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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mischa Turschwell, Research Fellow, Griffith University China’s signature foreign policy, the Belt and Road initiative, has garnered much attention and controversy. Many have voiced fears about how the huge infrastructure project might expand China’s military and political influence across the world. But the environmental damage potentially wrought ... <a title="China’s Belt and Road mega-plan may devastate the world’s oceans, or help save them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/chinas-belt-and-road-mega-plan-may-devastate-the-worlds-oceans-or-help-save-them-150176/" aria-label="Read more about China’s Belt and Road mega-plan may devastate the world’s oceans, or help save them">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damian Powell, Historian and Principal, Janet Clarke Hall, University of Melbourne Australians will be disheartened by the inspector-general of the Australian Defence Force’s report on war crimes committed by our special forces soldiers in Afghanistan. But they should not be surprised. The demands placed upon the Special ... <a title="Changing the culture of our SAS forces is no easy fix. Instead, we need to face the true costs of war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/changing-the-culture-of-our-sas-forces-is-no-easy-fix-instead-we-need-to-face-the-true-costs-of-war-150058/" aria-label="Read more about Changing the culture of our SAS forces is no easy fix. Instead, we need to face the true costs of war">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Letts, Director, Centre for Military and Security Law; Associate Professor, Australian National University The long-awaited report into allegations of war crimes by Australia’s special forces in Afghanistan has finally been made public, after months of speculation about the contents. Read more: Evidence of war crimes found ... <a title="Allegations of murder and ‘blooding’ in Brereton report now face many obstacles to prosecution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/allegations-of-murder-and-blooding-in-brereton-report-now-face-many-obstacles-to-prosecution-145703/" aria-label="Read more about Allegations of murder and ‘blooding’ in Brereton report now face many obstacles to prosecution">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Filipi, Senior lecturer, Monash University There’s been a lot of talk lately. In briefings, speeches and video meetings. In the coming weeks, there will be celebrations and toasts given. These are opportunities to attend to talk. In talk, it’s not just words that create meaning. Nonverbal ... <a title="Watch your ums and uhs, spoken communication is about more than words" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/watch-your-ums-and-uhs-spoken-communication-is-about-more-than-words-147362/" aria-label="Read more about Watch your ums and uhs, spoken communication is about more than words">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal McCulloch, Professor, RMIT University In nature, diamonds form deep in the Earth over billions of years. This process requires environments with exceptionally high pressure and temperatures exceeding 1,000℃. Our international team has created two different types of diamond at room temperature — and in a matter ... <a title="We created diamonds in mere minutes, without heat — by mimicking the force of an asteroid collision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/we-created-diamonds-in-mere-minutes-without-heat-by-mimicking-the-force-of-an-asteroid-collision-150369/" aria-label="Read more about We created diamonds in mere minutes, without heat — by mimicking the force of an asteroid collision">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The inquiry into Australian Special Forces’ misconduct in Afghanistan has found evidence of war crimes involving 25 current or former Australian Defence Force personnel. The inquiry found “credible information” of 23 incidents in which one or more non-combatants or prisoners ... <a title="Evidence of war crimes found against 25 Australian soldiers in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/evidence-of-war-crimes-found-against-25-australian-soldiers-in-afghanistan-150377/" aria-label="Read more about Evidence of war crimes found against 25 Australian soldiers in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea Parliament has passed the 2021 national budget with more than half of MPs – including the opposition – absent from the chamber, assuming it had been adjourned to December 1. The opposition says it is challenging the sitting in the Supreme Court. Opposition lawyers could not obtain ... <a title="Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/opposition-claims-png-budget-vote-a-mockery-plans-legal-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University As Australia plans its recovery from COVID-19, our strategies should be based on a broader set of priorities than we have used in the past. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed to by all countries ... <a title="Australia is lagging on climate action and inequality, but the pandemic offers a chance to do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/australia-is-lagging-on-climate-action-and-inequality-but-the-pandemic-offers-a-chance-to-do-better-149983/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is lagging on climate action and inequality, but the pandemic offers a chance to do better">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Misha Schubert, Visiting Fellow at the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University, Australian National University Australia’s chief scientist, Alan Finkel, will bring his five-year stint in the role to a close at the end of 2020. His successor will be ... <a title="As Australia’s chief scientist, Alan Finkel brought more science into government. His successor Cathy Foley will continue the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/as-australias-chief-scientist-alan-finkel-brought-more-science-into-government-his-successor-cathy-foley-will-continue-the-job-150156/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s chief scientist, Alan Finkel brought more science into government. His successor Cathy Foley will continue the job">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blair Williams, Associate Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has long dominated the Australian media landscape, wielding great political and cultural influence. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s record-breaking petition calling for a royal commission into Australian media ownership ... <a title="There’s a big problem with the Murdoch media no one is talking about — how it treats women leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/theres-a-big-problem-with-the-murdoch-media-no-one-is-talking-about-how-it-treats-women-leaders-149986/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a big problem with the Murdoch media no one is talking about — how it treats women leaders">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison McIntosh, Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology Prison food and fine dining aren’t usually mentioned together. But various initiatives around the world are changing that, with restaurants located within jails offering both culinary satisfaction and opportunities for positive social change. Prison catering and dining programs ... <a title="Serving time: how fine dining in jail is helping prisoners and satisfying customers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/serving-time-how-fine-dining-in-jail-is-helping-prisoners-and-satisfying-customers-149161/" aria-label="Read more about Serving time: how fine dining in jail is helping prisoners and satisfying customers">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia It’s been a busy week or so for news about COVID vaccines. First we heard preliminary clinical trial results from the Pfizer vaccine, then the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. This week, we heard about the Moderna ... <a title="How to read results from COVID vaccine trials like a pro" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/19/how-to-read-results-from-covid-vaccine-trials-like-a-pro-149916/" aria-label="Read more about How to read results from COVID vaccine trials like a pro">Read more</a>
