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November 19, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea Parliament has passed the 2021 national budget with more than half of MPs – including the opposition – absent from the chamber, assuming it had been adjourned to December 1. The opposition says it is challenging the sitting in the Supreme Court. Opposition lawyers could not obtain ... <a title="Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/opposition-claims-png-budget-vote-a-mockery-plans-legal-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University As Australia plans its recovery from COVID-19, our strategies should be based on a broader set of priorities than we have used in the past. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed to by all countries ... <a title="Australia is lagging on climate action and inequality, but the pandemic offers a chance to do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/australia-is-lagging-on-climate-action-and-inequality-but-the-pandemic-offers-a-chance-to-do-better-149983/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is lagging on climate action and inequality, but the pandemic offers a chance to do better">Read more</a>
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November 19, 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 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Housing: Jacinda Ardern’s Achilles heel? Alice Wilkins (Newshub): Tax reform needed to solve New Zealand’s housing crisis – economist Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing crisis: Green Party urge prime minister to reverse ruling out taxing ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 19 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-19-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 19 2020">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Misha Schubert, Visiting Fellow at the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University, Australian National University Australia’s chief scientist, Alan Finkel, will bring his five-year stint in the role to a close at the end of 2020. His successor will be ... <a title="As Australia’s chief scientist, Alan Finkel brought more science into government. His successor Cathy Foley will continue the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/as-australias-chief-scientist-alan-finkel-brought-more-science-into-government-his-successor-cathy-foley-will-continue-the-job-150156/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s chief scientist, Alan Finkel brought more science into government. His successor Cathy Foley will continue the job">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blair Williams, Associate Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has long dominated the Australian media landscape, wielding great political and cultural influence. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s record-breaking petition calling for a royal commission into Australian media ownership ... <a title="There’s a big problem with the Murdoch media no one is talking about — how it treats women leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/theres-a-big-problem-with-the-murdoch-media-no-one-is-talking-about-how-it-treats-women-leaders-149986/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a big problem with the Murdoch media no one is talking about — how it treats women leaders">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison McIntosh, Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology Prison food and fine dining aren’t usually mentioned together. But various initiatives around the world are changing that, with restaurants located within jails offering both culinary satisfaction and opportunities for positive social change. Prison catering and dining programs ... <a title="Serving time: how fine dining in jail is helping prisoners and satisfying customers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/serving-time-how-fine-dining-in-jail-is-helping-prisoners-and-satisfying-customers-149161/" aria-label="Read more about Serving time: how fine dining in jail is helping prisoners and satisfying customers">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia It’s been a busy week or so for news about COVID vaccines. First we heard preliminary clinical trial results from the Pfizer vaccine, then the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. This week, we heard about the Moderna ... <a title="How to read results from COVID vaccine trials like a pro" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/how-to-read-results-from-covid-vaccine-trials-like-a-pro-149916/" aria-label="Read more about How to read results from COVID vaccine trials like a pro">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Renters will no longer have to contend with poorly insulated homes and Victoria will move closer towards 7-star home efficiency standards under a A$797 million plan announced this week. It’s purportedly the biggest energy efficiency scheme in any Australian state’s ... <a title="Renters in Victoria soon won’t have to deal with dodgy heaters and insulation. Now other states must get energy-efficient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/renters-in-victoria-soon-wont-have-to-deal-with-dodgy-heaters-and-insulation-now-other-states-must-get-energy-efficient-150358/" aria-label="Read more about Renters in Victoria soon won’t have to deal with dodgy heaters and insulation. Now other states must get energy-efficient">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia E. Morris, Senior Lecturer, Visual Arts Education, Edith Cowan University The COVID pandemic has meant many students learnt from home for a lot of the year. But with schools returning to normal across Australia, how will students readjust from learning at the kitchen table (or couch, ... <a title="Group tables, ottomans and gym balls: kids told us why flexible furniture helps them learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/group-tables-ottomans-and-gym-balls-kids-told-us-why-flexible-furniture-helps-them-learn-150069/" aria-label="Read more about Group tables, ottomans and gym balls: kids told us why flexible furniture helps them learn">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland This week, it was announced two types of Allen’s lollies, Red Skins and Chicos, will be known from January 2021 as Red Ripper and Cheekies. The Swiss-headquartered Nestle Corporation decided the original names did not express their brand values, ... <a title="Renaming of Red Skins and Chicos is a shaky step towards leaving discriminatory ideas in the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/renaming-of-red-skins-and-chicos-is-a-shaky-step-towards-leaving-discriminatory-ideas-in-the-past-150178/" aria-label="Read more about Renaming of Red Skins and Chicos is a shaky step towards leaving discriminatory ideas in the past">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The findings of the inquiry by Justice Paul Brereton into the misconduct – including allegations of murder of non-combatants and mistreatment of prisoners – by Australian special forces in Afghanistan are released on Thursday. Scott Morrison last week warned these ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Defence expert Allan Behm on the background to the Brereton report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-defence-expert-allan-behm-on-the-background-to-the-brereton-report-150384/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Defence expert Allan Behm on the background to the Brereton report">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University South Australian Premier Steven Marshall today announced a six-day “circuit breaker” lockdown to try and snuff out the state’s COVID outbreak. From midnight Wednesday, residents will be asked to stay in their homes. Hospitality venues will shut, as will schools ... <a title="South Australia’s 6-day lockdown shows we need to take hotel quarantine more seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/south-australias-6-day-lockdown-shows-we-need-to-take-hotel-quarantine-more-seriously-150368/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia’s 6-day lockdown shows we need to take hotel quarantine more seriously">Read more</a>
