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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Mitchell Lee, PhD Candidate, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia built a number of coastal defences to help protect the country from any enemy attack during the second world war. Now, almost 80 years later, some of the physical remnants of those historic ... <a title="Left to ruin: we must preserve our forgotten wartime defences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/left-to-ruin-we-must-preserve-our-forgotten-wartime-defences-149435/" aria-label="Read more about Left to ruin: we must preserve our forgotten wartime defences">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The Deficit Myth: How to Build a Better Economy Stephanie Kelton, Hachette Australia No book prepared ahead of time better targeted the year in economics. Just as governments including Australia’s were embracing debt (A$800 billion ... <a title="(Economics) books to read over summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/economics-books-to-read-over-summer-152088/" aria-label="Read more about (Economics) books to read over summer">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan McHugh, Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, University of Wollongong A friend listened to her first podcast last month – an investigative journalism narrative – and binged the whole series over a long Friday evening. Now she’s avid for more. It was a reminder that, despite the vaunted ... <a title="10 summer podcasts perfect for strolls along the beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/10-summer-podcasts-perfect-for-strolls-along-the-beach-150528/" aria-label="Read more about 10 summer podcasts perfect for strolls along the beach">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela Zoom and Facebook Live Monday Dec. 14, 8PM EST | 5PM PT Zoom registration, here SPEAKERS: COHA Guest Scholar and Keynote Speaker: Steve Ellner Election Observer Brief: Dr. Margaret Flowers COHA Election Report From the Field: ... <a title="COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/coha-webinar-the-national-and-regional-impact-of-parliamentary-elections-in-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA From Washington DC Renowned scholar Steve Ellner offered an insightful analysis of the December 6, 2020 parliamentary elections in Venezuela which took place in the midst of severe hardship imposed by a US blockade, a pandemic, and a US-EU backed campaign to boycott the election. The ... <a title="Steve Ellner in COHA Webinar: “Parliamentary Elections are a victory for Chavismo and the moderate opposition”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/steve-ellner-in-coha-webinar-parliamentary-elections-are-a-victory-for-chavismo-and-the-moderate-opposition/" aria-label="Read more about Steve Ellner in COHA Webinar: “Parliamentary Elections are a victory for Chavismo and the moderate opposition”">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Op-Ed By Arnold August From Montreal, Canada On December 14, a live webinar was broadcast on the topic of “The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela.” It was organized by the Washington DC-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA). Along with electoral observers Dr. Margaret Flowers, ... <a title="Trump-Guaidó’s Pyrrhic Victory and Their Achilles Heel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/trump-guaidos-pyrrhic-victory-and-their-achilles-heel/" aria-label="Read more about Trump-Guaidó’s Pyrrhic Victory and Their Achilles Heel">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Barnier, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance) and Professor of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University In Charles Dickens’ famous 1843 ghost story, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. However, we do not need supernatural powers ... <a title="Ah, memories of 2020. Why it’s important to remember our COVID holidays, good or bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/ah-memories-of-2020-why-its-important-to-remember-our-covid-holidays-good-or-bad-150061/" aria-label="Read more about Ah, memories of 2020. Why it’s important to remember our COVID holidays, good or bad">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Houseman, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, University of Leeds The end of an era is something of a cliché, but it’s the only way to describe the closure of Sydney University’s International House at the end of this year. Prominently located on the corner of City Road ... <a title="‘A world view that sees people rather than nations’: the legacy of Sydney Uni’s International House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/a-world-view-that-sees-people-rather-than-nations-the-legacy-of-sydney-unis-international-house-150086/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A world view that sees people rather than nations’: the legacy of Sydney Uni’s International House">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Barbour, Senior Lecturer, Linguistics, University of Waikato Malekula, the second-largest island in the Vanuatu archipelago, has a linguistic connection to Aotearoa. All of its many languages are distantly related to te reo Māori and the island is the site of a long-term project to document them. ... <a title="People on Vanuatu’s Malekula Island speak more than 30 Indigenous languages. Here’s why we must record them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/people-on-vanuatus-malekula-island-speak-more-than-30-indigenous-languages-heres-why-we-must-record-them-122253/" aria-label="Read more about People on Vanuatu’s Malekula Island speak more than 30 Indigenous languages. Here’s why we must record them">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University On December 10, it finally happened. Instead of demanding an interest payment from the government in return for lending it money, a group of investors offered to pay the government in order to lend it ... <a title="Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they’re everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/sure-interest-rates-are-negative-but-so-are-some-prices-and-when-you-look-around-theyre-everywhere-152081/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they’re everywhere">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe ... <a title="Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/flip-flop-the-un-australian-history-of-the-rubber-thong-150068/" aria-label="Read more about Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
By RNZ Pacific More than 4000 people are still in evacuation centres in Fiji nearly two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck. Relief supplies are getting out to affected areas, but there is growing concern about the risk of disease. Officials said 4035 people were in 84 evacuation centres, most of them in the northern ... <a title="Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/thousands-still-in-evacuation-centres-in-fiji-after-tropical-cyclone-yasa/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa">Read more</a>
