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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Nottage, Professor, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney The death of Brittney Conway, the three-year-old Gold Coast girl killed by swallowing a button battery, has again drawn attention to deaths and injuries caused by consumer goods – and to a longstanding deficiency in Australia’s consumer safety ... <a title="Rather than recalling unsafe products, why not ensure they’re safe in the first place?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/rather-than-recalling-unsafe-products-why-not-ensure-theyre-safe-in-the-first-place-146988/" aria-label="Read more about Rather than recalling unsafe products, why not ensure they’re safe in the first place?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University It’s now beyond dispute that — for new electricity generation — solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy are cheaper than anything else: cheaper than new coal fired power stations, cheaper than new gas-fired stations and cheaper ... <a title="Pumped hydro isn’t our energy future, it’s our past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/pumped-hydro-isnt-our-energy-future-its-our-past-146989/" aria-label="Read more about Pumped hydro isn’t our energy future, it’s our past">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kcasey McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle The Morrison government has made its first appointments to the High Court. In doing so it has gone for continuity, both in terms of geography and gender. The news Justices Jacqueline Gleeson and Simon Steward will be Australia’s ... <a title="Meet Australia’s new High Court judges: a legal scholar’s take on the Morrison government’s appointees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/meet-australias-new-high-court-judges-a-legal-scholars-take-on-the-morrison-governments-appointees-148982/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Australia’s new High Court judges: a legal scholar’s take on the Morrison government’s appointees">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Cothren, PhD Candidate, Flinders University It’s January 20th, 2021. Inauguration day. A triumphant Joe Biden salutes the National Mall crowd (way bigger than the last guy’s) and dedicates his victory to Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, the satirical mastermind who delivered the knock-out blow to Trumpism. ... <a title="Borat’s wet firecracker of an October surprise won’t hurt Trump but succeeds as feminist satire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/borats-wet-firecracker-of-an-october-surprise-wont-hurt-trump-but-succeeds-as-feminist-satire-148811/" aria-label="Read more about Borat’s wet firecracker of an October surprise won’t hurt Trump but succeeds as feminist satire">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The United Liberation Movement if West Papua (ULMWP) has accused the Indonesian government of imposing martial law on the Melanesian region of West Papua and brutally supressing protests in a crackdown. “Students have been shot with live rounds, tear gassed and beaten with bamboo sticks by police in Jayapura – just ... <a title="ULMWP accuses Jakarta over ‘martial law’ after police fire on students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/ulmwp-accuses-jakarta-over-martial-law-after-police-fire-on-students/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP accuses Jakarta over ‘martial law’ after police fire on students">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University In some Australian states, kids have been back on slides, swings and monkey bars for months. But in Victoria, many families are only now getting back to playgrounds, ... <a title="Heading back to the playground? 10 tips to keep your family and others COVID-safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/heading-back-to-the-playground-10-tips-to-keep-your-family-and-others-covid-safe-148620/" aria-label="Read more about Heading back to the playground? 10 tips to keep your family and others COVID-safe">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. The Northern Territory court decision this week to commit Police Constable Zachary Rolfe to stand trial for the shooting death of ... <a title="Kumanjayi Walker murder trial will be a first in NT for an Indigenous death in custody. Why has it taken so long?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/kumanjayi-walker-murder-trial-will-be-a-first-in-nt-for-an-indigenous-death-in-custody-why-has-it-taken-so-long-148922/" aria-label="Read more about Kumanjayi Walker murder trial will be a first in NT for an Indigenous death in custody. Why has it taken so long?">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne There was a time when artists imagined and planned work for 2020. For some, years had gone into the planning. But, as we know, everything scheduled from the middle of March ... <a title="A litany of losses: a new project maps our abandoned arts events of 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/a-litany-of-losses-a-new-project-maps-our-abandoned-arts-events-of-2020-148716/" aria-label="Read more about A litany of losses: a new project maps our abandoned arts events of 2020">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University This is an edited extract from The Palace Letters: The Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam by Jenny Hocking. It was cold, mid-winter in Canberra, when I returned to the National Archives in mid-2019 searching for more ... <a title="Book extract – The Palace Letters: the Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/book-extract-the-palace-letters-the-queen-the-governor-general-and-the-plot-to-dismiss-gough-whitlam-148439/" aria-label="Read more about Book extract – The Palace Letters: the Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sergio Macklin, Deputy Lead of Education Policy, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Children from disadvantaged backgrounds, very remote areas, and Indigenous Australians are up to two times more likely to start school developmentally vulnerable than the national average. In 2018, 21.7% of Australian five year olds (70,308 children) ... <a title="One quarter of Australian 11-12 year olds don’t have the literacy and numeracy skills they need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/one-quarter-of-australian-11-12-year-olds-dont-have-the-literacy-and-numeracy-skills-they-need-148912/" aria-label="Read more about One quarter of Australian 11-12 year olds don’t have the literacy and numeracy skills they need">Read more</a>
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October 28, 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 Greens and coalition negotiations John Armstrong (1News): Don’t mistake Ardern’s talks with Green Party for kindness David Williams (Newsroom): A tale of two Green ministers Richard Harman (Politik): Greens’ high stakes game carries a big risk Pattrick ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 28 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-28-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 28 2020">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland On October 31, Queensland will become Australia’s first state to go to the polls during the pandemic. Normally, state elections pass amiably. They matter to the MPs, ministers and senior public servants concerned. But aside from what the ... <a title="Why this Queensland election is different — states are back at the forefront of political attention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/why-this-queensland-election-is-different-states-are-back-at-the-forefront-of-political-attention-148260/" aria-label="Read more about Why this Queensland election is different — states are back at the forefront of political attention">Read more</a>
