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November 30, 2020
By Katarina Williams, a senior reporter of Stuff Stuff has introduced a new company charter with Te Tiriti o Waitangi at its core, after a major internal investigation uncovered evidence of racism and marginalisation against Māori. The media organisation issued an historic public apology today following the Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono investigation which saw ... <a title="Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: Stuff introduces new Treaty of Waitangi based charter following historic apology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/our-truth-ta-matou-pono-stuff-introduces-new-treaty-of-waitangi-based-charter-following-historic-apology/" aria-label="Read more about Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: Stuff introduces new Treaty of Waitangi based charter following historic apology">Read more</a>
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November 30, 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 Bryce Edwards (Guardian): New Zealand once led the world on social housing – it should again Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Here’s why you shouldn’t believe what you’re told about the housing market Rob Stock (Stuff): Which prime ministers oversaw ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 30 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-30-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 30 2020">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle Earlier in 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he expected the COVID-19 vaccine to be mandatory. He later backtracked, noting the government “can’t hold someone down and make them take it”. But should it ... <a title="Can governments mandate a COVID vaccination? Balancing public health with human rights – and what the law says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/can-governments-mandate-a-covid-vaccination-balancing-public-health-with-human-rights-and-what-the-law-says-150733/" aria-label="Read more about Can governments mandate a COVID vaccination? Balancing public health with human rights – and what the law says">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy McDonald, Chairman of Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge For the first time in Victoria’s history, the state government has handed back water to traditional owners, giving them rights to a river system they have managed sustainably for thousands of years. The two billion ... <a title="Victoria just gave 2 billion litres of water back to Indigenous people. Here’s what that means for the rest of Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/victoria-just-gave-2-billion-litres-of-water-back-to-indigenous-people-heres-what-that-means-for-the-rest-of-australia-150674/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria just gave 2 billion litres of water back to Indigenous people. Here’s what that means for the rest of Australia">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland The federal government has been applying somewhat of a forensic lens to the question of free speech in Australian universities for several years. Most recently, as part of a package of deals cobbled together in ... <a title="University free speech bill a sop to Pauline Hanson and other critics, but what difference will it make?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/university-free-speech-bill-a-sop-to-pauline-hanson-and-other-critics-but-what-difference-will-it-make-150449/" aria-label="Read more about University free speech bill a sop to Pauline Hanson and other critics, but what difference will it make?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne Incentives, the Freakonomics author Steven Levitt once quipped, are the “cornerstone of modern life”. To this I would add: only if the incentive is big enough. In Australia at present there is considerable support for increasing the JobSeeker unemployment ... <a title="New finding: boosting JobSeeker wouldn’t keep Australians away from paid work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/new-finding-boosting-jobseeker-wouldnt-keep-australians-away-from-paid-work-150454/" aria-label="Read more about New finding: boosting JobSeeker wouldn’t keep Australians away from paid work">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roland Sussex, Professor Emeritus, The University of Queensland Language is like archaeology. It lays down evidence for following generations to excavate and write PhD theses about. Layers of the stuff. And such has been the language of the year of COVID. Not surprisingly, COVID has spawned an ... <a title="‘Rona’, ‘iso’, ‘quazza’ — words of the year speak to our Australian take on COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/rona-iso-quazza-words-of-the-year-speak-to-our-australian-take-on-covid-150949/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Rona’, ‘iso’, ‘quazza’ — words of the year speak to our Australian take on COVID">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Australia’s aged-care system is in sore need of transformation. This is becoming increasingly clear. If the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety — whose interim report was titled Neglect — was not enough to demonstrate the need for ... <a title="3 ways to transform our ‘Soviet-style’ aged-care mess into a system that puts older Australians first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/29/3-ways-to-transform-our-soviet-style-aged-care-mess-into-a-system-that-puts-older-australians-first-151025/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways to transform our ‘Soviet-style’ aged-care mess into a system that puts older Australians first">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is getting itself onto very sticky paper in the developing row over revoking the citation awarded to the Special Operations Task Group that served in Afghanistan because of alleged atrocities committed by a number of its members. Announcing ... <a title="View from The Hill: How will ADF chief react if government insists Special Operations Task Group should keep citation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/29/view-from-the-hill-how-will-adf-chief-react-if-government-insists-special-operations-task-group-should-keep-citation-151075/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: How will ADF chief react if government insists Special Operations Task Group should keep citation?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2020
The West Papua regional police (Polda) have arrested 36 people in Manokwari and Sorong city following a demonstration commemorating the anniversary of the West Papua New Guinea National Congress (WPNGNC) at the weekend, reports CNN Indonesia. West Papua regional police spokesperson Assistant Superintendent Adam Erwindi said that the people arrested on Friday were currently being ... <a title="36 arrested after police break up Free Papua rallies in Manokwari, Sorong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/29/36-arrested-after-police-break-up-free-papua-rallies-in-manokwari-sorong/" aria-label="Read more about 36 arrested after police break up Free Papua rallies in Manokwari, Sorong">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Once about as high as the pension, the JobSeeker (Newstart) unemployment payment has fallen shockingly low compared to living standards. It’s now only two thirds of the pension, just 40% of the full-time minimum wage ... <a title="Top economists want JobSeeker boosted by $100+ per week and tied to wages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/29/top-economists-want-jobseeker-boosted-by-100-per-week-and-tied-to-wages-150364/" aria-label="Read more about Top economists want JobSeeker boosted by $100+ per week and tied to wages">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge over the election of James Marape as prime minister last year. The challenge by Opposition Leader Belden Namah related to alleged irregularities in the parliamentary election 18 months ago. During the May 2019 session, after resigning as prime minister, Peter O’Neill was ... <a title="PNG Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Marape’s election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/png-supreme-court-dismisses-challenge-to-marapes-election/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Marape’s election">Read more</a>
