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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW On Saturday, more than 70 global leaders came together at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit, marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was denied a speaking slot, in recognition of Australia’s failure to set meaningful ... <a title="The Paris Agreement 5 years on: big coal exporters like Australia face a reckoning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/the-paris-agreement-5-years-on-big-coal-exporters-like-australia-face-a-reckoning-151915/" aria-label="Read more about The Paris Agreement 5 years on: big coal exporters like Australia face a reckoning">Read more</a>
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December 14, 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 Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Trevor Mallard should never have been appointed as Speaker Barry Soper (Herald): Why House Speaker Trevor Mallard should resign Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): How can Labour preach kindness, yet ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 14 2020">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Kaye, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney As federal parliament heads off on its Christmas break, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the legal community and the Australians who use the family law system. Amid a busy final sitting week, the Morrison government’s ... <a title="The government still wants a Family Court merger — new research shows why this is not the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/the-government-still-wants-a-family-court-merger-new-research-shows-why-this-is-not-the-answer-151481/" aria-label="Read more about The government still wants a Family Court merger — new research shows why this is not the answer">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smerdon, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Unlike the wildly popular Netflix chess-themed series The Queen’s Gambit, female players have struggled to climb to the top of the real-life chess world. Just 37 of the more than 1,600 international chess grandmasters are women. ... <a title="What’s behind the gender imbalance in top-level chess?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/whats-behind-the-gender-imbalance-in-top-level-chess-150637/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the gender imbalance in top-level chess?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Once upon a time, there was a happy land that had no need of heroes. It had its problems, of course, but there were very few whose solution could not be put ... <a title="The king, the fires and the fever: a fairytale finish to 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/the-king-the-fires-and-the-fever-a-fairytale-finish-to-2020-149971/" aria-label="Read more about The king, the fires and the fever: a fairytale finish to 2020">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Roman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO How do we save whales and other marine animals from plastic in the ocean? Our new review shows reducing plastic pollution can prevent the deaths of beloved marine species. Over 700 marine species, including half of the world’s cetaceans ... <a title="These are the plastic items that most kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/these-are-the-plastic-items-that-most-kill-whales-dolphins-turtles-and-seabirds-151200/" aria-label="Read more about These are the plastic items that most kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University Results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 testing round were released last week. They showed Australia had improved in Year 8 maths and science, and Year 4 science, from the previous testing cycles. The ... <a title="From power battles to education theatre: the history of standardised testing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/from-power-battles-to-education-theatre-the-history-of-standardised-testing-151216/" aria-label="Read more about From power battles to education theatre: the history of standardised testing">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University How could they not have known? That was the question on everyone’s lips after leaders of the Australian defence force claimed not to have known about the atrocities committed by special forces in Afghanistan. It is now being ... <a title="Juukan Gorge: how could they not have known? (And how can we be sure they will in future?)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/juukan-gorge-how-could-they-not-have-known-and-how-can-we-be-sure-they-will-in-future-151580/" aria-label="Read more about Juukan Gorge: how could they not have known? (And how can we be sure they will in future?)">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Turnbull, Senior Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on the page and on screen. Vera stands on a windswept headland contemplating the disgruntled North Sea. She’s clad in her usual garb; the battered ... <a title="My favourite detective: why Vera is so much more than a hat, mac and attitude" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/my-favourite-detective-why-vera-is-so-much-more-than-a-hat-mac-and-attitude-149530/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: why Vera is so much more than a hat, mac and attitude">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University When Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the formation of five working groups of employers, unions and government officials in June 2020, he signalled an unexpected twist to industrial relations reform. Some observers anticipated ... <a title="Chance for genuine industrial relations reform thrown under the omnibus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/13/chance-for-genuine-industrial-relations-reform-thrown-under-the-omnibus-151754/" aria-label="Read more about Chance for genuine industrial relations reform thrown under the omnibus">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2020
Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson … “The nuclear weapons test legacy is the overriding issue in the Marshall Islands with the United States and it remains a festering problem.” Image: Giff Johnson/RNZ By RNZ Saturday Morning The US detonated its largest nuclear bombs around the Marshall Islands in the 1940s and 50s – but ... <a title="Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/13/editor-tells-how-us-nuclear-testing-legacy-festers-on-in-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2020
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Hong Kong police force has charged media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital Limited, which owns the Apple Daily newspaper, with collusion with foreign forces under Hong Kong’s controversial new national security law, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists. It is a charge that carries up to life in ... <a title="Hong Kong police charge Apple Daily founder Lai with ‘foreign collusion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/hong-kong-police-charge-apple-daily-founder-lai-with-foreign-collusion/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong police charge Apple Daily founder Lai with ‘foreign collusion’">Read more</a>
