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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lizzy Lowe, Postdoctoral researcher, Macquarie University In spring and summer every year, stories about “hordes of spiders” and “flesh-eating venom” fill tabloids and social media. This rhetoric greatly exaggerates the relative risk of Australian spiders, leading to excessive pesticide use and unnecessary phobias. There are more than ... <a title="It’s getting hotter, so spiders are emerging. Should I be alarmed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/its-getting-hotter-so-spiders-are-emerging-should-i-be-alarmed-149455/" aria-label="Read more about It’s getting hotter, so spiders are emerging. Should I be alarmed?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hensher, Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney As almost anyone who wastes countless hours stuck in traffic would agree, there’s little more frustrating for workers than starting or ending the day with an overly long commute. But, while we might not like ... <a title="COVID has proved working from home is the best policy to beat congestion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/covid-has-proved-working-from-home-is-the-best-policy-to-beat-congestion-148926/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has proved working from home is the best policy to beat congestion">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anca C. Yallop, Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Auckland University of Technology Most people these days are aware that what they share online is both valuable and vulnerable. Data privacy has become a major concern for consumers and corporations alike. The issue will come to a head when ... <a title="New data privacy rules are coming in NZ — businesses and other organisations will have to lift their games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/new-data-privacy-rules-are-coming-in-nz-businesses-and-other-organisations-will-have-to-lift-their-games-149425/" aria-label="Read more about New data privacy rules are coming in NZ — businesses and other organisations will have to lift their games">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Lewi, Professor, Architecture, University of Melbourne We were used to consuming architecture – both near to home and far away – with ease. But this year, our travel wings severed, heritage sites found themselves scrambling to hasten their digital aspirations. Marcel Proust famously imagined one day ... <a title="VR architecture reveals stunning details, but can’t always capture ambience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/vr-architecture-reveals-stunning-details-but-cant-always-capture-ambience-148093/" aria-label="Read more about VR architecture reveals stunning details, but can’t always capture ambience">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has concluded a $1 billion agreement, funded over 12 years, with Seqirus to secure supply from a new high-tech manufacturing facility in Melbourne which would produce pandemic influenza vaccines as well as antivenoms. This would boost Australia’s ... <a title="Morrison government commits $1 billion over 12 years for new vaccine manufacturing supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/morrison-government-commits-1-billion-over-12-years-for-new-vaccine-manufacturing-supply-150144/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government commits $1 billion over 12 years for new vaccine manufacturing supply">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has concluded a $1 billion agreement, funded over 12 years, with Seqirus for a new high-tech manufacturing facility in Melbourne which would produce pandemic influenza vaccines as well as antivenoms. This would boost Australia’s sovereignty when the ... <a title="Morrison government commits $1 billion over 12 years for new vaccine manufacturing facility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/morrison-government-commits-1-billion-over-12-years-for-new-vaccine-manufacturing-facility-150144/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government commits $1 billion over 12 years for new vaccine manufacturing facility">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2020
By Lian Buan in Manila The widespread flooding in Cagayan that gripped the Philippines this weekend is partly being blamed on the massive release of water from Magat Dam. Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco) made landfall late night Wednesday, November 11, and by Thursday, November 12, Magat Dam opened seven gates and discharged 6244 cubic meters of ... <a title="Infrawatch blames Philippine dam operators for Cagayan, Isabela floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/15/infrawatch-blames-philippine-dam-operators-for-cagayan-isabela-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Infrawatch blames Philippine dam operators for Cagayan, Isabela floods">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Leaders from the progressive world highlight that “organized peoples make revolutions.” By Alina Duarte From La Paz and Washington DC Although the extreme right and their paramilitary groups sought to prevent it by any means necessary, Luis Arce Catacora won the presidency of Bolivia, and Evo Morales returned ... <a title="Bolivia and Necessary Self-Critique: “It is not enough to have the government, we have to have people’s power.” " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/14/bolivia-and-necessary-self-critique-it-is-not-enough-to-have-the-government-we-have-to-have-peoples-power/" aria-label="Read more about Bolivia and Necessary Self-Critique: “It is not enough to have the government, we have to have people’s power.” ">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2020
By Rachel Wong in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s government-funded broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), is under fire again. Last week, police arrested freelance TV producer Bao Choy Yuk-ling under allegations that she made a false statement to obtain information on car owners, claiming that she had violated the Hong Kong’s Road Traffic Ordinance. Choy ... <a title="How Hong Kong authorities are gradually taking over public broadcaster RTHK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/14/how-hong-kong-authorities-are-gradually-taking-over-public-broadcaster-rthk/" aria-label="Read more about How Hong Kong authorities are gradually taking over public broadcaster RTHK">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2020
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby Today, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil and 12 other ministers in Papua New Guinea’s James Marape government crossed the floor to support former prime minister Peter O’Neill and opposition leader Belden Namah’s bid to move a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister James Marape. A total of ... <a title="Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say watch the play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/14/bryan-kramer-pm-says-png-revolt-isnt-over-i-say-watch-the-play/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say watch the play">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards How determined are Labour to take the necessary steps to fix inequality and poverty? Will electoral calculations triumph over their principles and stated ambitions? These are some of the questions being asked on the political left, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government looks determined to stand by while social problems continue ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems worsen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/13/bryce-edwards-arderns-labour-government-stands-by-as-nz-social-problems-worsen/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems worsen">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Laine Dare discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss the outcome of the US elections, an explosive episode of ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Joel Fitzgibbon, Christian Porter and Australia special forces in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/13/video-michelle-grattan-on-joel-fitzgibbon-christian-porter-and-australia-special-forces-in-afghanistan-150076/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Joel Fitzgibbon, Christian Porter and Australia special forces in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
