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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Two weeks after Labour’s landslide election win, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ministry that is more diverse than any seen before in New Zealand. Of those inside cabinet, 40% are women, 25% are Māori (two in ... <a title="Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/can-new-zealands-most-diverse-ever-cabinet-improve-representation-of-women-and-minorities-in-general-149273/" aria-label="Read more about Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general?">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Denham, Lecturer in Exercise Science, RMIT University The controversial and banned practice of giving horses baking soda “milkshakes” before a race doesn’t work, according to our analysis of the available research. Racing folklore says sodium bicarbonate milkshakes can boost racehorses’ endurance because the alkalinity of the ... <a title="Put the baking soda back in the bottle: banned sodium bicarbonate ‘milkshakes’ don’t make racehorses faster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/put-the-baking-soda-back-in-the-bottle-banned-sodium-bicarbonate-milkshakes-dont-make-racehorses-faster-148907/" aria-label="Read more about Put the baking soda back in the bottle: banned sodium bicarbonate ‘milkshakes’ don’t make racehorses faster">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer S. Hunt, Lecturer, National Security College, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of ... <a title="As US election day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/as-us-election-day-nears-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will-148441/" aria-label="Read more about As US election day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Associate Professor, Education and Learning Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware this article contains the name of a deceased person. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ... <a title="315 nuclear bombs and ongoing suffering: the shameful history of nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/315-nuclear-bombs-and-ongoing-suffering-the-shameful-history-of-nuclear-testing-in-australia-and-the-pacific-148909/" aria-label="Read more about 315 nuclear bombs and ongoing suffering: the shameful history of nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Flannery, Professorial fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne It is difficult to know what to do when governments fail us. But there’s no need to wait until the next election to deal with the climate crisis, we can act now. An overwhelming majority of ... <a title="Australia, the climate can’t wait for the next federal election. It’s time to take control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/australia-the-climate-cant-wait-for-the-next-federal-election-its-time-to-take-control-148252/" aria-label="Read more about Australia, the climate can’t wait for the next federal election. It’s time to take control">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Treasurer Josh Frydenberg appears to have backed down. An extraordinarily rushed timetable that would have allowed investors and others just 12 days to comment on draft legislation permitting companies to hold virtual rather than face-to-face annual general meetings ... <a title="A rushed move to virtual AGMs would disempower shareholders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/a-rushed-move-to-virtual-agms-would-disempower-shareholders-149101/" aria-label="Read more about A rushed move to virtual AGMs would disempower shareholders">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Associate Lecturer/Sessional Academic, Queensland University of Technology In a new series, our writers explore their best worst film. They’ll tell you what the critics got wrong – and why it’s time to give these movies another chance. In 2007, Columbia Pictures released the psychedelic Across ... <a title="My best worst film: Across the Universe is a Beatles jukebox musical masterpiece" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/my-best-worst-film-across-the-universe-is-a-beatles-jukebox-musical-masterpiece-147175/" aria-label="Read more about My best worst film: Across the Universe is a Beatles jukebox musical masterpiece">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva The unfolding in French Polynesia of the latest judiciary entanglements of pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru versus the French administration is being closely followed by members of the Tahitian community in Tahiti and in Aotearoa New Zealand. There are undeniable similarities between Temaru’s upcoming trial on November 4 in Nouméa after many ... <a title="The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/the-judgment-of-tahitis-oscar-temaru-a-neocolonial-sense-of-deja-vu/" aria-label="Read more about The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Australia has come a significant step closer to forming a federal anti-corruption agency, when federal Attorney-General Christian Porter released draft legislation designed to set up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission (CIC). ... <a title="Explainer: what is the proposed Commonwealth Integrity Commission and how would it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/explainer-what-is-the-proposed-commonwealth-integrity-commission-and-how-would-it-work-140734/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is the proposed Commonwealth Integrity Commission and how would it work?">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Chief of Australia Post Christine Holgate has fallen on her sword, admitting the “optics” of her gift of Cartier watches to four high-performing employees did not pass the “pub test” for many people. Holgate’s Monday resignation follows Scott Morrison’s ferocious ... <a title="Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate quits in Cartier watches affair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/australia-post-ceo-christine-holgate-quits-in-cartier-watches-affair-149275/" aria-label="Read more about Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate quits in Cartier watches affair">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Glitsos, Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University In times of flux and crisis, nostalgia works like a social ointment, mixed and mashed together through imperfect memory. Netflix’s re-release of Dawson’s Creek (1998-2003) is an ointment tailor-made for adults who were once 90s kids. In ... <a title="Why Dawson’s Creek, in all its cringey glory, is the TV show 90s kids need right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/why-dawsons-creek-in-all-its-cringey-glory-is-the-tv-show-90s-kids-need-right-now-148539/" aria-label="Read more about Why Dawson’s Creek, in all its cringey glory, is the TV show 90s kids need right now">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Two days before Wednesday’s US election (AEDT), the FiveThirtyEight national aggregate gives Joe Biden an 8.6% lead over Donald Trump (52.0% to 43.4%). In the key states, Biden leads by 8.3% in Wisconsin, 8.2% in ... <a title="Biden remains strong favourite for US election; Queensland Labor set for increased majority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/biden-remains-strong-favourite-for-us-election-queensland-labor-set-for-increased-majority-148001/" aria-label="Read more about Biden remains strong favourite for US election; Queensland Labor set for increased majority">Read more</a>
