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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yun Jiang, Managing Editor, Australian National University A report from Human Rights Watch released yesterday found students and academics critical of China’s Communist Party are being harassed and intimidated by supporters of Beijing. Human Rights Watch interviewed 24 pro-democracy students from mainland China and Hong Kong, and ... <a title="Academic freedom is paramount for universities. They can do more to protect it from China’s interference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/academic-freedom-is-paramount-for-universities-they-can-do-more-to-protect-it-from-chinas-interference-163647/" aria-label="Read more about Academic freedom is paramount for universities. They can do more to protect it from China’s interference">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie Segrave, Associate Professor, Criminology, Monash University A third of migrant and refugee women in a new survey said they experienced some form of domestic and/or family violence. And temporary visa holders consistently reported proportionately higher levels of domestic and family violence, including controlling behaviours. Temporary visa ... <a title="One third of migrant and refugee women experience domestic violence, major survey reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/one-third-of-migrant-and-refugee-women-experience-domestic-violence-major-survey-reveals-163651/" aria-label="Read more about One third of migrant and refugee women experience domestic violence, major survey reveals">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bo-Huei Huang, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Shutterstock Despite the well-known links between poor sleep and poorer health, getting enough good quality sleep has become a luxury in modern society. Many of us struggle to improve our sleep, while amid the COVID pandemic and recurring lock-downs, our ... <a title="Poor sleep is really bad for your health. But we found exercise can offset some of these harms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/poor-sleep-is-really-bad-for-your-health-but-we-found-exercise-can-offset-some-of-these-harms-163270/" aria-label="Read more about Poor sleep is really bad for your health. But we found exercise can offset some of these harms">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s economy will limp along after recovering from the pandemic, failing to regain the growth it had either in the years leading up to the crisis or the much higher growth in the decades ... <a title="Economy will be weak and in need of support after pandemic, say top economists in 2021-22 survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/economy-will-be-weak-and-in-need-of-support-after-pandemic-say-top-economists-in-2021-22-survey-163433/" aria-label="Read more about Economy will be weak and in need of support after pandemic, say top economists in 2021-22 survey">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wacker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow – School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England Christine Wacker, Author provided Am I not pretty enough? This is the first article in The Conversation’s series introducing you to the unloved Australian animals that need our help When people ... <a title="Meet the broad-toothed rat: a chubby-cheeked and inquisitive Australian rodent that needs our help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/meet-the-broad-toothed-rat-a-chubby-cheeked-and-inquisitive-australian-rodent-that-needs-our-help-160929/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the broad-toothed rat: a chubby-cheeked and inquisitive Australian rodent that needs our help">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Camille Pissarro, French (born in the Danish West Indies) 1830–1903. Spring pasture, 1889. Oil on canvas, 60.0 x 73.7 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Deposited by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, Massachusetts Photography © ... <a title="An orgy of sunlight, colour and hedonism: the French Impressionists are an oasis in a gloomy Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/an-orgy-of-sunlight-colour-and-hedonism-the-french-impressionists-are-an-oasis-in-a-gloomy-australia-163268/" aria-label="Read more about An orgy of sunlight, colour and hedonism: the French Impressionists are an oasis in a gloomy Australia">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato GettyImages When Laurel Hubbard was announced as the first out transgender woman athlete to compete in an individual sport at an Olympic Games, controversy wasn’t far behind. One prominent commentator even called it a ... <a title="Why the way we talk about Olympian Laurel Hubbard has real consequences for all transgender people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/why-the-way-we-talk-about-olympian-laurel-hubbard-has-real-consequences-for-all-transgender-people-163418/" aria-label="Read more about Why the way we talk about Olympian Laurel Hubbard has real consequences for all transgender people">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury New Zealand has avoided community transmission, even though an Australian visitor tested positive for the delta variant which dominates Australia’s latest covid-19 outbreaks. New Zealand health authorities were quick to react, isolating and testing contacts and suspending travel. Of the traveller’s 2,609 contacts, 93 percent have now returned ... <a title="NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/nz-has-managed-to-dodge-the-covid-19-bullet-again-heres-why/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
RNZ Pacific Four more people have died as Fiji recorded 312 new covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending at 8am yesterday. The Health Ministry said 295 cases were from the Lami-Suva-Nausori containment zone, while 17 were from the western division. There are now 3306 active cases in isolation with 21 deaths reported since March ... <a title="Four new deaths as Fiji records hundreds more covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/four-new-deaths-as-fiji-records-hundreds-more-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Four new deaths as Fiji records hundreds more covid cases">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
COMMENT: By Gavin Ellis, Knightly Views I have been reading the tea leaves in the bottom of the online subscription cup. My fortune-telling has been assisted by some very interesting international statistics. The pattern in the bottom of the cup is telling me that the winner-takes-most paywall phenomenon that has characterised the US market may ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Dregs in the news media paywall teacup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/gavin-ellis-dregs-in-the-news-media-paywall-teacup/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Dregs in the news media paywall teacup">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Steyn, Research assistant, University of Auckland New Zealand’s chief science advisor Dame Juliet Gerrard receiving her first vaccination dose. Hannah Peters/Getty Images New Zealand will have to maintain some border controls and public health measures until a high proportion of the population is vaccinated, according to ... <a title="At least four in five New Zealanders will have to be vaccinated before border controls can be fully relaxed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/at-least-four-in-five-new-zealanders-will-have-to-be-vaccinated-before-border-controls-can-be-fully-relaxed-163486/" aria-label="Read more about At least four in five New Zealanders will have to be vaccinated before border controls can be fully relaxed">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Whenever governments attempt to regulate political speech and activity, the results often end up being problematic and potentially harmful to democracy and debate. Regardless of how good the intentions, such reforms often bring complications, confusion, and unintended ill-effects. That means any laws around “hate speech” need to be extremely clear and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The confusing and concerning hate speech reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-confusing-and-concerning-hate-speech-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The confusing and concerning hate speech reforms">Read more</a>
