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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne In the United States, democratic norms are breaking down. The president, Donald Trump, baselessly claimed at a White House press conference on Friday morning, Australian time, that the presidential election has been stolen from him ... <a title="To stay or cut away? As Trump makes baseless claims, TV networks are faced with a serious dilemma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/to-stay-or-cut-away-as-trump-makes-baseless-claims-tv-networks-are-faced-with-a-serious-dilemma-149628/" aria-label="Read more about To stay or cut away? As Trump makes baseless claims, TV networks are faced with a serious dilemma">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristen Rundle, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne The division of the findings of the Victorian COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry into two – the interim report published today, with a final report due December 21 – is aimed at making a timely contribution to the redesign of ... <a title="Hotel quarantine interim report recommends changes but accountability questions remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/hotel-quarantine-interim-report-recommends-changes-but-accountability-questions-remain-147094/" aria-label="Read more about Hotel quarantine interim report recommends changes but accountability questions remain">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost his challenge to the closure of the Western Australian border in response to COVID-19. Palmer has also been ordered to pay costs. While it is clear from the High Court’s order in ... <a title="Clive Palmer just lost his WA border challenge — but the legality of state closures is still uncertain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/clive-palmer-just-lost-his-wa-border-challenge-but-the-legality-of-state-closures-is-still-uncertain-149627/" aria-label="Read more about Clive Palmer just lost his WA border challenge — but the legality of state closures is still uncertain">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Minchin, Executive Editor Hannah Peters/Getty Images The article was updated on Friday November 6, 2020, to reflect the final official figures released by the Electoral Commission. Labour is celebrating a landslide victory tonight after winning 49% of the vote (confirmed as 50% after special votes were ... <a title="New Zealand’s new parliament turns red: final 2020 election results at a glance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/new-zealands-new-parliament-turns-red-final-2020-election-results-at-a-glance-147757/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s new parliament turns red: final 2020 election results at a glance">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s first chart shows the resurgence of Covid19 in Europe, with Eastern Europe now much more prominent than before. The only countries in the Americas to appear in this chart are the Martinique (French Caribbean), United States and Argentina. There are no countries showing from Asia (excl. the Middle East and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Cases in the Week to 4 November" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-cases-in-the-week-to-4-november/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Cases in the Week to 4 November">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Perkins, Director, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health and Professor of Rural Health Research, University of Newcastle Among the Bushfire Royal Commission’s 80 recommendations, released last week, was a call to prioritise mental health support during and after natural disasters. The Australian Medical Association this ... <a title="Bushfires, drought, COVID: why rural Australians’ mental health is taking a battering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/bushfires-drought-covid-why-rural-australians-mental-health-is-taking-a-battering-148724/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfires, drought, COVID: why rural Australians’ mental health is taking a battering">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Australian National University When the US formally left the Paris climate agreement, Joe Biden tweeted that “in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it”. The US announced its intention to withdraw from the agreement back in 2017. But ... <a title="Biden says the US will rejoin the Paris climate agreement in 77 days. Then Australia will really feel the heat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/biden-says-the-us-will-rejoin-the-paris-climate-agreement-in-77-days-then-australia-will-really-feel-the-heat-149533/" aria-label="Read more about Biden says the US will rejoin the Paris climate agreement in 77 days. Then Australia will really feel the heat">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss the outcome of the Queensland election, the likely outcome and repercussions of the US election, ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Queensland election, the US election, and the reserve bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-queensland-election-the-us-election-and-the-reserve-bank-149625/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Queensland election, the US election, and the reserve bank">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By DB Subedi, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of New England Over 37 million Myanmar citizens, including 5 million first-time voters, will go to the polls on November 8. The election represents a litmus test for the popularity of National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ... <a title="Why Myanmar’s election is unlikely to herald major political reform or support transition to democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/why-myanmars-election-is-unlikely-to-herald-major-political-reform-or-support-transition-to-democracy-146021/" aria-label="Read more about Why Myanmar’s election is unlikely to herald major political reform or support transition to democracy">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Sarah John, Flinders University Facing the gradual erosion of early leads in several battleground states — and increasingly likely defeat in the presidential election — the Trump campaign is launching a well-planned legal assault to challenge the validity of ballots and the process of vote-counting itself. The Biden campaign is responding with an ... <a title="With re-election hopes fading, Trump tries for an election win in the courts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/with-re-election-hopes-fading-trump-tries-for-an-election-win-in-the-courts/" aria-label="Read more about With re-election hopes fading, Trump tries for an election win in the courts">Read more</a>
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November 6, 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 New Government Colin James (Democracy Project): ‘Beyond Jacinda’ Max Rashbrooke (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern must use her mandate to tackle child poverty in New Zealand Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern reaches out to business (paywalled) Richard Harman: Ardern turns to business Jo ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 06 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-06-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 06 2020">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Bevitt, Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Albanerpetontids, or “albies” for short, are the cute little salamander-like amphibians you’ve likely never heard of. Now extinct, Albies had a dream run. They’d been around since the Middle Jurassic around 165 million years ago, and ... <a title="This tiny amphibian that outlived the dinosaurs provides the earliest example of a rapid-fire tongue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/this-tiny-amphibian-that-outlived-the-dinosaurs-provides-the-earliest-example-of-a-rapid-fire-tongue-149445/" aria-label="Read more about This tiny amphibian that outlived the dinosaurs provides the earliest example of a rapid-fire tongue">Read more</a>
