CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Newhouse, Adjunct Professor of Law, Macquarie University Geoffrey Robertson is one of Australia’s most acclaimed international jurists and human rights advocates. His latest book, Bad People – and How to Be Rid of Them, explains the history of international human rights law and acknowledges its failings. ... <a title="Book review: Geoffrey Robertson makes the case for naming and shaming human rights abusers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/book-review-geoffrey-robertson-makes-the-case-for-naming-and-shaming-human-rights-abusers-160985/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: Geoffrey Robertson makes the case for naming and shaming human rights abusers">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio Zamorano From Washington DC What happened in Chile this past weekend seems to be one of those historic events that cannot but follow its inexorable course. It is like an enormous, powerful tsunami wave whose size cannot be appreciated on the high seas, until it comes ... <a title="Chile is Reborn by a (Political) Earthquake that Emerged from the Streets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/chile-is-reborn-by-a-political-earthquake-that-emerged-from-the-streets/" aria-label="Read more about Chile is Reborn by a (Political) Earthquake that Emerged from the Streets">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Budget 2021 Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Budget 2021: Newshub-Reid Research poll shows Kiwis are on board with expected benefit increase Jane Patterson (RNZ): Budget ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 20 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-20-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 20 2021">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Whyte, Deputy Director, Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology, Queensland University of Technology As behavioural scientists, we have a keen interest in how people make decisions, and particularly how these decisions incorporate a range of emotional, cognitive and psychological factors. Choosing a life partner is ... <a title="Men are from Mars, women are from… Mars? How people choose partners is surprisingly similar (but depends on age)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/men-are-from-mars-women-are-from-mars-how-people-choose-partners-is-surprisingly-similar-but-depends-on-age-161081/" aria-label="Read more about Men are from Mars, women are from… Mars? How people choose partners is surprisingly similar (but depends on age)">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annabelle Lukin, Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University As lethal violence kills ordinary people in Gaza and Israel, news outlets across the globe are constructing versions of events that will keep eyeballs on their content. After all, war is the most compelling news story of all. And ... <a title="When it comes to media reporting on Israel-Palestine, there is nowhere to hide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/when-it-comes-to-media-reporting-on-israel-palestine-there-is-nowhere-to-hide-160992/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to media reporting on Israel-Palestine, there is nowhere to hide">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato It has been a confusing couple of weeks for public sector employees. They started with the government announcing what looked like a three-year pay freeze for public servants but ended up with a “lift/adjust/hold” approach to public sector pay. ... <a title="Wage restraint aims to lift the lowest-earning public servants, but it won’t fix stubborn gender and ethnic pay gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/wage-restraint-aims-to-lift-the-lowest-earning-public-servants-but-it-wont-fix-stubborn-gender-and-ethnic-pay-gaps-160763/" aria-label="Read more about Wage restraint aims to lift the lowest-earning public servants, but it won’t fix stubborn gender and ethnic pay gaps">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kaufman, Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Yesterday, we heard from a nurse at one of Victoria’s mass vaccination clinics who said she’d administered just one vaccine in an eight-hour shift. She said vaccine hesitancy was a factor in people not turning up ... <a title="From faith leaders to office workers: 5 ways we can all be COVID vaccine champions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/from-faith-leaders-to-office-workers-5-ways-we-can-all-be-covid-vaccine-champions-160454/" aria-label="Read more about From faith leaders to office workers: 5 ways we can all be COVID vaccine champions">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Minglu Chen, Senior Lecturer, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney I was making small talk with a medical technician during a health check a few months ago. After hearing I was a senior lecturer teaching Chinese politics at the University of Sydney, she commented: “It must ... <a title="Teaching Chinese politics in Australia: polarised views leave academics between a rock and a hard place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/teaching-chinese-politics-in-australia-polarised-views-leave-academics-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-157886/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching Chinese politics in Australia: polarised views leave academics between a rock and a hard place">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, PhD Candidate, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Five Australian states and territories are trialling or planning 30km/h speed limits and zones. However, some people question if 30km/h speed limits are actually urgent and necessary, or are instead a so-called “nanny state” ... <a title="Busted: 5 myths about 30km/h speed limits in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/busted-5-myths-about-30km-h-speed-limits-in-australia-160547/" aria-label="Read more about Busted: 5 myths about 30km/h speed limits in Australia">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malcolm Whyte, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Science, Australian National University Success in the Olympic Games is usually focused on medals, especially gold ones, and countries are usually ranked in terms of the number of medals won, and sometimes as medals per million of population or gross domestic ... <a title="Dollar for dollar, the winning nations at the Olympic Games seem to be the poorest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/dollar-for-dollar-the-winning-nations-at-the-olympic-games-seem-to-be-the-poorest-158760/" aria-label="Read more about Dollar for dollar, the winning nations at the Olympic Games seem to be the poorest">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Since 2015, the share of younger people (aged 20 to 39) with private health insurance has dropped from 24% to 22%. People in this age group contribute more in insurance premiums than they claim in pay-outs. So this decline ends ... <a title="4 ways to fix private health insurance so it can sustain a growing, ageing population" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/4-ways-to-fix-private-health-insurance-so-it-can-sustain-a-growing-ageing-population-161171/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to fix private health insurance so it can sustain a growing, ageing population">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s Head of State has agreed to convene Parliament in order to swear in the members elected in April’s general election after weeks of political deadlock. Leaders of the majority FAST party – which won 26 of 51 seats – met with Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aleto’a Sualauvi II today to request that Parliament be called ... <a title="Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/samoas-head-of-state-will-convene-fono-parliament-to-swear-in-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in MPs">Read more</a>
