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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Once upon a time, there was a happy land that had no need of heroes. It had its problems, of course, but there were very few whose solution could not be put ... <a title="The king, the fires and the fever: a fairytale finish to 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/the-king-the-fires-and-the-fever-a-fairytale-finish-to-2020-149971/" aria-label="Read more about The king, the fires and the fever: a fairytale finish to 2020">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Roman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO How do we save whales and other marine animals from plastic in the ocean? Our new review shows reducing plastic pollution can prevent the deaths of beloved marine species. Over 700 marine species, including half of the world’s cetaceans ... <a title="These are the plastic items that most kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/these-are-the-plastic-items-that-most-kill-whales-dolphins-turtles-and-seabirds-151200/" aria-label="Read more about These are the plastic items that most kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University Results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 testing round were released last week. They showed Australia had improved in Year 8 maths and science, and Year 4 science, from the previous testing cycles. The ... <a title="From power battles to education theatre: the history of standardised testing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/from-power-battles-to-education-theatre-the-history-of-standardised-testing-151216/" aria-label="Read more about From power battles to education theatre: the history of standardised testing">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University How could they not have known? That was the question on everyone’s lips after leaders of the Australian defence force claimed not to have known about the atrocities committed by special forces in Afghanistan. It is now being ... <a title="Juukan Gorge: how could they not have known? (And how can we be sure they will in future?)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/juukan-gorge-how-could-they-not-have-known-and-how-can-we-be-sure-they-will-in-future-151580/" aria-label="Read more about Juukan Gorge: how could they not have known? (And how can we be sure they will in future?)">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Turnbull, Senior Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on the page and on screen. Vera stands on a windswept headland contemplating the disgruntled North Sea. She’s clad in her usual garb; the battered ... <a title="My favourite detective: why Vera is so much more than a hat, mac and attitude" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/my-favourite-detective-why-vera-is-so-much-more-than-a-hat-mac-and-attitude-149530/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: why Vera is so much more than a hat, mac and attitude">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University When Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the formation of five working groups of employers, unions and government officials in June 2020, he signalled an unexpected twist to industrial relations reform. Some observers anticipated ... <a title="Chance for genuine industrial relations reform thrown under the omnibus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/13/chance-for-genuine-industrial-relations-reform-thrown-under-the-omnibus-151754/" aria-label="Read more about Chance for genuine industrial relations reform thrown under the omnibus">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2020
Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson … “The nuclear weapons test legacy is the overriding issue in the Marshall Islands with the United States and it remains a festering problem.” Image: Giff Johnson/RNZ By RNZ Saturday Morning The US detonated its largest nuclear bombs around the Marshall Islands in the 1940s and 50s – but ... <a title="Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/13/editor-tells-how-us-nuclear-testing-legacy-festers-on-in-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2020
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Hong Kong police force has charged media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital Limited, which owns the Apple Daily newspaper, with collusion with foreign forces under Hong Kong’s controversial new national security law, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists. It is a charge that carries up to life in ... <a title="Hong Kong police charge Apple Daily founder Lai with ‘foreign collusion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/hong-kong-police-charge-apple-daily-founder-lai-with-foreign-collusion/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong police charge Apple Daily founder Lai with ‘foreign collusion’">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2020
By Nicholas Ryan Aditya in Jakarta Indonesia’s Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found 40 incidents of human rights violations in Papua between January and November 2020, a new report says. The report by Kontras researcher Arif Nur Fikri was released yesterday to commemorate International Human Rights Day. “Kontras recorded that ... <a title="Rights group records 40 violations in Papua in 2020 – cases every month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/rights-group-records-40-violations-in-papua-in-2020-cases-every-month/" aria-label="Read more about Rights group records 40 violations in Papua in 2020 – cases every month">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2020
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk The Pacific Climate Warriors are the winners of the Pax Christi International Peace Prize 2020. On making the judgment, the members of the Pax Christi International board acknowledged the “admirable leadership shown by young people” on this critical issue. The award tribute said: “[The board members] also want to draw attention ... <a title="‘Admirable leadership’ of young Pacific Climate Warriors clinches peace prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/12/admirable-leadership-of-young-pacific-climate-warriors-clinches-peace-prize/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Admirable leadership’ of young Pacific Climate Warriors clinches peace prize">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahmoud Elkhodr, Lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies, CQUniversity Australia New Zealand’s coronavirus contact-tracing app COVID Tracer was revamped yesterday. It now uses the Bluetooth-based Google/Apple exposure notification (GAEN) framework. This allows Android and Apple (iOS) devices to communicate via a contact-tracing mechanism built into the devices’ ... <a title="An Australia–NZ travel bubble needs a unified COVID contact-tracing app. We’re not there." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/an-australia-nz-travel-bubble-needs-a-unified-covid-contact-tracing-app-were-not-there-151761/" aria-label="Read more about An Australia–NZ travel bubble needs a unified COVID contact-tracing app. We’re not there.">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University The federal government’s industrial relations “reform” bill offers a new definition of “casual” employment that creates more problems than it solves. It effectively defines a casual job as anything described that way by ... <a title="The truth about much ‘casual’ work: it’s really about permanent insecurity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/the-truth-about-much-casual-work-its-really-about-permanent-insecurity-151687/" aria-label="Read more about The truth about much ‘casual’ work: it’s really about permanent insecurity">Read more</a>
