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November 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenton Zampatti, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO This year marks a decade since the end of the Millennium Drought, when flood waters reached the mouth of the River Murray in 2010. For 1,200 days prior, Australia’s most iconic river had ceased flowing to the sea, causing populations of ... <a title="Good news from the River Murray: these 2 fish species have bounced back from the Millennium Drought in record numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/good-news-from-the-river-murray-these-2-fish-species-have-bounced-back-from-the-millennium-drought-in-record-numbers-148433/" aria-label="Read more about Good news from the River Murray: these 2 fish species have bounced back from the Millennium Drought in record numbers">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter S. Field, Head of Humanities and Creative Arts and Associate Professor of American History, University of Canterbury Just about every pollster and pundit in the United States predicts Joe Biden will prevail in the popular vote on November 3. Current polling puts the Democrat candidate somewhere ... <a title="Swings, signs and surprises: what to watch for as the US presidential election unfolds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/swings-signs-and-surprises-what-to-watch-for-as-the-us-presidential-election-unfolds-149272/" aria-label="Read more about Swings, signs and surprises: what to watch for as the US presidential election unfolds">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hart, Member of the Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University With an election taking place in the midst of a pandemic and an incumbent president committed to undermining the integrity and legitimacy of the electoral process, voting day in the US is likely to be very different ... <a title="Election day is finally here in the US. Here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/election-day-is-finally-here-in-the-us-heres-what-to-expect-148998/" aria-label="Read more about Election day is finally here in the US. Here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The most important of the five measures the Reserve Bank announced on Tuesday is the one that won’t whirr into place for a very long time. Others start immediately. On Thursday the bank will wade ... <a title="5 ways the Reserve bank is going to bat for Australia like never before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/5-ways-the-reserve-bank-is-going-to-bat-for-australia-like-never-before-149311/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways the Reserve bank is going to bat for Australia like never before">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of in-person voting on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), with mail-in ballots ... <a title="As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/as-us-e-day-nears-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will/" aria-label="Read more about As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esther Anatolitis, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University In August, NSW government arts agency Create NSW held a consultation into regional arts funding. Their discussion paper noted the recent drought, bushfire, flood and COVID-19 crises would require “innovative thinking about how to make existing support ... <a title="Defunding Regional Arts NSW won’t ‘make funding stretch further’ – it will only hurt artists and communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/defunding-regional-arts-nsw-wont-make-funding-stretch-further-it-will-only-hurt-artists-and-communities-149354/" aria-label="Read more about Defunding Regional Arts NSW won’t ‘make funding stretch further’ – it will only hurt artists and communities">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato A call to abolish New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission and dismiss it as a “hard left” body forgets the role both sides of politics played in establishing the organisation. And the call comes at a time when, overseas, democracy ... <a title="Talk of scrapping NZ’s Human Rights Commission is a danger to democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/talk-of-scrapping-nzs-human-rights-commission-is-a-danger-to-democracy-149160/" aria-label="Read more about Talk of scrapping NZ’s Human Rights Commission is a danger to democracy">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology Twitter over the weekend “tagged” as manipulated a video showing US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden supposedly forgetting which state he’s in, while addressing a crowd. Biden’s “hello Minnesota” greeting contrasts with prominent signage ... <a title="3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/3-2-billion-images-and-720-000-hours-of-video-are-shared-online-daily-can-you-sort-real-from-fake-148630/" aria-label="Read more about 3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amie Hayley, NHMRC Peter Doherty Biomedical Early Career Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Around 25,000 Australians currently use medicinal cannabis products. They may be prescribed to relieve symptoms and pain associated with certain chronic medical conditions, for chemotherapy-induced nausea, or during palliative ... <a title="Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is it safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/medicinal-cannabis-users-in-victoria-could-soon-be-allowed-to-drive-with-thc-in-their-system-is-it-safe-148345/" aria-label="Read more about Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is it safe?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines. Anything with the intent of attracting a wide audience usually comes with a memorable hashtag — #MeToo, #FreeHongKong, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19 and ... <a title="Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/hashtags-may-not-be-words-grammatically-speaking-but-they-help-spread-a-message-133045/" aria-label="Read more about Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Two weeks after Labour’s landslide election win, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ministry that is more diverse than any seen before in New Zealand. Of those inside cabinet, 40% are women, 25% are Māori (two in ... <a title="Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/can-new-zealands-most-diverse-ever-cabinet-improve-representation-of-women-and-minorities-in-general-149273/" aria-label="Read more about Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 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 New Cabinet Tim Watkin (RNZ): Ardern’s new Cabinet in safe hands but ‘nothing flashy’ Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): A Curate’s Egg Cabinet: Much of it is bad, parts of it are excellent Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 03 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-03-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 03 2020">Read more</a>
