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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Van Bergen, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University Most of us can remember a favourite teacher. Some of us can also remember a teacher we didn’t get on with or with whom we always seemed to get in trouble. Relationships between students and teachers at ... <a title="We asked kids who their favourite teacher is, and why. Here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/we-asked-kids-who-their-favourite-teacher-is-and-why-heres-what-they-said-145093/" aria-label="Read more about We asked kids who their favourite teacher is, and why. Here’s what they said">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta Murray, Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University A search for “Coronavirus Diary” on Google yields 910,000 results. News outlets like the Guardian, The Atlantic and The New York Times have chronicled an increase in personal record-keeping. Whether for future historians, self-care ... <a title="Note to self: a pandemic is a great time to keep a diary, plus 4 tips for success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/note-to-self-a-pandemic-is-a-great-time-to-keep-a-diary-plus-4-tips-for-success-144063/" aria-label="Read more about Note to self: a pandemic is a great time to keep a diary, plus 4 tips for success">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Six out of every ten of the 2.24 million people set to be on JobKeeper in the December quarter are expected to be in Victoria, according to estimates issued by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Looking ahead to the 2021 March quarter, ... <a title="Victoria will have more people on JobKeeper in December and March quarters than the rest of Australia combined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/victoria-will-have-more-people-on-jobkeeper-in-december-and-march-quarters-than-the-rest-of-australia-combined-145301/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria will have more people on JobKeeper in December and March quarters than the rest of Australia combined">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Was it just a terrible stuff-up? Or a reflection of the political direction the Green Party is shifting in? The announcement this week by co-leader James Shaw that he had secured nearly $12m for a private school has angered educationalists and raised significant questions about the Greens and what they ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ private school funding scandal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-greens-private-school-funding-scandal/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ private school funding scandal">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The five consecutive consecutive hikes in compulsory super contributions due to start next July should be deferred or abandoned in the view of the overwhelming majority of the leading Australian economists surveyed by the Economic ... <a title="Australia’s top economists oppose the next increases in compulsory super: new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/30/australias-top-economists-oppose-the-next-increases-in-compulsory-super-new-poll-145111/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s top economists oppose the next increases in compulsory super: new poll">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Crispin Maslog A mad race to produce a vaccine against covid-19 has begun with the world’s superpowers leading the pack. At stake are millions of lives and billions of dollars. Among the frontrunners is the United States with its futuristic-sounding Operation Warp Speed. Europe and China also have their own leading candidate vaccines. ... <a title="Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/30/global-race-to-produce-covid-vaccines-must-ensure-poor-not-left-behind/" aria-label="Read more about Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left behind">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. At what point in time does an atrocity have a beginning? Is it when the first gunshot is fired? When the first victim is killed? When a killer first submits to thoughts of hatred, alienation, blame and ... <a title="Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/selwyn-manning-the-sentencing-of-a-human-shell-over-nz-mosque-atrocity/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
Special Report by Selwyn Manning. A German language version of this report was published by Cicero.de magazine in Germany. Caution: This report contains detail that could be disturbing to many people. AT WHAT POINT in time does an atrocity have a beginning? Is it when the first gunshot is fired? When the first victim is ... <a title="SPECIAL REPORT: The Sentencing of a ‘Human Shell’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/special-report-the-sentencing-of-a-human-shell/" aria-label="Read more about SPECIAL REPORT: The Sentencing of a ‘Human Shell’">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended weeks of speculation about the state of his health by announcing his surprise resignation today. The 65-year-old Abe was finally forced to concede to the ulcerative colitis intestinal disease that had ... <a title="Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, leaves office a diminished figure with an unfulfilled legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/shinzo-abe-japans-longest-serving-leader-leaves-office-a-diminished-figure-with-an-unfulfilled-legacy-145250/" aria-label="Read more about Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, leaves office a diminished figure with an unfulfilled legacy">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has further ramped up his pressure on states to relax border restrictions by declaring “there will be a Commonwealth definition of a hotspot – come rain, hail or shine”. The Prime Minister said he hoped such a definition ... <a title="Scott Morrison pressures national cabinet to agree to ‘hotspot’ definition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/scott-morrison-pressures-national-cabinet-to-agree-to-hotspot-definition-145262/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison pressures national cabinet to agree to ‘hotspot’ definition">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Global variation These two charts show Covid19 incidence in the world as a whole, in an American country (USA), an Asian country (South Korea), and New Zealand. The first chart shows cumulative cases, with the United States being about six times worse (close to an order of magnitude, which usually means ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 towards the end of August 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-towards-the-end-of-august-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 towards the end of August 2020">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney British soldiers have reportedly been given insect repellent to help protect themselves against COVID-19. The UK government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory released a study showing the citriodiol-based spray can kill SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that ... <a title="Could an insect repellent with citriodiol help fight the bite of COVID-19? Not so fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/could-an-insect-repellent-with-citriodiol-help-fight-the-bite-of-covid-19-not-so-fast-145171/" aria-label="Read more about Could an insect repellent with citriodiol help fight the bite of COVID-19? Not so fast">Read more</a>
