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Month: November 2020

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We’ve been tracking young people’s mental health since 2006. COVID has accelerated a worrying decline

November 2, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zlatko Skrbis, Provost, Australian Catholic University We have been following more than 2,000 Queenslanders from their adolescence into adulthood. The aim of the Our Lives study is to investigate how young people think about their future and how they master their trajectories in a world of rapid ... <a title="We’ve been tracking young people’s mental health since 2006. COVID has accelerated a worrying decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/weve-been-tracking-young-peoples-mental-health-since-2006-covid-has-accelerated-a-worrying-decline-147657/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve been tracking young people’s mental health since 2006. COVID has accelerated a worrying decline">Read more</a>

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The suburbs are the future of post-COVID retail

November 2, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a body blow to CBD retailers, but it’s just the latest of their challenges in recent years. They were already under pressure from cautious consumer spending, intense competition from online retailing ... <a title="The suburbs are the future of post-COVID retail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/the-suburbs-are-the-future-of-post-covid-retail-148802/" aria-label="Read more about The suburbs are the future of post-COVID retail">Read more</a>

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$1 billion per year (or less) could halve rental housing stress

November 2, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University COVID has shown us what’s possible when it comes to alleviating poverty. For six months JobSeeker payments were doubled and then maintained at a level 50% above normal. When the bonus finishes at ... <a title="$1 billion per year (or less) could halve rental housing stress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/1-billion-per-year-or-less-could-halve-rental-housing-stress-146397/" aria-label="Read more about $1 billion per year (or less) could halve rental housing stress">Read more</a>

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Close up: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history

November 2, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney How do filmmakers communicate big ideas on screen? In this video series, film scholar Bruce Isaacs analyses pivotal film scenes in detail. (Warning: this video contains violence and may be upsetting for some viewers.) [embedded content] Hollywood has ... <a title="Close up: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/close-up-in-jfks-opening-montage-oliver-stone-gets-creative-with-history-146920/" aria-label="Read more about Close up: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Victoria’s pain reinforced Pałaszczuk’s winning message

November 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In an election victory driven by her management of COVID, the dire second wave in Victoria likely helped Annastacia Pałaszczuk. Defending her tough border policy and her message about keeping Queenslanders safe, she had a real life example to illustrate ... <a title="View from The Hill: Victoria’s pain reinforced Pałaszczuk’s winning message" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/view-from-the-hill-victorias-pain-reinforced-palaszczuks-winning-message-149244/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Victoria’s pain reinforced Pałaszczuk’s winning message">Read more</a>

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‘Three-peat Palaszczuk’: why Queenslanders swung behind Labor in historic election

November 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Salisbury, Research Assistant, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland Queensland’s state election was always going to deliver an outcome for the record books. This was Australia’s first poll at state or federal level contested by two female leaders. It was also ... <a title="‘Three-peat Palaszczuk’: why Queenslanders swung behind Labor in historic election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/three-peat-palaszczuk-why-queenslanders-swung-behind-labor-in-historic-election-149076/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Three-peat Palaszczuk’: why Queenslanders swung behind Labor in historic election">Read more</a>

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Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan

November 1, 2020

The Niugini Biomed Ltd papers … seeking to “leap frog” over all the other things Papua New Guinea needs and do drug research. Image: Scott Waide blog We cannot even get National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA) accredited laboratories up and running around Papua New Guinea for various lab testing our requirements. These labs ... <a title="Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/challenging-covid-19-two-critics-of-pngs-k10m-drug-development-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan">Read more</a>

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Labor wins Queensland election, as Greens could win up to four seats

November 1, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With 48% of enrolled voters counted in Saturday’s Queensland election, the ABC is giving Labor 47 of the 93 seats (a bare majority), the LNP 33, all Others seven and six seats remain in doubt. ... <a title="Labor wins Queensland election, as Greens could win up to four seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/labor-wins-queensland-election-as-greens-could-win-up-to-four-seats-148715/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wins Queensland election, as Greens could win up to four seats">Read more</a>

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NZ Greens accept Labour’s offer for ‘cooperation agreement’

November 1, 2020

By RNZ News Green Party delegates have voted to accept a deal with Labour which will give it two ministerial portfolios outside of cabinet in the New Zealand government. Consensus was blocked, so the party required 75 percent of delegates to get the deal across the line this evening. Labour offered the Green Party the ... <a title="NZ Greens accept Labour’s offer for ‘cooperation agreement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/nz-greens-accept-labours-offer-for-cooperation-agreement/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Greens accept Labour’s offer for ‘cooperation agreement’">Read more</a>