-activity-can-be-good-for-mental-health-but-whether-you-benefit-depends-on-how-many-friends-you-have-148255/" aria-label="Read more about Social activity can be good for mental health, but whether you benefit depends on how many friends you have">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Martin, Asst Professor Population Health, University of Western Australia The Australian government committed more than A$247 million over 2019-22 to continue funding chaplains in Australian schools. The National School Chaplaincy Program aims to “support the well-being of students through pastoral care services and strategies”. Schools are ... <a title="School chaplains may be cheaper than psychologists. But we don’t have enough evidence of their impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/school-chaplains-may-be-cheaper-than-psychologists-but-we-dont-have-enough-evidence-of-their-impact-148521/" aria-label="Read more about School chaplains may be cheaper than psychologists. But we don’t have enough evidence of their impact">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Searle, Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney The 2020 federal budget forecasts Australia’s population growth will slow to almost zero over several years because of COVID-19 and related restrictions. This leads to the question: will this period allow the big cities ... <a title="Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/will-the-population-freeze-allow-our-big-cities-to-catch-up-on-infrastructure-148263/" aria-label="Read more about Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?">Read more</a>
