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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Jacinda Ardern’s new “COVID cabinet” is pretty much the same as — and completely unlike — every previous government under the mixed member proportional (MMP) system. The similarity involves the political accommodation reached between Labour and the Greens. Every government ... <a title="Her cabinet appointed, Jacinda Ardern now leads one of the most powerful governments NZ has seen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/her-cabinet-appointed-jacinda-ardern-now-leads-one-of-the-most-powerful-governments-nz-has-seen-148984/" aria-label="Read more about Her cabinet appointed, Jacinda Ardern now leads one of the most powerful governments NZ has seen">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Polls point to a decisive defeat for Donald Trump. But his unexpected win in 2016 still has opponents rattled, fearing the same divisive rhetoric that characterised his ... <a title="Hijacking anxiety: how Trump weaponised social alienation into ‘racialised economics’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/hijacking-anxiety-how-trump-weaponised-social-alienation-into-racialised-economics-147366/" aria-label="Read more about Hijacking anxiety: how Trump weaponised social alienation into ‘racialised economics’">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Holden, Senior Lecturer in Dental Ethics, University of Sydney If your dentist recommends a crown, your wisdom teeth extracted, or some other common treatment, you may wonder whether it’s really necessary. We don’t know how common such over-servicing is. However, our research, which includes interviews with ... <a title="Do I really need this crown? Dentists admit feeling pressured to offer unnecessary treatments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/do-i-really-need-this-crown-dentists-admit-feeling-pressured-to-offer-unnecessary-treatments-148638/" aria-label="Read more about Do I really need this crown? Dentists admit feeling pressured to offer unnecessary treatments">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Isaacs, Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney What makes a film a classic? In this video series, film scholar Bruce Isaacs looks at a classic film and analyses its brilliance. (Warning: this video contains violence and may be upsetting for some viewers.) [embedded content] Hollywood ... <a title="The great movies scenes: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/the-great-movies-scenes-in-jfks-opening-montage-oliver-stone-gets-creative-with-history-146920/" aria-label="Read more about The great movies scenes: in JFK’s opening montage Oliver Stone gets creative with history">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Associate Professor in International History, Flinders University After a summer of relative freedom of movement, autumn has brought a major spike in COVID-19 cases in many European countries. While the European Union fruitlessly searches for a united way forward across its various jurisdictions, national and ... <a title="As COVID rampages through Europe, it will test not just health systems but social cohesion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/as-covid-rampages-through-europe-it-will-test-not-just-health-systems-but-social-cohesion-149074/" aria-label="Read more about As COVID rampages through Europe, it will test not just health systems but social cohesion">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Pacfic Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan activists and an Indonesian human rights lawyer criticised the recent military crackdown on the two Melanesian provinces of Papua and West Papua in a New Zealand-hosted webinar at the weekend. “The Indonesian government is trying to prevent an uprising like last year, when the uprising was against racism and ... <a title="People want ‘truth’ about West Papua, say activists giving crisis update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/people-want-truth-about-west-papua-say-activists-giving-crisis-update/" aria-label="Read more about People want ‘truth’ about West Papua, say activists giving crisis update">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University November 2 marks 20 years since the first residents arrived on the International Space Station (ISS). The orbiting habitat has been continuously occupied ever since. Twenty straight years of life in space makes the ISS the ... <a title="How to live in space: what we’ve learned from 20 years of the International Space Station" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/how-to-live-in-space-what-weve-learned-from-20-years-of-the-international-space-station-144851/" aria-label="Read more about How to live in space: what we’ve learned from 20 years of the International Space Station">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan McDonnell, Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University According to a formal measure of language simplicity, United States President Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at this year’s Republican National Convention was far more complex than challenger Joe Biden’s at the Democratic Convention. While Biden’s speech ... <a title="We compared the language of populist leaders with their mainstream opponents — the results were unexpected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/we-compared-the-language-of-populist-leaders-with-their-mainstream-opponents-the-results-were-unexpected-148343/" aria-label="Read more about We compared the language of populist leaders with their mainstream opponents — the results were unexpected">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University Tourism in the South Pacific has been hit hard by COVID-19 border closures with thousands of people out of work. Tourism normally provides one in four jobs in Vanuatu and one in three jobs in Cook Islands. It contributes ... <a title="Traditional skills help people on the tourism-deprived Pacific Islands survive the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/traditional-skills-help-people-on-the-tourism-deprived-pacific-islands-survive-the-pandemic-148987/" aria-label="Read more about Traditional skills help people on the tourism-deprived Pacific Islands survive the pandemic">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Hyatt, Senior Researcher, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre As you fire up your computer for a telehealth appointment, or prepare to walk in to see your doctor, you may be wondering whether to record your appointment. You might even think about doing it without asking permission first. ... <a title="Want to record your doctor’s appointment? Great idea, but first, check it’s legal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/want-to-record-your-doctors-appointment-great-idea-but-first-check-its-legal-147747/" aria-label="Read more about Want to record your doctor’s appointment? Great idea, but first, check it’s legal">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science, Griffith University Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this new series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. The start of November marks the end of the whale ... <a title="Photos from the field: these magnificent whales are adapting to warming water, but how much can they take?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/photos-from-the-field-these-magnificent-whales-are-adapting-to-warming-water-but-how-much-can-they-take-148329/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: these magnificent whales are adapting to warming water, but how much can they take?">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zlatko Skrbis, Provost, Australian Catholic University We have been following more than 2,000 Queenslanders from their adolescence into adulthood. The aim of the Our Lives study is to investigate how young people think about their future and how they master their trajectories in a world of rapid ... <a title="We’ve been tracking young people’s mental health since 2006. COVID has accelerated a worrying decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/weve-been-tracking-young-peoples-mental-health-since-2006-covid-has-accelerated-a-worrying-decline-147657/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve been tracking young people’s mental health since 2006. COVID has accelerated a worrying decline">Read more</a>
