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November 20, 2020
Analysis by Manqing Cheng – Doctoral Researcher in Politics and International Relations at University of Auckland. This is Manging’s first analysis for EveningReport.nz. Precis: This article takes the WHO as an example to examine the difficulties for some international organizations in playing their due roles and tackling with the security threats of international concern such ... <a title="INDEPTH: The Plight of International Organizations in Addressing Public Health Emergency of International Concern and the Implications for Global Governance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/indepth-the-plight-of-international-organizations-in-addressing-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern-and-the-implications-for-global-governance/" aria-label="Read more about INDEPTH: The Plight of International Organizations in Addressing Public Health Emergency of International Concern and the Implications for Global Governance">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University This week marks the 31st anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. As we reflect on the value and place of children, this gives us a chance to look at how ... <a title="A birth certificate is a human right. Why aren’t they free and easier to get?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/a-birth-certificate-is-a-human-right-why-arent-they-free-and-easier-to-get-146834/" aria-label="Read more about A birth certificate is a human right. Why aren’t they free and easier to get?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mai Sato, Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) reached in principle this week by Japan and Australia provides a legal framework for the Australian Defence Force and the Japanese Self-Defence Force to operate in each other’s territories. ... <a title="Japan-Australia pact highlights need to move away creatively from death penalty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/japan-australia-pact-highlights-need-to-move-away-creatively-from-death-penalty-148436/" aria-label="Read more about Japan-Australia pact highlights need to move away creatively from death penalty">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
By RNZ News Afghanis who say they have witnessed torture and murder at the hands of Australian soldiers want the chance to testify in court as well as compensation, a journalist says. Australia’s Defence Force Chief Angus Campbell announced yesterday that there is information to substantiate 23 incidents of alleged unlawful killing of 39 people ... <a title="‘Murders after murders’ by soldiers, villagers tell Afghan journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/murders-after-murders-by-soldiers-villagers-tell-afghan-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Murders after murders’ by soldiers, villagers tell Afghan journalist">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rona Carroll, Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Demand for healthcare for transgender people is on the rise in New Zealand but training for health professionals to develop basic competencies is lagging behind. There is little teaching on gender and ... <a title="Why the way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/why-the-way-we-approach-transgender-and-non-binary-healthcare-needs-to-change-149816/" aria-label="Read more about Why the way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The government’s much-anticipated Retirement Incomes Review has found that increases in employer’s compulsory superannuation contributions are financed by reductions in workers’ wage growth. This isn’t obvious, and ... <a title="Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/workers-bear-71-to-100-of-the-cost-of-increases-in-compulsory-super-150461/" aria-label="Read more about Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super">Read more</a>
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November 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 Housing Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Meeting the overwhelming quantum of need – A modest proposal for ending New Zealand’s housing crisis Richard Harman: “This crisis is too big; we cannot wait any longer” Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Nine tweets ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 20 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-20-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 20 2020">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian police have arrested 54 participants of a public hearing organised by the Papuan People’s Council (MPR) this week at the Valentine Hotel in Merauke regency in Papua. They were arrested for alleged makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) yet the public hearing was actually discussing evaluating the implementation of Law Number 21/2001 ... <a title="Papua special autonomy hearing broken up, 54 arrested for ‘treason’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/papua-special-autonomy-hearing-broken-up-54-arrested-for-treason/" aria-label="Read more about Papua special autonomy hearing broken up, 54 arrested for ‘treason’">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Egliston, Postdoctoral research fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology In the latest salvo of an almost two-decade console war between Microsoft and Sony, both Sony’s Playstation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S/X were launched last week. With increased spending on videogames due to ... <a title="The war between Xbox and Playstation is no longer about consoles. It’s about winning your loyalty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/the-war-between-xbox-and-playstation-is-no-longer-about-consoles-its-about-winning-your-loyalty-150057/" aria-label="Read more about The war between Xbox and Playstation is no longer about consoles. It’s about winning your loyalty">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Pickering, Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Now Joe Biden is on track to be the next US president, there has been plenty of speculation about what this means for Australia’s policies on climate change. Biden promises to achieve a ... <a title="After Biden’s win, Australia needs to step up and recommit to this vital UN climate change fund" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/after-bidens-win-australia-needs-to-step-up-and-recommit-to-this-vital-un-climate-change-fund-150444/" aria-label="Read more about After Biden’s win, Australia needs to step up and recommit to this vital UN climate change fund">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Broadway, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne Female workforce participation has risen for the past two decades in Australia, and in turn, more young kids have been attending formal childcare. So it’s very surprising the latest Household, Income ... <a title="Single parents are getting priced out of daycare, triggering a vicious cycle of entrenched poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/single-parents-are-getting-priced-out-of-daycare-triggering-a-vicious-cycle-of-entrenched-poverty-150362/" aria-label="Read more about Single parents are getting priced out of daycare, triggering a vicious cycle of entrenched poverty">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ferdi Botha, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Measuring the material factors of our lives — like finances, work, health — can tell us a lot about the state of Australian society, but what matters most to us? To help answer this question, we need to know not ... <a title="Australia, are you OK? Here are the groups with the highest (and lowest) life satisfaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/australia-are-you-ok-here-are-the-groups-with-the-highest-and-lowest-life-satisfaction-150363/" aria-label="Read more about Australia, are you OK? Here are the groups with the highest (and lowest) life satisfaction">Read more</a>
