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April 28, 2021
International Federation of Journalists Australia’s journalists’ union – the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) – has voted to end its decades long relationship with the Australian Press Council, citing concerns about governance and consistency of rulings at the press regulator. Formed in 1976 as an alternative to government intervention, the Australian Press Council has ... <a title="Australian journalists’ union urges new approach to media regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/australian-journalists-union-urges-new-approach-to-media-regulation/" aria-label="Read more about Australian journalists’ union urges new approach to media regulation">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra All flights from India have been suspended until May 15, to take pressure off the quarantine system especially in Sydney and at the Howard Springs centre in the Northern Territory. Scott Morrison on Tuesday also announced an initial package of ... <a title="Flights from India suspended until at least mid-May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/flights-from-india-suspended-until-at-least-mid-may-159820/" aria-label="Read more about Flights from India suspended until at least mid-May">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University Imagine you are in a large building near Parliament House in Canberra filled with irreplaceable objects. Not jewels, medals or paintings, but a collection of letters, tapes and documents of Australian life. The collection contains letters written to and from ... <a title="Our history up in flames? Why the crisis at the National Archives must be urgently addressed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/our-history-up-in-flames-why-the-crisis-at-the-national-archives-must-be-urgently-addressed-159804/" aria-label="Read more about Our history up in flames? Why the crisis at the National Archives must be urgently addressed">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carey Wilson, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were concerned infection control measures such as extra hand washing and social distancing might compound the distress of people living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Early anecdotal evidence and case studies reported ... <a title="No, OCD in a pandemic doesn’t necessarily get worse with all that extra hand washing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/no-ocd-in-a-pandemic-doesnt-necessarily-get-worse-with-all-that-extra-hand-washing-157961/" aria-label="Read more about No, OCD in a pandemic doesn’t necessarily get worse with all that extra hand washing">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
By Phil Pennington, RNZ News reporter It took seven months for the New Zealand police to set up their first team for scanning the internet after the mosque attacks – but it was almost immediately in danger of being shut down. An internal report released under the Official Information Act (OIA) said this was despite ... <a title="NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/nz-police-had-no-dedicated-team-to-scan-internet-before-mosque-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque attacks">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Qiane Matata-Sipu Yesterday I worked a 13-hour day unpaid. It’s pretty common in my world. It’s pretty common in the worlds of Indigenous women. Kaupapa always come first. Why? Because we are the drivers of change, and positive social and environmental change comes at a cost to someone – and it’s never the ... <a title="Qiane Matata-Sipu: Why kaupapa always comes first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/qiane-matata-sipu-why-kaupapa-always-comes-first/" aria-label="Read more about Qiane Matata-Sipu: Why kaupapa always comes first">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
By Ardila Syakriah and Reno Surya in Jakarta and Surabaya The hopes of the families of the sailors aboard the Indonesian Navy’s KRI Nanggala-402 submarine were dashed at the weekend after the vessel was found in pieces on the seabed north of Bali and all 53 crew members were declared dead. The Indonesian Military (TNI) ... <a title="Indonesian families remember victims of Bali submarine disaster – 53 die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/indonesian-families-remember-victims-of-bali-submarine-disaster-53-die/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian families remember victims of Bali submarine disaster – 53 die">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Shailendra Singh in Suva Perth in Australia was plunged into a three-day lockdown after community transmission was linked to a returnee from India. Fiji finds itself in similar situation due to a returnee, also from India. Australian officials say overseas travel is allowed only for “the most profound humanitarian or compassionate reasons, under ... <a title="Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/shailendra-singh-some-tough-covid-questions-for-fiji-after-12-more-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more cases">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Not long ago it seemed as if the future was going to get better and better — not long ago at all. For me the high point was around 2005, fifteen years ago. I don’t ... <a title="Why productivity growth has stalled since 2005 (and isn’t about to improve soon)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/why-productivity-growth-has-stalled-since-2005-and-isnt-about-to-improve-soon-159706/" aria-label="Read more about Why productivity growth has stalled since 2005 (and isn’t about to improve soon)">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Marques, Lecturer in Social Psychology, La Trobe University The Apollo moon landings were faked, Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone to assassinate JFK, governments are hiding the existence of UFOs. These are some classic conspiracy theories that almost everyone has heard about, and a sizeable ... <a title="Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? New research shows which conspiracies people believe in and why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/was-phar-lap-killed-by-gangsters-new-research-shows-which-conspiracies-people-believe-in-and-why-158610/" aria-label="Read more about Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? New research shows which conspiracies people believe in and why">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney In late November, I led a participatory performance, A Proxy for a Thousand Eyes, at the Sydney Opera House. Among the performers were three videographers and two photographers. Their role was to record a loosely choreographed ... <a title="Yearning for touch — a photo essay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/yearning-for-touch-a-photo-essay-159704/" aria-label="Read more about Yearning for touch — a photo essay">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam David Hines, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Many of us will undergo general anaesthesia at some point in our lives — losing consciousness so we can be operated on painlessly. But although humans have used general anaesthesia for more than 150 years, we still don’t ... <a title="How lobed brain corals are helping solve the mystery of what general anaesthesia does to the brain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/how-lobed-brain-corals-are-helping-solve-the-mystery-of-what-general-anaesthesia-does-to-the-brain-159541/" aria-label="Read more about How lobed brain corals are helping solve the mystery of what general anaesthesia does to the brain">Read more</a>
